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#91
Propaganda Depository / Contrapoints is on one.
Last post by Maerman - March 26, 2025, 08:08:08 AMI thought this video would interest some of the people here. Adam Weishaupt even gets a shout-out.
#92
Apple Talk / Re: It's the Eschaton, try to ...
Last post by Pope Mome Apocrypha - March 24, 2025, 06:23:33 PMThe horrors just aren't fresh anymore, so we're settling for man-made, and they're drawing a small crowd.
#93
Apple Talk / Re: It's the Eschaton, try to ...
Last post by Faust - March 22, 2025, 09:57:20 PMSomething bigger has been the unify force since people crowded around wood carvings in longhouses, if we don't find that again it's all over
#94
Propaganda Depository / Re: A great place for holy shw...
Last post by Maerman - March 21, 2025, 06:00:44 AMAh, I get it. Sorry; I didn't mean to raise any eyebrows. I am not affiliated with the shop in any way, I promise. I was just excited. If anyone says anything, I'll remove the post post-haste.
#95
Propaganda Depository / Re: A great place for holy shw...
Last post by Doktor Howl - March 20, 2025, 05:27:17 PMThere aren't any rules about it unless Faust has a problem with legalities, which I don't think will be the case here.
There's just sort of a red flag when new people start advertising right out of the gate.
However, given that there are about 5 active (sort of) users, don't let it bother you.
There's just sort of a red flag when new people start advertising right out of the gate.
However, given that there are about 5 active (sort of) users, don't let it bother you.
#96
Propaganda Depository / Re: A great place for holy shw...
Last post by Maerman - March 20, 2025, 05:58:21 AMQuote from: Doktor Howl on March 19, 2025, 03:55:24 PMOh boy.
I'm assuming I've stepped in it. What is it exactly that I've stepped in, and how bad does it smell?
#97
Apple Talk / It's the Eschaton, try to have...
Last post by Doktor Howl - March 19, 2025, 09:27:48 PMYou see all the craziness going around, right? You can't miss it. Another European war. Trade wars starting up for reasons that not even the president can properly explain. Irrationality everywhere, from vaccines to flat Earth bullshit being taken seriously.
You can't even just blame our joke of a president or Elon Musk or whichever stuffed shirt you prefer to throw rotten fruit at. These people were all elected. Over 70 million Americans thought this was a GOOD IDEA.
It is all very confusing, so I thought, "Why not do a root cause of failure exercise on it?" This would take years, so I'm going to focus on the things that can - somewhat - be isolated to the United States.
Start
Problem: The economy is at first glance, banging right along. But in reality, it's a hot mess, as can be seen by the stock market. Why?
Reason 1: Stocks have been overvalued in a bull market, and some of what is happening is a correction.
Reason 2: Trump is using tariffs and threats of tariffs to make the stock market pogo up and down like Mia Khalifa to create semi-predictable (for those who know when he's going to do it) ups and downs that connected investors can use to get filthy rich.
Leads to
Problem 2: How did Trump get himself elected again, having done all of this before.
Reason 1: After you cut away all the bullshit, people in America are bored and want the president to make good television. In a rational world, you want the chief executive to bore you to tears.
eason 2: The media, of course, makes money on clicks, so they publish outrage porn. To a bored population, this is addictive, so the media ramps up the outrage.
Leads to
Problem 3: People are bored.
Reason 1: We have succeeded ourselves to death. Humans aren't really designed for boredom. As pursuit predators that had predators of our own, humans are natural adrenaline junkies. It's been a long time since the last global war, and global war makes all other wars look puny. Why bother, almost.
Reason 2: It's been a long time since everyone was focused on a grotesque engineering project (humanity's only real excuse for existing) like the Apollo program (The Covid thing was even bigger, but nobody noticed). Since our leadership has forgotten how to build or even maintain anything, there is nothing for people to point at and brag about. So the only way they can get dopamine is to get REALLY PISSED OFF.
Both of those reasons have a feedback effect. Any attempt to do anything to deal with them will be treated by the population as some kind of partisan attack.
This sounds hopeless, but it's not. Assuming you have a capacity for having more fun than you really wanted.
(To be continued)
You can't even just blame our joke of a president or Elon Musk or whichever stuffed shirt you prefer to throw rotten fruit at. These people were all elected. Over 70 million Americans thought this was a GOOD IDEA.
It is all very confusing, so I thought, "Why not do a root cause of failure exercise on it?" This would take years, so I'm going to focus on the things that can - somewhat - be isolated to the United States.
Start
Problem: The economy is at first glance, banging right along. But in reality, it's a hot mess, as can be seen by the stock market. Why?
Reason 1: Stocks have been overvalued in a bull market, and some of what is happening is a correction.
Reason 2: Trump is using tariffs and threats of tariffs to make the stock market pogo up and down like Mia Khalifa to create semi-predictable (for those who know when he's going to do it) ups and downs that connected investors can use to get filthy rich.
Leads to
Problem 2: How did Trump get himself elected again, having done all of this before.
Reason 1: After you cut away all the bullshit, people in America are bored and want the president to make good television. In a rational world, you want the chief executive to bore you to tears.
eason 2: The media, of course, makes money on clicks, so they publish outrage porn. To a bored population, this is addictive, so the media ramps up the outrage.
Leads to
Problem 3: People are bored.
Reason 1: We have succeeded ourselves to death. Humans aren't really designed for boredom. As pursuit predators that had predators of our own, humans are natural adrenaline junkies. It's been a long time since the last global war, and global war makes all other wars look puny. Why bother, almost.
Reason 2: It's been a long time since everyone was focused on a grotesque engineering project (humanity's only real excuse for existing) like the Apollo program (The Covid thing was even bigger, but nobody noticed). Since our leadership has forgotten how to build or even maintain anything, there is nothing for people to point at and brag about. So the only way they can get dopamine is to get REALLY PISSED OFF.
Both of those reasons have a feedback effect. Any attempt to do anything to deal with them will be treated by the population as some kind of partisan attack.
This sounds hopeless, but it's not. Assuming you have a capacity for having more fun than you really wanted.
(To be continued)
#98
Propaganda Depository / Re: A great place for holy shw...
Last post by Doktor Howl - March 19, 2025, 03:55:24 PMOh boy.
#99
Propaganda Depository / A great place for holy shwag
Last post by Maerman - March 19, 2025, 07:12:04 AMHi hi. Apologies if you are all already aware of this, but there's a great Etsy shop called FreedomCult. I recently bought some stuff from them, and I was really impressed by the quality as well as the extra goodies that came with my order. I just think they're neat. So check them out if you want to. Or don't. It's no skin off my nipples.
#100
Apple Talk / Re: Introductions VIII: Some ...
Last post by Maerman - March 19, 2025, 07:04:08 AMQuote from: Doktor Howl on March 17, 2025, 05:18:08 PMWelcome aboard.
You're about 10 years late, but better late than never.
Well, I've always been a late bloomer. But one day I'll emerge from my cocoon as a beautiful moth.