trashedcoast
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I'm just out here havin' a good one
This is the same logic that drove sharply dressed Cavalry to charge headfirst at machine gun nests.
December 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is the same logic that drove sharply dressed Cavalry to charge headfirst at machine gun nests.
This is very cool.
December 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is very cool.
I'm not sure there's a coherent way to define the meaning of a holiday outside of "how do the celebrants of a holiday personally relate to it"? There's no way to define an objective meaning of St Patty's Day, for example.
December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm not sure there's a coherent way to define the meaning of a holiday outside of "how do the celebrants of a holiday personally relate to it"? There's no way to define an objective meaning of St Patty's Day, for example.
Yes! It's all a matter of degrees! If your definition of something leads you to build hard boundaries inside a system made up of blurry "matters of degree", that's a strong signal there's something wrong with your definition!
December 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Yes! It's all a matter of degrees! If your definition of something leads you to build hard boundaries inside a system made up of blurry "matters of degree", that's a strong signal there's something wrong with your definition!
Religion =/= Mythology.
There are all sorts of secular symbols that are steeped in mythology, which doesn't make them any less secular. Christmas can reference Christian mythology and still be secular, in the same way the Olympics reference Greek mythology yet remain secular.
There are all sorts of secular symbols that are steeped in mythology, which doesn't make them any less secular. Christmas can reference Christian mythology and still be secular, in the same way the Olympics reference Greek mythology yet remain secular.
December 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Religion =/= Mythology.
There are all sorts of secular symbols that are steeped in mythology, which doesn't make them any less secular. Christmas can reference Christian mythology and still be secular, in the same way the Olympics reference Greek mythology yet remain secular.
There are all sorts of secular symbols that are steeped in mythology, which doesn't make them any less secular. Christmas can reference Christian mythology and still be secular, in the same way the Olympics reference Greek mythology yet remain secular.
Like, if you accept as true that I'm not Christian, how do you explain my actions? Do you think I'm confused?
Your worldview is causing you to build walls where none exist.
Your worldview is causing you to build walls where none exist.
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Like, if you accept as true that I'm not Christian, how do you explain my actions? Do you think I'm confused?
Your worldview is causing you to build walls where none exist.
Your worldview is causing you to build walls where none exist.
I am not a Christian and have mildly negative feelings towards Christianity by default. I am having dinner with a bunch of ex-Mormon friends on Christmas day. In your mind, do you think we're getting together tomorrow in order to celebrate the birth of Christ, or any other aspect of Christianity?
December 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I am not a Christian and have mildly negative feelings towards Christianity by default. I am having dinner with a bunch of ex-Mormon friends on Christmas day. In your mind, do you think we're getting together tomorrow in order to celebrate the birth of Christ, or any other aspect of Christianity?
Own The Libs may not be every faction's top priority, but it's the highest priority that every faction agrees on. Hence, it's the policy goal the GOP converges on. It may look irrational for individuals to not push back as MAGA objectively fails, but that would require them to jettison Own The Libs
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Own The Libs may not be every faction's top priority, but it's the highest priority that every faction agrees on. Hence, it's the policy goal the GOP converges on. It may look irrational for individuals to not push back as MAGA objectively fails, but that would require them to jettison Own The Libs
The way I square this is to assume the overarching policy goal of the GOP is to Own The Libs. It explains why factions within the GOP are willing to sacrifice their pet interests at the feet of MAGA without much of a fight.
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The way I square this is to assume the overarching policy goal of the GOP is to Own The Libs. It explains why factions within the GOP are willing to sacrifice their pet interests at the feet of MAGA without much of a fight.
Graeme Wood with back-to-back articles that belong in the Cursed HOF
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Graeme Wood with back-to-back articles that belong in the Cursed HOF
I will not walk away from the Trump era with a stronger understanding of the Trump worldview. I will walk away from it applying a blanket 50% discount to anything that comes from that world, and my ability to "evaluate likelihood" will be more accurate for it.
December 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I will not walk away from the Trump era with a stronger understanding of the Trump worldview. I will walk away from it applying a blanket 50% discount to anything that comes from that world, and my ability to "evaluate likelihood" will be more accurate for it.
I think your pushback on this issue is Good and Important, not trying to imply otherwise.
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I think your pushback on this issue is Good and Important, not trying to imply otherwise.
One thing I struggle with about Trump stuff in general, is how to evaluate the likelihood of actions that are wildly outside my heuristics or appear flatly irrational. I think we've all been burned by "that can't possibly be true"-thinking in the past, and update how we evaluate things due to that.
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One thing I struggle with about Trump stuff in general, is how to evaluate the likelihood of actions that are wildly outside my heuristics or appear flatly irrational. I think we've all been burned by "that can't possibly be true"-thinking in the past, and update how we evaluate things due to that.
Might as well get a forehead tattoo that says "I'm extremely naive but also deeply incurious".
December 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Might as well get a forehead tattoo that says "I'm extremely naive but also deeply incurious".
This is, genuinely, the type of take that should end a writing career. The kindest interpretation here is that she's incredibly naive, while also not bothering to engage with the real arguments of the side she's arguing against.
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is, genuinely, the type of take that should end a writing career. The kindest interpretation here is that she's incredibly naive, while also not bothering to engage with the real arguments of the side she's arguing against.
The Nate Silver test
December 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Nate Silver test
Don't worry everythings been very normal on here lately.
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Don't worry everythings been very normal on here lately.
@Grok is this true?
December 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
@Grok is this true?
I try to cultivate a "I'm 2.5 beers deep" mindset on the TL. It's what protects me from Posters Madness.
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I try to cultivate a "I'm 2.5 beers deep" mindset on the TL. It's what protects me from Posters Madness.
I don't know if this helps at all, but as a more lurker-y type of follower, your presence will be missed.
December 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I don't know if this helps at all, but as a more lurker-y type of follower, your presence will be missed.
I'm team Neat!, but I'm not a good role model
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm team Neat!, but I'm not a good role model
To be clear, the reasonable response is both "Neat!" and "Uh oh". Anybody who can't see from both camps isn't really thinking about this stuff.
December 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
To be clear, the reasonable response is both "Neat!" and "Uh oh". Anybody who can't see from both camps isn't really thinking about this stuff.
But so much of the anti-AI crowd here doesn't really engage with the underlying technology or its implications, which is kind of vital here. It's clear they have a single, hammer-like worldview that they think they can apply to AI to make go away, but that's not gonna work here!
December 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
But so much of the anti-AI crowd here doesn't really engage with the underlying technology or its implications, which is kind of vital here. It's clear they have a single, hammer-like worldview that they think they can apply to AI to make go away, but that's not gonna work here!
There are only two reasonable reactions to the invention of a tool that lets you build arbitrary mathematical bridges between language and other mediums:
"Neat!"
and
"Uh oh..."
"Neat!"
and
"Uh oh..."
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
There are only two reasonable reactions to the invention of a tool that lets you build arbitrary mathematical bridges between language and other mediums:
"Neat!"
and
"Uh oh..."
"Neat!"
and
"Uh oh..."