Tauroctonist
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I follow with abandon academics, writers, artists, and others who make the world more intelligible and enjoyable, but I also likes me some silly stupid posts. As one other poster here has said, my apologies in advance for the dichotomy.
Sounds like it's time for a reread of "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds".
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Sounds like it's time for a reread of "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds".
The sad part is that I'm a chemist and probably should have gotten it in one. Oof.
September 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The sad part is that I'm a chemist and probably should have gotten it in one. Oof.
Am I shaping my deeds to a well made Plan,
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town
Content with the labor of tearing down?"
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town
Content with the labor of tearing down?"
July 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Am I shaping my deeds to a well made Plan,
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town
Content with the labor of tearing down?"
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town
Content with the labor of tearing down?"
And I thought to myself as I went my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care
Measuring life by a rule and square?
...
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care
Measuring life by a rule and square?
...
July 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
And I thought to myself as I went my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care
Measuring life by a rule and square?
...
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care
Measuring life by a rule and square?
...
I asked the foreman: "Are these skilled--
And the men you'd hire if you had to build?"
He gave me a laugh and said: "No, indeed!
Just common labor is all I need.
I can wreck in a day or two
What builders have taken a year to do."
...
And the men you'd hire if you had to build?"
He gave me a laugh and said: "No, indeed!
Just common labor is all I need.
I can wreck in a day or two
What builders have taken a year to do."
...
July 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I asked the foreman: "Are these skilled--
And the men you'd hire if you had to build?"
He gave me a laugh and said: "No, indeed!
Just common labor is all I need.
I can wreck in a day or two
What builders have taken a year to do."
...
And the men you'd hire if you had to build?"
He gave me a laugh and said: "No, indeed!
Just common labor is all I need.
I can wreck in a day or two
What builders have taken a year to do."
...
I think it was Joni Ernst who said the "we are all going to die" line, but, I concur, terminal stupidity abounds in our government now.
June 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think it was Joni Ernst who said the "we are all going to die" line, but, I concur, terminal stupidity abounds in our government now.
Already suspended!
June 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Already suspended!