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The president and congress do not decide if there will be elections, nor do they administer those elections, which would make it pretty hard to suspend or delay them without just triggering a civil war.
January 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
On that, we agree.
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 PM
On that, we agree.
Better than "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality."
January 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Better than "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality."
And anyway, you have to look VERY hard to find any fanfiction story that's actually professional quality. If someone's favorite stories are fanfiction, it usually means they haven't read enough actual books.
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
And anyway, you have to look VERY hard to find any fanfiction story that's actually professional quality. If someone's favorite stories are fanfiction, it usually means they haven't read enough actual books.
And sure, some fanfiction writers write out of a love for writing, or for their readers. But at least as many do it because they want attention, or just out of spite. Or because they want to "fix" a story that wasn't focused entirely on their weird hangups.
January 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM
And sure, some fanfiction writers write out of a love for writing, or for their readers. But at least as many do it because they want attention, or just out of spite. Or because they want to "fix" a story that wasn't focused entirely on their weird hangups.
For another, media has ALWAYS been "cheap, bland, recycled, and sponsored by people who love money more than the source material." We just only remember the good stuff, because it was the only stuff worth remembering. And the people making it were often mistreated and underpaid, too.
January 2, 2026 at 11:39 AM
For another, media has ALWAYS been "cheap, bland, recycled, and sponsored by people who love money more than the source material." We just only remember the good stuff, because it was the only stuff worth remembering. And the people making it were often mistreated and underpaid, too.
For one thing, fanfiction is NOT people's "primary form of entertainment right now." The corner of the internet one spends one's time in is not the whole world.
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
For one thing, fanfiction is NOT people's "primary form of entertainment right now." The corner of the internet one spends one's time in is not the whole world.
Just...so many things wrong with that.
January 2, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Just...so many things wrong with that.
Sure, I'd like it if we spent more on the other stuff, but wasn't there a certain something going on eighty years ago that necessitated investing in the military?
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Sure, I'd like it if we spent more on the other stuff, but wasn't there a certain something going on eighty years ago that necessitated investing in the military?
My opinion on Disney is what it's always been. It's like a machine gun. The world would probably be better off if it didn't exist, but it is, at times, capable of doing something positive.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My opinion on Disney is what it's always been. It's like a machine gun. The world would probably be better off if it didn't exist, but it is, at times, capable of doing something positive.
My main takeaway from pretty much all of your writing is that "spam legionaries and win all the time" is a historically accurate strategy. /j
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My main takeaway from pretty much all of your writing is that "spam legionaries and win all the time" is a historically accurate strategy. /j
Sure, what the Israeli government is doing is horrible, but I wouldn't call myself an anti-Zionist. Zionism just means "A Jewish state should exist." And whether you agree with that or not, it DOES exist, and you can't get rid of it without committing genocide. Which I hope you'll agree is bad.
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Sure, what the Israeli government is doing is horrible, but I wouldn't call myself an anti-Zionist. Zionism just means "A Jewish state should exist." And whether you agree with that or not, it DOES exist, and you can't get rid of it without committing genocide. Which I hope you'll agree is bad.
(Yes, I know they singing Watch on the Rhine, but the original plan was to have them sing the Horst-Wessel-Lied)
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
(Yes, I know they singing Watch on the Rhine, but the original plan was to have them sing the Horst-Wessel-Lied)
Are they going to make a "Charlie Kirk Song?" And then start singing it in nightclubs? And then we'll have to sing the Mexican national anthem, or something along those lines, to drown it out?
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Are they going to make a "Charlie Kirk Song?" And then start singing it in nightclubs? And then we'll have to sing the Mexican national anthem, or something along those lines, to drown it out?
The risk of genetic engineering is less "We create a giant monster that eats everyone," and more "Seed companies create plants that don't produce their own seeds."
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The risk of genetic engineering is less "We create a giant monster that eats everyone," and more "Seed companies create plants that don't produce their own seeds."
It also occurs to me, Jurassic Park is a good example of how people expect the risks of new technology to be flashy and dramatic, when in reality, they're usually much more banal.
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It also occurs to me, Jurassic Park is a good example of how people expect the risks of new technology to be flashy and dramatic, when in reality, they're usually much more banal.
I'm not an expert, but my understanding is he got a lot of the dinosaur and genetic engineering stuff wrong, too.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm not an expert, but my understanding is he got a lot of the dinosaur and genetic engineering stuff wrong, too.
I was more referring to how I see their adds fricking everywhere. I tend to assume that the more money a company spends on adds, the less they spend on the quality of their products.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I was more referring to how I see their adds fricking everywhere. I tend to assume that the more money a company spends on adds, the less they spend on the quality of their products.
Even as a child, I did notice that she had breasts, though I was more surprised and intrigued by how she had a working mouth. For cackling, presumably.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Even as a child, I did notice that she had breasts, though I was more surprised and intrigued by how she had a working mouth. For cackling, presumably.
Is this a reference to something? (Sorry, I'm not as up on my Magical Girl lore as I like to pretend)
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Is this a reference to something? (Sorry, I'm not as up on my Magical Girl lore as I like to pretend)
I don't really use chatGPT, but I know people who are smarter than either of us who do.
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I don't really use chatGPT, but I know people who are smarter than either of us who do.
Frankly, those things are the reason I will never, under any circumstances, use Audible.com.
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Frankly, those things are the reason I will never, under any circumstances, use Audible.com.
That's ultimately your decision. As I see it, video games are about the finished product. If that finished product is a fun, rewarding experiencing, then that's a good game, even if they took shortcuts on certain components. It was still humans who put those components together, wasn't it?
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
That's ultimately your decision. As I see it, video games are about the finished product. If that finished product is a fun, rewarding experiencing, then that's a good game, even if they took shortcuts on certain components. It was still humans who put those components together, wasn't it?
It's already horrible, we just don't need to add false reasons why it's horrible. That just contributes the evil swirling mass of internet misinformation.
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's already horrible, we just don't need to add false reasons why it's horrible. That just contributes the evil swirling mass of internet misinformation.