Marginally Competent
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It is what it is, isn't it, ain't never was that it wasn't somehow
I've looked into the guy, and - take it from a person from a country that's barely managed to kick the fashies out after a decade of rule recently: y'all are going to have to compromise on people like this, even if it's distasteful. Take who you can get, anything's better than fascism.
August 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I've looked into the guy, and - take it from a person from a country that's barely managed to kick the fashies out after a decade of rule recently: y'all are going to have to compromise on people like this, even if it's distasteful. Take who you can get, anything's better than fascism.
I'm looking in on this from an outside perspective and genuinely curious.
It looks like the democrats in the US finally have a guy who not only understands that "they go low, we go high" is not a viable way to oppose fascism, and is actually doing something.
Why the hate? Am I missing something?
It looks like the democrats in the US finally have a guy who not only understands that "they go low, we go high" is not a viable way to oppose fascism, and is actually doing something.
Why the hate? Am I missing something?
August 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I'm looking in on this from an outside perspective and genuinely curious.
It looks like the democrats in the US finally have a guy who not only understands that "they go low, we go high" is not a viable way to oppose fascism, and is actually doing something.
Why the hate? Am I missing something?
It looks like the democrats in the US finally have a guy who not only understands that "they go low, we go high" is not a viable way to oppose fascism, and is actually doing something.
Why the hate? Am I missing something?
Speaking as someone who's had nearly the exact same problem a couple years ago - definitely get it checked out if it's outside the normal pattern.
Mine persisted for a week, didn't go away until I got a proper dose of triptanes.
Mine persisted for a week, didn't go away until I got a proper dose of triptanes.
July 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Speaking as someone who's had nearly the exact same problem a couple years ago - definitely get it checked out if it's outside the normal pattern.
Mine persisted for a week, didn't go away until I got a proper dose of triptanes.
Mine persisted for a week, didn't go away until I got a proper dose of triptanes.
Separation of concerns is a societal construct. Embrace non-modularity. Become one with the Blob.
July 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Separation of concerns is a societal construct. Embrace non-modularity. Become one with the Blob.
If you've got a decent hook and a workable demo, there's a site somewhere that distributes keys to your game to various influencers. Keymailer, I think it was?
July 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If you've got a decent hook and a workable demo, there's a site somewhere that distributes keys to your game to various influencers. Keymailer, I think it was?
"Gurgle Motors" is one hell of a branding power move
March 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Gurgle Motors" is one hell of a branding power move
The finest mlem this side of Pecos
March 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The finest mlem this side of Pecos
Not mentioning Poland as a threat is a big mistake.
Janusz, get the Geneva Wishlist, we're going to Moscow
Janusz, get the Geneva Wishlist, we're going to Moscow
February 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Not mentioning Poland as a threat is a big mistake.
Janusz, get the Geneva Wishlist, we're going to Moscow
Janusz, get the Geneva Wishlist, we're going to Moscow
The greatest example of this are the ceaseless new ways they find to attempt to portray their weakness as strength.
Trump is the first US president to proudly and openly negotiate with a terrorist, but they'd have you think it's "powerful peace negotiations". Food prices? "Not a priority", etc.
Trump is the first US president to proudly and openly negotiate with a terrorist, but they'd have you think it's "powerful peace negotiations". Food prices? "Not a priority", etc.
February 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The greatest example of this are the ceaseless new ways they find to attempt to portray their weakness as strength.
Trump is the first US president to proudly and openly negotiate with a terrorist, but they'd have you think it's "powerful peace negotiations". Food prices? "Not a priority", etc.
Trump is the first US president to proudly and openly negotiate with a terrorist, but they'd have you think it's "powerful peace negotiations". Food prices? "Not a priority", etc.
The key takeaway from Eco's essay is, I think, the fact that fascism is fundamentally the ideology of no ideology - it cares only for attaining and keeping power and any narrative around that is free to change as is convenient.
Vis: the GOP's constantly evolving list of "woke" things.
Vis: the GOP's constantly evolving list of "woke" things.
February 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The key takeaway from Eco's essay is, I think, the fact that fascism is fundamentally the ideology of no ideology - it cares only for attaining and keeping power and any narrative around that is free to change as is convenient.
Vis: the GOP's constantly evolving list of "woke" things.
Vis: the GOP's constantly evolving list of "woke" things.
I tend to see it as the poster being charitable more than anything else, assuming people know things.
From a euro perspective, most of what follows an opener like that usually _is_ common, high school level knowledge. We do place a lot more emphasis on teaching the humanities out here, though.
From a euro perspective, most of what follows an opener like that usually _is_ common, high school level knowledge. We do place a lot more emphasis on teaching the humanities out here, though.
January 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I tend to see it as the poster being charitable more than anything else, assuming people know things.
From a euro perspective, most of what follows an opener like that usually _is_ common, high school level knowledge. We do place a lot more emphasis on teaching the humanities out here, though.
From a euro perspective, most of what follows an opener like that usually _is_ common, high school level knowledge. We do place a lot more emphasis on teaching the humanities out here, though.
I'm not sure narcissism is really necessary for this. A culture that valorizes ignorance, violence, and belief despite evidence is the exact definition of a fascist society - and it doesn't take a narcissist to be a fascist.
All it takes is a certain detachment from reality, I'd say.
All it takes is a certain detachment from reality, I'd say.
January 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm not sure narcissism is really necessary for this. A culture that valorizes ignorance, violence, and belief despite evidence is the exact definition of a fascist society - and it doesn't take a narcissist to be a fascist.
All it takes is a certain detachment from reality, I'd say.
All it takes is a certain detachment from reality, I'd say.
Your work's great! If I've learned anything, it's that lack of recognition is nearly always a reflection of the fact folks just can't recognize things to save their lives.
(Also, your occasional Mac Art is definitely top of my Best Depiction of Dog™ in Art History list. _Always_ makes my day.)
(Also, your occasional Mac Art is definitely top of my Best Depiction of Dog™ in Art History list. _Always_ makes my day.)
December 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Your work's great! If I've learned anything, it's that lack of recognition is nearly always a reflection of the fact folks just can't recognize things to save their lives.
(Also, your occasional Mac Art is definitely top of my Best Depiction of Dog™ in Art History list. _Always_ makes my day.)
(Also, your occasional Mac Art is definitely top of my Best Depiction of Dog™ in Art History list. _Always_ makes my day.)
Forgot my password and the password to the burner email I made to register way back when, bastards ain't letting me delete my account without it.
Also, schadenfreude.
Also, schadenfreude.
December 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Forgot my password and the password to the burner email I made to register way back when, bastards ain't letting me delete my account without it.
Also, schadenfreude.
Also, schadenfreude.
Nothing wrong with anything in this particular post.
Peterson does blow a lot of hot air to disguise his lack of substance. The best educators do put things in simple terms.
Hell, I spent quite a few years teaching, both kids and adults. Keeping things simple yet accurate is a hell of a skill.
Peterson does blow a lot of hot air to disguise his lack of substance. The best educators do put things in simple terms.
Hell, I spent quite a few years teaching, both kids and adults. Keeping things simple yet accurate is a hell of a skill.
December 9, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Nothing wrong with anything in this particular post.
Peterson does blow a lot of hot air to disguise his lack of substance. The best educators do put things in simple terms.
Hell, I spent quite a few years teaching, both kids and adults. Keeping things simple yet accurate is a hell of a skill.
Peterson does blow a lot of hot air to disguise his lack of substance. The best educators do put things in simple terms.
Hell, I spent quite a few years teaching, both kids and adults. Keeping things simple yet accurate is a hell of a skill.
The OG (Original Googledebunker) has arrived
November 17, 2024 at 11:46 PM
The OG (Original Googledebunker) has arrived
No you didn't, have you tried the Dewey Decimal System
Very good for searching
Very good for searching
May 26, 2024 at 10:40 AM
No you didn't, have you tried the Dewey Decimal System
Very good for searching
Very good for searching
Hot take: we don't know the whole story. The dude could be in chronic pain, be depressed, or be using the weed to self-medicate otherwise.
Remember folks, people venting have a tendency to omit anything that isn't conducive to their side of the story looking good.
(Or not, but hey - balance )
Remember folks, people venting have a tendency to omit anything that isn't conducive to their side of the story looking good.
(Or not, but hey - balance )
May 26, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Hot take: we don't know the whole story. The dude could be in chronic pain, be depressed, or be using the weed to self-medicate otherwise.
Remember folks, people venting have a tendency to omit anything that isn't conducive to their side of the story looking good.
(Or not, but hey - balance )
Remember folks, people venting have a tendency to omit anything that isn't conducive to their side of the story looking good.
(Or not, but hey - balance )
Indeed, a known phenomenon in linguistics, though criminally understudied as of right now.
Plenty of pet theories flying around with little enough evidence to support any particular one.
Plenty of pet theories flying around with little enough evidence to support any particular one.
May 19, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Indeed, a known phenomenon in linguistics, though criminally understudied as of right now.
Plenty of pet theories flying around with little enough evidence to support any particular one.
Plenty of pet theories flying around with little enough evidence to support any particular one.
I saw the greatest minds of my generation work at openAI
Starving, hysterical, naked
Starving, hysterical, naked
May 16, 2024 at 6:01 AM
I saw the greatest minds of my generation work at openAI
Starving, hysterical, naked
Starving, hysterical, naked
Long as it's the rich getting sunk, cool.
I'm gonna feel a bit more ambivalent about it when it's one of the "I sold everything I had and bought a tiny boat" liveaboard crowd that gets the business end of a playful orca.
I'm gonna feel a bit more ambivalent about it when it's one of the "I sold everything I had and bought a tiny boat" liveaboard crowd that gets the business end of a playful orca.
May 14, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Long as it's the rich getting sunk, cool.
I'm gonna feel a bit more ambivalent about it when it's one of the "I sold everything I had and bought a tiny boat" liveaboard crowd that gets the business end of a playful orca.
I'm gonna feel a bit more ambivalent about it when it's one of the "I sold everything I had and bought a tiny boat" liveaboard crowd that gets the business end of a playful orca.
"Check lore here" in the context of WH is pretty much a one-sentence horror story on its own. An utterly terrifying sequence of words, in a curiously atavistic way.
I imagine this is how ancient priests felt when trying to figure out how they've offended their cosmic horror of a god.
I imagine this is how ancient priests felt when trying to figure out how they've offended their cosmic horror of a god.
April 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM
"Check lore here" in the context of WH is pretty much a one-sentence horror story on its own. An utterly terrifying sequence of words, in a curiously atavistic way.
I imagine this is how ancient priests felt when trying to figure out how they've offended their cosmic horror of a god.
I imagine this is how ancient priests felt when trying to figure out how they've offended their cosmic horror of a god.