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				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If you really want to doompill, America can barely teach people english, much less a second language.


As much as I wouldn't mind hearing French or German in casual parlance in my day to day wanderings, I think we've got a ways to go.


(I hate the New York Times and expended an unholy amount of work trying to find an archived version of that article.)


Also, there are alot of historical reasons as to why second languages were stamped out.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The funny thing is, that's not necessarily true.  They make a point in the book that the tele-matter drive that allows Theseus and the explorer probes to pull off it's bullshit was enough of a surprise that it caught Rorschach with it's pants down.


So it's technically not a complete one-sided stomp.  Score one for consciousness, atleast.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Hah.  It's funny;  while I do indeed like Blindsight(I still find it a fun read), I've never actually agreed with the take as presented in the book.  It's always good to remember that the PhD he has in Marine Biology, and while that gives him some chop, he's nowhere near an actual neurologist, and even when I first read Blindsight, I could poke holes in a few things just on pondering it for a while.


(He says, arrogantly, having neither a PhD or degree focused in matters of the brain.)


In alot of ways, Watts reminds me of Michael Crichton, who would basically stumble across a bunch of neat ideas among various scientific disciplines, autistically obsess over them for a bit, and then stitch them all together into a cohesive whole.


(And I know I just likely threw at least one Peter Watts fan into a vitriolic rage at the comparison.)


And as fun as I find the idea of actual, science-based vampires as the way Watts presents them... he goes far, far too much into passing off thier neurological capabilities as 'fucking magic'.  It gets even worse in the sequel, imho.


And if you've ever read any of his other novels, you wouldn't have to guess, you'd know - he's basically a full on, 10/10 raging misanthrop, with a weird obsession about praising China.


Mind, it's been a while since I delved deep into his stuff.  Don't know if his attitude has changed any over time.  I doubt it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'd be curious about your review on Blindsight.  I'm rather fond of the book in question, so I'd be interested in reading your take on it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for February 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It's actually quite the opposite.


Vtubing, I'd say, tends to lean more centric overall - if anything, recent attempts to try and make Vtubing more 'woke' or drag them into the cultural war have been received roughly akin to a wet fart.  It's a weirdly meritocratic, and the benefits of a Vtubing avatar pushing forward toward anonymity means that they have less fear overall voicing thier opinions on things without having to worry about receiving censorship.


Conversely, the Vtubers that are rather left leaning have no fear whatsoever making hay about that - inevitably, they'll have some blow-up or drama or whatnot and then it's masks off.  So grifters inevitably get found out, while others just blithly drift along doing thier own thing.


Now, having said that - Pippa gets glazed as 'alt-right' more than she deserves, mostly because the overton window has shifted so badly that someone talking like they're posting on 4chan pre-2016 is going to get people flocking to them in releif to get away from the overall cultural longhouse, so to speak.  So while she can be spicy, if you're someone who's been following her for a long period of time, you've probably noticed that she's been purposefully dialing things back, not for herself per se but because she wants to save all her friends the grief and aggravation of dealing with Pippa being a little unhinged.  She's quite the sweetheart like that.


Now, there are a few other talents that are actually what people think Pippa is, but I'm not gonna say who they are.


Also, Phase Connect is... weird.  That would require a thread on it's lonesome.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Well, yes.


But there's an arguement to be made that even the common grunt wants to be a Warrior, despite not being one.  It's an aspirational goal.


A minor example thereof, from what I've heard, is that the special forces operationg during the GWOT had relaxed grooming standards to better fit in with the locals(long beards and whatnot).  And the common grunts bitched about it cause they wanted to look like the high speed low drag guys, and people in charge gradually relented.


So, yeah.  You're going to have the bulk of your army/military be common grunts.  But that doesn't mean they don't want to be a Warrior as opposed to said grunt.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It's not as if Hebert limits this to fighting, either.  One of the consistent themes in Dune is that humans need explicit pressure of one kind or another to excel beyond their limits.  'Do not create a machine in the image of a man's mind' is no different an aphorism than 'God made Arrakis to train the faithful'.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Depends how you define the term 'warrior'.


Wikipedia:  'A warrior is a guardian specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, class, or caste.'


Okay, fine.  When you think of the term 'warrior', one figure that comes to mind is the Samurai;  landed lords, skilled in warfare, but also educated in politics as well as more intellectual pursuits.  Knights, in the European tradition, were likely similar.


(And, yes, I'm sure there's people more educated in this that could correct me.  I'm not going for historical accuracy; I'm going for modern perception.)


So when people say they want a Warrior when it comes to killing, they're saying they want their killers smart, intelligent, with a broad depth of education and eclectic skill.


To use a more immediate, modern example, Mike Vining comes across as pretty smart cookie, and if you called him a warrior, I doubt many would argue.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Drink more water for the first week and beyond.  No, more.  No, more.  Your body is probably going to be purging alot out of you, and it'll need the help.


GLP-1 agonist seem to effect people differently, so even if it doesn't retard your hunger, you do have other options.


Not sure what dosage regime your medical provider will have you on, but my experience with the minimum starting dosage has been consistent despite being on it for almost a year.


Pay attention to your energy levels throughout the day.  Note down any side benefits you might be getting out of taking Semaglutide.  If you start feeling sleepy or tired despite lacking any hunger, you just might need a small 100 calorie snack.  As someone who never snacked, this was very odd when it started popping up.


Start exercising.  Less weight means it's easier to get more active.  Daily walks are always nice, and an easy way to stay active.


Good luck.  Going by personal experience, looking 15 kg should be pretty trivial if it's as effective for you as it was for me.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for February 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Hell, I've been the guy who's gotten complemented for his colonge!


I'll be the first person to criticize men and women who go overboard, but that doesn't mean people hate it completely.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Learning that a good chunk of the civil rights movement was basically one big astroturf pushed by New York financiers might have young, impressionable minds seriously questioning things like 'official narrative' or how easy it is to twist history.


Nevermind everything else that was happening around that time period.


And we can't have that, now, can we?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for February 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I know it'll never happen, but I'd kill for JMS somehow finishing Crusade.


We got a hint as to where they'd be going past season 1, but I'd love to get the full story.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for February 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I would just like to let everyone know that they're now releasing Babylon 5 for free on youtube.


The plan being for one episode to be release each week, to let everyone experience how it was during the first broadcast.


I figure people need the nostalgia bomb, to remember when we actually had good science fiction on television.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I mean, shit, I was watching Star Trek as early as 8 years old on my lonesome.  If they're into science fiction and have any sort of attention span, it's going to be hard to keep them away from that stuff.


Cut them loose with some of the more fun stuff in seasons 2 through 7 and see what happens.  It'll build some foundations for them to appreciate the deeper stuff when they get older.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Given the composition of Reddit and what's likely the 'official' Exalted discord, I'm somehow not surprised they're glazing 3e.


Then again, the online Exalted fandom has always been a little bit... weird.


But, yes.  Amusingly enough, your issue is one of the main reasons I didn't have any interest in 3e.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Wise of them.  While I admit to viewing 1e with a sense of affection despite it's clunky-ness, and 2e is not without it's issues, it's probably the more streamlined choice if you're not familiar with White Wolf's RPG mechanics.


And 3e, sadly, seems to have been dead on arrival from the start.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Which edition, if you don't mind me asking?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Quite.  To paraphrase a statement that's stuck in my head since the first time I stumbled across it, attempted suicide for a woman is a cry for help.  Attempted suicide for a man is calmly taking out a loaded gun, staring at it for an hour, and then quietly putting it away.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 1, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You invest in Silver/Gold because you want the physical, hard metal on hand as a way to arbitrage against the dollar collapsing.


Which is probably not what you're talking about.  Personally, in terms of speculating/daytrading, going by the past year or so, Silver and Gold are being affected by some seriously whonky market effects and powerful trading groups working in the background.  Silver was 30 dollars and ounce a year or so ago, and it peaked around 114 just the other day ago.  That's not normal.


God, I wish I was in daytrading.  Literally right as I was discussing things with my brother as to how the bubble on silver and gold were going to pop, it was crashing.


...you know, looking at the market for gold right now, I'll go off on a branch and make a prediction - we're going to see the price continue to dip.  4,841.60 as of today, we'll see what happens in the next couple of days.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Challenger had nothing to do with DEI and everything to do with a demented and unholy mix of refusing to listen to Engineers, Victory Disease, and the Space Shuttle being an deformed Rube Goldberg machine to get into orbit.


Funny thing is, had they stripped the Orbiter out of the equation, you'd have a disposable heavy-lift vehicle capable of getting 90 tons into orbit.


Retrospective perspective is a bitch.  We should have just continued making Saturn V rockets.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The bitter pill for people to swallow is that if Pretti had been arrested after this and given a week or month to cool down in a jail cell somewhere, he'd still be alive.


It's almost as if enforcing the law... saves lives.  Even the ones breaking them.


Yes, I'm well aware that strict interpretation of the law opens up alot of holes to fall down.  It's a thorny mine-field, and in my experience good law enforcement is all about adhering to the spirit of the law, as no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes.


But I don't think it's all that crazy to suggest that maybe we need to be a little more strict about some things, such as what's shown in the video.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
They're likely referencing this post and it's subsequents.  If not, feel free to ignore me.


Personally, as someone whom has a dim view of employers that hire illegals and a very strict opinion on what needs to be done to them, I've never considered the discrimination angle before.  Food for thought.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Here.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If that comes to pass, we no longer have a functioning government or country; we just have a tyranny where the left gets everything it wants as long as they scream loud enough.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
"Right Wing Goth Girls don't exist, they can't hurt you."


The Right Wing Goth Girls in Question:


More seriously, propaganda matters.  Maybe the real secret to Amelia isn't that she isn't real but more that she's a signal to woman that they can be patriotic and nationalistic in an alternative, egirl way.