HorthyMiklosKatonaja
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HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
The smarter ones of the bunch at least realized that Trump was not actually libertarian and instead tried to convince me along the lines of "well yeah we know but he's better for libertarianism than Hillary..."
Through accelerationism? The more autocratic he gets, the better for the libertarian movement?
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
the generation born about 1840, and now governing the world, has fought two at least of the greatest wars in history
Two? They were too young to fight Mexico. The Civil War and . . . the Franco-Prussian war??
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
What about Yuengling? I seem to recall that company having some sort of association with the right wing, though I can't remember the details.
IIRC, in the 70s nuclear annihilation took a back seat, in that era of detente, to fears about pollution, toxic waste and extinctions of necessary plants and animals, a la Soylent Green and The Sheep Look Up.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
I wonder if the benefits are greater if you learn languages far removed from each other, like simultaneously trying to learn Welsh, Magyar and Navajo.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
So far as I know, there has been exactly zero progress towards a permanent cure for schizophrenia, or towards some treatment or procedure which, administered in childhood, would prevent its appearance.
In my opinion, it is this (as well as some way to switch off the "addictive personality" which deserves as much of a research budget as can be managed. Once these defective brains can be fixed, once and for all rather than with a pricy drug which must be taken every day and has nasty side effects, then our cities can be livable again.
To be honest, I don't expect this within my lifetime, perhaps not within a hundred years. But it must be possible.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
Although his titles beginning with "Contra [whoever]" come off as affected (and always remind me of Iran-Contra).
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
Plus, of course, you won't have to worry about your car being stolen/vandalized/broken into.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
The Handmaid's Tale is really noticeable for this. About 75% of the relationships among the heroes are interracial, gay or both. Really feels like it's being shoved down my throat.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
Ugly Betty, back in the late 2000s, had a transwoman main character, albeit played by a cis woman.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
It is definitely discouraging that Tomorrowland, which was designed to remind us of the optimism and hope of our grandparents' time, died such an ignominious death at the box office.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
Coming home last night, I remembered another good thing about tipsiness. When my buzz is in the "sweet spot", when I have to make the hour-plus walk home in triple-digit heat and tropical humidity, or brutal cold winds, or pouring rain, it feels like those conditions are being experienced by someone else (like an NPC) and I'm just observing from outside dispassionately, avoiding obstacles but still enjoying the exercise!
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
Since there were suddenly a lot fewer ways to pass the time.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
Me, I like the excitement it creates; it makes playing Stellaris and HOI4 even more fun than it is sober.
I never drank at all until past age 40, when the Borders bookstores started closing, the Barnes & Nobles began devoting floor space to toys and other kiddie crap, and the local public libraries got rid of most books except recent bestsellers, concentrating on providing internet terminals and daytime shelter to the homeless.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
It works for me.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
RococoBasilica's post reminded me of when first-wave feminism hit Germany.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
As a kid, I read the version where the Oompa-Loompas were African pygmies. When did that version go out of print?
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
He just demonstrated that phonics was, objectively, the best way to teach Anglophone kids to read, and lamented its disappearance in American schools. IIRC, the "see-and-say" method was dominant as early as the 1930s.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
1997? Try 1955, when Rudolf Flesch's "Why Johnny Can't Read" was published.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
I wonder how Gypsies would do if they were all moved onto a planet of their own, with nobody except each other to victimize.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
Prince Georges County, Maryland is the wealthiest predominantly-black county in America, but its crime rate is pretty high.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
Flashback to 1996!!
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
A lot of Filipinos count as Hispanic Asian.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
1yr ago
That essay breaks off in the middle of a sentence! Did he ever get around to finishing it?
Either that, or they're "reactionaries", another favorite left-wing snarl word.
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