rambling_lunatic @ rambling_lunatic @sh.itjust.works

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It was founded by a nutcase who thinks we gotta destroy all industry.

It will but only if you're a leftist.

IIRC the filesystem was literally just a text file.

Good link, though not the one I used. I've already begun taking measures archiving various chats. Even if Discord lives, my account might not.

Seems like a nobrainer in that guy's case. They already pretty much earn all the money. Why not let them have a say in governance?

I hope he has some sort of contingency plan. Perhaps he can find a successor.

:)

Wait, what song?

EDIT: Turns out I made a Touhou reference by accident. I spent quite a while thinking about how the title of the post could be song lyrics.

"Sometimes I listen outside closed doors, a thing I never would have done in the time before. I don't listen long, because I don't want to be caught doing it. Once, though, I heard Rita say to Cora I hat she wouldn't debase herself like that.

Nobody asking you, Cora said. Anyways, what could you do, supposing?

Go to the Colonies, Rita said. They have the choice.

With the Unwomen, and starve to death and Lord knows what all? said Cora. Catch you.

They were shelling peas; even through the almost-closed door I could hear the light clink of the hard peas falling into the metal howl. I heard Rita, a grunt or a sigh, of protest or agreement.

Anyways, they're doing it for us all, said Cora, or so they say. If I hadn't of got my tubes tied, it could of been me, say I was ten years younger. It's not that bad. It's not what you'd call hard work.

Better her than me, Rita said, and I opened the door."

Atwood, M. (1985). The Handmaid's Tale. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 21-22.

They invoke the second amendment but only for themselves too

In Russia, people with children get benefits that scale really quickly with the number of kids you have. This is, of course, balanced by the fact that Russia is miserable and people seldom wish to stay.

The Internet is really really great 🎶

Two men enter, no man leaves?

I don't remember, sadly.

talk(1)

Good bot.

The other fields I get (trig is insanely useful), but how the bloody hell does one use trig functions in philosophy? Are we gonna be triangulating the border of science to solve the demarcation problem?

I am not a native speaker. Prolonged exposure to the demoman from TF2 meant that I could understand all of this on first try. I am proud.

Reminds me of that one joke from What Men Think About.

"In our restaurant, dry bread is called a crouton. It is still the same piece of slightly fried bread, but dry bread cannot cost 8 dollars, whereas a crouton can."

https://youtu.be/zVDCTuyMDLE?si=2Tw4NqVt89G_oCPR

Extremists tend to have anime pfps. Conservatives listen to the radio way more often, and are pretty much the only audience of radio talk shows. Progressives have a tendency to consider the implications of the media they consume way more than conservatives. Liberals tend to play tabletop games more often than other political groups. Socialists (of all variations) are the most likely group to have taken unconventional lifestyle choices (i.e. they're vegan, live in a commune, make their own clothes, etc.). Authoritarians are obsessed with "the natural order". This tends to shine through in the justificationns they give for their political beliefs. Anarchists/Libertarians shy away from the mainstream of literally anything (punk rock is a shining example, as is their prevalence here).