it's clown town all the way down

“Oh damn, the president ordered the murder of his political opponents” is super bad and to a large extent so is “nobody under him lifted one single finger toward that goal” because who is exercising the power of the presidency at that point?

back in the day you could buy master recordings on 1/4" and the good ones were the most hifi thing you'll ever hear

I keep checking these boxes like I'm going to win a prize

what else can one do

Your cardiologist might say no but your psychologist will probably say yes.

When the liquid is starting to get really thick again take out your cheesy potatoes with their delicious gravy and let them cool before you enjoy them otherwise you might have a bad time, friend.

When they're starting to brown on the other side add 1/2 the broth and throw it in that oven. Keep the broth hot.

When the liquid has evaporated and they're starting to get sticky, take em out, flip em, and add the rest of the broth. I add blue cheese crumbles at this point. U do u.

Fry those babies up in ample butter until they're starting to brown. Flip them and add a bunch of peeled garlic cloves. I smosh mine, u do u but not too small or it'll burn.

i would never lead you astray

and risk the oh so precious access c'mon

One just needs to have enough experience with these people to understand how truly distorted their perception of reality becomes.

I will allow that there are flukes of great fortune in which someone can generate $B wealth faster than one can responsibly give it away but in general I've come to understand that merely possessing $B wealth is sufficient evidence of a psychotic personality.

there's around $5-10T in the economy being driven fundamentally as an ego contest among maybe 10-100 guys

That actually might be Musk and Thiels fever-dream but I think the rest are just wealth- and power-addled narcissists who just want more for themselves.

If Warren Buffett were in the chat I know he'd agree with you strongly, if not me.