Yeah the Jeremy Bearimy thing was simultaneously brilliant on a comedic level but undercutting on the moral/overarching theme of infinity level. Agreed.
My primary take away from the Good Place was it was one quarter comedy show, one quarter low rent philosophical existential meditation and one half philosophy education video tucked under the coat tails of the other two quarters.
I found it fun and clever but I didn't feel like it had anything deep to say.
This nonsense dates back to 2020. If AG Bill fishin Bar, under Donald fishin Trump with the full investigative resources of the entire Federal Government couldn't find anything that they could throw against Biden then then recycling this pap now is a sign of utter flop sweat desperation now. A pathetic effort to change the subject.
I am assuming the latter part of that word salad is referring to depleted uranium rounds? If so characterizing them as "hot goods" is especially incoherent for you.
Yup, no denying it. We basically handed off our second string gear and obliterated the military of a rival and the country providing the bodies to do it is GRATEFUL to us. That's before we even factor in Brent F's most pertinent point about how it's doing wonders for our standing.
Off the dollar to what? Bitcoin? Gold? Most countries want to use their currencies to buy and sell things or to store value and for those purposes the dollar has been and remains the only game in town at the moment. China has a long way to go before they'll ever have a hope of being a plausible alternative and they're virtually the only other game in town.
Oh I believe it but some states here and there go on "alternatives to the dollar" kicks periodically and always have (and often end up quietly slinking back or spectacularly losing their shirts). That doesn't make for a global dedollarization trend.
A curious non-sequitur; I have no idea whatsoever how many doctors exist in America right now. But if one has beef with that number I'd suspect you'd need to take it up with the AMA, not the Fed.
I'm actually observing that your dedollarization nonsense is, in of itself, utter nonsense and betrays your incoherent or malevolent biases simply by being expressed. States are moving away from using the dollar as a reserve currency eh? To what, pray tell? Yuan? Artificially pegged to the dollar and shackled with capital controls. Rubles? Heheh, they might as well put the dough into subway coupons (at least then you might get a sandwich out of the deal). Euros? Any beef you have with Greenbacks would be double that for Euros but with less dynamic economies and more inflation to boot. You can't do-dollarize into nothing and there're no alternatives currently.
Dedollarization: I'll take "tell us you're either a delusional krank or a pro-russian troll without saying 'hey I'm a delusional krank or possibly a Putinista sock puppet!' for 500 dollars Alex.
Heheh, yeah, sure, that's why Russia's been desperately dragging T-62's and T-55's out of storage and why the T-72's and T-90's are vanishing from the field. Because the ball bearings and chips for the 72's and 90's are hard to obtain now whereas the old 55's and 72's don't use as much of that stuff. Yeesh, it's like you're not even trying.
Except, of course, that the Russian tanks depend on chips and machine tools they've, so far, not been able to make or obtain in any quantity. There's a reason the Russians have been dragging increasingly old antiques out of storage to throw into the battlefield- they're flat out running out of tanks and can't make very many new ones.
Saw the new Spiderverse film today. Audibly gasped multiple times at the panoramas and eye orgy of gorgeous animation while my mind reeled, drunk, on the tight excellent writing. I was staggered- the film is pure artistry.
Absolutely but, look, if you have a person you jive with then you could have fun playing group solitaire or pog or pick up sticks. You'd just have more fun playing some game intrinsically more enjoyable.
What, I feel, Bowling Alone tiptoes around is that we have reached a level of social freedom and entertainment abundance such that people are free to choose to do things they genuinely personally like instead of things that they say "ehh, it's better than sitting in my room doing nothing". LIkewise people now have a degree of personal freedom sufficient that they can choose to hang out with people they say "I genuinely like hanging out with this person" rather than people who they say "Ehh they're better then solitude." or "Ehh I'll get peer pressured or punished by my community if I don't endure this person."
For most people this is a huge net win in utility and happiness but for a certain subset of awkward people this means that no one is being forced to hang out with/date/marry them and they're sitting around alone and unhappy/angry.
Bringing about a greater use of mediocre but readily accessible card game isn't the challenge. Getting people to interact with people they, given their druthers, wouldn't prefer to bother interacting with outside of work is the challenge.
I mean unless the employer says or puts in writing "We're terminating you because we don't like X" or whatever then everyone, minority or not has the same protections against termination which is to say none.
But lets be real. In the modern day everyone, gay, straight, white black or purple is terminated with some kind reason given and usually a document trail to support that story. The business world knows how it works.
Yeah personally I think class emphasizing assistance is most likely the what we're going to end up with. I don't think race based programs have a very bright future.
Far as I know gays, minorities and women can and are arbitrarily fired routinely. The US is an at will employment country*. I mean if they are arbitrarily fired I supposed they could claim they were fired because of their minority status, but you could equally claim sexual harassment or whatever. Or is there some actual rule you're thinking about?
*and I reluctantly suspect that is better than the alternative in terms of employment but meh, nothing to be happy about.
I doubt it'd happen personally. If dissatisfaction with the Monarchy reached the level where it'd effect actual change I doubt that the outcome would be two Monarchies.
On “The Good Place, Ethics 101, and Spoilers, Spoilers, Spoilers”
Oh my God(ess?) don't even joke about that!
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Yeah the Jeremy Bearimy thing was simultaneously brilliant on a comedic level but undercutting on the moral/overarching theme of infinity level. Agreed.
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My primary take away from the Good Place was it was one quarter comedy show, one quarter low rent philosophical existential meditation and one half philosophy education video tucked under the coat tails of the other two quarters.
I found it fun and clever but I didn't feel like it had anything deep to say.
On “Open Mic for the week of 6/12/2023”
That was great fun.
On “Republicans Tout Biden Recordings, But Do They Exist?”
This nonsense dates back to 2020. If AG Bill fishin Bar, under Donald fishin Trump with the full investigative resources of the entire Federal Government couldn't find anything that they could throw against Biden then then recycling this pap now is a sign of utter flop sweat desperation now. A pathetic effort to change the subject.
On “How Far Is Too Far In Supporting Ukraine?”
I am assuming the latter part of that word salad is referring to depleted uranium rounds? If so characterizing them as "hot goods" is especially incoherent for you.
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Yup, no denying it. We basically handed off our second string gear and obliterated the military of a rival and the country providing the bodies to do it is GRATEFUL to us. That's before we even factor in Brent F's most pertinent point about how it's doing wonders for our standing.
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It still boggles my mind that tankies are right wingers now.
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Off the dollar to what? Bitcoin? Gold? Most countries want to use their currencies to buy and sell things or to store value and for those purposes the dollar has been and remains the only game in town at the moment. China has a long way to go before they'll ever have a hope of being a plausible alternative and they're virtually the only other game in town.
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Oh I believe it but some states here and there go on "alternatives to the dollar" kicks periodically and always have (and often end up quietly slinking back or spectacularly losing their shirts). That doesn't make for a global dedollarization trend.
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A curious non-sequitur; I have no idea whatsoever how many doctors exist in America right now. But if one has beef with that number I'd suspect you'd need to take it up with the AMA, not the Fed.
I'm actually observing that your dedollarization nonsense is, in of itself, utter nonsense and betrays your incoherent or malevolent biases simply by being expressed. States are moving away from using the dollar as a reserve currency eh? To what, pray tell? Yuan? Artificially pegged to the dollar and shackled with capital controls. Rubles? Heheh, they might as well put the dough into subway coupons (at least then you might get a sandwich out of the deal). Euros? Any beef you have with Greenbacks would be double that for Euros but with less dynamic economies and more inflation to boot. You can't do-dollarize into nothing and there're no alternatives currently.
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Dedollarization: I'll take "tell us you're either a delusional krank or a pro-russian troll without saying 'hey I'm a delusional krank or possibly a Putinista sock puppet!' for 500 dollars Alex.
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Heheh, yeah, sure, that's why Russia's been desperately dragging T-62's and T-55's out of storage and why the T-72's and T-90's are vanishing from the field. Because the ball bearings and chips for the 72's and 90's are hard to obtain now whereas the old 55's and 72's don't use as much of that stuff. Yeesh, it's like you're not even trying.
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Except, of course, that the Russian tanks depend on chips and machine tools they've, so far, not been able to make or obtain in any quantity. There's a reason the Russians have been dragging increasingly old antiques out of storage to throw into the battlefield- they're flat out running out of tanks and can't make very many new ones.
On “Bring Back Playing Cards”
That is a good point.
On “Open Mic for the week of 6/5/2023”
Saw the new Spiderverse film today. Audibly gasped multiple times at the panoramas and eye orgy of gorgeous animation while my mind reeled, drunk, on the tight excellent writing. I was staggered- the film is pure artistry.
On “Bring Back Playing Cards”
Absolutely but, look, if you have a person you jive with then you could have fun playing group solitaire or pog or pick up sticks. You'd just have more fun playing some game intrinsically more enjoyable.
What, I feel, Bowling Alone tiptoes around is that we have reached a level of social freedom and entertainment abundance such that people are free to choose to do things they genuinely personally like instead of things that they say "ehh, it's better than sitting in my room doing nothing". LIkewise people now have a degree of personal freedom sufficient that they can choose to hang out with people they say "I genuinely like hanging out with this person" rather than people who they say "Ehh they're better then solitude." or "Ehh I'll get peer pressured or punished by my community if I don't endure this person."
For most people this is a huge net win in utility and happiness but for a certain subset of awkward people this means that no one is being forced to hang out with/date/marry them and they're sitting around alone and unhappy/angry.
Bringing about a greater use of mediocre but readily accessible card game isn't the challenge. Getting people to interact with people they, given their druthers, wouldn't prefer to bother interacting with outside of work is the challenge.
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duplicate
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Ah Zimbabwe and South Africa? I suppose that is plausible, I was thinking mostly in terms of the US and Canada.
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So... no then?
I mean unless the employer says or puts in writing "We're terminating you because we don't like X" or whatever then everyone, minority or not has the same protections against termination which is to say none.
But lets be real. In the modern day everyone, gay, straight, white black or purple is terminated with some kind reason given and usually a document trail to support that story. The business world knows how it works.
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I'd say that's a pretty good summary of it.
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Yeah personally I think class emphasizing assistance is most likely the what we're going to end up with. I don't think race based programs have a very bright future.
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Has there been a rash of white-redlining or something?
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Far as I know gays, minorities and women can and are arbitrarily fired routinely. The US is an at will employment country*. I mean if they are arbitrarily fired I supposed they could claim they were fired because of their minority status, but you could equally claim sexual harassment or whatever. Or is there some actual rule you're thinking about?
*and I reluctantly suspect that is better than the alternative in terms of employment but meh, nothing to be happy about.
On “Two attacks on the Monarchy”
I doubt it'd happen personally. If dissatisfaction with the Monarchy reached the level where it'd effect actual change I doubt that the outcome would be two Monarchies.