dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
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dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
6hr ago
The perpetrator wrote a PS in his manifesto that he thought security was bad. So that's something I guess. I'm not sure if he's supposed to know what he's talking about either given that, you know, he failed almost instantly. But here it is.
PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.
Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.
What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.
No damn security.
Not in transport.
Not in the hotel.
Not in the event.
Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.
I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.
The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.
Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.
These technical sneaker competitions are cool but it strikes me as car brands building cars to win at Formula 1.
Am I a serious enough runner that I buy multiple pieces of gear? Yes. Am I fast? No. Will $500 sneakers make me fast? Also no. Am I most of the people buying shoes? Not even. Most are even more casual.
I suppose Nike started this fight. And unlike F1 I can buy the sneakers that the champions roll in and say "why yes these do feel incredibly light", so that's something.
I'd really kill for a pair of running sneakers that prevented blisters though.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
2d ago
He knows my ideas are a threat to him. He's not interested in abstract logic or the interests of other ethnic groups. Nobody could ever persuade him to give up power or his co-ethnics position for the sake of some universal value or the interests of others. The thought would never enter his mind. He would much rather fight and die than lose power. He doesn't spare a sentence to justify his case based on universal values (besides the value that blacks deserve more), he holds the very idea of justifying in contempt. Why should he need to justify his ethnic group's position?
Suppose I made a utilitarian argument that the bottom 90% of whites (and other races) are dead weight loss that only survive because of taxes from the top 10% and we should strip their citizenship. Additionally, members of this group may, at any time, be harvested for organs, used for medical experiments, neutered and raped for our pleasure, or deported. Are you going to offer a counter-argument on utilitarian grounds? Or will you say something more like "fuck you, go ahead and try" chambers automatic weapon. You can only make a deontological argument that this is sick and evil.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
5d ago
How is paying informants a sign of demand outstripping the supply? Seems like pretending the story is about something else to dunk.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
6d ago
The social status bit is undervalued I think. If you don't "deserve" your high pay, flaunting your wealth is hard to get away with. Doctors don't have to make excuses for having big houses and a couple of exotic cars, they earned it. But techbros have to be a bit sheepish about it.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
8d ago
have been liberally using the words chud, cuck, and kike. Importantly, and concerningly, none of them know what those words mean
A friend of mine recently asked me what "gabbagool" means, because he's apparently been saying it in public, along with other words he picked up from the Sopranos.
Fortunately he didn't say any slurs or anything too terrible (like moolie or fanook). Gabbagool is a thinly sliced cured pork sausage but, incredibly for dick shaped food it has no vulgar connotations in Italian. They just love eating it on the show.
Same age as you. I drank socially when I was single and a yuppy, like 7 drinks a week, but since having kids it's like one 1-3 drinks a month on average. Even one drink feels like a high cost.
I did discover that I react quite poorly to wine and other craft beverages which takes a lot of fun out of countryside tastings though. Even just a few sips puts me into headachesville.
It kind of makes me a bit judgemental of people that drink regularly in middle age. But maybe they're very used to it and don't really suffer.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
8d ago
The Ferengi inside of me thinks Iran has a legitimate grievance, under the Rules of Acquisition they (and Oman) must be allowed to charge tolls on ships that pass through their territorial waters.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
11d ago
I'm worried if we actually did move to Europe I would still continue hearing about America and being troubled by it. But also be troubled by problems in Europe I would also start Noticing.
Bruh I had to quit Facebook over this. Not posting culture war content. No, the things that drove others most berserk was arguing things were, actually, good and getting better and not bad
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
14d ago
Assuming JK Rowling didn't have problematic views on trans stuff, is she allowed to be a billionaire? Surely nobody can argue writing books and licensing the stories for movies is an unethical way of becoming a billionaire?
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
15d ago
Yes. I don't understand why we need to wait until they have 99% completed a bomb to take them seriously when they pony up to the negotiating table with their balls out and say "as you can see we have everything we need to build a bomb, including long range bomb delivery missiles; so, what are you going to to give us?"
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
15d ago
I consider it a revealed preference that Iran is willing to plunge themselves into darkness over pursuit of nuclear weapons. It's fairly clear that they can resist insurgency and invasion just fine without them and that they would be a lot less isolated if they weren't pursuing them, but they persist. They could have security just fine without them: they're not in Saddam's or Gaddafi's position, the IRGC survives despite decapitation. Their territory is huge and difficult to conquer.
They want nuclear weapons to service their global Islamic Chuddist revolution.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
15d ago
So if Iran doesn't want nukes then why is giving up enrichment such a deal breaker for them? They'd rather apparently be all killed than negotiate on this.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
15d ago
To believe in US defeat you have to believe the US is so squeamish that we'll beg Iran to re-open the SOH and in exchange offer to let them build nuclear weapons with impunity.
Stabilizing the strait may be costlier than we would like and somehow we'll do this public good alone, as usual, but not as costly as letting Iran have nukes.
I casually mentioned during a group run today that we cured fatness (because they were talking about a future dystopian Wall-E world where everyone would be fat) and like each of the 5 people I was running with said something negative and shitty and propagandized about GLP-1s.
I almost said "it worked awesome for me I lost 35 pounds and improved my run dramatically after struggling with dieting for like 20 solid years" but decided not to say anything.
There's still a lot of GLP-1 racism out there.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
16d ago
You don't have like a normal genetic counselor in town/city that your prenatal care person can refer you to?
I had high hopes given the premise and the buzz but the only Black Mirror episodes I enjoyed were 'Striking Vipers' and 'Hang the DJ'. The rest were too boring or dumb.
It's probably my fault.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
16d ago
As an early Wolf3d, Doom and Quake FPS PC gamer I always kind of sneered at Halo as one of those console gamer things that were beneath a man of culture like myself.
Sounds like I missed out.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
17d ago
Just thought you'd appreciate the irony of reflecting on this comment from 2 years ago given that SBF got 25 years while Ulbricht was set free.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
17d ago
This is 2+ years now (so, a year late) and I'm not named RemindMe Bot but I thought I'd mention he got a lot more than a slap on the wrist. And considerably more than the at least 10 years I predicted.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
19d ago
I was in a hot tub the other weekend arguing with a French man about politics while his wife was hopped up on fertility pills and flirting with every available man at the party, she was really into one of my best friends whose chest she kept asking to feel. The man argued with me that Trump's North Korea policy was disastrous, and I remember what North Korea was like before when they were launching missile tests every few months and nobody could solve that perpetual crisis.
So. Is the implication that people with the wrong political opinions are a bunch of cucks or what?
I mostly agree with your political assessment but this seems inflammatory.
I get that. But were they supposed to? Is it normal to search every guest staying at a hotel if the president shows up the next day to give a speech?
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