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Of course I oppose slavery and support trans rights. I bet we vote very similarly. I wish we had more perfect candidates, too. I vote for best available. If it ends up Newsom vs Trump, I'd have no problem figuring out which candidate *and party* most threaten the people and issues I care about.
When disagreeing on some point with like-minded people, I like to recognize the abundant points we have in common before making a disagreeable point. Characters limits fuck that flow up.
Expect, no. But if the only choices on the ballot are A, whose party guarantees slavery or B, who personally endorses enslavement but whose party is mostly opposed and doesn't grant absolute power, then B is the better choice. Waiting for the perfect B only lets the A's keep running things.
Oyay! Oi-yay! O-yez! Marshals have some disagreements, too. Or so I’ve heard.
Are there any other beliefs you hold parents 100% responsible for, or just racism? Like kids can change religions, political affiliation, cultural views, etc., but on this racism thing, if someone holds racist views, you're full stop convinced parents were the only credible influence?
Respectfully disagree. Mostly this thread blames parents for racist kids, no matter what. My point is that's often true, but sometimes kids come by their own beliefs despite parental influence. It's commonplace for parents and children to adopt beliefs that horrify each other, despite best efforts.
Consider parents much more awful than yours, then. Abusive, neglectful, intolerant, etc. Anyone would concede that's a lot to overcome, yet some people do, against all odds, turn out to be decent people despite such terrible ubringings. Good or bad, parents don't guarantee any outcome.
Some of the dunkers probably even had/have racist parents but take pride (as they should) in overcoming that to turn out not racist themselves. Parental influence is obviously not the *only* factor in how someone turns out, but dunkers here are forgetting that can work for the better, too.
"Good parenting" can't just mean raising a kid to have the same beliefs, right? If it's a non-racist parent, I want that outcome, but if it's a white nationalist parent, I do not. To leave room for people to overcome bad childhoods, I have to believe that parental influence is not irreversible.
After the "stupid, uneducated" start, whatever you said next was guaranteed to get flamed. You could have written "water is wet" second and the first sentence would have gotten people to argue that water is dry. I blame your parents who clearly raised you to begin replies with insults.
Rust?
Humans are hard-wired to perceive double entendres. It’s in the brain, not the words. The first caveman to ever say “Ungh” was immediately followed by his buddy smirking and snorting.
Fair enough. Someone else mentioned maxing out framerates, I was responding to your specific "even then" reply to that person. I bet we agree on more of this than disagree if we had the room to do so. Thanks for engaging.
I hate character limits. Sure, most steam gamers don't use RTX 4090s in their systems. That's close to the bleeding edge, and more expensive than most either care about or can afford. Those who do, like in this discussion, won't find a $1K rig to be just as good. (Like phones instead of cameras.)
I used to play recreational ice hockey several times a week, at one local rink, with no coaching or travel expenses most of the time. Now I play pickleball. Sooo much cheaper, despite paying for coaching. Playing isn't free, but it's way more affordable than a lot of sports. (First taste is free.)
A photography nut can just use their phone camera, because pricey camera gear isn't required, right? "Required" isn't really the point. Hobbyists tend to know enough to want better stuff. That's expensive. A $1K rig is as attractive to a serious gamer as a phone is to a serious photographer.
Oligarchs drive the message, as a means to increase and preserve wealth and power. It's mostly white people they have convinced to go along with it. The most effective message to do that has been "This is what God wants". Racism, women's rights, divine leaders, all of it. The blame is multi-faceted.
Left: cool cake. Right: cake facsimile after studio notes.
The older I get, the less I can tell people apart, esp in movies. Everyone looks like someone familiar whose name I can’t remember.
I have an anecdote to share, but I can't do it in under the character limit. Not worth the bother of even trying, so sorry to the half dozen people who might have ever seen it.
I want to add, since the golden rule still sticks from both my Cathollic and kindergarten days, that I feel no hostility toward you. From your bio, looks like we have more in common than not. I just disagree, respectfully, about the "once a Catholic, always a Catholic" thing. 😁
The motions of "years and years of Catholic school, theology lessons and church attendance", like you mentioned? Yeah, and I'll throw in years as an altar server, youth group participation, and even some high school seminary. I believed. Don't anymore. Not ashamed of either status. Faith can change.
I used to be Catholic. Faith is a choice, not an immutable fact. Most religions, including Catholicism, try to attract converts, so they acknowledge that faith can change, too. I'm no more still a Catholic than you are still a kindergartner for having attended. We both grew and changed outfits.
I agree this one was misleading, but I also know that when Rupar plugs his Public Notice article, he’s always quoting the article, not the person it’s about. Intentional or not, I’d appreciate less ambiguity about who/what he’s quoting.
This morning I put my elastic-waisted pants on backwards and it took me two hours to notice. Getting dressed wrong is one of those things that stops happening around 5 and then starts again around 55.
I think he's rationalizing why his screen usually has porn on it — to keep the cooties away. It has to be porn that only manly men enjoy, though, like het step-sisters scissoring.
Counterpoint: Some covers suck, but good ones can’t be great unless they do something different to it. “Twist and Shout”, “With a Little Help From My Friends”, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, “Mad World”, “Sound of Silence”. Beatles, Cocker, Bareilles, Jules, Disturbed.
That probably begs the question, but I’m too confused to remember how that works.
My grief over how language evolves sometimes trumps my academic acceptance of the fact that it does, like losing the word from card games that used to mean, “to have more value” or “to matter more”.
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A couple days ago, I discovered there's a lot of library cards (in my home state of CA) I could either apply for free online, or get within an hour's drive of where I live. As a frequent Libby user (ebooks and audiobooks) this is great news. I'm up to 7 cards, maybe overdoing it just a tad.
It's hard to shed *all* my fairness concerns about trans people in sports, but most of my concerns have been adequately addressed or rebutted . For what few remain, I'm so appalled by it being a pretense for far worse and universal persecution that any fairness concerns disappear.
Um, actually..."lame duck" is used to denote an office-holder who still holds office in that period until their elected successor is sworn in. The term doesn't apply to the person waiting to assume office, no matter how lame that person is. Trump is lame, but not a "lame duck", in normal usage.
Just finished watching Die Hard with our twin 15 yr old daughters who knew nothing about it. Combined with my memory forgetting so many details, it was glorious.
Both, but as separate sections or releases, so as-written can serve as unadorned audio reference. Raw material + commentary are both appreciated.
Yes and yikes. I’ll be thinking of your family today.
“She is being adorable as some sort of hideous ruse, to spite me. What a mean baby!” - from The Girl Who Drank The Moon, by Kelly Barnhill.
Lately I’m feeling like I’ve forgotten how to write. I don’t know if it’s because of age, anxiety, or that perfect word I can’t think of anymore.
How many prisoners, regardless of citizenship, have had or sought *transition surgeries*? I'm guessing so few the impact on taxpayers is negligible. I wonder, do cis prisoners get boob jobs or penile enlargements as covered health care? If not, what's different? Body dysmorphia is a cis thing, too.
I’m with my 15-yr old daughter at her school’s performance of Spamalot. (Intermission.) We’re both enjoying it, but I’m getting a lot more of the jokes.
I don’t know if I’ve been changed for the better, but I’ve been changed for the food.
I’m enjoying this honeymoon period (hopefully longer) when I don’t reflexively block every new follower on the assumption they’re a bot.
I’m still on the BlueSky learning curve as far as follows, starter packs, subscribable blocklists, etc., but it’s already 100x more tolerable than the other place.
I’m ready to stop doomscrolling at 12:50am to go to sleep. That’s an improvement over two weeks ago. Let the doomdreaming begin!
P&P was a drag as an assigned HS book, but I loved it as an adult. Same for anything by Dickens. My HS self wouldn't believe how funny I think Dickens is now. When I tried Moby Dick in my 40s (first time reading), I didn't find it enjoyable at all. Some slogs stay slogs.
I enjoy your posts and don't begrudge you your word game addiction, but one of my instant fave features of BlueSky is the ability to use word and hashtag filters to selectively weed out the daily flood of word game results from my feed.
Nov. 6, 2024, the tweet that may or may not turn out to be my last on that platform before exploring alternatives: Our MAGA-geddon — A few determined Americans defy the odds to force Earth into the path of Asteroid-47, which was going to pass it by.
From Oct 2024, replying to tweet by Alexandra Bowman (@scripta_bene): AB: “Buttery”? Not “butterfly?” Life is a lie Me: Proof that autocorrect is older than we thought. I bet Seuss is still tossing in his thneed over this one.
From 2023, replying to funny tweet by @cogitoergowtf.bsky.social about trope of men not knowing their way around women's anatomy: I wrote a silly little essay about that... marcuslongwinds.substack.com/p/finding-ch...
From 2023: If you enjoy torturing yourself as path to pleasure, but S&M is not your style, I humbly suggest building a gaming PC.
From 2023: Clockwise from top left: Blaine, Ross, Greg, Joey, The Scarecrow.
From 2023: This got me thinking, as a cat owner/lover. If the cost of owning a cat was represented by a hay bale, the cost of acquiring one would be but a straw. When they break your heart by passing on, they rarely do that for free. That's the last straw.
From 2022: After years of anxiety-induced procrastination, I finally picked a local dentist to resume regular checkups. I love her because she's young enough she is unlikely to retire before I die, which spares me the ordeal of ever having to pick another dentist.
From 2021: 10 Musicals I’ve re-played the most: Hamilton Wicked Les Mis Jesus Christ Superstar Hair Godspell Avenue Q Book of Mormon Into the Woods The Greatest Showman
From 2020: My family stayed up to watch #Hamilfilm when it dropped and it was all I hoped it would be. Me and my 11-yr. old daughter sang along to lots of it. My only question for LMM is #wheresbetsy? Original b-way cast +1 were all great, but what happened to Betsy Struxness?
From 2020, when we decided to switch from pandemic-induced distance learning to homeschooling: Today was a big day in our household for distance learning. We decided to improve all our “citizenship” grades by doing a lot less of it.
From 2020: I found this neat infographic about 74 ways characters die in Shakespeare plays. Whoever made it obviously hasn't seen any Improvised Shakespeare Company shows, because the count should be way higher. And funnier. openculture.com/2016/01/74-w...