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Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 21 Sep 2018, 9:25am
by JennyB
The only way to counter the dark, pessimistic vision being peddled by nationalists and extremists, Bono says, is to have an uplifting, positive vision.
Yes. If only those prisoners in Auschwitz were more *positive.*
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 21 Sep 2018, 9:51am
by Dr. Medulla
JennyB wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 9:25am
The only way to counter the dark, pessimistic vision being peddled by nationalists and extremists, Bono says, is to have an uplifting, positive vision.
Yes. If only those prisoners in Auschwitz were more *positive.*
I recall that rebuttal against that moronic book,
The Secret, which advised Oprah and her book club that everything in the universe was theirs for the taking if they wanted it badly enough. To which more than a few people observed that the Holocaust victims just didn't want to live badly enough, rape victims did think positively enough, etc etc. If good shit happens because you want it hard enough, the converse must be true about bad shit.
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 21 Sep 2018, 10:02am
by JennyB
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 9:51am
JennyB wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 9:25am
The only way to counter the dark, pessimistic vision being peddled by nationalists and extremists, Bono says, is to have an uplifting, positive vision.
Yes. If only those prisoners in Auschwitz were more *positive.*
I recall that rebuttal against that moronic book,
The Secret, which advised Oprah and her book club that everything in the universe was theirs for the taking if they wanted it badly enough. To which more than a few people observed that the Holocaust victims just didn't want to live badly enough, rape victims did think positively enough, etc etc. If good shit happens because you want it hard enough, the converse must be true about bad shit.
Basically, anything Oprah promotes is shit.
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 21 Sep 2018, 10:13am
by Dr. Medulla
JennyB wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 10:02am
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 9:51am
JennyB wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 9:25am
The only way to counter the dark, pessimistic vision being peddled by nationalists and extremists, Bono says, is to have an uplifting, positive vision.
Yes. If only those prisoners in Auschwitz were more *positive.*
I recall that rebuttal against that moronic book,
The Secret, which advised Oprah and her book club that everything in the universe was theirs for the taking if they wanted it badly enough. To which more than a few people observed that the Holocaust victims just didn't want to live badly enough, rape victims did think positively enough, etc etc. If good shit happens because you want it hard enough, the converse must be true about bad shit.
Basically, anything Oprah promotes is shit.
But she's going to run for president and make everything wonderful!
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 21 Sep 2018, 10:23am
by JennyB
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 10:13am
JennyB wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 10:02am
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 9:51am
JennyB wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 9:25am
The only way to counter the dark, pessimistic vision being peddled by nationalists and extremists, Bono says, is to have an uplifting, positive vision.
Yes. If only those prisoners in Auschwitz were more *positive.*
I recall that rebuttal against that moronic book,
The Secret, which advised Oprah and her book club that everything in the universe was theirs for the taking if they wanted it badly enough. To which more than a few people observed that the Holocaust victims just didn't want to live badly enough, rape victims did think positively enough, etc etc. If good shit happens because you want it hard enough, the converse must be true about bad shit.
Basically, anything Oprah promotes is shit.
But she's going to run for president and make everything wonderful!
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 22 Sep 2018, 1:20pm
by BostonBeaneater
This is wonderfully harsh.
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 28 Sep 2018, 11:01am
by Dr. Medulla
A drawing that keeps coming to mind these days …
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 28 Sep 2018, 11:50am
by Silent Majority
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Sep 2018, 11:01am
A drawing that keeps coming to mind these days …
A part of me yearns for the amoral catharsis of a Sherman's march to wreak terrible vengeance over these motherfuckers.
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 28 Sep 2018, 12:06pm
by Dr. Medulla
Silent Majority wrote: ↑28 Sep 2018, 11:50am
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Sep 2018, 11:01am
A drawing that keeps coming to mind these days …
A part of me yearns for the amoral catharsis of a Sherman's march to wreak terrible vengeance over these motherfuckers.
My pacifist values are being challenged by a desire to see these assholes beaten savagely and to know real fear for the first time in their lives.
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 01 Oct 2018, 9:32am
by Dr. Medulla
https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/did-the ... 1829432492
Big shock, but maybe Scott Adams is a nitwit. Clearly, the meaningful data events are the Patriots going undefeated in the regular season and losing the Super Bowl plus the Red Sox winning the WS plus the Mighty Ducks winning the Stanley Cup.
(Also an economic disaster that almost brought down the global economy.)
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 01 Oct 2018, 11:02am
by JennyB
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Oct 2018, 9:32am
https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/did-the ... 1829432492
Big shock, but maybe Scott Adams is a nitwit. Clearly, the meaningful data events are the Patriots going undefeated in the regular season and losing the Super Bowl plus the Red Sox winning the WS plus the Mighty Ducks winning the Stanley Cup.
(Also an economic disaster that almost brought down the global economy.)
"
Scott Adams is a great cartoonist but he has no idea what he’s talking about when it comes to the impact of technology on our housing choices. People love to blame our cultural obsession with technology for a number of different ills, and there’s no question that the iPhone and the internet have changed the way we live."
Is he, though? No. He most certainly is not.
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 01 Oct 2018, 12:30pm
by Dr. Medulla
JennyB wrote: ↑01 Oct 2018, 11:02am
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Oct 2018, 9:32am
https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/did-the ... 1829432492
Big shock, but maybe Scott Adams is a nitwit. Clearly, the meaningful data events are the Patriots going undefeated in the regular season and losing the Super Bowl plus the Red Sox winning the WS plus the Mighty Ducks winning the Stanley Cup.
(Also an economic disaster that almost brought down the global economy.)
"
Scott Adams is a great cartoonist but he has no idea what he’s talking about when it comes to the impact of technology on our housing choices. People love to blame our cultural obsession with technology for a number of different ills, and there’s no question that the iPhone and the internet have changed the way we live."
Is he, though? No. He most certainly is not.
Clearly you don't appreciate humour about memos.
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 29 Oct 2018, 7:07am
by Dr. Medulla
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 30 Oct 2018, 6:18am
by Rat Patrol
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Posted: 31 Oct 2018, 9:25am
by eumaas
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/ ... -vote.html
I feel like they chose some of these for the stupid arguments.
Kim is voting, but I didn't bother to register this year. The probability makes it almost wholly symbolic. I guess we'll see what happens. I hope the Dems get in so we can see them hem and haw and stall and do nothing. Woohoo.
