BillyClark

Most billionaires get their money by exploiting loopholes in the government. For example, they pay no taxes, yet the government will still prosecute people who kill them.

Data was the original air gapped data.

I like solving puzzles, so I think it’s more likely related to that.

When I read a nonsense word, occasionally, especially if it’s easy, I unconsciously read it backwards.

So, I initially read this as “KEEP CALM and BUY BUN”.

I don’t know why I read it as “buy bun” instead of “bun buy”… maybe because it reads like it makes more sense? It wasn’t a conscious decision.

I actually think if a person is completely normal, they’re sort of boring and sad. So, I think of weird as a compliment.

But if they want to keep being offended by being called weird, I’m all for it. It’s the sort of thing I guess a bootlicking sycophant would be offended by. They’ve given up their individuality and their ability to think for themselves to try to fit in and receive praise from their dear leader, so it makes sense that they’d be offended to be called weird.

I’ve never had reason to think Vance was any smarter than the average person.

But I just want to point out that smart people also get fooled by scumbags and confidence tricksters. People are almost always smarter in some areas compared to others, and so even if you’re smart in science or politics, that doesn’t mean you’re going to see every con from a mile away.

This maybe flew over my head. Is Orange man Epstein class?

I am guessing they’re orange to hint that they’re MAGA.

And now, then, I think this may shock you, but there is a fourth consumer class, and they’re a bigger class than you might think. They don’t think about whether a product makes them feel good. They don’t think about whether a specific product is at a low price. Even if they’re poor, they don’t think about budgets, and they tend to be heavily in credit card debt. These people’s defining characteristic is that they don’t think much about anything. They simply choose some authority figure to tell them how to live and then they do whatever they’re told to do. They may occasionally spout out a bit of propaganda out of nowhere, but importantly, they have never once deeply thought about it themselves. They lack even the basic mental tools to think about it.

When challenged, they’ll just say some other bit of propaganda, or they’ll get angry, but they’ll obstinately refuse to think even the tiniest bit for themselves. They have what is called an authoritarian personality, “characterized by a disposition to treat the voice of authority figures with unquestioning obedience and respect.” If you look at the Wikipedia article, you’ll see there is a high correlation between having an authoritarian personality and being poorly educated or being religious (especially being an Evangelical Protestant).

Now, then back to the question about the comic. It is impossible to tell whether the orange man is Epstein class or whether he’s simply a mindless MAGA drone with an authoritarian personality, because they say the exact same things. One says it because they’re evil, and one says it because they refuse to question anything that the evil people say.

but you’ll still be ass-imilated

A cat will naturally like a carrier if you only use it like a cardboard box. The problem is all the other stuff you do with the carrier, and especially if that’s the only time you use the carrier.

Oh you need to be careful with those kinds of thoughts. If you fetishize cereal, then what could you eat to control your sexual urges?

A dog is a responsibility, so if you didn’t have any responsibilities, you also wouldn’t have any dogs.

That’s surprising. Based on his previous behavior, I thought his most likely course of action would be to guarantee that gas prices would go down, and then to declare that gas prices had gone down, even though anyone could easily see that they went up.

One of the scenes that bothers me the most is where Anakin states that from his perspective, the Jedi are evil, and then gives zero reasons. But it would be trivial to explain himself.

The Jedi are a religious organization that wields great authoritarian political power, often unilaterally, including later as we observed, political assassinations. They’re obsessed with finding people who are chosen at birth and have a policy of rejecting anyone who is too old to be fully indoctrinated.

They’re basically fascists. If you ever eliminated the sith, the next thing you’d want to eliminate are the Jedi.

How much more interesting would it be if they actually presented the Jedi, including their inherent flaws?

What else could we possibly be talking about?

I think there are generally two kinds of cereal eaters.

First, there are those who enjoy crunchy cereal. They can’t get enough of putting that hard firm stuff into their mouths. The more extreme will even go so far as to put Grape Nuts in. The milk is almost an afterthought, and sometimes they even put it in dry, just to see what it’s like.

Second, are those who enjoy limp, flaccid cereals. These ones are after the milk more than the cereal, if you know what I mean. They make sure that everything becomes a sloppy mess, and they don’t stop until they can greedily slurp up every drop.

I know you’re not saying it to disagree with me, but I would like to clarify that I didn’t think he was factually completely right. I honestly don’t even think his argument is necessarily sound. The thing I do like is that he was arguing from good fundamentals.

My reason for making the first comment is that I have a strong belief that we should argue against things that people actually say and do, like you’re doing bringing up Elon’s actions. Yours is a great example of an honest argument.

And I dislike all of these straw men that fly around all the time.

Few will click through, so I’ll copy the part where he actually talked about child pornography below. First of all, both times the term “gatekeeping” was used in that link were specifically connected to “censoring political opponents”. He was not talking about pornography. He was talking about censorship.

Bringing up pornography is always the bludgeon of anti-free-speech people. If I say, “People should have the freedom to express themselves,” some idiot will inevitably say, “This evil person said that everybody should be allowed to make child porn!” This sort of rhetoric is the death of thinking.

Asked if he realised “what [he was] defending” - which is essentially Grok being used to generate non-consensual pornographic or sexually explicit images of women and girls and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) - Sweeney said: “I defend open platforms, free speech, and consistent application of the rule of law. The bad stuff people do with AI, I do not defend, but I staunchly oppose the wrongdoing of a few from being used as a pretense to undermine the freedoms of all”

When challenged and given examples of Grok generating “CSAM content and doxxing people’s IP address”, he replied: "1) That is bad. 2) Every significant AI has instances of this. 3) Every significant AI company makes their best efforts to stop it. 4) All are imperfect.

I had heard this is the story of JD Vance.

When he was young he “thought he was gay”. While he was in college, he met Peter Thiel, a gay billionaire who had come to his campus for some talk or something. When they met, the gay billionaire really took an interest in this man who thought he was gay.

At some point, JD Vance says that he stopped thinking he was gay. Meanwhile, Thiel helped Vance find a job. Actually, several jobs. It turns out that Vance kept getting fired from his jobs, but Thiel kept getting him better jobs every time he got fired. Eventually, Thiel helped JD Vance get into the field of politics, where Vance has been in his pocket to this very day.

Now, from my perspective, it’s difficult to explain why a businessman would keep finding better jobs for a person who keeps failing at the jobs unless there is something outside of the job that makes it worth it. So, it seems very likely that JD Vance gives world-class blowjobs, and that he is just generally a failure at everything non-sexual.

One thing I forgot when talking about this episode earlier is the cliffhanger from the last episode where Wilfried is dragging Rozemyne’s bloody unconscious body across the floor. And this episode they just carry on like it didn’t happen.

I suspect that would be jarring if you were binge watching the episodes. There is more context in the LNs. Maybe they plan to do a flashback the next time Rozemyne meets Wilfried? I’m hoping at least.

Looks like you can chase the white king to the wrong side of the board for fun.

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