Scott Adams Thread (Garfield Cartoonist)

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SA had an abbreviated show today since he's got a cold.

Speaking of cold, did Simpson's Land receive any snow last week?

The kids in the neighborhood took advantage of 2 snow days on the hill in the park.

My elderly neighbor shoveled my driveway after assuring him that it's entirely unnecessary. Blessed to have overly neighborly neighbors, and he might hold a similar opinion.

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Speaking of cold, did Simpson's Land receive any snow last week?

You're probably asking me. We had about an inch, but patches survived two days of rain.

I listened this morning, but none of it stuck, so much has happened since

• Secretary of Defense Hegseth asks about the Afghanistan withdrawal.
• Gateway Pundit reports New York Post reports Oregon effort to shift border, join conservative Idaho gains momentum with GOP bill
• They've finished the third rebuilding of the Columbia River Jetties.

The rocks they used weight 40 tons, same as the stones in the Great Pyramid of Cheops; but 1/6th the number. Watch a custom machine dry lay a stone wall at that scale.

Why Build a $250 Million Rock Wall in the Ocean?

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My bucket list includes purchasing an excavator (with bucket and thumb). Step two would be figuring out what to do with it, and step 3 is profit.

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I found the SA episode today (2756) more interesting than other recent ones, mostly due to his reframing of which personality types lean toward tragic fiction vs which lean toward triumphant non-fiction. Starts at about the 34min mark. His framing seems to line up with my observation of people.

I'm not the type to become a fanboy of anyone, but I find it interesting to see how SA went from liking Trump, to disliking Trump (stating he would not vote for him), to becoming enamored with him.

I wonder what news will talk about once Trump is gone?

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I wonder what news will talk about once Trump is gone?

Mt. Rushmore.

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I'm listening to Rudyard's The Politics of Dehumanization now, specifically the part about how our moral code is attempting to make us cogs in the political machine.

A thought that struck me was that Marxism viewed the proletariat as noble and virtuous cogs in the evil corporate machine... which represents a rival to making those cogs serve the political machine.

Whenever the neo-Marxists can align corporate interests with their political agenda to undermine individuality and agency, they're happy to form the unholy alliance.

I'm contemptuous of all ideologies whose agenda is to strip individuality, agency, and potency (funny because I attempted to enlist in my youth). There are a number of instances where I'd voluntarily suspend individuality and agency, but it's those people and groups that attempt to take it by force that should be resisted. It's the reason why conscription is evil; because the cause should be so worthy that we're lying about our age just for the opportunity to give ourselves to a greater cause.

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Here's a hit piece on Whatifalthist: From YouTube Historian to Disturbing LoLcow - The Meltdown of Whatifalthist Documentary, FWIW.

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Hit pieces are a sign of competency and efficacy. I look forward to it, though I despise monetizing idiocy.

My dumb million dollar idea for the day is scraping YouTube content and hosting it on a site that doesn't monetize idiocy, but instead exists purely to delight users and undermine the big corporate overlord.

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a site that doesn't monetize idiocy, but instead exists purely to delight users and undermine the big corporate overlord.

4Chan?