Scott Adams Thread (Garfield Cartoonist)

[freebeard]

Maybe the latter:

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I haven't given any intentional effort into learning who the political players are, so I've got little informed opinion about them.

For me it's entertainment. I don't have any of the streaming services. [At this time in this location] DDG News returns three stories, scan the headlines: DDG?q=brandon+herrera+atf&ia=news

It is terrifyingly comical to observe that politics has become so team-color based, that when one team announces they are opposed to puppy torture, it forces the other team to extol the virtues of puppy torture.

Terrifyingly comical entertainment? Funny how the projection always goes one way.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Terrifyingly comical entertainment?

Reminds me of Dr. Strangelove, except this is real life. When the bomb is released, you just have to stop worrying and begin enjoying the ride.

[freebeard]

The team-color basis is deprecated. A better movie analogy might be Revenge of the Nerds.

Future historians will note that the hostile takeover of the American empire by angry computer nerds in 2024 can be directly traced back to the lapse of ethics in gaming journalism ten years earlier
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This one has evolved since I last saw it, but it all started with the Babylon Bee.

In other news, that gust of wind from the WSW at 1PM lifted the roof right off my shed. I threw a 30ft hawser over it to hold it down.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

The team-color basis is deprecated.

It's useful for adding a layer of ambiguity, and emphasizes the fact that both teams play the same game (the game of growing federal authority and spending).

Whenever a team gets a longer run and builds confidence, that's when increasing absurdity is introduced.

I vaguely recall Intelligent Design being proposed as a mandatory science subject, or Noah's Ark in history. Not as drastic as revoking women their own restrooms and sports leagues, but there is potential for lunacy to pop up anywhere.

None of that is to be dismissive of positive accomplishments by a team color, only that fixing a few pinhole leaks on the Titanic doesn't sustain my optimism.

This one has evolved since I last saw it, but it all started with the Babylon Bee.

In other news, that gust of wind from the WSW at 1PM lifted the roof right off my shed. I threw a 30ft hawser over it to hold it down.

I would think the start is earlier, perhaps largely motivated by a social contagion that infected one of his children. The Bee might have been the straw.

Gusts up to 55 MPH here, and lightning as close as a mile away. Haven't lost power yet. The rain has more lateral speed than vertical.

[freebeard]

I vaguely recall Intelligent Design being proposed as a mandatory science subject, or Noah's Ark in history.

If I ruled the World it would be Synergetics [science]. With maybe a touch of Tartaria [history].

I would think the start is earlier, perhaps largely motivated by a social contagion that infected one of his children. The Bee might have been the straw.

I remember the poor kid, but not the timing. One might trace the 'social contagion' back to the Stonewall Riots, then Life Magazine's Sexual Revolution, then the Kinsey Report, then the books from the Weimar Republic that got burnt....

Next sunny day I fire up the Superbeetle. Maybe that will generate some actual EcoModder content.

[redpoint5]

Sometimes I'm annoyed by Scott's lingering on a subject day after day. Scott is lingering on the chainsaw vs scalpel subject, and I get it now; repetition is a persuasion method. Just because I've already understood it, doesn't mean everyone else is ready yet.

...and I keep coming back to that subject because it's among the most fundamental to my high value for liberty (fitting name for my most defiant daughter).

Originally Posted by freebeard

If I ruled the World it would be Synergetics [science]. With maybe a touch of Tartaria [history].

Might fit better in philosophy; a subject under-taught in school. With AI solving math problems for us, or fetching facts on anything we might want to know, philosophy remains as among the more relevant subjects for a classroom.

One might trace the 'social contagion' back to the Stonewall Riots, then Life Magazine's Sexual Revolution, then the Kinsey Report, then the books from the Weimar Republic that got burnt...

In my curiosity of what church was like for local Maui residents, I once visited one. The teacher would read a verse or 2 in the New Testament, then tell us that to understand this, "we've got to go back to Genesis". He did this about a dozen times. It ended up being among the most memorable sermons I've heard.

[freebeard]

There was a time when science and philosophy were one thing.

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[Piotrsko]

Repetition is also a brainwashing technique. Ask the non soviets in Russia

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I haven't given any intentional effort into learning who the political players are, so I've got little informed opinion about them.

Here's Brandon Herrera two hours ago:

The New ATF Director Has Been Chosen

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Repetition is also a brainwashing technique. Ask the non soviets in Russia

Exactly, and we can't avoid brainwashing. What do people pledge their allegiance to? In almost every case, what they've been brainwashed to. Brainwashing is absolutely crucial to all functioning societies.