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This was bound to happen. The guy wants to keep his show, right? I certainly want him to keep his show. And now for something completely different. Apropos of
by mechanical_fish 18y ago
This was bound to happen. The guy wants to keep his show, right? I certainly want him to keep his show.
And now for something completely different. Apropos of nothing at all, I was thinking the other day about how pretending to be senile and apologizing for it is a timeless legal strategy. It can also work well in family conflicts. I've known a few crazy-like-a-fox elderly geniuses who do a great senility impression. In a real emergency, they might even try drooling a little.
- stcredzero 18y agoIs our society now particularly corrupt, or has it always been this way?
- jrockway 18y agoSince everything we do now is ad-sponsored, it's expected that advertisers have more than their fair share of influence.
- mechanical_fish 18y agoYep. It's a mistake to refer to ad-sponsored content as free. There are a lot of costs, some more subtle than others.
- olefoo 18y agoYes. It's always been corrupt but lately it seems like corruption has the upper hand.
- omouse 18y agoCorruption has always had the upper hand...
- stcredzero 18y agoDark Helmet: "So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."
- mechanical_fish 18y agoI think you're failing to look on the bright side. This little exchange represents a lot of progress. If you want a good idea of what powerful rulers used to do to people who said things they didn't like, google "Giordano Bruno". Or, for an international perspective, ask a 60-year-old Russian, or a 40-year-old Cambodian, or a contemporary Tibetan. Note, though, that I'm not saying our society couldn't use a lot of improvement on the corruption front.
- stcredzero 18y agoSo our society isn't less corrupt than it used to be. It's just that the overlords have realized that they can be a little subtler and not have to hack/burn/behead/hang/shoot people to subjugate and control them. Yes, there's progress, but I think we can still complain.
- shard 18y agoUnfortunately, in human society, the source of corruption is humans.
- stcredzero 18y agoI've always said those things should be outlawed!