FtttG
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FtttG
1d ago
122k words on my NaNoWriMo project. Finally, it feels like the end of my first draft is in sight. Although the projected length has steadily increased over the past few months, I now feel reasonably confident it will be no longer than 140k words. I would love to be finished before the end of May.
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1d ago
I remember once reading that LBJ bragged that he got more tail by accident than Kennedy ever did on purpose.
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1d ago
In recent years Carter, Dubya, Obama, Biden all appeared to be above suspicion with their wives
"Creepy Joe" himself?
FtttG
1d ago
Yes, and the /r/Ireland subreddit has unambiguously undergone a purity spiral in recent years.
Wait, I thought "the right" are supposed to be all Nazis? So all the Nazis are voting for Israel now, against Austria, where literally Hitler was born?
In the 2020s, the "far-right" are people who think it's bad to massacre Jews for the crime of being Jewish, and who think Jews are entitled to defend themselves against attempts to massacre them. Whereas the "anti-racist left" are the people making excuses for people who want to massacre Jews, insisting that the reasons they want to do so are perfectly legitimate and not at all related to blind ethnic hatred, suggesting that it's the Jews' own fault if people want to murder them, and saying that the Jews are in the wrong if they attempt to defend themselves against attempts to murder them.
I have no idea how we ended up in this place, but I hate it.
On a more serious note, a disappointment of a decade, tbh, how quickly and easily Ireland turned anti-Semitic (let's not be coy, that's what it is).
A year ago I would have disagreed with you, but at this point I'm struggling to think of alternative explanations which could explain this degree of ire. Conspiratorial ranting about how Mossad are buying up Irish SIMs en masse in order to manipulate Eurovision voting for hasbara purposes - I mean, come on. Don't tell me this has anything to do with "anti-colonialism".
FtttG
1d ago
Before seeing Germany and Latvia, Estonia was my personal favourite. Good clean silly fun.
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2d ago
He originally published it as a web serial novel. I was keen to read it, but I don't like reading on screens; however, someone helpfully compiled it into a print-on-demand version, which I bought and read a few years ago. Scott later made it available via Amazon himself, and I think this edition (the edition you're reading) has been edited per the description he outlined here (don't click this link if you want to avoid spoilers). I've bought a paperback copy of this edition and it's on my to-read list for this year. I'm curious to see how it differs from the print-on-demand edition I read years ago.
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2d ago
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2d ago
More controversially, your reasoning would imply that the following are off the table:
- Every former British colony griping about British colonialism (including the Great Famine of Ireland, the partition of India and Pakistan, and on and on)
- Jews griping about the Holocaust
- Black Americans demanding reparations for slavery, or even bringing up Jim Crow
- Aboriginal Australians griping about the Stolen Generations
- First Nations people griping about residential schools
- Native Americans griping about the Trail of Tears
Interestingly, the Rwandan genocide and South African apartheid are still within the statute of limitations.
FtttG
2d ago
Yeah, admittedly Turkey and Azerbaijan are edge cases as far as geography goes. Culturally, on the other hand...
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2d ago
Yeah, I remember it so vividly. I even remember sending my brother a screenshot being like "look at this dorky edgelord".
I seem to recall reading somewhere that Nicholas Roske, the guy who attempted to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh, also had some anti-natalist leanings, but I can't find a source for it after a cursory Google.
Edit: @DoctorMonarch tracked it down, thanks a lot!
I used to often commute to work by cycling, and I scrupulously observed all relevant traffic regulations. When I came to a red light, I would stop and wait for it, but my fellow cyclists would often ignore it. There are few more satisfying feelings in the world than waiting for the red light to turn green, then overtaking a cyclist who ignored the red light. The thought going through my mind is "look at me - I'm so much better than you at this that, unlike you, I don't even need to break the rules".
I get the same feeling when I hear someone bragging about how they've lied on their CV in order to make it look more impressive - and I realise that I make more money than them.
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2d ago
I mean, is it? Everyone's familiar with the concept of a lost and found box. Surely everyone with IQ 100 with an average level of Machiavellianism could independently arrive at the idea of gaming this system (insofar as it's a "system") by falsely claiming to have lost something they haven't.
"I came up with this outside-the-box tactic called 'lying'." Woah, get a load of this guy.
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2d ago
Honestly, I didn't even know Indian classical music was a thing before reading your comment.
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2d ago
I know extremely little about music from that part of the world so I can't comment. @self_made_human, @mrvanillasky, care to weigh in?
FtttG
2d ago
The thing is, the "test for psychopaths" thing is an example of both: it's a legitimately creative solution, but also a solution that no decent person would consider.
"Steal scarves from hotels rather than paying for them yourself" is only an example of the latter. It's not a creative solution: it's just banal theft. Creativity, bravery and lack of scruples are not synonymous.
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2d ago
Despite the name, the contest has nothing to do with the European Union. Any countries which are members of the European Broadcasting Union (itself, counter-intuitively, not limited only to European broadcasters) are eligible to enter. At various points, entries from China, Kazakhstan and Qatar have been considered.
FtttG
2d ago
I came up with a suitably pithy wording before I read your comment.
Thank you!
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