Folks, it’s James Carville. Before you read another word, chip in $10 or whatever you can to help us buy more military grade weaponry.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Folks, it’s James Carville. Before you read another word, chip in $10 or whatever you can to help us buy more military grade weaponry.
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I regularly present for my work. I make the world's shittiest graphics using the shapes in PowerPoint. They look like crap and they're MORE engaging than AI slop because they're obviously my crude but sincere attempts to illustrate a point. It adds emphasis to my point that I would even bother.
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I regularly present for my work. I make the world's shittiest graphics using the shapes in PowerPoint. They look like crap and they're MORE engaging than AI slop because they're obviously my crude but sincere attempts to illustrate a point. It adds emphasis to my point that I would even bother.
You have to be a massive dipshit to care about nations.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
You have to be a massive dipshit to care about nations.
Right, and I'm telling you that your thought experiment is baby blocks.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Right, and I'm telling you that your thought experiment is baby blocks.
We don't need to imagine this scenario because it's absolutely ludicrous. Do you have any experience with nonprofit fundraising or homeless shelters?
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
We don't need to imagine this scenario because it's absolutely ludicrous. Do you have any experience with nonprofit fundraising or homeless shelters?
Yes, it is only altruism if it is selfless. That's the definition of the word.
You're correct that many donors give for self-interested reasons. There is no law of the universe that says that altruism must be common within our society. It isn't, because our society is inherently exploitative.
You're correct that many donors give for self-interested reasons. There is no law of the universe that says that altruism must be common within our society. It isn't, because our society is inherently exploitative.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Yes, it is only altruism if it is selfless. That's the definition of the word.
You're correct that many donors give for self-interested reasons. There is no law of the universe that says that altruism must be common within our society. It isn't, because our society is inherently exploitative.
You're correct that many donors give for self-interested reasons. There is no law of the universe that says that altruism must be common within our society. It isn't, because our society is inherently exploitative.
Do you know what the word "altruism" means?
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Do you know what the word "altruism" means?
The pair of socks they give away is effectively a marketing expenditure. Anyone who thinks it's altruistic is a child or a sucker.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The pair of socks they give away is effectively a marketing expenditure. Anyone who thinks it's altruistic is a child or a sucker.
That's not even getting into the smaller but nonetheless thorny issues inherent in philanthropy:
* Can a company who donates socks as a marketing ploy really be said to be altruistic? (No.)
* Is it good that philanthropists - who are unelected! - get to set funding priorities and policy? (Lol no)
* Can a company who donates socks as a marketing ploy really be said to be altruistic? (No.)
* Is it good that philanthropists - who are unelected! - get to set funding priorities and policy? (Lol no)
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
That's not even getting into the smaller but nonetheless thorny issues inherent in philanthropy:
* Can a company who donates socks as a marketing ploy really be said to be altruistic? (No.)
* Is it good that philanthropists - who are unelected! - get to set funding priorities and policy? (Lol no)
* Can a company who donates socks as a marketing ploy really be said to be altruistic? (No.)
* Is it good that philanthropists - who are unelected! - get to set funding priorities and policy? (Lol no)
Capitalists can't be altruistic. You couldn't have chosen a better example of the comically large gulf between capitalists' idea of doing good (donating socks to homeless shelters) vs. the conditions necessary to maintain them (homeless shelters are necessary and require private donations of socks).
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Capitalists can't be altruistic. You couldn't have chosen a better example of the comically large gulf between capitalists' idea of doing good (donating socks to homeless shelters) vs. the conditions necessary to maintain them (homeless shelters are necessary and require private donations of socks).
I've got you covered, brother
People who get heated arguing about food online are the intellectual equivalent of the militia guys who dress up in camo and pretend to do live fire exercises
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I've got you covered, brother
What the fuck, Sam Harris is her son?!
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What the fuck, Sam Harris is her son?!
I've been in human services for a long time, so this isn't even in the top 1,000 objectionable ideas I've seen come out of a social worker's mouth.
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've been in human services for a long time, so this isn't even in the top 1,000 objectionable ideas I've seen come out of a social worker's mouth.
He's apparently a real pain in the ass to work with 🤷
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
He's apparently a real pain in the ass to work with 🤷