I know I’m a bit rough and tumble but it’s because many times in my life I had to be tough and rumble.
Day: September 8, 2024, 5:38 PM
Horseshoe Theory
It’s been wild watching the left and the right creep back towards supporting Nazism due to backing Russia against Ukraine. It’s really fucking odd, I know, but the logic (as hinted at in the post below) seem to be this:
1) If countries hadn’t fought back against the Nazis as the invasion of Europe occurred, peace would’ve been preserved.
2) Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukraine chose to resist.
3) Therefore, Ukraine is culpable as they did not “peacefully” surrender.
4) Thus, the Nazis were also a-ok because if all of Europe had just peacefully surrendered to them too, all would’ve been well! Like Russia, after all, they had “valid” security concerns.
5) Then, obviously, Ukraine is the real bad guy here for resisting Putin’s peaceful war/genocide.
Alas, I saw someone I once really respected arguing the above not long ago, in nearly those exact steps. All those people should really move to Russia and become part of one of Putin’s meat wave attacks.
Chamberlain
It’s still happening even with modern conflicts. Just today, saw some goober arguing that it’d be better (more “peaceful”) if Ukraine had just rolled over and surrendered to the Russians because Putin had very valid security concerns that justified killing tons of Ukrainians, and that the rest of Eastern Europe should also acquiesce when Putin comes calling (also for “peace”).
These people are terrible. But they are common.
Gret
I’ve noticed similar and it is an enormous difference. It’s shocking how prudish, how asexual and how repressed younger millennials and Gen Z are. It’s like they are missing out on so much of life and don’t seem to realize it or care.
Very sure they’ll regret it when older, though.
Mars Bars
This is still one of the most dumbass posts in the history of dumbassery. I just want to highlight it here as all that is wrong with current thinking about the why and how of doing difficult things. And that it’s absolute knobs like this clown who were saying 10 or 15 years ago that solar power was “impossible” and would never pencil out, etc.
If you listen to doofusy disphits like this dingbat you would never do anything.
Skint
If I were single and I actually wanted to date, I’d pay up to $200K to join a dating service that did not allow anyone with tattoos to join. Note: not paying to guarantee a date or whatever, just that no one has any tattoos at all, even ones hidden by clothing.
Man, turbo-fuck those things.
Evt
Every tattoo I see just makes me hate them more.
Artisan
Previously, I thought smartphones should be severely restricted. Now I’m convinced they should just be banned altogether. Humans weren’t made for this sort of thing. I think that would be equally true even under something other than capitalism, so it’s not just a sociocultural system problem.
I know that ban will never happen but dare to dream, right?
Bannage
I’m bad at forums and community in general. I just am not a joiner. I wish I could be but I’m not and I will probably never change.
One of the reasons I run a blog is because I know this about myself and I know that no one wants me all up in their shit. I always quickly get banned. I’d ban me too. I’m frustratingly persistent, do not care about making nice when I’m right, and often piss off the most respected members of forums because if they’re wrong, respected or not, they are still wrong.
I care more about being right and knowing what’s what than appeasing, pleasing, or making nice so everyone gets along. If that’s wrong, so be it. I can take it.
Ford Patents In-Car System That Eavesdrops So It Can Play You Ads. Hell world.
Why journalism doesn’t come back.
JD Vance personifies the joylessness of MAGA. His insult comedy tour is not going well. I really hate that slimy spineless fucking weasel.
The Big Five – 7 September edition.
Carrier Captain In Combat: What Went On During 7 Months Under Fire Around The Red Sea.
Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine.
The New Bioweapons. How Synthetic Biology Could Destabilize the World.
Ukraine keeps crossing Russia’s red lines. Putin keeps blinking.