Our Betters Solve Our Problems
We don’t deserve their insights.
Give this barista what they want. pic.twitter.com/JRjZu3MVSB
— Ian Miles (@ianmiles) May 8, 2021
“Now that I think about it, like, I’m more qualified than a cop to come deal with half the situations that we would call them for,” says our coffee-serving, police-defunding “they/them, 22.”
“I’m a Starbucks barista at a drive-through,” says they. “I’ve de-escalated situations with people with guns… I’ve cooled shit down faster and better than a cop could.”
Readers are welcome to share clips of lively scenes to test this rather boastful hypothesis. It would, I think, have the makings of a compelling reality TV show. With preening, mouthy woke-lings encountering the realities they’ve so carefully ignored.
The subsequent tears and meltdowns could constitute a drinking game.
What would you do in this case?
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 4, 2023
In you go, love.
We’ve touched on this before, of course.
And yes, open thread. Share ye links and bicker.
Oh dearie me! The cognescenti know full well that the Circle Sea, with its perpetual pretty waterfall, is the periphery of the world.
So now you’re telling us the world rests on the back of a giant turtle? Heresies piled upon heresies!
I’m fairly sure that the video’s protagonist is biologically male: if you look closely (which, agreed, needs some courage, you’ll see his Adam’s apple.
Memo to self: remember to close brackets. But at least it’s avoided Evil Italics.
But at least it’s avoided Evil Italics.
[ Replaces revolver in nook under bar. Resumes nonchalant wiping of glasses. ]
“When I hear the word italics, I reach for my revolver”
–should be displayed above the bar?
[ glances towards door to gauge how quickly an exit can be effected ]
“When I hear the word italics, I reach for my revolver”
Thing is, of course, I approve of italics, especially when quoting another commenter. It makes the thread tidier and more comprehensible. (Unless, that is, it’s a lengthy quote, of a commenter or some other source, in which case blockquote is easier on the eye.) #StyleGuide
It’s the runaway italics when someone doesn’t close the tag. That chafes my undercarriage.
It’s the runaway italics when someone doesn’t close the tag.
Yes, understood–especially since I have screwed up my italics more than once. But I just had to make a screwball comment utterly divorced from reality.
especially since I have screwed up my italics more than once.
I keep a file on italics transgressors. It’s laminated and everything.
No, it rests on 4 elephants. It’s the eleplhants who rest upon the turtle…
No, it rests on 4 elephants. It’s the elephants who rest upon the turtle…
More blasphemy! Arrgh!
I keep a file on italics transgressors. It’s laminated and everything.
Can I get my name struck off with a large donation or an abject apology?
[ Strokes chin. ]
That chafes my undercarriage.
And our esteemed host’s undercarriage may, or may not be, a pretty sight.
I’m honestly surprised Tyepad doesn’t have some kind of built-in editor, or at least HTML sanity checking.
or at least HTML sanity checking.
Of course, nothing has yet rivalled Mr Sherman’s spectacular and truly boggling HTML atrocity of August 2016. I wish I’d taken a screengrab.
I still wake up screaming.
With wise counsel like this, what could possibly go wrong?
I’m honestly surprised Tyepad doesn’t have some kind of built-in editor, or at least HTML sanity checking.
I wouldn’t be surprised if such features exist but one must make non-trivial coding changes to take advantage of them. Code changes, test and debug, re-code, rinse and repeat…
… at least HTML sanity checking.
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He said having hit the wrong button before…
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[ glances towards door to gauge how quickly an exit can be effected ]
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I’m sure our host would give you three steps. /Skynyrd
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[ From cellar, sounds of clattering, a muffled scream. ]
More blasphemy! Arrgh!
Fools ye all!
The Earth is an infinite plane, its bedrock floating upon a grey void! Though the whole is infinite, the habitable climates of this plane are finite, for in the Farthest Lands the laws that governed the generation of our world approach the madness of our creator, and go rather silly.
You’re all wrong. The earth, actually the universe in general, is merely the dream of a god resting on the lotus petal that grows from the navel of another sleeping god who is resting on the lotus rising from the navel of a god sleeping below him. I have documentation on this somewhere…
..for in the Farthest Lands the laws that governed the generation of our world approach the madness of our creator…
Sounds rather Lovecraftian. Probably best that I offend the Elder Gods by disagreeing.
Not offend, NOT offend!
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
[ Grabs broom, beats off tentacles. ]
Tentacles…
Sounds awesome. Too bad I am currently busy looking at my puppy sleeping and cannot get over there to help.
beats off tentacles
👀
[ Grabs broom, beats off tentacles. ]
It is hopeless. We will all be eaten. The best we can hope for is to be eaten first.
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=135
[ Grabs broom, beats off tentacles. ]
Please tell me more.
This seems a good time to ask our host and other commenters for their opinions of the recent Sky series Lovecraft Country.
I stopped watching after episode 2 because of the laughably overstated yet stunningly unoriginal “evil white people” narrative. A pity, the concept deserved better.
I stopped watching after episode 2 because of the laughably overstated yet stunningly unoriginal “evil white people” narrative. A pity, the concept deserved better.
Woke and PC has really ruined the whodunit genre – you don’t even have to watch or read to know the white male dunnit. If a character is female or pigmented or not heterosexual, you know they are the Good Guys in the story, and will be flatly portrayed as perfect in every way, and of course, Stunning and Brave. The villain is the only character with a chance at developing any depth.
I’ve been binge-watching the early seasons of Hercule Poirot, but will stop once the original developers leave. I read that the newer episodes were re-worked so the females couldn’t be the bad guys anymore, and the whole thing started down the SJW road to hell.
This seems a good time to ask our host and other commenters for their opinions of the recent Sky series Lovecraft Country.
I didn’t watch.
I’m an iconoclastic curmudgeon. I’m disinterested in Lovecraft Country because, like zombies and bacon, the Cthulhu mythos has been done to death, dug up, resurrected, done to death some more, remixed, and shoved into every imaginable property by this point. It has suffered the ultimate, final death for any horror monster: it’s become trite, predictable, familiar, and boring.
“Beating off Tentacles”
Album name…or maybe Sci-fi porn film? Could be both. I don’t suppose it’s even remotely possible that David Bowie and one of the Go-Gos had a love child? No? Joan Jett maybe?
Meanwhile, Today In Racism™: a fetching lass describes the problematic nature of “purposely” getting a sun tan.
Album name…or maybe Sci-fi porn film?
Meme seen:
“French porn star (photo of brunette)
American porn star (photo of blonde)
Japanese porn star (photo of squid)”
“Japanese porn star (photo of squid)”
At least you can eat calamari [or even use it for bait to catch fish] after it’s served its ‘other’ purposes.
NTSOG: No thanks.
The irony here is off the charts.
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
All this talk of the edge of the world is pointless, everybody knows (or should know) that it is turtles, turtles all the way down.
And don’t worry about the tentacles, we’re still working on that.
Hey There, Cthulhu!
Recently I did a short walk with friends in a semi rural exurb of silicon valley. One of the top ten wealthiest neighborhoods in the US, I’d guess.
We turned into a narrow street, my friend joking that it looked like a private road but wasn’t, and not to tell anyone so the riff raff stayed away.
Then he told us that the owner of the next property had been a big proponent of the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), and not to be surprised at the posters we were about to see on the fence.
Many many posters as it turned out. Nice artwork for the most part. All advocating Trans rights, abolition of prisons, defunding police, open borders, abolition of ICE (immigration and customs enforcement). Etc.
But I’m such an awful person. I noted a few things.
(But first, who were all these posters for? I’d bet no more than ten cars would pass in a day, 50% neighbors and 50% landscapers / deliveries.)
1. The fence. Well made.
2. Occasional video cameras.
3. The acreage. Property in that area goes for roughly 5 million USD per acre, and there were plenty of them.
Then I had had thoughts like, “I wonder what the exact address is? What might happen if I made flyers and passed them around the tent & tarpaulin camps just a few miles away in several directions? What could I sell the resulting video for?”
But when I got home I just took my puppy for a walk.
Fred: I like the way you think.
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
They should have to divulge the date of their bar exam to prospective clients. Sort of like a covid passport for lawyers.
“They should have to divulge the date of their bar exam to prospective clients.”
I can see two important questions that will be asked at interview of aspiring lawyers wanting to join big law firms and before they get to practise on paying clients: ‘Did you pass the Bar Exam in California and when?’
They should have to divulge the date of their bar exam to prospective clients.
This trend, and that of the dumbing down of med school requirements is worrisome to say the least. When you are in trouble, injured, or sick is is when you need someone who knows what they are doing, not some lowered-standards diversity hire. And this affects the people with less money the most, as they don’t have the funds to shop around for someone good.
This trend, and that of the dumbing down of med school requirements is worrisome to say the least.
I think someone (I don’t remember who) posted this here a couple of threads back.
I think someone (I don’t remember who) posted this here a couple of threads back.
If so, I missed it. Thanks. A succinct review of the Chavis “affirmative action” scandal.