Poorly structured text simply doesn't propagate as well as well structured text. That the selective pressure driving the evolution of language works on the written text/spoken word itself, and not solely on the source generating the words, breaks a lot of people's brains.

I had a friend go to Georgetown Law and visited him over Spring Break one time and... yeah

It's important that every West Coaster makes a pilgrimage to DC at some point and spends a week just talking to people wearing business-casual-or-nicer at bars. A lot of things that are confusing about the world will suddenly snap into place.

The best science lives at the intersection of profound implications and "Neato!"

Commitment to the bit

A way to confirm how near to the surface COVID trauma is buried is to tell a medical professional "Hey thanks for what y'all did during COVID. That was hard and nobody really said Thank You for it", and see how they react.

They forgot to water their CPUs

One of those rare cases where a dumb guy's opinion is interesting precisely because it signals a shift in the landscape of viable dumb guy opinions.

These are the types of skeets the DDoS attackers didn't want you to see

"Oh man that coffee helped me be super effective! I bet if I drank coffee more often, I'd be able to spend more time being super effective!"

Please help me.

Might DoorDash some Hooters for lunch

This overlooks one of the key advantages of routing HSR west from Denver: A 150 mile long HSR tunnel under the Rocky Mountains would be cool as hell

There's something pure about punching down this viciously.

A disdain for people who demonstrate a genuine curiosity about how the world works is maybe the single most meaningful predictor of whether someone is susceptible to fascism.

Guy Fieri-types are an endangered species that we need to keep isolated from the Internet. It's our responsibility as denizens of online society to ensure Fieri maintains the kind of pristine ecosystem in which he can flourish.

Animals had several hundred million years of sensory embodiment in the world and made it as far as simple tool use. Humans had language for ~12k years and managed to split the atom. The language of reasoning is language.

Anytime I advocate for anything I believe in, my #1 concern is: Do not do it so badly that I embarrass the people who agree with me.

Turns out if disposable commentary is your schtick, your memory gets disposed of pretty quickly once you're gone

The sailboat enthusiast in me sees the watch enthusiast in you

The deluge of "conservative men can't find dates" stories cuts so cleanly across conservative delusions here, but they would rather relax the wrinkles in their brains than confront that dissonance.

The American Experiment has always followed in the footsteps of Baku

Humanity will always hold a comparative advantage when it comes to hanging out and chilling

(there's like... 10% of a serious argument in there that I can't cleanly articulate atm)

Prayers Up he's someone The Lord chooses to call home without warning

Even then, based on some of the ML people on here, there'd be a significant contingent that'd consider being told to wear a shock collar to be a pro, not a con.

Me initially reading this article: why did they need to meet in Washington? Why didn't they just do a conference call?

Me 2 hours later: oh. OH!

I don't think there's any original reporting in that article.

Not that the article isn't devastating, but idt Melania was pre-butting it.

Marge Simpson saying "can I just bet that all the players have a good time?"

We love our lady patriots, don't we folks? 🫡

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