agamemnonymous

@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you build revolutionary optimism in these dark times?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Locally

  Civilization is basically just bureaucracy integrated over population. Some people figure out how to game the system via the chasm of abstraction between; that’s a function of any sufficiently complex system, look at the speed running community

  But ultimately, civilization is just people. All the bureaucracy placed on top of it is just a collection of systems made by people to coordinate themselves. A lot of the dark theatrics are the result of the population becoming so vast that even at the lowest levels, the bureaucracy is distant and abstract. That abstraction alienates people from one another, so they only really know how to interact through the lens of that bureaucracy

  The optimism is that you can engage your community. You can meet your neighbors, learn their trades and share yours, start a group chat. You can organize barter networks, childcare rotations, handyman services, mutual aid.

  You can join local political groups. Start local political groups. Go to protests and meet people in neighboring areas. Network.

  You can promote candidates for local office, and encourage others in your network to do so. You can run for local office, and encourage others in your network to do so. We’ve seen what the other side is offering so far as administrative competence, you think you’re worse?

  Go to local events. Talk to your neighbors. Organize with your neighbors. The big system is very top down in its perspective, but it’s really ultimately dependent on the composite people. You can organize the people from the bottom up, and get your friends in nearby neighborhoods to do the same.

  If all the neighborhoods are organized, bloodless revolution slides quite comfortably into the realm of plausible futures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Quite true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, SpongeBob occupies a sizeable fraction of successful memes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If tomato is a fruit then lasagna is a fruit tart.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Y’know, if it had ham in it, it’s closer to a British carbonara

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you "process" hundreds of tabs you haven't gotten a chance to look through?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Bookmark the stuff that warrants a bookmark.

  Close the stuff I’m not as interested in as I thought I’d be.

  Group remaining tabs by subject (books, articles, products, etc. I have a system).

  Close redundant tabs in groups.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tankie⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Will, the tanks are replaced with ICE vehicles

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it fits...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Clearly they meant Non-Alcoholic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hate it when this happens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  By “misspent”, are you referring to those deposits?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If God (or any creator of the universe) exists would he be made out of atoms?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Look into the kabbalistic concept of tzimtzum, it’s an interesting take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I know its hard to digest.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that why Jews say “la chyme” before they drink, since it’s going into their stomach?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pizza styles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What about Keynesian-style pizza?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Belief⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone want suggested that the rise in belief in human goodness is a function of the rise in belief of human incompetence. When you start recognizing that people frequently do stupid bad things not because they are bad, but because they are stupid, your heart softens a bit with regards to their intent.

  Anti-abortion is a great example. The majority of anti-abortion people genuinely believe that a zygote is an innocent human life, and terminating it is literally murder. If that’s what they believe, why wouldn’t they do everything in their power to stop it? People are murdering innocent babies!

  The more you get to know people, the more you start believing in Hanlon’s razor. Most of the “bad” people aren’t bad, they’re just good people with stupid beliefs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Off the Rails⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At least you save money on shoes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Isn't that how you break up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe there’s a god above

  But all I ever learned in love

  Was how to spot at someone

  Who outdrew ya

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do Costcos usually have an ATM machine?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Y’know, if anywhere was going to have an ATM machine, it would probably be Costco

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sweet ancestry⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the immigrant mongrel thing. Outside America, it isn’t unusual for your ancestry to be that of your home country for dozens of generations, or maybe halves. Inside America, that’s basically only just full blooded Natives, most everyone else is a hodgepodge of several countries.

  Is just a way to kinda keep track of all the various ancestries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨surely your hobby can't be that expensive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  SJG has GURPS Lite, a free version of their 4th edition. It’s very simplified, but easily playable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨life hack⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on how strict you want to be, the cumulative dietary restrictions would be rough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This bedroom game is weird⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, this but not metaphorically.

  Source: Known some puppygirls

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨life hack⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No Gods before Yahweh/Allah (same God). Just make sure he’s the first one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fine dining⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I gotta back them up. I’ve only been to a handful of Buc-ee’s, but every one had multiple signs saying no semis. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's ads on an apple⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing new, I remember ads on banana stickers 15 years ago

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More information will be revealed at a later date⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Stfu dude, secret means secret

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨for a better future for ur children⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct, but we also have a disproportionate effect on the rest of nature.

  Like yes, cancer is human cells, but that doesn’t diminish the damage they do to the rest of the human cells.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now begins the Age of Suffering, brought to you by WSJ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Another one got caught by a columbine machine

  School shooting?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Santa is working on those lists⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think he’s “taking” anything. It’s not his fault they flock to him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signature move⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s why you always put down a towel when you use the rear entrance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Better than “dipshit”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American exceptionalism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you judge my apple seed eating addiction, I can stop whenever I want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Grid Iron League Football

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The LFL (Lingerie Football League) was pretty close. Apparently they’re reviving it