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My association with calling something horseshit is that it's implausibly bad, unfortunate, or nonsensical.
Like, bullshit is categorically not true; horseshit might, unbelievably and regrettably, be true.
Like, bullshit is categorically not true; horseshit might, unbelievably and regrettably, be true.
February 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
My association with calling something horseshit is that it's implausibly bad, unfortunate, or nonsensical.
Like, bullshit is categorically not true; horseshit might, unbelievably and regrettably, be true.
Like, bullshit is categorically not true; horseshit might, unbelievably and regrettably, be true.
I know it's counterproductive to dogpile people who are coming around on the topic, but really...
If you work for Evil Fascism Inc, what do you mean you aren't proud to support the bad guys? That's literally everything that you do! That's the entire job, and the premise of the business model.
If you work for Evil Fascism Inc, what do you mean you aren't proud to support the bad guys? That's literally everything that you do! That's the entire job, and the premise of the business model.
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I know it's counterproductive to dogpile people who are coming around on the topic, but really...
If you work for Evil Fascism Inc, what do you mean you aren't proud to support the bad guys? That's literally everything that you do! That's the entire job, and the premise of the business model.
If you work for Evil Fascism Inc, what do you mean you aren't proud to support the bad guys? That's literally everything that you do! That's the entire job, and the premise of the business model.
I vastly prefer the IT person having to look up the solution than when they just immediately know the answer; that's when I feel like I should have figured it out.
Best was when I got an email telling me what to put in the command prompt. Good to know I'd have never figured it out on my own anyway.
Best was when I got an email telling me what to put in the command prompt. Good to know I'd have never figured it out on my own anyway.
January 26, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I vastly prefer the IT person having to look up the solution than when they just immediately know the answer; that's when I feel like I should have figured it out.
Best was when I got an email telling me what to put in the command prompt. Good to know I'd have never figured it out on my own anyway.
Best was when I got an email telling me what to put in the command prompt. Good to know I'd have never figured it out on my own anyway.
I do think that depends on whether you mean people who support what ICE does in theory (deporting people per immigration law), or who support what ICE does in practice (being violent, fascist thugs).
There seem unfortunately to be Democrat voters who think ICE ever had any value in the first place.
There seem unfortunately to be Democrat voters who think ICE ever had any value in the first place.
January 23, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I do think that depends on whether you mean people who support what ICE does in theory (deporting people per immigration law), or who support what ICE does in practice (being violent, fascist thugs).
There seem unfortunately to be Democrat voters who think ICE ever had any value in the first place.
There seem unfortunately to be Democrat voters who think ICE ever had any value in the first place.
I think you're correct about what he meant in the speech, but it is also the case that "collectivism" has an ordinary meaning to some people of "rights are derived from membership in a group, not inherent to an individual" and it's reasonable to see people uncomfortable with that being the word used
January 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I think you're correct about what he meant in the speech, but it is also the case that "collectivism" has an ordinary meaning to some people of "rights are derived from membership in a group, not inherent to an individual" and it's reasonable to see people uncomfortable with that being the word used
I do feel like "meandering" would be a fair way to describe it. It's sort of drifting between various things, some of which might have been good ideas if committed to, before wandering off again without really meaningful impact.
It's fine, I guess.
It's fine, I guess.
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I do feel like "meandering" would be a fair way to describe it. It's sort of drifting between various things, some of which might have been good ideas if committed to, before wandering off again without really meaningful impact.
It's fine, I guess.
It's fine, I guess.
Oh damn, I was just wondering yesterday when this was supposed to happen.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Oh damn, I was just wondering yesterday when this was supposed to happen.
Beginning my campaign strategy of leaving cryptic business cards in public spaces which, through a series of increasingly obtuse puzzles, leads to a website soliciting your vote.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Beginning my campaign strategy of leaving cryptic business cards in public spaces which, through a series of increasingly obtuse puzzles, leads to a website soliciting your vote.
Man who brought leopards into the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party remembered for his courageous stand against his own face being eaten.
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Man who brought leopards into the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party remembered for his courageous stand against his own face being eaten.
Damn, you're telling me that *just one* sniff of that fog and you're inside-out?
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Damn, you're telling me that *just one* sniff of that fog and you're inside-out?
Daylight savings time is a good object lesson on vote splitting: most people don't want the time to keep changing. But they are split between "Keep Standard Time" and "Keep DST" so they frequently fail to gather momentum, and the time keeps on changing.
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Daylight savings time is a good object lesson on vote splitting: most people don't want the time to keep changing. But they are split between "Keep Standard Time" and "Keep DST" so they frequently fail to gather momentum, and the time keeps on changing.
It unfortunately is a biggie, and is going to cause a lot of hardship. But at least in my experience, a lot of people understand that it is necessary, since Republicans are not simply going to stop.
Even if we struck a deal this afternoon, they'd make up some new fictitious grievance by Monday.
Even if we struck a deal this afternoon, they'd make up some new fictitious grievance by Monday.
October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It unfortunately is a biggie, and is going to cause a lot of hardship. But at least in my experience, a lot of people understand that it is necessary, since Republicans are not simply going to stop.
Even if we struck a deal this afternoon, they'd make up some new fictitious grievance by Monday.
Even if we struck a deal this afternoon, they'd make up some new fictitious grievance by Monday.
I think the argument for not doing it themselves is that, if they did, they risk losing the narrative on the situation.
It's one thing for the story to be "Republicans are not doing their job" and it's another for the story to become "Democrats illegally defying House rules"
It's one thing for the story to be "Republicans are not doing their job" and it's another for the story to become "Democrats illegally defying House rules"
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I think the argument for not doing it themselves is that, if they did, they risk losing the narrative on the situation.
It's one thing for the story to be "Republicans are not doing their job" and it's another for the story to become "Democrats illegally defying House rules"
It's one thing for the story to be "Republicans are not doing their job" and it's another for the story to become "Democrats illegally defying House rules"
It makes sense if you presume the audience is made up of rational people who will acknowledge the moral superiority of your actions, be disgusted by your opponent, and will therefore support you.
Evidently this presumption is not correct.
Evidently this presumption is not correct.
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It makes sense if you presume the audience is made up of rational people who will acknowledge the moral superiority of your actions, be disgusted by your opponent, and will therefore support you.
Evidently this presumption is not correct.
Evidently this presumption is not correct.
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Jewellery inspectors."
"Oh, carry on then."
"Jewellery inspectors."
"Oh, carry on then."
October 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Jewellery inspectors."
"Oh, carry on then."
"Jewellery inspectors."
"Oh, carry on then."
Having recently done a public domain trawl of old horror stories, the thing that stuck out the most was that they have a habit of dedicating a full chapter to explaining the plan, and then a different chapter to executing the plan successfully with no complications, which I don't see much these days
October 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Having recently done a public domain trawl of old horror stories, the thing that stuck out the most was that they have a habit of dedicating a full chapter to explaining the plan, and then a different chapter to executing the plan successfully with no complications, which I don't see much these days
Reading very old stories in a genre can be fun when you already have context, because you get to be like "Ah, so that's where that came from."
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reading very old stories in a genre can be fun when you already have context, because you get to be like "Ah, so that's where that came from."
They consider this to be "resisting arrest"
October 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They consider this to be "resisting arrest"
I played the entirety of Ghost of Tsushima in the atmospheric Kurosawa mode, and I look forward to a new cinematic experience when I get to Yotei. I wish more games had wild art style options to play with.
October 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I played the entirety of Ghost of Tsushima in the atmospheric Kurosawa mode, and I look forward to a new cinematic experience when I get to Yotei. I wish more games had wild art style options to play with.
It really is the only excuse that flies. "I kept the keys so I could break stuff," if true, is basically the only thing I can imagine that would justify continuing to be on payroll at this point.
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It really is the only excuse that flies. "I kept the keys so I could break stuff," if true, is basically the only thing I can imagine that would justify continuing to be on payroll at this point.
I'm currently running a game where I put a bunch of medusae in, and we did debrief on the nomenclature being weird right out the gate.
But I've since been stumped on the player question of "If medusae are just a type of creature, how do they reproduce?"
But I've since been stumped on the player question of "If medusae are just a type of creature, how do they reproduce?"
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I'm currently running a game where I put a bunch of medusae in, and we did debrief on the nomenclature being weird right out the gate.
But I've since been stumped on the player question of "If medusae are just a type of creature, how do they reproduce?"
But I've since been stumped on the player question of "If medusae are just a type of creature, how do they reproduce?"
The one charitable thought I have is that I'd probably agree that some of the professions in the list could benefit from bespoke, fit-to-purpose machine learning algorithms for handling specific, well-defined, and labour-intensive tasks.
LLMs seem neither suitable nor appropriate for any of those.
LLMs seem neither suitable nor appropriate for any of those.
October 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The one charitable thought I have is that I'd probably agree that some of the professions in the list could benefit from bespoke, fit-to-purpose machine learning algorithms for handling specific, well-defined, and labour-intensive tasks.
LLMs seem neither suitable nor appropriate for any of those.
LLMs seem neither suitable nor appropriate for any of those.
"So, we've entered into a contract where I give you money, and you let me ride the train?"
"Well, no, not exactly. We might just not let you ride."
"So I get my money back?"
"Well...ideally not."
"Well, no, not exactly. We might just not let you ride."
"So I get my money back?"
"Well...ideally not."
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"So, we've entered into a contract where I give you money, and you let me ride the train?"
"Well, no, not exactly. We might just not let you ride."
"So I get my money back?"
"Well...ideally not."
"Well, no, not exactly. We might just not let you ride."
"So I get my money back?"
"Well...ideally not."
Yeah, ultimately it is an individual assessment. My point is just that you should be thinking about it; if you're not actually playing more than the monthly fee's worth of games, maybe you should reconsider paying the fee monthly.
If you are using the benefits, it does make sense to pay for them.
If you are using the benefits, it does make sense to pay for them.
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Yeah, ultimately it is an individual assessment. My point is just that you should be thinking about it; if you're not actually playing more than the monthly fee's worth of games, maybe you should reconsider paying the fee monthly.
If you are using the benefits, it does make sense to pay for them.
If you are using the benefits, it does make sense to pay for them.