The Cheney dance?

Had them cooked in a paper bag a time or two.

@jon-nyc said in If convicted, can Trump run again?:

I think he could run from federal prison and pardon himself on 1/20 if he wins.

@jon-nyc said in If convicted, can Trump run again?:

I think he could run from federal prison and pardon himself on 1/20 if he wins.

You, sir, are correct.

@George-K said in Artisanal boutique grocery:

"I sourced it from that tap..." LOL.

Speaking of "artisanal," what is the point of this, other than to say, "Look at what a useless (though remarkable) skill I have"?

Hey, you asked. I'm answering.

Do you know what the average daily usage for a cell phone is in America? Over four hours. Every day. The vast majority of which, for most of us, is spent on social media apps, which are now proven to cause depression. Oh and did you also know that we have the fewest personal connections than at any other time in American history? Kids today, literally, treat their online lives as more important than what's going on with them in reality. And it's making a lot of them depressed.

Movie and TV plots are now thought up via algorithm—that's why "Hollywood is officially out of ideas." It's not that they're out of ideas. They've abandoned ideas. They don't need them anymore to create things people will spend money to watch. It's uninspired, sure, but good enough to sell.

In today's book market, you need to already be famous in order to get a book deal. Editors no longer do their jobs. Celebrity buys a seat at the table, not creativity. It's been that way since the internet and real-time sales tracking. As a result, new authors suck more than they used to because lo and behold, having a large Twitter or IG following shouldn't make you qualified to be a novelist.

Music's so bad that hits from decades ago are consistently kicking the shit out of anything younger artists are allowed to make today. It's not just old curmudgeons who say the old music was better. The entire music market says so, too. It keeps saying so.

And now there's Midjourney and Dall-E 2. Do you know the three main reasons why people buy art? (1) People are looking for a pretty picture in the right color for their living room. (2) There's no SEC to deal with. (3) They actually believe in the artist and want to support him or her.

AI is going to completely wipe out the market for (1) and is already making serious in-roads with (2). Music, movies, visual art—we're now competing against algorithms for human expression.

We're not expressing ourselves through physical things anymore and it's turning people crazy. And it's going to get a hell of a lot worse before it gets any better. How's the classical music market these days? Are symphonies dying, I wonder? Actually, I don't wonder. I don't wonder about that at all.

Good on this silly bastard. Yes, latté art is often times silly, pretentious, ephemeral and can barely be monetized. But at least he's not spending his time logging nonsense on Untappd, trying to pass his "review" of some bullshit local IPA as a worthwhile contribution to society while wondering who the fuck he is on a Sunday morning.

@89th said in What's the story here?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in What's the story here?:

The bald eagle wrecked that hawk.

USA! USA!

What a turkey.

If the FBI is a division of the democrat party and no longer a government agency then the rules have changed.

@Horace said in Cancer drug trial sends all patients into remission:

Good news. More Biden accomplishments.

Is this the cancer moon shot?

@Doctor-Phibes said in She Didn't Belong:

@Catseye3 said in She Didn't Belong:

@Jolly said in She Didn't Belong:

Are you sure you'd recognize one?

Yeah, bitch, I would.

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You wish you could drive like Dick.

@Aqua-Letifer said in That Wood Heater Is Looking Even Better:

@Jolly said in That Wood Heater Is Looking Even Better:

Care to share some of those?

North Africa's fucked. Significant food shortages are inevitable now. Some parts of the world are already fucked. We could weather it okay, but dipshit policies could screw us. Lots of migrants flooding into Europe. Untenably so. Either they wall things off or they're in for some serious economic hurt. Inflation might get out of control, depending again on dipshit policies.

I saw where interdictions at our Southern Border are running over 300% above the average during Trump's presidency. I know parts of South America are experiencing triple digit inflation.

It might not be just Europe that gets overrun.

Today.

Back then.

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@Mik said in Members we've lost.:

You thought we were sober when posting on here?

When am I sober? My heritage is German, Irish, and English. No time for sobriety!! :))

She would have dropped further if they had arrested her.

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@Copper said in "Go eat somewhere else.":

@George-K said in "Go eat somewhere else.":

they decided to stop doing so because of many vegans’ “‘holier-than-thou’ attitude.

There are other groups that consider themselves holier.

The clergy springs to mind.

Much better than a Hellcat… Not!

So the money spend on James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was not wasted.

We learned something.

I'm sure there will be more to come.

Rod Dreher: “For the first and last time in my life, I say “Roll Tide”