durdenhobbes
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durdenhobbes
3mo ago
I guess it's inevitable.
I disagree. "When good men do nothing", and all. If enough former listeners like myself (and probably others here) made their infuriation known to NPR and similar dishonest media types, we might be able to move the needle back in a fair direction.
durdenhobbes
3mo ago
Could you share the readings that led you to believe that? I tend to hold the Jon Stewart "chocolatey outbreak in Hershey PA" view of things.
durdenhobbes
5mo ago
Cicerone is heavily geared toward the brewing and serving side of things. Micro Matic is what you want. You'll learn just about everything you need to know in 3 days.
durdenhobbes
5mo ago
Assuming you work a distributor, see if you can leverage your mechanical skills and work ethic to convince your supervisor to send you to Micro Matic Dispense Institute. It's only a few days, but you learn everything you need to know about troubleshooting draught beer systems (which is a constant problem for accounts) and installation (there are constantly new bars and restaurants opening all over the country). Once you have some experience with that, you should be able to command higher pay either with your current employer, one of the competing distributors, or if you're really motivated—starting your own draught installation/maintenance company.
durdenhobbes
5mo ago
Why is that a thing? It defies all logic and common sense (which I know shouldn't be unexpected, but it still is).
durdenhobbes
5mo ago
Early pioneers would become historical legends, for one.
durdenhobbes
6mo ago
I'm more impressed than anything that Gobert had the wisdom as a man, father, and husband, not to suggest his wife make medical decisions based around a basketball game.
durdenhobbes
7mo ago
I disagree. I think people would respond negatively to overly-repetitive topics to the degree warranted, regardless of the username posted in the corner above it.
durdenhobbes
7mo ago
Agreed. I'm not sure I have the writing skills to make a top-level post, but if I did, I'd be lucky to have even a single issue on which I was both articulate and interesting enough to make multiple posts on the topic. I guess that would make me a single issue poster (which there is no discernible rule against).
I'm also highly antipathetic toward governance/justice/moderation being levied based on identity. Judgment, in this and in every case, should be on the merits of the argument, not because of who posted it. Either the ball was in bounds or out of bounds; making that call shouldn't depend on whether Tom Brady or Todd Marinovich threw it. If it does, then we're playing a rigged sport here.
durdenhobbes
7mo ago
Sagrada Familia, hands down. Maybe my favorite manmade work, period.
durdenhobbes
8mo ago
I'm more persuaded to believe it was Len Sassaman. The background, experience, personal values, evident time zone... it's all there.
durdenhobbes
9mo ago
Reade appears to be an actual Russian asset.
While I haven't kept up with this story in extreme detail, this is the first I've heard of this accusation. What makes that so apparent?
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
When you said "misadventure", I initially imagined a guy going "Sorry, your honor, I was on a severe bender that week and forgot to vote" and it being totally legit.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Zeiss Victory SF 10x42
Maybe it's just because I'm an enthusiast in photography and sport shooting, with their extremely pricey optics, that I expected these to be more than $3k.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
A recent interaction I had with an 80-something woman had me thinking about this very thing. I've been trying to come up with some sort of non-profit model that could work toward solving this problem.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Of his dialogues, I'd put Plato's Republic as the most foundational one.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Europe is much more white than the US and is also much more ethno-nationalist than the US
I'd like to see some backing data to support this.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Any suggestions? I joined a climbing gym for a bit, but never got real into it. Seems like pickleball is all the rage these days... but it's kinda taken on that "Crossfit is all I talk about" vibe in my circles.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I would think that's a fairly rare scenario. At least in my experience growing up, every one of my many friends with a step-parent referred to them by first name.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Nope, tried it already. Had very much the opposite of the intended effect.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I find myself in a weird position where I don't like to be alone for very long. I can't sit at home all day, and need to be around people fairly regularly. But once I'm around people and someone starts a conversation with me, I immediately can't wait for that conversation to end, even if it's interesting. I want to want to talk, but it just feels off and I never seem to know what to say.
The only workaround I've ever found to this is alcohol, which makes conversation entirely enjoyable, frictionless, and engaging, but it comes with obvious health downsides.
Are there any healthy remedies to make sociability not feel like awkward work?
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
This makes much more sense than any other explanation I've ever heard.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
The critial difference, of course being, is that if I choose to refer to my step-mom simply as "mom" (and vice versa), that's a relational identifier that the two of us have chosen to engage in based on mutual trust/love/history/etc.
No such consensual agreement exists between myself and some dude in a dress who tries to get me fired if I don't refer to him as "ma'am".
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
So Reagan was a Democrat? And where does this leave Biden/Feinstein/any other longtime politician?
Yeah the whole "execution style" is where he lost me, too. Made me think the whole thing might be a modest proposal.
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