I am glad people are mostly ignoring the persistent Covid criers and going on with their lives. Great to see.
Month: March 2022
Worse Ship
Yes, because degrowth is a faith-based belief system rather than a scientifically well-grounded set of ideas. https://t.co/yCTOfB2Xrq
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) March 26, 2022
Degrowth, lockdown, extreme Covid restrictions apart from that — all about religion, not about effectiveness. Glad other people are noticing that.
How Many
A million Americans died.
How many fewer without the antivax movement? https://t.co/kLBjaFV54I
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) March 27, 2022
Without anti-vax, Covid deaths would probably be in the 600,000 range. Still a whole lot, but 400K people would be alive now who are not.
Change the Locks
I will never be on the side of lockdowns or the lockdown fanatics. That’s just anti-human and demented that so many people reach for those as the first and only option. Have to wonder what’s wrong with them inside.
Never Has Been
I don’t think this is actually that unusual. Many guys don’t think about sex all the time, or all that frequently. I love sex and my reaction to seeing an attractive woman almost never is “I want to have sex with her.” And never has been. Even when I was a younger man and my libido was much higher, I was not primarily sexually motivated.
I know that feminists don’t allow it, but not every man is the same. And I’m lazy. Sex is a lot of work and often more hassle than it’s worth. And I say that as someone who loves sex, again.
So…seems pretty normal to me.
Wrongthink
To single out (with apologies) a reply to a different thread of mine about a different large platform, this will be the rationale for unbanking oldthinkers who unbellyfeel ingsoc 👇 https://t.co/xblSV9khfr
— jonstokes.(com|eth) (@jonst0kes) March 26, 2022
I think we are headed here, with “liberals” cheering the whole way. What would stop it? I don’t see anything that could or will oppose this.
She Defrauds
There could never be an ‘Elona’ Musk – women are held to far higher standards than men.
Hmm, wasn’t there some woman named Elizabeth Holmes? Strange, I do seem to recall that. Thesis dubious the way it’s presented.
Matches And
The first ten on today’s playlist:
Hobroken
People keep claiming Hoboken is a real place. But I just don’t believe it. I simply do not buy into this “Hoboken” you all have been lying to me about.
Nothing can change my mind about this.
Memo
HEY YOUNG PEOPLE, I'm going to do a little thread about how people did normal office/business stuff before the internet really worked, back in the '90s/very early '00s. BUCKLE YOUR FAX MACHINES…
— jendziura (@jendziura) March 26, 2022
I remember those fax chain spam things. They sucked.
Neglected to mention office memos and such distributed via interoffice mail and couriers. Very common until 2002-3 or so.
Ant
All the companies I want to start would have to be headquartered in, like, Antigua.
How To Lose In One Easy Step
Jesus Christ. I just read the Russians have no overall theater commander for the Ukrainian invasion.
Folks, that is how you fuck up a war you could’ve easily won.
Some Wrong
Something I was wrong about: the Russian military forces are much worse than I thought they were. As some wag noted, I thought they were the second or third best army in the world. Turns out, they are only the second best army…in Ukraine.
Po
Shoigu suffered a heart attack at breakfast, while enjoying a bowl of his favorite cereal, Polonium Toast Crunch
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) March 25, 2022
That’s a great flavor. Nice tingle in the mouth. And thyroid.
Sundays Cover
The Sundays is a very hard band to cover. She does a great job with it.