Front Grunt

October 20, 2024, 1:45 PMOctober 20, 2024, 1:49 PM Chill War

Our number one goal right now militarily should be evicting Russia from all of Ukraine (including Crimea) so we don’t have to fight Russia in Poland and the Baltics in ~2030 while China attempts to take Taiwan.

That is going to be the play now that Russia is a vassal state of China. We simply do not have the capability to fight on two fronts like that, even with allies assisting. Yes, I do mean that there should be US and NATO troops in Ukraine fighting alongside Ukrainian forces. And more importantly, combat aircraft and more air defense.

We’ve allowed our enemies the ability to set the stage now. We should short-circuit that while we still can.

Damn, I miss the ’90s.

Concordance

October 20, 2024, 1:35 PMOctober 20, 2024, 1:35 PM Chill Clowns, WTF

Anyone who thinks Sinwar was a hero is a scumbag idiot. All of them should go join Hamas and see what happens to them. But it is kind of an odd thing that all of those clowns believe Sinwar was a heroic figure, that Ukraine has no right to exist, and that the US is the greatest evil on the planet.

It doesn’t matter that they are on the left or the right. Horseshoe theory in action. All just utter dipshits. And in fact, the worst combo: the dipshit/useful idiot combination. Execrable.

Natalia

October 20, 2024, 12:47 PM Chill Amusing

I like her. I like her a lot.

DPRK

October 20, 2024, 12:46 PM Chill War

That should be much bigger news. But the press corps is a charred husk of its former self, too concerned with placating and pleasing those in power that it cannot recognize what in former times would be a story worth telling — one that will change the future and is likely to lead to a wider war.

19/380

October 20, 2024, 9:41 AMOctober 22, 2024, 5:48 AM Chill Music

I lost count somewhere along the way, but I listened to all or part of 380+ new (to me) songs this morning.

Of those, there were 19 I liked.

Since You’re Gone – The Pretty Reckless

October 20, 2024, 8:55 AM Chill Music Video, Video

I don’t even like the song that much but Taylor’s voice is amazing. She has such control while singing so loud. Also, blonde goth girls are the rarest species of true goths. They are becoming endangered and should be protected at all costs¹.

Yes, I realize this video is 13 years old.

GPC

October 20, 2024, 8:24 AM Chill Rant, Tech

I feel guilty.

As I said in an earlier post, most people don’t know anything about anything (often even their own jobs). If an end user actually knows the name of the application they’ve been using for 15 years, I’m both shocked and pleased. Most do not.

Most people rely on rote memorization to do absolutely everything. Anything more than that is completely beyond them. If it involves any thinking, it ain’t gonna happen. It’s amazing humans have achieved as much as we have given our severe limitations; most people simply are not very smart or (even worse) very contemplative.

I feel like I’m a pretty limited thinker, really. But because I think at all in a semi-concerted fashion about things I seem like a damn genius.

Despite the advantages this gives me, I do not like it much. We aren’t gonna conquer the galaxy like this.

Shared Goals

October 20, 2024, 7:36 AM Chill War

One thing that Hamas and Israel agree on: the goal is to get more Palestinians killed.

Chipped

October 20, 2024, 5:53 AM Chill Regular-ass Post

In relationships, you should always be with someone trying to build you up (and vice versa), never someone attempting to tear you down. The moment that the other person starts chipping away at you, it’s over whether you know or it not.

I learned that the hard way, unfortunately.

Hit

October 20, 2024, 5:09 AMOctober 21, 2024, 3:50 AM Chill Culture, Political Economy

Did the quality of fast food take a huge hit?

For sure it did. Post-pandemic it’s quite a lot worse in general. There are a variety of reasons for this, I suspect. Among them is that fast food companies started using lower-quality (thus cheaper) ingredients to attempt to ameliorate the effects of wholesale inflation. Also, I’m guessing the ubiquity of delivery apps divorced direct feedback on food quality from the experience of its consumption so there are fewer complaints that make it to anyone who notices or cares.

It’s not just fast food, though. Food quality even at middle- and high-end restaurants has nose-dived too. Recently, I got lobster ravioli with fresh crab at a local mid-end restaurant. It was nearly $40 for just the entrée. The dish had nearly no actual seafood in it, was otherwise entirely mediocre and the portion size was also extremely small.

When I pay that much for something, I expect it to be better than what I can make at home. That wasn’t even close. I could’ve whipped up something similar but tastier in 30-ish minutes.

So this decline in quality is occurring in every tier of restaurant.

Sanguis

October 20, 2024, 4:53 AM Chill Trynabe Funny

MIL fed my houseplants blood.

Bad move. Once a plant gets a taste for blood they start hunting. And once that happens, you wake up in the middle of night with some Pothos tendrils around your neck. Then it’s over.

Very dangerous thing to do.

Imp of Reason

October 20, 2024, 3:53 AM Chill Clowns

It’s so strange to me that so many people declare something “impossible” when they merely do not understand how it works. Since the vast majority of people understand nearly nothing, that’s a whole lot of “impossible.”