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Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Squizzle posted:

also ubi supports the arts in ways that a job guarantee doesnt

i have a lot of thoughts about arts, arts funding, etc, but not for right now. the brits gave theatres a fuckload of money: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/theater/theater-bailout-britain.html

which is good. obviously theatre is pretty hosed up, which leads to poo poo like this: https://www.weseeyouwat.com/

which i have my own thoughts about, mostly revolving around class and the few viable pipelines to become a boss at an arts org (be rich, poor ppl cant afford to work in arts -> hello)

Smythe fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Jul 8, 2020

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Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Squizzle posted:

that honestly shouldnt matter insofar as a good system would be structured to care for everyone and not wonder if they can. some people cant, some people cant do any work they would find satisfying, some people just wanna sit at home all day and read reviews of other peoples fan-fiction. all of those people deserve decent lives and the essentials of dignity. even the fan-fiction review reader is gaining some sorta fourth-derivative understanding of something about humanity, and that has value in the world

i agree and think ud have to be a fkin monster to disagree.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
just realized i quoted a like 4 thousand year old old post. sorry. im not good at the computer

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Penisaurus Sex posted:

My friend we just saw protests involving almost 10% of our population in the streets and evictions haven’t started, the real squeeze of unemployment is still held off by expanded UI, and covid deaths are picking up.

now that u put it that way it kind of feels like our country failed us ???

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Complications posted:

Our conception of kings is largely shaped by the end stage of them, the absolute monarchies pioneered by the likes of Louis XIV who finally consolidated power as a recognizably modern authoritarian. Medieval monarchs were basically first-among-equals more or less, and getting anything done required the consent and aid of their vassals. CK2 does better than all other games in capturing this, but you still have effectively late-stage king level power and influence at all times. This isn't counting the influence of the church, nor of the nominally non-noble merchant guilds that sprang up.

ah, reminds me of my time at the helm of this web site...........

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

PIZZA.BAT posted:

lol at looking at all the insanity itt and deciding to yourself, 'hmm yeah i want to get in on that action :hmmyes:'

its called gamer brain and its epic win

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

looks legit, OP.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
number go up gave me some small amoutn of free money. thanks nu,mber

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
if u put more money into number, when it go up, you get more free money. hosed up....

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
*pounding the table* FLAME WAR FLAME WAR

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
is the forgotten weapoins guys a goon? kinda seems like one..................................... paging forgotten weapons guy to the thread

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
going to walmart to buy a mirv, tow missle, and 900 claymore mines

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
imagine using a gun like a loving noob pussy instead of the pipe launcher from team fortress classic

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
number go down. very sad.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

euphronius posted:

that’s fishing

drat smart fuckin bird

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
the nyc trash mob didnt want to do rolling trans cans like we do in california because theyre loving cruel rear end holes. also i guess it might make more jobs for trash guys? unsure.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Admiral Ray posted:

i dunno how to break this to u but humans are animals

not for long

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

punished milkman posted:

maybe we can make everyone happy if we only have a rich guy carrying capacity. sorry we’ve got too many rich guys it’s loving up the nitrogen balance in the atmosphere we gotta cut back!!

i mean, if we zoom out a bit on this... isn't that like climate change in general? and also the premise of the epic maoist third worldism?

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
just construct some orbitals. very simple. Thank you based ai computer god.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
u ever read children of time? Pretty cool book

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

my palps are atingle !

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

punished milkman posted:

i’m gonna read the children of time sci-fi spider people book, that sounds wicked. i read a book called a deepness in the sky many years ago that was also about sci-fi spider people and also quite good. strong genre

its real good and a real "page turner" as they say

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
i like to be of reading the culture books because they make me happy in my mind-brain

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Epic High Five posted:

good ship names imho

it gives me great cognitive dissonance when i watch space x things because musk bad but his ships have culture series names which i like a LOT as it panders directly to me.

e:

Smythe fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Jul 16, 2020

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Epic High Five posted:

i was reading my way through the Culture series but as soon as I got to book 4, Audible pulled books 4 to 7 and didn't say why lmao, owned

yea bunch of them arent on kindle either its hosed up. gently caress you bezos

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Epic High Five posted:

man that does suck, esp since it means there's a chance Musk read those books. I'd be interested to see what his takeaways were and how wildly off the mark they are despite how overt it all is

i like to believe some engineer or something chose those names as placeholders early on and they stuck kuz the books own

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

bawfuls posted:

somehow that series has convinced Elon that he's a Socialist

edit: "utopian anarchist" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1008120904759402501

well, im glad he liked the books.... i hope, well, dunno, whatever. lol

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
thank u based unicor

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
number went up. lets all buy some hoagies!

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
i like to listen to the critic intro when number go up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWM4CQ8YEow

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Dustcat posted:

starting to think this market won't crash until three months after an actual working covid vaccine comes out and it turns out that didn't solve any of the underlying problems

yospos boys been sayin the tech bubble gonna pop for a decade or smth....

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Dustcat posted:

they were right, it's the market that's a dumb stupid idiot

but... that makes them wrong. idk im not good at the coimputer

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Xaris posted:

ali baba buying tesla would be hilarious

if tesla made an electric econobox, no frills piece of poo poo car, like a modern day geo metro, and sold it for $10,000, i would buy it immediately. so what im saying is i support this

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
cars are too expensive now. its bull poo poo.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
i aint never had a 401k in my life. im 35 worked every day since i been a teen. lovely little companies. pretty epic

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Forceholy posted:

Haha, Covid is gonna ensure Americans will never travel overseas again?

no reason to leave the best country on earth. who cares?

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

fart simpson posted:

my net worth went positive at age 32

ya in chinese rubles or smth...

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

bag em and tag em posted:

At times, number tires, wishing for a moment's rest.

"Climb! Climb you bastard! Up with you!" shouts the fed, driving sharp spurs into number's flank.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
give me more fuciking money you huge girthy piece of poo poo

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Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
gently caress you trump

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