Fourierist
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Philosopher, anti-lion, lemonade enthusiast.
Now, I'll admit that this Walmart has bad vibes and stuff has happened there, so maybe they don't *want* to be easily accessible by foot. However, it has a public transit stop in the parking lot, and it's a *Walmart*. This just everybody leaving money on the table rather than supporting walking.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Now, I'll admit that this Walmart has bad vibes and stuff has happened there, so maybe they don't *want* to be easily accessible by foot. However, it has a public transit stop in the parking lot, and it's a *Walmart*. This just everybody leaving money on the table rather than supporting walking.
Image 1 shows the desire paths. It isn't totally clear from above, but it descends a short but steep embankment with no landscaping, seen from the Walmart side in image 2. Image 3 is from the complex side so you can see they forced their way through a hedge.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Image 1 shows the desire paths. It isn't totally clear from above, but it descends a short but steep embankment with no landscaping, seen from the Walmart side in image 2. Image 3 is from the complex side so you can see they forced their way through a hedge.
the tide turns, milk goes sour, and wine improves with age
but True Posters never log off, and they never change
but True Posters never log off, and they never change
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
the tide turns, milk goes sour, and wine improves with age
but True Posters never log off, and they never change
but True Posters never log off, and they never change
he was doing the bit again where he insists that cheap consumer electronics and fast fashion clothing prove that quality-of-life for poor people is very good right now and furiously argues with anybody who disagrees for several days
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
he was doing the bit again where he insists that cheap consumer electronics and fast fashion clothing prove that quality-of-life for poor people is very good right now and furiously argues with anybody who disagrees for several days
Here is a section of "The Road to Wigan Pier" (1937) where George Orwell discussed chronic unemployment in Depression-era Britain and the rise of what he termed "cheap palliatives." We're not facing the same circumstances but I think it's useful for approaching the issue you're reacting to.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Here is a section of "The Road to Wigan Pier" (1937) where George Orwell discussed chronic unemployment in Depression-era Britain and the rise of what he termed "cheap palliatives." We're not facing the same circumstances but I think it's useful for approaching the issue you're reacting to.
Sure, but who would imagine a political party that eliminated anyone in its ranks who was worth a damn, and instead elevated only the most compromised, servile, and incapable until finally it was unable to govern even after winning a dominant majority (in 2024)?
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sure, but who would imagine a political party that eliminated anyone in its ranks who was worth a damn, and instead elevated only the most compromised, servile, and incapable until finally it was unable to govern even after winning a dominant majority (in 2024)?
In the coup scenes Beria is defiant, threatening and arguing, right up until Khrushchev reads the names and ages of some of his victims. In that shot you can see him realize he's actually been caught in the trap for *years*, but Stalin let him live because he was useful. Now there's no way out.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In the coup scenes Beria is defiant, threatening and arguing, right up until Khrushchev reads the names and ages of some of his victims. In that shot you can see him realize he's actually been caught in the trap for *years*, but Stalin let him live because he was useful. Now there's no way out.
He knows Malenkov is a vain idiot so he makes him the figurehead; Zhukov is a blunt instrument so he outmaneuvers him; he bullies and demeans Khrushchev just like Stalin did; he uses Molotov's wife to break his brain, etc.
But, of course, Stalin had a dossier on him, too.
But, of course, Stalin had a dossier on him, too.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
He knows Malenkov is a vain idiot so he makes him the figurehead; Zhukov is a blunt instrument so he outmaneuvers him; he bullies and demeans Khrushchev just like Stalin did; he uses Molotov's wife to break his brain, etc.
But, of course, Stalin had a dossier on him, too.
But, of course, Stalin had a dossier on him, too.
I love that my movie. My favorite thing is when I realized that Stalin elevated the principal cast *because* they were weak, venal, and compromised. Each of them has character flaws that he used to neutralize them, which was Beria's role so he's able to quickly gain the upper hand.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I love that my movie. My favorite thing is when I realized that Stalin elevated the principal cast *because* they were weak, venal, and compromised. Each of them has character flaws that he used to neutralize them, which was Beria's role so he's able to quickly gain the upper hand.
I think it mostly depends on the store. I was in Iowa City >10 years ago and they were finishing a project of rebuilding or updating all their locations there, and making sure all of the employees were on-policy was probably part of it. Where I am now the vibe is much more normal.
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I think it mostly depends on the store. I was in Iowa City >10 years ago and they were finishing a project of rebuilding or updating all their locations there, and making sure all of the employees were on-policy was probably part of it. Where I am now the vibe is much more normal.
This man, the American Midwest, the 1990s
Menards - Stain & Flooring (Ray Szmanda) [1996]
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November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This man, the American Midwest, the 1990s
... I would be basically the only customer in the store and every aisle would be full of employees, all of whom were trained to stop me to smile and offer their assistance. No, thank you, I just want to transit the cereal aisle without talking to fifteen people, thanks, bye.
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
... I would be basically the only customer in the store and every aisle would be full of employees, all of whom were trained to stop me to smile and offer their assistance. No, thank you, I just want to transit the cereal aisle without talking to fifteen people, thanks, bye.
The midwest regional grocery chain Hy-Vee has these policies ("a helpful smile in every aisle"). I used to have a weird work schedule where I would sometimes go in at 7AM on a weekday when they had dozens of extra people to unload trucks and stock shelves before business got heavy, so ...
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The midwest regional grocery chain Hy-Vee has these policies ("a helpful smile in every aisle"). I used to have a weird work schedule where I would sometimes go in at 7AM on a weekday when they had dozens of extra people to unload trucks and stock shelves before business got heavy, so ...
Long time ago I carried mail for a minute but I wasn't any good and went into teaching instead. The part of training I remember most vividly was a presentation by a postal inspector who assured us that they had our backs and anybody who fucked with the mail regretted it very quickly and very deeply.
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Long time ago I carried mail for a minute but I wasn't any good and went into teaching instead. The part of training I remember most vividly was a presentation by a postal inspector who assured us that they had our backs and anybody who fucked with the mail regretted it very quickly and very deeply.
It was in everything, but one part was erasing the US-Soviet alliance to remember the war differently.
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It was in everything, but one part was erasing the US-Soviet alliance to remember the war differently.
Americans have a pretty good historical memory for isolated pieces of the postwar pivot to anticommunism, like the spy hunts, the Hollywood Blacklist, McCarthyism, etc. but it is more unusual for people to see the big picture of an anti-communist cultural revolution to bury the Popular Front.
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Americans have a pretty good historical memory for isolated pieces of the postwar pivot to anticommunism, like the spy hunts, the Hollywood Blacklist, McCarthyism, etc. but it is more unusual for people to see the big picture of an anti-communist cultural revolution to bury the Popular Front.
This is the crux of the matter when it comes to public memory.
Like the picture you took of the display that compared deaths but only Japan, the USA, and Germany--the Soviets accounted for something like 80% of those dead Germans. That's a purposeful, intentionally misleading erasure.
Like the picture you took of the display that compared deaths but only Japan, the USA, and Germany--the Soviets accounted for something like 80% of those dead Germans. That's a purposeful, intentionally misleading erasure.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is the crux of the matter when it comes to public memory.
Like the picture you took of the display that compared deaths but only Japan, the USA, and Germany--the Soviets accounted for something like 80% of those dead Germans. That's a purposeful, intentionally misleading erasure.
Like the picture you took of the display that compared deaths but only Japan, the USA, and Germany--the Soviets accounted for something like 80% of those dead Germans. That's a purposeful, intentionally misleading erasure.
It makes some sense as a lie.
If Tesla is an automobile manufacturer, it's overvalued by an order of magnitude and a market correction is coming.
If Tesla is going to dominate the entire global economy as the IRL Tyrell Corporation, then $1.4T in market cap is just the beginning.
If Tesla is an automobile manufacturer, it's overvalued by an order of magnitude and a market correction is coming.
If Tesla is going to dominate the entire global economy as the IRL Tyrell Corporation, then $1.4T in market cap is just the beginning.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It makes some sense as a lie.
If Tesla is an automobile manufacturer, it's overvalued by an order of magnitude and a market correction is coming.
If Tesla is going to dominate the entire global economy as the IRL Tyrell Corporation, then $1.4T in market cap is just the beginning.
If Tesla is an automobile manufacturer, it's overvalued by an order of magnitude and a market correction is coming.
If Tesla is going to dominate the entire global economy as the IRL Tyrell Corporation, then $1.4T in market cap is just the beginning.
You can also find this in contemporary subcultures, such as how gender performance among evangelical Christian communities permits and even encourages men to become very emotional and weep openly in certain contexts around faith and family.
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
You can also find this in contemporary subcultures, such as how gender performance among evangelical Christian communities permits and even encourages men to become very emotional and weep openly in certain contexts around faith and family.
I will probably never forget the time I booted up RDR2 and just sat Arthur down at a campfire to make every single one of his bullets split-point, one at a time, for what felt like 20 real-time minutes, then logged off for the day. Incredible game.
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I will probably never forget the time I booted up RDR2 and just sat Arthur down at a campfire to make every single one of his bullets split-point, one at a time, for what felt like 20 real-time minutes, then logged off for the day. Incredible game.
"I'm really in a spot. I accidentally proposed to a ridiculously hot blonde woman who is extremely into me, but she has an embarrassing accent! Superman could easily escape, but if Clark Kent tries to break it off, he'll be sued for breach of promise! What to do?"
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"I'm really in a spot. I accidentally proposed to a ridiculously hot blonde woman who is extremely into me, but she has an embarrassing accent! Superman could easily escape, but if Clark Kent tries to break it off, he'll be sued for breach of promise! What to do?"
When I was a kid my mom would read P.G. Wodehouse to us like as bedtime stories and on long car trips. Most Jeeves stories hinge on the concept, incomprehensible to modern audiences, of being socially obligated to marry an awful woman and trying to escape without compromising your reputation.
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
When I was a kid my mom would read P.G. Wodehouse to us like as bedtime stories and on long car trips. Most Jeeves stories hinge on the concept, incomprehensible to modern audiences, of being socially obligated to marry an awful woman and trying to escape without compromising your reputation.
My favorite historical factoid about them is the German-Americans in St. Louis mobilized their Wide Awakes, convinced the local US Army commander to arm them, then defeated the state government of Missouri to prevent it from joining the Confederacy.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My favorite historical factoid about them is the German-Americans in St. Louis mobilized their Wide Awakes, convinced the local US Army commander to arm them, then defeated the state government of Missouri to prevent it from joining the Confederacy.
When I was playing I liked to imagine that the game's day/night cycle (3 hours irl = 24 in game) was real, so my version of V got the bad news and instantly went insane taking fixer gigs and sidequests one after another every single day and conquered Night City in about six weeks.
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
When I was playing I liked to imagine that the game's day/night cycle (3 hours irl = 24 in game) was real, so my version of V got the bad news and instantly went insane taking fixer gigs and sidequests one after another every single day and conquered Night City in about six weeks.