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Not to mention that a leftist politics that includes “The US should be the most powerful nation on Earth and should aggressively police other major powers,” is both unsustainable and invites really awful shit domestically.
October 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Not to mention that a leftist politics that includes “The US should be the most powerful nation on Earth and should aggressively police other major powers,” is both unsustainable and invites really awful shit domestically.
But aggressive U.S foreign policy against Russia and especially against China has achieved nothing. And the drawbacks have the potential to cause far more misery than anything gained. (Russia is admittedly much more arguable, but the threat of nuclear war outweighs anything else imo.)
October 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
But aggressive U.S foreign policy against Russia and especially against China has achieved nothing. And the drawbacks have the potential to cause far more misery than anything gained. (Russia is admittedly much more arguable, but the threat of nuclear war outweighs anything else imo.)
The very real and dangerous maximally anti-China, anti-Russia positions are far worse than the standard Leftist position on both, even if you think the Leftists are bad on those countries.
October 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The very real and dangerous maximally anti-China, anti-Russia positions are far worse than the standard Leftist position on both, even if you think the Leftists are bad on those countries.
Also, why would the CSA give up huge chunks of the American West when that’s what they wanted most lmao?
October 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Also, why would the CSA give up huge chunks of the American West when that’s what they wanted most lmao?
Only truly good use of LLM I’ve seen is as a much better, but very energy intensive PDF search.
October 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Only truly good use of LLM I’ve seen is as a much better, but very energy intensive PDF search.
Plus, I think Ford’s performance pretty much conveys where he ends up emotionally.
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Plus, I think Ford’s performance pretty much conveys where he ends up emotionally.
Imo, his journey is implied anyways by Deckard deciding to run off with Rachel. I think the Director’s Cut ending is right to trust that the audience will pick up on that.
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Imo, his journey is implied anyways by Deckard deciding to run off with Rachel. I think the Director’s Cut ending is right to trust that the audience will pick up on that.
If a comedian performed at a “Trump is a Great Guy and You Should Not Criticize the US,” comedy festival paid for by the U.S. Government, I’m pretty sure people would also have a problem with that.
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
If a comedian performed at a “Trump is a Great Guy and You Should Not Criticize the US,” comedy festival paid for by the U.S. Government, I’m pretty sure people would also have a problem with that.
I definitely like serialized television more than you, but at the same time, I really hate the soap-opera-fication of TV. There is a way to do serialized fiction that isn’t endless cliffhangers and where each novel/episode still feels like a complete story.
September 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I definitely like serialized television more than you, but at the same time, I really hate the soap-opera-fication of TV. There is a way to do serialized fiction that isn’t endless cliffhangers and where each novel/episode still feels like a complete story.
I’m about to be playing the Jane Austen RPG Good Society and I feel like extremely chaste, very transactional romance can work with the right groups
September 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’m about to be playing the Jane Austen RPG Good Society and I feel like extremely chaste, very transactional romance can work with the right groups
The second one describes Biden’s foreign policy, as well.
September 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The second one describes Biden’s foreign policy, as well.
I think copyright has been a massive and actively destructive red herring for artists in all mediums, but I don’t blame people in situations like this for using the only tool they have been provided.
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I think copyright has been a massive and actively destructive red herring for artists in all mediums, but I don’t blame people in situations like this for using the only tool they have been provided.
*Trying to think of the most foundational sin of the American Literary canon* Hmmm, Don DeLillo.
September 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
*Trying to think of the most foundational sin of the American Literary canon* Hmmm, Don DeLillo.
I feel like pirate-steampunk is at least on the path to making steampunk tolerable for me. Seems like a natural combo, in some ways.
August 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I feel like pirate-steampunk is at least on the path to making steampunk tolerable for me. Seems like a natural combo, in some ways.
I hate how it’s fans talk about it like it’s the first good TV show. (I am also a massive fan of it, btw.)
August 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I hate how it’s fans talk about it like it’s the first good TV show. (I am also a massive fan of it, btw.)
In general, more episodic TV really gets under-looked. Something like Columbo or even Adventure Time completely clears everything (imho) on here save for The Sopranos.
But I’m someone who tends to think the Prestige TV thing was way overblown.
But I’m someone who tends to think the Prestige TV thing was way overblown.
August 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In general, more episodic TV really gets under-looked. Something like Columbo or even Adventure Time completely clears everything (imho) on here save for The Sopranos.
But I’m someone who tends to think the Prestige TV thing was way overblown.
But I’m someone who tends to think the Prestige TV thing was way overblown.
There are unfortunately terrible people
whose work interfaces with their life in really interesting ways (Lou Reed probably, William S. Burroughs, etc.) No-one in Led Zeppelin is like that at all, though. Just completely shallow and vapid imho.
whose work interfaces with their life in really interesting ways (Lou Reed probably, William S. Burroughs, etc.) No-one in Led Zeppelin is like that at all, though. Just completely shallow and vapid imho.
July 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
There are unfortunately terrible people
whose work interfaces with their life in really interesting ways (Lou Reed probably, William S. Burroughs, etc.) No-one in Led Zeppelin is like that at all, though. Just completely shallow and vapid imho.
whose work interfaces with their life in really interesting ways (Lou Reed probably, William S. Burroughs, etc.) No-one in Led Zeppelin is like that at all, though. Just completely shallow and vapid imho.
*big.
I had a strong preference for Spooksville at the time, tbh, even though I got into Goosebumps first.
I had a strong preference for Spooksville at the time, tbh, even though I got into Goosebumps first.
July 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
*big.
I had a strong preference for Spooksville at the time, tbh, even though I got into Goosebumps first.
I had a strong preference for Spooksville at the time, tbh, even though I got into Goosebumps first.
The bog gateways to me were Goodebumps and Spooksville.
July 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The bog gateways to me were Goodebumps and Spooksville.
Senility as a medical term is outdated, ofc, but it doesn’t mean that every old person with cognition issues has dementia.
July 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Senility as a medical term is outdated, ofc, but it doesn’t mean that every old person with cognition issues has dementia.
This is just like throwing around the term ADHD for anyone who seems unfocused and then saying, “Lack of focus means they have ADHD.”
July 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is just like throwing around the term ADHD for anyone who seems unfocused and then saying, “Lack of focus means they have ADHD.”
Dementia is a diagnosable medical condition that progresses as it goes on. Trump has been some variation of what he’s like now for many years. He is definitely even dumber, but it’s not a major shift. Biden is more arguable, but we don’t have enough information on him to know.
July 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dementia is a diagnosable medical condition that progresses as it goes on. Trump has been some variation of what he’s like now for many years. He is definitely even dumber, but it’s not a major shift. Biden is more arguable, but we don’t have enough information on him to know.
They’re not at all the same thing.
July 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
They’re not at all the same thing.
Just like with Biden, he doesn’t have dementia. This is just how some people get when they’re this old.
July 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just like with Biden, he doesn’t have dementia. This is just how some people get when they’re this old.