Robert Ford
@lubarrin.bsky.social
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[about to become even more wrong] to be clear,
March 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
[about to become even more wrong] to be clear,
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No matter how hard people try to avoid philosophy, they always come face to face with it when they push boundaries. So many physicists, computer scientists, social scientists, etc. who tried to philosophize without philosophy at their respective frontiers and failed.
November 22, 2024 at 1:11 AM
No matter how hard people try to avoid philosophy, they always come face to face with it when they push boundaries. So many physicists, computer scientists, social scientists, etc. who tried to philosophize without philosophy at their respective frontiers and failed.
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just got back from my shift at the dick sucking factory and nobody knew you there. no one has even heard of you. they say the house you live in has been abandoned for decades. so i looked you up online and — bro, i found your obituary. it says you died in 1963 bro
July 16, 2023 at 2:33 PM
just got back from my shift at the dick sucking factory and nobody knew you there. no one has even heard of you. they say the house you live in has been abandoned for decades. so i looked you up online and — bro, i found your obituary. it says you died in 1963 bro
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I can’t remember who I saw say this, but: some of us are actually here to make friends
Also the notion that if we prefer like-minded company here that means we aren’t engaging with a wider range of viewpoints elsewhere is silly and insulting
Also the notion that if we prefer like-minded company here that means we aren’t engaging with a wider range of viewpoints elsewhere is silly and insulting
"This place is just an echo chamber."
If you feel it is, follow a greater variety of people. But also, the idea that social media is a failure if we reach only kindred spirits is dumb. Kindred spirits are great! The function of this place is to be an info source and a mild pleasure. It's not a job!
If you feel it is, follow a greater variety of people. But also, the idea that social media is a failure if we reach only kindred spirits is dumb. Kindred spirits are great! The function of this place is to be an info source and a mild pleasure. It's not a job!
November 12, 2024 at 10:56 PM
I can’t remember who I saw say this, but: some of us are actually here to make friends
Also the notion that if we prefer like-minded company here that means we aren’t engaging with a wider range of viewpoints elsewhere is silly and insulting
Also the notion that if we prefer like-minded company here that means we aren’t engaging with a wider range of viewpoints elsewhere is silly and insulting
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the trump campaign was literally bought and paid for by the wealthiest people on the planet — openly! — and dim-witted pundits are going on about how voters are tired of "elitist democrats"
November 9, 2024 at 8:35 PM
the trump campaign was literally bought and paid for by the wealthiest people on the planet — openly! — and dim-witted pundits are going on about how voters are tired of "elitist democrats"
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Oddly enough, our best and brightest heterodox columnists have analyzed the election results and all come to the same conclusion: people were mean to them on computer
November 7, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Oddly enough, our best and brightest heterodox columnists have analyzed the election results and all come to the same conclusion: people were mean to them on computer
The only hope I have at the moment is that this administration will be the same farcical shitshow as the last one, chewing up everyone who touches it.
Will Musk be the next ‘The Mooch’? Kennedy? God I hope so.
Will Musk be the next ‘The Mooch’? Kennedy? God I hope so.
November 7, 2024 at 8:40 PM
The only hope I have at the moment is that this administration will be the same farcical shitshow as the last one, chewing up everyone who touches it.
Will Musk be the next ‘The Mooch’? Kennedy? God I hope so.
Will Musk be the next ‘The Mooch’? Kennedy? God I hope so.
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Liberation from the needle is the ultimate mercy
November 1, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Liberation from the needle is the ultimate mercy
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If you ask 1000 people at random “what’s your favorite restaurant?, there’s an associated statistical error. If you ask 1000 people who are entering McDonald’s, there is an associated systematic error. Very different errors, both very important. Vibe-based opinions often involve systematic errors.
January 24, 2024 at 2:42 PM
If you ask 1000 people at random “what’s your favorite restaurant?, there’s an associated statistical error. If you ask 1000 people who are entering McDonald’s, there is an associated systematic error. Very different errors, both very important. Vibe-based opinions often involve systematic errors.
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Overhead today at lunch:
A: *Phone rings* Sorry, that was Christy.
B: How's she doing?
A: I don't think this is the Christy you know.
B: I know Christy.
A: Which Christy do you know?
B: ... I don't know how to answer that.
Russell's theory of names rekt.
A: *Phone rings* Sorry, that was Christy.
B: How's she doing?
A: I don't think this is the Christy you know.
B: I know Christy.
A: Which Christy do you know?
B: ... I don't know how to answer that.
Russell's theory of names rekt.
October 31, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Overhead today at lunch:
A: *Phone rings* Sorry, that was Christy.
B: How's she doing?
A: I don't think this is the Christy you know.
B: I know Christy.
A: Which Christy do you know?
B: ... I don't know how to answer that.
Russell's theory of names rekt.
A: *Phone rings* Sorry, that was Christy.
B: How's she doing?
A: I don't think this is the Christy you know.
B: I know Christy.
A: Which Christy do you know?
B: ... I don't know how to answer that.
Russell's theory of names rekt.
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Trump's plan to literally murder your kids doesn't make the front page but we're on day 3 of wall-to-wall "unfortunate Biden remark" coverage. Do you know why this is the case?
Can't believe hundreds of years of vaccine research and progress against murder germs hinge on if a couple yinzers think Trump will cut their grocery bill by 80 cents.
www.huffpost.com/entry/howard...
www.huffpost.com/entry/howard...
Trump Transition Co-Chair Floats Plan To 'Yank' Vaccines 'Off The Market'
Billionaire Howard Lutnick said anti-vaxxer and Trump ally Robert F Kennedy Jr. wants to get "the data" to help him pull vaccines.
www.huffpost.com
October 31, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Trump's plan to literally murder your kids doesn't make the front page but we're on day 3 of wall-to-wall "unfortunate Biden remark" coverage. Do you know why this is the case?
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Just a reminder that as recently as 1999 (American Beauty), carrying a camera with you at all times to take video of random moments from your life was seen as antisocial weirdo freak behavior that defined your whole personality
October 30, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Just a reminder that as recently as 1999 (American Beauty), carrying a camera with you at all times to take video of random moments from your life was seen as antisocial weirdo freak behavior that defined your whole personality
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I'm a lot less worried about my students using AI to cheat than I am about my older colleagues trusting random Facebook posts that reinforce right-wing talking points.
October 30, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I'm a lot less worried about my students using AI to cheat than I am about my older colleagues trusting random Facebook posts that reinforce right-wing talking points.
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The GOP candidate: I haven’t killed all the people I want to yet, but I’m making a good start. I give puppies rabies as a hobby. Here’s the list of ongoing pogroms I’m trying to get off the ground. My plan to fix the economy is fuck you.
The polls: 49/51
The polls: 49/51
September 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
The GOP candidate: I haven’t killed all the people I want to yet, but I’m making a good start. I give puppies rabies as a hobby. Here’s the list of ongoing pogroms I’m trying to get off the ground. My plan to fix the economy is fuck you.
The polls: 49/51
The polls: 49/51
Unless you’ve been in a coma since 2004 I don’t see how you tune into this debate as an undecided voter looking to be convinced one way or the other.
But if somehow that’s you, welcome to team Harris
But if somehow that’s you, welcome to team Harris
September 11, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Unless you’ve been in a coma since 2004 I don’t see how you tune into this debate as an undecided voter looking to be convinced one way or the other.
But if somehow that’s you, welcome to team Harris
But if somehow that’s you, welcome to team Harris
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men are too emotional to be president
September 11, 2024 at 1:55 AM
men are too emotional to be president
Okay on the count of three:
Every single one of you motherfuckers who get mad at women for distrusting men,
Instead start getting mad at the shitty men who give women good reasons to be distrustful
Okay
One
Two..
THREE!
Every single one of you motherfuckers who get mad at women for distrusting men,
Instead start getting mad at the shitty men who give women good reasons to be distrustful
Okay
One
Two..
THREE!
April 24, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Okay on the count of three:
Every single one of you motherfuckers who get mad at women for distrusting men,
Instead start getting mad at the shitty men who give women good reasons to be distrustful
Okay
One
Two..
THREE!
Every single one of you motherfuckers who get mad at women for distrusting men,
Instead start getting mad at the shitty men who give women good reasons to be distrustful
Okay
One
Two..
THREE!
Look, I’m old but I can still walk into a fast food place I haven’t been to in a long time, navigate the new ordering stations, pick my shit and get out in five minutes or less.
So I’m not THAT old
So I’m not THAT old
April 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Look, I’m old but I can still walk into a fast food place I haven’t been to in a long time, navigate the new ordering stations, pick my shit and get out in five minutes or less.
So I’m not THAT old
So I’m not THAT old
“Wait, it’s ridiculous- people have seen HOW MANY of these Marvel movies? All super hero movies!?”
Me, taking a long drag from my cigarette, “Wait till you find out how many sitcom-hours I’ve logged in my life, pal.”
Me, taking a long drag from my cigarette, “Wait till you find out how many sitcom-hours I’ve logged in my life, pal.”
January 26, 2024 at 4:51 AM
“Wait, it’s ridiculous- people have seen HOW MANY of these Marvel movies? All super hero movies!?”
Me, taking a long drag from my cigarette, “Wait till you find out how many sitcom-hours I’ve logged in my life, pal.”
Me, taking a long drag from my cigarette, “Wait till you find out how many sitcom-hours I’ve logged in my life, pal.”
I’m finally emotionally mature enough, I think, to ask this question.
Are the B-52s ridiculous or do I just not get it?
Are the B-52s ridiculous or do I just not get it?
January 25, 2024 at 9:35 PM
I’m finally emotionally mature enough, I think, to ask this question.
Are the B-52s ridiculous or do I just not get it?
Are the B-52s ridiculous or do I just not get it?
Hey.. whatever happened to those people who said they were magnets after taking the Covid vaccine?
Did they ever admit that they were asinine, or did they just quietly move on to the next thing?
Did they ever admit that they were asinine, or did they just quietly move on to the next thing?
January 25, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Hey.. whatever happened to those people who said they were magnets after taking the Covid vaccine?
Did they ever admit that they were asinine, or did they just quietly move on to the next thing?
Did they ever admit that they were asinine, or did they just quietly move on to the next thing?
Scientist discussing alien civilizations
“What if us times like a million?”
(Famous distinguished scientist sitting in the corner the whole time stands and clears his throat, speaking)
“Ladies and gentlemen. What if us times a billion-billion?”
(Stunned silence)
“What if us times like a million?”
(Famous distinguished scientist sitting in the corner the whole time stands and clears his throat, speaking)
“Ladies and gentlemen. What if us times a billion-billion?”
(Stunned silence)
January 13, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Scientist discussing alien civilizations
“What if us times like a million?”
(Famous distinguished scientist sitting in the corner the whole time stands and clears his throat, speaking)
“Ladies and gentlemen. What if us times a billion-billion?”
(Stunned silence)
“What if us times like a million?”
(Famous distinguished scientist sitting in the corner the whole time stands and clears his throat, speaking)
“Ladies and gentlemen. What if us times a billion-billion?”
(Stunned silence)