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benroyce

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the tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction

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benroyce, to politics
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-primary-elections/indiana-president-results

this is great news: long after she dropped out, gets 22% of the primary vote in Indiana. the discontent with is real

but it's not good enough

we need EVERYONE to in november. it sounds melodramatic but it's true: it may be the most consequential presidential ever

everyone in november

benroyce, to random
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The Fermi Paradox says we should have contacted alien life by now

The Great Filter says we haven't because a civilization's capacity for self-destruction increases to certainty over time

I thought for us it would be an exotic technology or scientific discovery that instantly destroys on a large scale

Nope. Far more depressing and mundane

We simply watched ourselves destroy our climate and lacked the will to do anything about it because someone was making money off it

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

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After the parasite, that feeds off brain activity, starved to death leaving only a black spot, RFK jr was asked for a comment:

“Sometimes duck with cheese can purple. Tartar baby staples. Vaccines bad.”

benroyce,
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@emmreef @flexghost

For RFK Jr.'s supporters, having a brain worm is endearing and a positive.

benroyce,
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@flexghost @emmreef

no, Joe Rogan fans do not have brain worms

they have similar clinical signs and symptoms as RFK Jr. fans but different underlying pathology: no brains

no brain, no worms

StillIRise1963, to random
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R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain

Hmmmm.🤔

Gift Article
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qU0.ePrS.vkY8gTh-Vdvs&smid=url-share

benroyce,
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@StillIRise1963

see now, if the worm were still alive you might expect it to steer its human body suit's mouth to articulate more sane positions

this how we confirm the worm is dead

benroyce,
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@emmreef @StillIRise1963

The Onion is dead. satire is dead

the reality we live in is far more absurd than any comedy writers pool could devise

benroyce,
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@danblondell @StillIRise1963

and it's reality. it's far more absurd than any fiction

benroyce,
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@StillIRise1963

"i demand plutocrat political figures with competent brain worms!"

^^^
where we are as a country

benroyce,
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@qotca @StillIRise1963

I just saw RFK Jr. walking down the street

RFK Jr. in NYC

benroyce, to coffee
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Who wants to hear some good news for a change?

"Sound waves cut cold brew -making time from 24 hours to 3 mins"

☕️☕️☕️

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/sound-waves-cold-brew-coffee

GhostOnTheHalfShell, (edited ) to Economics
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@economics@a.gup.pe

File this under the heading economics is not even a dismal science, because mainstream economics isn’t even science. Economics could actually be a rigorous discipline, if orthodoxy can be kicked out.

“ In contrast to its attitude to private debt, which it ignores, mainstream economics obsesses about government debt. But this volte-face doesn't besmirch its record of being 100% wrong.”

https://profstevekeen.substack.com/p/its-a-mixed-credit-fiat-world-e3f

benroyce,
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@video_manager @GhostOnTheHalfShell @economics@a.gup.pe

nope, not true

raise the , lower it

benroyce,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @video_manager @economics@a.gup.pe

no argument. i'm intent on meeting MAGA where they are:

"biden economy bad. trump economy good... drool... snort"

flexghost, to random
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“You remind me of my daughter.”

benroyce,
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@flexghost

aren't MAGA walnut brains the feverishly religious type that are always screaming about the antichrist?

and they support this guy

yeah

benroyce,
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@rgulick @flexghost

Yup. Just like they are always trying to push the ignorant lie transgender people are pedophiles, while in reality it's a constant drip of news of right wingers being pedophiles

Latest example:

"New Hampshire lawmaker calls teens ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’ while speaking out against bill that would ban child marriage"

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/new-hampshire-child-marriage-bill/

He's a Republican of course. In a week or two there will be another story like it, as there was a week or two ago

Always projection

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Okay, this might sound weird, but this is what I'm thinking of today. I'm assuming most of you know the idiom, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." I know it's about looking at the horse's teeth to check it's age and health, but in my heart I have an alternate history where it's about The Trojan Horse, which doesn't really even make much sense, but it's still living there rent free.

So, does anyone else do this, make up alternate histories for words or phrases? If you do, I'd love examples!

benroyce,
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@RickiTarr

related: this quote

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" (Robert Browning)

it always bothered me

your reach is as far as your arm extends, and that is all that you can grasp

i feel like it would be better if he had said "your vision should exceed your reach" or "your grasp can exceed your reach with a novelty mini grabber arm," i don' know

c'mon dude, i know you're a poet but let's not forget basic anatomy here! 🤭

Alice, to random
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Countdown until we learn that Waymo is similar to those Amazon stores where the self-driving cars are actually controlled by offices full of people who are playing a variation of Mario Kart in order to get us to our destinations.

benroyce,
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@Alice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk

benroyce, to twitter
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I've been pretty tolerant of people still on #Twitter

I'm now going to full intolerant

#ElonMusk recently reinstated the account of an outright #Nazi

GET. THE. FUCK. OFF. TWITTER.

It is a Russian #troll farm, #racist, #bigot paradise. Stop feeding this cesspool!

GET. THE. FUCK. OFF. TWITTER.

NOW

benroyce,
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@johnlogic still has too much of a "town square" reputation with the stiffs. Because that's what it used to be. But now, Twitter is a town square flooded with the contents of the local septic system. Because the manchild who purchased it did exactly that, while gleefully laughing, that plutocrat edgelord douchebag

benroyce,
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@xinit @SnoopJ what do you mean by "draw a red line through a screenshot"? Ps: I got the image from reddit

-Edit-

Nevermind I get it: to draw a visual break with actual content

benroyce, to random
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I was told following a lot of people is a sign of inauthenticity

But I like the firehose of content

I'll wade into it and get swept away to parts unknown. Isn't that the point of social media, discovery?

And you can make a list for posters you don't want to miss

Someone says something funny... I feel like following them

Why not? Who cares? Are there magic rules here?

FUCK IT

I'M GOING TO FOLLOW EVERYONE!

(Unless you're a "both sides the same" troll/ idiot, then I'm blocking your ass)

benroyce,
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@StillIRise1963 there's a lot who follow me i don't follow back because every follow of mine is happenstance: i encounter them organically, i follow organically. going through my follow list and dutifully following back seems like... work. 😂 other than that, i agree with you wholeheartedly

benroyce,
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@sickmatter

Don't get me started.

How is it so hard to criticize the govt of Israel without attacking Israelis Jews or Judaism?

And how is it so hard to criticize Hamas without attacking Palestinians Muslims or Islam?

The world is fucked up man.

benroyce, to random
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No explanation.

No context.

Picture I took just now.

benroyce, to random
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hear me out for a second folks, i have a wild theory:

i think doesn't like

skinnylatte, to random
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A topic I know too much about: ‘typography and brand identity of apocalyptic evangelical Pentecostal and charismatic churches’

(Seen in Oakland)

benroyce,
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@skinnylatte

at first glance i would have assumed they were a courier/ delivery business

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