CaptWillard

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by CaptWillard 2mo ago
That's the real test of a song. Electric fire extinguishers are a crutch, really.
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by CaptWillard 3mo ago
Great movie ... directed by David Bowie's son!
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by CaptWillard 3mo ago
Quantitative easing and fiscal stimulus entered the chat a while ago.
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by CaptWillard 4mo ago
>On top of that he's usually angry and spiteful in pretty much everything he says. Are you really under the impression that's the truth?
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by CaptWillard 4mo ago
To be fair, I was never all that good.
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by CaptWillard 4mo ago
> The entire concept of American masculinity is about inflicting yourself on as many other people as you can. Haha, what? You're describing a mindset and behavior that is indeed more prevalent than it should be or used to be, but it
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by CaptWillard 4mo ago
I've known a lot of academics and more than a few (adult) athletes, and in my experience, cannabis is quite popular in both crowds.
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by CaptWillard 4mo ago
What you describe is one of the reasons I've always favored legalization of cannabis (though I wouldn't describe it as a "pipeline") I didn't want my kids to have any reason to know the types of people we had to dea
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by CaptWillard 6mo ago
> 'I've been inactive for too long, I can't call and reveal that I haven't started'. Dang. That's a huge part of my problem over the years. Nicely articulated.
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by CaptWillard 6mo ago
I'm curious what "red pilled" means to you. I would think a "red pilled" book would focus on resisting manipulation, specifically emotional manipulation.
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by CaptWillard 7mo ago
Big difference between gaining knowledge and building/maintaining cognitive skills.
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by CaptWillard 8mo ago
I say this with all due respect and as someone who is struggling to envision their own ability to meaningfully contribute in the likely future: Nature is ableist. Humanity rises above it to the extent that we can, but ...
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by CaptWillard 8mo ago
> If cheating were widespread it would have been detected much more easily. This is a ridiculous assertion.
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by CaptWillard 8mo ago
I like to think that Bjork loves me, but deep down I know it's not true.
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by CaptWillard 8mo ago
Because AI can't be held accountable. Ever. That will probably save some jobs, but it's a problem in most other contexts.
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by CaptWillard 9mo ago
The early nod to Agora Institute mission of “building stronger global democracy” Followed by bemoaning USAID cuts makes me wonder if the author is deliberately missing one of the most glaring examples of this.
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by CaptWillard 9mo ago
This is all debatably valid, except for the fact that the entrenched system produced massive fraud, money laundering, wagging-the-dog and worst of all, a decade of domestic propaganda and anti-democratic schemes in an attempt to protect the
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by CaptWillard 9mo ago
His "friends" like Reid Hoffman and Epstein himself? They do talk about Trump a lot in those files.
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by CaptWillard 9mo ago
> Why are you defending X here? What a strange question.
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by CaptWillard 10mo ago
On the contrary ... we LOVE the perennial underdog who stays in the fight. Like the British, once you start winning consistently you quickly earn our contempt. American football is packed with great examples.
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by CaptWillard 10mo ago
> so British people get their fill of competent, triumphant heroes from American media Conversely, American culture has historically included all the best of the British. In addition to those mentioned above, Hitchhikers Guide, Monty P
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by CaptWillard 10mo ago
Out of respect for your effort to keep it civil, I'll answer some of that: I'm a liberal as defined up until 2012 or so. Never been socially conservative at all. I'm not a libertarian, as I do support some social safety nets.
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by CaptWillard 10mo ago
No, I think my stance is pretty clear. If you don't recognize the patterns of incuriosity, groupthink and misguided confidence that have permeated western society in the last ten years, nothing I say here is going to enlighten you.
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by CaptWillard 10mo ago
"We need to make it shameful to be bigoted again" Interesting way to put it. For the past decade or so, many flavors of bigotry have been lauded and socially rewarded. At the same time, many valid viewpoints and statements have be
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by CaptWillard 11mo ago
Amen. I can appreciate films. Reiner made Movies. Great movies. Spielberg is an apt comparison.
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by CaptWillard 11mo ago
Posts like this make me appreciate my boss. I've been very lucky to work for some great people, even/especially when the situation above them is borked.
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by CaptWillard 1y ago
Watch for widespread outages attributed to Vogon poetry and Marty the landlord's cycle (you know ... his quintet)
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by CaptWillard 1y ago
According to the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Vogon poetry is the third worst in the Universe. The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria, and the worst is by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex, who perished along w
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by CaptWillard 1y ago
My dad used to write Forth ... for fun.
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by CaptWillard 1y ago
The comedic/horrific possibilities as presented are compelling, if comedy and horror are the goals. Maybe better as a second date.

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