Vituperative Erb
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Bill Groundhog-Day, Ghostbustin’-Ass Murray
Bill Groundhog-Day, Ghostbustin’-Ass Murray
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technology is not some gnawing mindless thing that behaves of its own accord. for each awful thing occurring today, there are ~6 to 12 people (men, really) who are actively making choices to ensure this happens. they want you to think technology is like the free market, filling gaps. it is not.
I appreciate the poetry here and it the last sentence is a satisfying payoff but I wish that they would spend less time characterizing Grok as a trickster demon that’s been let loose on the world and more time stating flatly that Elon can send one email and end all of this in 30 seconds.
Grok didn't learn this on its own. It was allowed to learn it. Other AIs do not do this. If Grok is made in Musk's image, we have to ask what kind of man Musk is? The answer: a man who at the very least sees nothing wrong with child porn.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
technology is not some gnawing mindless thing that behaves of its own accord. for each awful thing occurring today, there are ~6 to 12 people (men, really) who are actively making choices to ensure this happens. they want you to think technology is like the free market, filling gaps. it is not.
The actual best case scenario in terms of an actual budget is Jeffries and Schumer make a credible shutdown threat behind closed doors, get what concessions they can before people get dug in and the fascist propaganda machine spins up, and the 7 worst and/or retiring Dems vote for cloture on it
With such a suddenly narrow gop majority in the House there might be an opportunity, but I'm not sure it looks like a multi-week shutdown.
January 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The actual best case scenario in terms of an actual budget is Jeffries and Schumer make a credible shutdown threat behind closed doors, get what concessions they can before people get dug in and the fascist propaganda machine spins up, and the 7 worst and/or retiring Dems vote for cloture on it
There is a very pervasive belief on here that “Dems trying to get policy concessions” is identical to “Dems giving up”; at the same time, “Dems not trying” is posited to be “Dems fighting,” though I’ll be honest I’m skeptical that would actually satisfy the complainants
Starting to think your obtuseness is not feigned. Republicans “controlling Congress” does not mean Democrats have to roll over for them.
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
There is a very pervasive belief on here that “Dems trying to get policy concessions” is identical to “Dems giving up”; at the same time, “Dems not trying” is posited to be “Dems fighting,” though I’ll be honest I’m skeptical that would actually satisfy the complainants
It does appear that people have a very strong intuition that any Dem strategy will be explained in full on either the “Hates Democrats” or “Nazi Pedophile” websites, and that the absence of such a public microblogging explanation is proof of a lack of seriousness, resolve, and effort
it seems to me that some people are very mad that they don’t have full access to the true intentions behind every political strategy, or just that they don’t know how everything will actually play out
January 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It does appear that people have a very strong intuition that any Dem strategy will be explained in full on either the “Hates Democrats” or “Nazi Pedophile” websites, and that the absence of such a public microblogging explanation is proof of a lack of seriousness, resolve, and effort
I will also say that “I think the Dems should do another shutdown” and “I hate the coward Dems for only doing a 42 day shutdown last time” are mutually exclusive positions. Either you get credit for trying or trying is pointless, pick one
I have no idea if the Dems are planning another shutdown but this is functionally identical to what they were saying before they set a new shutdown record
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I will also say that “I think the Dems should do another shutdown” and “I hate the coward Dems for only doing a 42 day shutdown last time” are mutually exclusive positions. Either you get credit for trying or trying is pointless, pick one
I have no idea if the Dems are planning another shutdown but this is functionally identical to what they were saying before they set a new shutdown record
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I have no idea if the Dems are planning another shutdown but this is functionally identical to what they were saying before they set a new shutdown record
“I am mad at Dems for voting for Rubio for Secretary of State in Jan. 2025” and “I am mad at Dems for making a serious and sincere attempt to stop any cabinet nominees at all ” are identical statements. I understand that because this requires abstract thinking it is beyond most users of this website
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
“I am mad at Dems for voting for Rubio for Secretary of State in Jan. 2025” and “I am mad at Dems for making a serious and sincere attempt to stop any cabinet nominees at all ” are identical statements. I understand that because this requires abstract thinking it is beyond most users of this website
None of these words are in the Bible
Parker is the enemy for she did not sufficiently praise putting honkers on the Animal Crossing dog
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
None of these words are in the Bible
“We suspected you were a homo” is an extremely funny reaction to get to coming out to your parents
January 6, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“We suspected you were a homo” is an extremely funny reaction to get to coming out to your parents
Obviously I’ve never needed to but shall if ever the occasion arises
One must learn how to take the occasional L
January 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Obviously I’ve never needed to but shall if ever the occasion arises
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The gasp-laugh I made at this is something I couldn’t reproduce if I tried
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
The gasp-laugh I made at this is something I couldn’t reproduce if I tried
We see the origin of the phrase “not ready for prime time”
"First day... first day, big problems here. Uh, are we going to Kelly here or are we gonna go..."
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January 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
We see the origin of the phrase “not ready for prime time”
You are entitled to whatever your feelings are I guess but it is just flatly true that the current Senate Dems under Schumer are being substantially more obstructionist in the minority than the Republicans in the 111th Congress under McConnell
January 6, 2026 at 4:36 AM
You are entitled to whatever your feelings are I guess but it is just flatly true that the current Senate Dems under Schumer are being substantially more obstructionist in the minority than the Republicans in the 111th Congress under McConnell
It is true that the overwhelming majority of federal defendants plead guilty but a lot of people on this website seem to miss that this is because almost all those people are factually guilty and the DOJ historically does not indict without overwhelming evidence of guilt
People also conflate state and federal criminal proceedings in a way that is understandable for a layperson but extremely analytically erroneous
January 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
It is true that the overwhelming majority of federal defendants plead guilty but a lot of people on this website seem to miss that this is because almost all those people are factually guilty and the DOJ historically does not indict without overwhelming evidence of guilt
The fact that Giles was a ne’er-do-well greaser-wizard as a youth remains an consistently good bit
Hoodlum Giles beating the shit out of a cop is an all-timer
January 6, 2026 at 2:49 AM
The fact that Giles was a ne’er-do-well greaser-wizard as a youth remains an consistently good bit
The Buffy episode where the olds all start acting like teenagers is great
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The Buffy episode where the olds all start acting like teenagers is great
Conspiracy to commit a war of aggression was a thing they hung you for at Nuremberg
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Conspiracy to commit a war of aggression was a thing they hung you for at Nuremberg
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
The minority party just fundamentally doesn’t have a mechanism to deal with the majority party ceding all power to the executive, which is why yelling at Chuck Schumer to do better posts might not actually be a great use of energy
Johnson, Thune say Venezuela operation didn't require prior authorization
Johnson, Thune say Venezuela operation didn't require prior authorization
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended the Trump administration Monday for not consulting Congress ahead of its operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. The administration notified the “Gang of Eight” — which includes Thune, Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The minority party just fundamentally doesn’t have a mechanism to deal with the majority party ceding all power to the executive, which is why yelling at Chuck Schumer to do better posts might not actually be a great use of energy
Walked into the gym for the first time since New Year’s and immediately regretted doing that
January 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Walked into the gym for the first time since New Year’s and immediately regretted doing that
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miller's feelings of inadequacy are the only well-grounded beliefs he has
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
miller's feelings of inadequacy are the only well-grounded beliefs he has
I need to emphasize that the mere fact that you have a thought does not in itself justify sharing that thought
Being born and raised in Jim Crow America is a valid reason to suspect that a judge will wrongly convict an innocent black defendant.
Besides very expected cognitive decline, even the rare fully cognitive 90 year old still grew up under racial apartheid and the overt criminalization of blackness.
Besides very expected cognitive decline, even the rare fully cognitive 90 year old still grew up under racial apartheid and the overt criminalization of blackness.
January 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I need to emphasize that the mere fact that you have a thought does not in itself justify sharing that thought
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we need a new rawlsian thought experiment but this one needs to be a thought experiment about "could you explain this action or post to a normal person on the street"
I still don’t understand Stancil and I don’t know anyone irl who even knows who he is. That’s all I need to know that he is probably some toxic, weirdly online phenomenon that I should avoid at all costs
January 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
we need a new rawlsian thought experiment but this one needs to be a thought experiment about "could you explain this action or post to a normal person on the street"
People appear to have a real strong intuition that some combination of Diane Feinstein not showing up to votes because she had dementia and RBG being replaced by a 50 year old Republican is broadly applicable to the elderly across all fields and situations and it’s not really a good intuition
If a senior status judge is still on the criminal wheel I suspect he’s quite alright managing a courtroom
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
People appear to have a real strong intuition that some combination of Diane Feinstein not showing up to votes because she had dementia and RBG being replaced by a 50 year old Republican is broadly applicable to the elderly across all fields and situations and it’s not really a good intuition
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this is too frivolous, but Tim Walz could retire and host a NPR Car-Talk/Home Repair type show for a decade, easy
January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
this is too frivolous, but Tim Walz could retire and host a NPR Car-Talk/Home Repair type show for a decade, easy