Jul 22

Anyone I Disagree With Is a Nazi

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Another very weird liberal idea I am seeing lately pretty frequently is the notion that anyone who says “traditional architecture is good” or “we should build better buildings that last without all the shiny tech that breaks down” is a secret closet racist and Nazi.

It’s similar I guess to the idea that it’s racist to not want to outsource all manufacturing to China. It emerges from the same crumbling set of interlinking ideologies. Part of it is just cognitive dissonance and intellectual laziness, too. It’s easier not to think and just call everyone with a different idea “racist” and so-called woke capital supports this utterly.

Another part is the neoliberal mindset has truly infected everything, so these people deeply believe that anything from the past at all is racist, no matter what it is — meanwhile, they are content to ignore actual racism.

Jul 22

I Remember

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Exactly. It’s weird when women like Amanda Marcotte (who really, really hates nerds and geek culture) say things like, “Oh, you weren’t really oppressed, some people made fun of you in school, that’s nothing” and the other garbage they spew.

In school, these are the things that happened to me that were “nothing:”

  • Routinely was sucker punched so hard that I had persistent headaches.
  • Had my belongings stolen frequently.
  • One time was hit so hard in the head by a bully with a large tree branch that I had trouble walking after.
  • Had my nose severely broken.
  • From roughly fifth to ninth grade was in a fight or punched nearly every day.
  • Still have a small scar on my chin from some kid with a ring punching me in the face.

Of course in school, it would’ve been Amanda Marcotte perpetrating or cheering on this shit, so of course she and those of her ilk believe that what people like me faced in the 80s is just small potatoes.

I’m somewhat convinced my migraines were caused by these persistent beatings, too.

Jul 22

Woke Down

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Seems these people never learn.

Jul 22

Quantification

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It’s wiser in these situations — by far — to trust how you feel. An oximeter isn’t the truth. It’s just some numbers on a screen. Plenty of people have been fine on paper and passed out/died at high elevation.

Quantification is a scam, in many ways. Especially as we use it. Your body is a far more accurate indicator of distress than some tech that has no nuance.

Jul 21

No 10 No

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As with Firefox, so much has been removed from Windows 10 I find it nearly unusable. Most of the features I depend on no longer exist, with no replacement.

It’s what happens when corporate monopoly meets droolers, assclowns and incompetents.

Jul 21

More Derision

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Same. I’ve had three people tell me that. And I don’t have many friends! They rely on “experts,” I rely on the science more diffusely.

Hint: the experts mostly don’t know a fucking thing due to the way we make experts in the world now.

Jul 21

ID10T

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It’s only a surprise if YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT.