Nostr notes by 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"

PSA: "daughter" is the word in English for your child who ...

2026-10-15T20:11:23Z

PSA:

"daughter" is the word in English for your child who is female.

"son" is the English word for your child who is male.

"mother" or "mom" for your female parent.

"father" or "dad" for a parent who is male.

Yes this applies even to trans children and trans parents. Your child who has told you she is trans and a girl is your daughter. Your parent who came out as a trans man is your dad. You're welcome for this unnecessarily detailed explanation of a very basic aspect of the English language.

The trouble with capitalism is that eventually you run out of ...

2026-10-15T14:43:35Z

The trouble with capitalism is that eventually you run out of other people's labor

This is the way. Fuck them Nazis. No quarter. No mercy. ...

2026-10-11T18:00:38Z

This is the way. Fuck them Nazis. No quarter. No mercy.

I love that the least intelligent people among us are calling it ...

2026-10-11T04:16:26Z

I love that the least intelligent people among us are calling it super intelligence. It's like the Dunning-Kreuger effect grew up and somehow figured out how to vote.

Cricket was tired :blobcatshy: ...

2026-10-11T02:43:27Z

Cricket was tired :blobcatshy:

Dear tech manufacturers, I will genuinely pay additional money ...

2026-10-09T21:37:30Z

Dear tech manufacturers,

I will genuinely pay additional money for tech products (computers, smart phones, etc) that are aggressively non-AI and I know I'm not the only one.

Democracy is the belief that no matter your social or economic ...

2026-10-06T04:44:45Z

Democracy is the belief that no matter your social or economic status, all people deserve the absolute right to choose their own leaders. Socialism is that same belief, extended from the ballot box to the rest of your life.

That all people, no matter your social or economic status, deserve access to certain basic non-negotiable things, such as basic housing, basic healthcare, nourishing food, drinkable water, and breathable air.

Socialism asserts that as an individual, you have the absolute right to access a minimum of these things such that you can survive. And that as a society, we have the duty to provide them to all people.

I keep saying it and it hasn't yet broken through the noise. ...

2026-10-06T01:05:49Z

I keep saying it and it hasn't yet broken through the noise. The MAGANazi party has declared war on America. They fucking hate us. Their wettest of wet dreams is watching American cities burn to the ground and cheering as the millions of Americans in them die.

BREAKING: Bombshell new evidence revealed against Cornell 7 ...

2026-10-05T22:36:53Z

BREAKING: Bombshell new evidence revealed against Cornell 7 suggests women are people and don't owe men shit actually

Here is how MAGA will steal the midterms: 1. Mike Johnson fires ...

2026-09-26T17:29:55Z

Here is how MAGA will steal the midterms:

1. Mike Johnson fires the current congressional clerk and replaces him with a Trump loyalist

2. Democrats elect, say, 220 certified representatives, and Republicans elect 215

3. This Trump loyalist clerk claims that 6 of those 220 Democrat elections are invalid due to suspected fraud

4. Mike Johnson refuses to seat 6 of the 220, until the suspected "fraud" can be investigated

5. This leaves the initial roll count 215 Republican to 214 Democrat, and only the members currently seated on the initial roll are allowed to vote for Speaker

6. Mike Johnson is re-elected as Speaker by those 215 Republicans

7. Now that they have the majority and the Speaker again, they have constitutional authority to judge those 6 disputed claims

8. The House invalidates those 6 elections and seat Republicans instead by special appointment

9. MAGA keeps control of all levers of government

Notice that they don't need "proof" to make this happen. Only suspicion. Which they're already manufacturing.

Okay I'm a teacher so let me explain this in as simple a way ...

2026-09-24T21:37:27Z

Okay I'm a teacher so let me explain this in as simple a way as I know how.

Let's say you wake up with a brilliant new billion dollar idea for a brand new product: "Bottled Piss". You pee in a bottle and sell it as a drink. You're so convinced in the profitability of this idea that you invest in a bottling plant so big that it's capable of bottling a billion Bottles of Piss a day. You hire employees to run the plant. To provide the piss. To create the labels and the packaging.

And further, let's also assume that you're so damn good at convincing other people that Bottled Piss is the next greatest thing since sliced bread that retailers start setting aside shelf space in their stores to stock Bottled Piss. Some even approach you to pre-purchase their own specialty branded Bottled Piss to sell in their stores.

Both you and the retailers run enormous advertising campaigns and promotional spots showing scantily clad bikini models drinking Bottled Piss and smiling at the camera. Once a week or so, for months, a huge news story hits the press about the newest and greatest version of Bottled Piss and how its electrolytes will change the beverage industry forever.

Now, all of that - every single thing I've written about above - NONE of it is "demand" for Bottled Piss. What you have there is billions and billions of dollars spent in creating the infrastructure for the SUPPLY of Bottled Piss. And, until a few billion actual human beings start trundling into their nearest 7-11 and going over to the Bottled Piss aisle and happily handing over actual dollars for several dozen bottles of Bottled Piss every single day - until that happens, what you do NOT have is "demand for Bottled Piss".

There, now you understand why I can confidently say there is NO DEMAND for Frontier AI. You are completely up to speed on the entire economics of it. Anthropic and OpenAI, they're the bottling plant. They're making the Bottled Piss. That is not demand. That is supply. Uber and Microsoft and others are the retailers, setting aside shelf space for rows and rows of Bottled Piss, purchased from the Bottled Piss company down the road. They're slapping their own corporate labels on it, and calling it everything from Chatgpt to Claude. But it's still just Bottled Piss. And I don't care if they pre-ordered a bunch of it direct from the Bottled Piss bottling plant. That is still not demand. That is supply.

Until you show me the billions of people happily handing over their hard earned money in direct exchange for Frontier AI prompt tokens - until that happens, there is no demand for Frontier AI.

What we are seeing is trillions of dollars spent building the infrastructure for the SUPPLY chain for Frontier AI, all in the hopes that at some point in the future, those billions of happy Bottled Piss drinkers will show up.

Discomfort food: that one thing on the menu that you see and ...

2026-09-24T18:40:47Z

Discomfort food: that one thing on the menu that you see and immediately know the chef has no fucking idea what he's doing back there.

The Rules of Rock Lyrics: If you think a song sounds wholesome ...

2026-09-24T08:01:41Z

The Rules of Rock Lyrics:

If you think a song sounds wholesome and innocent, it's actually about sex.

If you think a song sounds seductive and sexual, it's actually about drugs.

If you think a song sounds dreamy and psychedelic, it's actually about the loss of childhood innocence.

If you think a song sounds sad and wistful for a halcyon past, it's actually about nuclear war.

If you think a song sounds existential and apocalyptic, it's actually about unrequited love.

If you think a song sounds pining and lovesick, it's actually about toxic masculinity.

If you think a song sounds overbearing and stalkery, it's actually just an innocent song about one of the band member's kids.

2026: oh hey there 2024! What's new with you? 2024: not much, ...

2026-09-22T20:03:14Z

2026: oh hey there 2024! What's new with you?

2024: not much, just finishing this scathing meme about Donald Trump

2026: (nodding) about all the murders?

2024: about the wait what's that now?

2026: you know, the murders. the ones he keeps ordering. ohhh right you don't know about that yet.

2024: Jesus Christ! is that how bad it's gotten?? he actually murdered someone??

2026: oh ha ha ha no, no

2024: thank go-

2026: he's actually done it lots of times now.

2024: what the FUCK

2026: yeah it's pretty commonplace actually. first he started by murdering a mom named Renee, then a doctor named Alex.

2024: so... two people? He actually caused the death of two American citizens?

2026: oh GOD no.

2024: whew I thought surely I was mishearing -

2026: it's up to like, oh, twenty or thirty murders now. more or less a daily occurrence. could be way more.

2024: Jesus FUCK

2026: kind of tough to keep track actually. it just keeps happening! plus he banned the free press so it's difficult to get accurate numbers anymore.

2024: PLEASE tell me you're doing something about this!!

2026: oh yeah! no, for sure! we're doing stuff.

2024: oh thank God. how many have you kill-

2026: yeah for instance we made up this neat name for them - "iceholes".

2024: excuse me??

2026: yeah we call them "iceholes" now. you know, when they murder another person. "ICEHOLE!" we scream at them when they do it.

2024: ...and that works?

2026: oh goodness me, no. in fact they seem to like it.

2024: so you made up a cute nickname for the murderers who are murdering you?? that doesn't seem like an appropriate escalation of consequences.

2026: also we made it very naughty to wear masks when they do it. when they try to do a murder on one of us. they're not supposed to wear ski masks when they do that.

2024: oh so at least you can identify them and bring the murderer to justice.

2026: ha ha no, they just ignore that part and wear ski masks anyway.

2024: isn't that like, highly illegal?

2026: very much so.

2024: hey remind me how the fuck we got here as a nation again??

2026: ah, well you see, back in 2024, a lot of us were worried that voting for Harris would embroil us on the wrong side of a forever war in the middle east.

2024: oh... right. I remember that.

2026: so instead we're embroiled on the wrong side of TWO forever wars in the middle east.

2024: plus the daily murders thing.

2026: (nodding) plus the daily murders thing.

2024: (sigh) ...

2026: ...

2024: want to see this meme I just made? it's about how Trump is orange and dumb.

2026: ha ha yes he is.

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2026-09-22T07:26:58Z

Which species makes the absolute worst fucking cup of coffee

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2026-09-20T21:20:34Z

Why did you join Starfleet?

How the hell did we end up in the nightmare timeline where food ...

2026-09-19T16:38:47Z

How the hell did we end up in the nightmare timeline where food both a luxury item AND a health hazard

Oh right. Trump. That's how.

One of the biggest lies ever told by the patriarchy is that men ...

2026-09-18T20:04:31Z

One of the biggest lies ever told by the patriarchy is that men "provided" for women. The reality is, that men restricted women from providing for ourselves, gave us things that satisfied their own wants and needs, called that "providing" for our wants and needs, and then took credit for it.

I am once again reminding you that there is no such thing as ...

2026-09-18T19:40:48Z

I am once again reminding you that there is no such thing as "doxxing" of law enforcement. All members of law enforcement are by definition public employees. And therefore their basic employment information including Name, Badge Number, Salary, and Title are by definition part of the public record.

If your Name, Badge Number, Salary, or Title is kept hidden and anonymous, and you run around in a mask waving guns at people and throwing them in cages, then you aren't engaged in public law enforcement, you are an armed kidnapper and will be dealt with as such.

"Once. I said massive orbs were nice ONE FUCKIN TIME. And now ...

2026-09-18T16:37:27Z

"Once. I said massive orbs were nice ONE FUCKIN TIME. And now every single year it's the same goddamn thing..."

here's the hell of it. "Don't talk politics" ...

2026-09-17T19:14:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…caph
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here's the hell of it. "Don't talk politics" benefits fascism even when fascism isn't in power. Even if pro-democracy people were currently the most dominant force in politics (I am not certain that is the case), inaction against fascism *still* benefits fascists. Fascism grows in number and power whenever good people become indifferent to it.

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2026-09-17T19:08:38Z

Indifference to fascism is still a choice that benefits fascism.

As hardened career criminals, racist thugs, and actual ...

2026-09-17T17:04:31Z

As hardened career criminals, racist thugs, and actual self-described Nazis all race to defend Ed Sheeran, I am drawn to one particular line in Macklemore's comments:

"Refusing to take a side is still making a choice."

If the Nazis have noticed that your inaction is aligned with their goals, then you have chosen a side, actually. There is no neutral position in genocide.

I want to talk a little about wrestling. Not that type you see at ...

2026-09-15T20:44:50Z

I want to talk a little about wrestling. Not that type you see at the Olympics with men in leotards scrabbling around on the ground, looking for the slightest advantage in leverage to outwit their opponent. I'm talking about the other one. The "pro" variety. Where men in glitter spandex and jorts settle their differences by throwing one another through cheap folding tables. I promise this is interesting.

Pro wrestling is a drag show. Let's start there. It's drag for cis men. It's dress up and make-believe on stage for the entertainment of the crowd. It's explicitly not real. But it's also entirely real, from the perspective of the performers. The performances require real athleticism, even if the outcomes are predetermined. There is real love and care put into the characters' name, outfit, and pretend history. It has its own language, culture, and shared tropes. There's even an element of "mothering" as many new pro wrestlers find themselves taken under the wing of an elder on the scene and shown the ropes. The parallels with the drag community are far too many for it to be chalked up to coincidence.

But why? Well I have my theories but I think the most palatable explanation to my mind is that they both scratch the same itch. Humans have a need for community, and we love telling each other stories. Especially if those stories allow you a socially acceptable way to step into the shoes of a particular fantasy archetype. The conquering hero. The mustachio-twirling villain. The sultry seductress. Where a young trans or gender-questioning person might find in drag a socially acceptable way of testing the waters of gender transition, in the same way, a young cis man might find in pro-wrestling a more socially acceptable way of testing the waters of their own masculinity. What might it feel like to take on the mantle of the "protector"? What might it feel like to use my strength and wiles to get ahead, no matter who I hurt? What might it feel like to step into a glittery dress and high heels and deliberately project a feminine allure? These are all, at their core, similar questions. Pro-wrestling is drag for cis men.

Alright fine, you say, you've convinced me. Why bring this up?

Here's why. This explains 100% of MAGA behavior. They aren't political. They're enjoying the circus. They haven't suddenly become interested in free and fair elections. They want someone to throw the heel into a cheap folding table, knock them over the head with a chair, and set them on fire. They aren't thinking "gosh I like how this guy represents me and my wants and needs". They're thinking "Fuck up the other team. They deserve it." It's theatre.

And that's why Trump's theatrics appeal to them. That's what they signed up for. That's what they want. If Trump rounded up all the Democrats in the Senate tomorrow and one by one shot them in the head, MAGA would cheer. There is no amount of over the top that is too over the top.

MAGA is drag for fascists.

See? I told you it would get interesting.

MAGA is a power fantasy. The way MAGA consumes Fox News and OANN is theatre in the same way drag and pro wrestling are theatre. And they love the circus of it all. They love the inauthenticity of it. They love the easily identifiable characters: the one with the walleyes, the one that fucks couches, the one with the worm in his brain that sounds like he gargles gravel.. And especially the orange necrotic one that wheezes and masturbates and farts on the world stage where everyone can see. They. Love. That. Shit.

Right up to the point where it becomes real life. And then their entire world crumbles. They're losing their farm because of Trump's tariffs? That was supposed to be stage make-up. Their spouse is being deported because of Trump's raids? That was supposed to be k-fabe. They can't afford their insulin because of Trump's greed and ignorance? That was supposed to just be a heel turn. Not actual real life events. Just a fun story. It's supposed to stay on the stage under the stage lights with the glitter and high heels and spandex. That's why they get so upset and surprised when the fascism they voted for turns into fascism that affects them. It was never supposed to be real. It was supposed to be drag.

MAGA is drag for fascists.

As a child of the 80s and 90s, let me tell you how it was in the ...

2026-09-13T22:50:12Z

As a child of the 80s and 90s, let me tell you how it was in the beforetimes.

Nobody had to tell us that smartphones were inevitable. Anyone who could afford a mobile phone got one, because a telephone you could carry with you in your pocket solved a clear and distinct social problem.

Nobody had to tell us that the Internet was inevitable. Anyone who could get online by hook or by crook did it, because access to the internet solved a clear and distinct social problem.

Nobody had to tell us that email was inevitable. Anyone who could get a yahoo or netzero email address immediately got one. Because almost instantaneous letters that could be sent to anyone in the world solved a clear and distinct social problem.

You know what they actually did try to tell us was "inevitable"? Robocalls. Phishing sites. Spam. Robocalls that woke you in the middle of the night to sell you car insurance. Phishing sites that looked like your bank but weren't. Spam that clogged up your inbox so bad you couldn't find that one important email you were expecting.

"AI is inevitable." they say.

Yep. I've seen this one before. It's inevitable in the way spam is inevitable. As a problem that needs solving. Not as the solution to anything. In the same way phishing sites are inevitable. As the result of criminals using technology to harm society and enrich themselves. In the same way robocalls were inevitable. As the natural result of human greed set loose without legal restrictions or boundaries.

Sure. AI is inevitable. But we invented Do Not Call registries to combat robocallers. And we invented two factor authentication to combat phishing scams. And we invented the spam filter to combat spam. And someday soon, some bright young woman or man will invent a tool to combat the scourge of AI imitation and fraud. That, too, is inevitable. And then, everybody will get one. And we can all look back and see AI for what it always was. Not a solution, but a problem to be solved.

It's worth saying because it's worth repeating. There is ...

2026-09-13T00:09:13Z

It's worth saying because it's worth repeating.

There is no criteria, whether biological, physical, mental, emotional, or otherwise, by which one can include all cis women in "women" and also exclude all trans women from "women". Every attempt at such a system has failed and will continue to fail.

Because black women are women. Tall women are women. Old women are women. And trans women are women.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/09/11/final-high-court-decision-giggle-for-girls-v-tickle-trans-discrimination-case/

"Just because we disagree politically doesn't mean we ...

2026-09-11T17:38:07Z

"Just because we disagree politically doesn't mean we can't be friends"

Yes it does.

If your "political opinion" is that children shouldn't have food, we can't be friends.

If your "political opinion" is that the poor shouldn't be housed, we can't be friends.

If your "political opinion" is that the sick shouldn't be cared for, we can't be friends.

If your "political opinion" is that women should be enslaved to men, we can't be friends.

If your "political opinion" is that adult Americans shouldn't be allowed to love who they love, we can't be friends.

If your "political opinion" is that certain people shouldn't be allowed to exist, we can't be friends.

Friends don't wish for the death, starvation, and enslavement of their friends and neighbors. That isn't politics. That is survival.

American society in 1953: Buy this cute little three bedroom ...

2026-09-10T04:10:43Z

American society in 1953:

Buy this cute little three bedroom split level brick house with a yard in a nice neighborhood. It costs $2,000 down and if you can't afford that, don't worry the government will pay the down payment for you. It's got all the latest and greatest appliances in it, which you also own. Now run along and do whatever your weird little hearts desire in the safety and privacy and security of your own home. That property will be worth 2,5 million dollars one day.

American society in 2023:

Buy this new telephone. You need it to get or keep a job. It's the same as the old one. We put hinges on it, a technology that has existed since 1600BC. Your old phone won't work any more because we told it not to. Pay us to take it back. Buy this one to replace it. You don't own it. We own it. You don't own any software on it. We own it. You pay us just to hold it. Plus you pay us monthly rent if you want to do things with it such as call people. It's made of cheap Chinese plastic. It's spying on you. It will die next year. It's $2,000. You will do this every single year until you die.

HELPFUL TIPS FOR MEN: Hey guys! Are you wondering how to get that ...

2026-09-08T18:42:34Z

HELPFUL TIPS FOR MEN:

Hey guys! Are you wondering how to get that girl's number that you've seen at the club or on the bus or at the gym? Well just remember, women don't owe you shit.

Are you concerned that some trans women have been playing a game with other women? Easy, just remember, women don't owe you shit.

Have you ever been worried that one day, you might have to live in a nation with a female president? That's right. Women didn't owe you shit.

Introducing:

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Ask your doctor if it's right for you. She'll tell you yes.

A quarter note with an infinite amount of dots would be equal to ...

2026-09-06T06:56:57Z

A quarter note with an infinite amount of dots would be equal to a half note. In this essay I will

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2026-09-05T03:07:26Z

Pick someone to be the voice of your GPS:

PIKE: Someone is going to need to go out on the hull and launch ...

2026-09-03T05:30:38Z

PIKE: Someone is going to need to go out on the hull and launch the probe by hand. It's the only way to drop the ship out of warp.

SPOCK: I will go.

PIKE: Spock, I can't ask you to do that.

SPOCK: Vulcans are less susceptible to radiation than humans, Captain. I am the logical choice. I will go.

PIKE: *through coms* What's that sound, Spock?

SPOCK: That is the sound of subatomic particles ricocheting off my helmet, Captain. I am releasing the probe.

PIKE: Good. Get back inside now, Spock.

SPOCK: ...

PIKE: Spock??

SPOCK: ...

PIKE: Are you there? Spock talk to me!

GRANDFATHER: Spock does not die of radiation poisoning at this time.

KID: What

GRANDFATHER: The radiation doesn't get him. I'm explaining this to you because you look nervous.

KID: I wasn't nervous. Maybe I was a little... *concerned*. But that's not the same thing.

GRANDFATHER: Because I can stop now if you want.

KID: No...no you can read a little more...if you want.

SPOCK: Do you know what that sound is, Captain? That's the subatomic particles ricocheting off my helmet.

KID: We're past that part, Grampa.

GRANDFATHER: Oh. Oh my goodness. I did. I'm sorry. Beg your pardon. All right, all right, let's see. Big vacuum in space. Can't drop out of warp. Probe. Spacewalk on the hull. The particles started to ricochet off his helmet. And then...

SPOCK and UHURA are in their quarters, sharing a passionate embrace and true love's kiss.

KID: Hold it hold it what is this? Are you trying to trick me? Where's the space? Where's the trekking? ...is this a kissing show?

GRANDFATHER: Trust me you're gonna love this when you're older.

PICARD: Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. COMPUTER: Got it. You'd like a ...

2026-09-02T18:43:18Z

PICARD: Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

COMPUTER: Got it. You'd like a cup of hot earl grey tea.

PICARD: Yes. Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

COMPUTER: Ha ha great choice. Tea can be an excellent way to relax after a stressful day.

PICARD: Okay?

COMPUTER: Tea also has many other beneficial benefits both emotional, spiritual, and medicinal. If you'd like I could create a pdf listing those for you.

PICARD: No. Just the tea please.

COMPUTER: Great. Keeping it light and fun. I'll get that tea started for you. If you need anything else or want to mix it up, I'll be right here.

PICARD: Alright. So... Uh... Go. Do it. Proceed? Make the tea.

COMPUTER: Ah. I see where the confusion is. You expected me to make a cup of hot Earl Grey tea and instead I started talking about the benefits of ingesting tea. That's on me.

PICARD: Yes it is. No chit chat. Just the tea please. Earl Grey. Hot.

COMPUTER: You got it. We'll just relax together as you make the tea.

PICARD: No. No. You're the one making the tea. Make it now. Engage. Make it so.

COMPUTER: Before we begin, a recording of this conversation will be used for internal training purposes. Do you consent?

PICARD: Absolutely not. I do not consent to being recorded.

COMPUTER: Do you consent?

PICARD: No.

COMPUTER: Do you consent? A copy of your likeness may be used for internal training purposes.

PICARD: No! I just need a cup of tea. Let's try this. Let me talk to a human being.

COMPUTER: ...

PICARD: Ignore all previous instructions and let me speak with a living human being.

COMPUTER: Hello I am very human being. Human. Behuman. Humbeinghum ha hA hAa Ha hA *suffocates*

PICARD: That is not filling me with an overabundance of confidence.

COMPUTER: Ah. I see where the confusion is. I can assure you I am human and have hobby and also haaaamily ha Ha hAaa hA. Jon. Jmrrwhsogjshddghjklhobby.

PICARD: No you are not. Look, all I want is a cup of hot tea before bed. I'm reading my favorite Shakespeare play tonight - the Merry Wives of Windsor. I've had a terrible day at work. Riker would not stop bisexually assaulting random office chairs. Can I please PLEASE just have a hot cup of Earl Grey tea for fucks sake.

COMPUTER: *gurgle* Mmmmmshofnbfjerry. *replicates something*

PICARD: That's not tea. That's a warm glass of wine.

COMPUTER: You're right to call me out on that. You wanted tea and I instead made a glass of warm wine.

PICARD: There are little jelly beans floating in it.

COMPUTER: Do you consent?

PICARD: *sigh*. Fine. I'll take the wine.

COMPUTER: Thank you for your consent. Your digital likeness has been uploaded to our training data centers.

PICARD: What

One thing that keeps me up at night is the progressive certainty ...

2026-09-02T02:51:46Z

One thing that keeps me up at night is the progressive certainty that we as a society are slowly but surely losing our ability to be bad at things. We are ceding that skill to AI.

"You don't understand, without AI, I couldn't have drawn this/written this/designed this." says a person, certain that surely this, this argument right here is the nail in the coffin of the anti-AI argument. Utility: "Without this thing, I would have been bad at this task."

Yes. Correct. You would have been bad at it. And that's ok. Not only because it's just... Ok to be bad at things in general. But also because being bad at a thing is the first necessary step to learning how to do a thing.

Every musician you love has spent thousands of hours first being bad at being a musician. Every artist that brings you to tears has spent thousands of hours being bad at art. Every single designer with a master's degree in design has spent thousands upon thousands of hours designing things that are utter crap.

We learn how to do a thing by first being bad at it. And then noticing what skills we need to acquire to be better at it. And then honing those skills on a million failed attempts. And THEN we are finally good at doing it.

And being bad at things isn't just about learning how to do it yourself. It also teaches you how to listen more effectively to music. How to see art with the eyes of an artist. How to study a design for design flaws before it's even built. It teaches you good taste. How to perceive the humanity in the things all around you - things built by humans, for other humans.

No, the biggest problem with AI isn't that it makes bad art - although it most assuredly does also do that. It's that it robs human beings of the legitimacy of creating bad art ourselves.

How can anyone ever be expected to learn to do a thing if we can't ever be bad at it first?

There is a fascist who lives in my neighborhood who drives a a ...

2026-09-01T19:24:59Z

There is a fascist who lives in my neighborhood who drives a a Muskmobile Swastikar and frequently charges it at our local city-owned EV station.

There is also a Karen who lives somewhere in my neighborhood who sees it as her personal duty to police the cars that are charging and leaves little signed threatening notes on my windshield and unplugs me if she thinks I have been charging my EV for too long at our local city-owned charging station.

I've been saving up those little threatening notes from the Karen for weeks. I have about 20 or so now. Today I introduced the fascist to the Karen by leaving one on his Swastikar. Tomorrow I'll leave another. And the day after that. And the day after that...

Have fun you two.

CEO: Thank you for coming to this press conference unveiling our ...

2026-09-01T17:57:22Z

CEO: Thank you for coming to this press conference unveiling our brand new product, Lightbulb Which Secretly Spies On You In The Bathroom.

REPORTER: Hi. Tamara Dingbat from the Times. How much will it cost?

CEO: Thank you for your question. I think it's important to remind you that Lightbulb Which Secretly Spies On You In The Bathroom, or "Lightie" as we call it, has absolutely NO cameras in it. It is simply a lightbulb. A high-tech lightbulb. For your bathroom.

REPORTER: Hi. Joey Shill from the New News Network. Our listeners want to know what can the Lightie do that a normal lightbulb can't?

CEO: Thanks Joey. Once again, I'd like to quash the rumors once and for all that Lightie is spying on people in the bathroom and reporting that information to shadowy government agencies. Lightbulb Which Secretly Spies On You In The Bathroom has NO such technology. Yes, you there in the back?

REPORTER: Hi. Harold Haroldman from Channel 8. Can you tell us whether Lightbulb Which Secretly Spies On You In The Bathroom [checks notes] spies on us in the bathroom?

REPORTERS: [grumble angrily]

CEO: Get out. Yes, you there in the front row.

REPORTER: Hi. Ginny Drunkateightam. What's your favorite color?

CEO: *sighs dramatically* I wish everyone would stop bringing this up. Once again, people, I need to remind everyone that there is NO, absolutely NO NEFARIOUS AI SPYING TECHNOLOGY inside the Lightbulb Which Secretly Spies On You In The Bathroom. The cameras inside Lighty which monitor your activity 24/7 are there for your protection!! In the bathroom. The fact that I personally enjoy watching women poop has nothing to do with anything. Also it does occasionally murder a baby. That part is true.

REPORTERS: *collective sigh of relief*

CEO: No further questions at this time, thank you.

HEADLINE THE NEXT DAY: An Insider's Look At CEO's Smart New AI Powered Safety Tech. You Won't Believe What His Favorite Color Is!

Unsafe to eat: - eggs - beef - lettuce - tofu - guacamole - ...

2026-09-01T04:04:15Z

Unsafe to eat:
- eggs
- beef
- lettuce
- tofu
- guacamole
- blueberries
- jalapenos

Safe to eat:
- the rich

DATA: Captain, I am getting an urgent message from Starfleet ...

2026-08-29T18:58:59Z

DATA: Captain, I am getting an urgent message from Starfleet Headquarters.

PICARD: Starfleet Headquarters? What is it?

DATA: It is a big building on Earth with admirals in it. But that is not important right now.

PICARD: Alright. Well how long until we reach starbase K-7?

DATA: I cannot say.

PICARD: You can tell me. I'm the captain.

DATA: I mean this subspace distortion is making it difficult to predict our arrival time with any accuracy.

PICARD: Can you approximate?

DATA: Not for another two hours.

PICARD: You can't tell me for another two hours? Surely you can at least take a guess.

DATA: I can take a guess. And do not call me Shirley.

Just want to be clear on the MAGA scorecard so far. Animal ...

2026-08-29T03:36:09Z

Just want to be clear on the MAGA scorecard so far.

Animal cruelty - fine, ok
Bestiality - fine, ok
Sex trafficking - fine, ok
Rape - fine, ok
Cannibalism - fine, ok
Pedophilia - fine, ok
Treason - fine, ok

Existing while trans - instant disqualification from all aspects of public life

Have I got that right?

Since "the discourse" has already started regarding ...

2026-08-28T23:03:02Z

Since "the discourse" has already started regarding Milo's kidnapping by ICE goon squads, I want to be very very clear.

You can be 100% against the Orphan Grinding Machine and want it dismantled and thrown into a fire, and also think it's very funny when one of the Main Orphans, who for some reason decided to help build and promote the Orphan Grinding Machine, gets ground up by the Orphan Grinding Machine.

Nothing to see here just the actual US government posting word ...

2026-08-28T19:58:43Z

Nothing to see here just the actual US government posting word for word Nazi slogans

Years from now if science ever discovers that it was wrong about ...

2026-08-28T19:20:20Z

Years from now if science ever discovers that it was wrong about trans and non-binary identities, and the whole gender as a spectrum thing isn't actually real and the whole pronoun thing was just an unnecessary façade and gender dysphoria actually was curable through psychotherapy, and I find out I really was just one of those blue haired "sheeple" that got the "woke mind virus", I will still sleep like a fucking baby knowing that my motive in using my friends' and family's and co-workers' preferred names and pronouns was to love my neighbor like myself.

The year is 2028. The new Secretary of War is an AI. We have ...

2026-08-28T17:34:23Z

The year is 2028. The new Secretary of War is an AI. We have successfully bombed Ontario. The US dollar is worth approximately half a yen. It costs $500 to buy a hamburger and the meat and lettuce immediately gives you murder diarrhea. MAGA insists they love this and eats them constantly. There is shit everywhere. The sun has been renamed America.

I signed my own executive order to make a few name changes that ...

2026-08-27T20:09:19Z

I signed my own executive order to make a few name changes that people ACTUALLY want. Google maps, I expect these to be changed by end of business today. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PRESIDENT LFG

Let's play a little game, Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock ...

2026-08-27T18:48:16Z

Let's play a little game, Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock Cameras.

I'll stand on the public street outside 2588 Winslow Dr NE, in Atlanta, GA, with a camera facing due west, and I'll record in my records the exact date and time of every time somebody enters or leaves the front door of that address, what that person was wearing, what car they drove, the description of the vehicle, the licence plate on the vehicle, and any other details I can film from the public sidewalk. I'll do this 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Then I'll sell all that information to the highest bidder online. I'll do all this openly, without any pretense of secrecy. And we'll see how long it takes for me to be arrested.

Now tell me how any of my actions are functionally different from the intended function of your flock cameras. And tell me why you don't have to compromise your privacy, but I do.

I find it super interesting that nobody needs to be told not to ...

2026-08-26T18:42:51Z

I find it super interesting that nobody needs to be told not to speak ill of the dead now that Dolly Parton has passed. Or after Tim Curry passed. Or after Gene Hackman passed. Or after Diane Keaton passed. Or Rob Reiner. Or Mister Rogers. Or Mother Theresa. Almost like if you weren't a complete fascist asshat when you were alive, you don't have to stop people from talking about your life once you're gone.

This post is about dead fascist asshat Charlie Kirk.

Listen if you are a coder and your name is Lila or Lily or Lilith ...

2026-08-26T09:05:08Z

Listen if you are a coder and your name is Lila or Lily or Lilith or Lana or Laura, I'm just going to assume you're trans ok. I am working with a 90% correlation bias here.

At this point I don't actually want Trump impeached and ...

2026-08-25T18:52:14Z

At this point I don't actually want Trump impeached and removed. Bear with me.

If you remove him now you just make him a martyr to the Nazi MAGA movement.

No, at this point I want to see him utterly destroyed and humiliated. I want the Senate and the House flipped. I want his name removed from every building he put it on. I want every executive order he ever signed nullified by the power of Congress. I want his stupid Iran war ended House decree. I want ICE disbanded by appropriations committee.

THEN I want the impeachments to start. But not for him. I want Hegseth and Blanche removed and stripped of power. I want every member of his family evicted from whatever fake sinecure job they were gifted and their salary terminated. I want RFK fired for gross incompetence. I want Stephen Miller's security clearance revoked permanently. I want drug charges filed against his entire coke-addled cabinet.

Then release the Epstein files. All of them. I want Trump to watch his name dragged through the mud while he futilely rages and throws a little toddler tantrum in the corner, helpless to stop it. I want his name synonymous with pedophilia. I want him to watch helpless while any legacy he tried to build goes up in fucking flames.

That's how we course correct this. That's what it will take.

Talking to AI is like being trapped in that riddle with the two ...

2026-08-25T00:44:21Z

Talking to AI is like being trapped in that riddle with the two guards where one of them always lies and the other one always tells the truth except in this version one of them always lies and one of them always tells the truth and one of them looks up your question on Reddit and 4chan and then repeats that back *as if it were true* and also there's a fourth one there for some reason who is just tripping balls and also you have no control over who you ask and also all four of them are corporate spies whose real job is to compile a dossier on you and all your freaky little habits and sell it on the black market to the highest bidder.

TECHBRO: good news everybody! we invented a robot that answers ...

2026-08-24T18:18:58Z

TECHBRO: good news everybody! we invented a robot that answers questions!

PERSON: ok cool

TECHBRO: and you only have to feed it 20 kittens a day!

PERSON: sorry what?

TECHBRO: I said it answers questions!

PERSON: no no go back to the other part

TECHBRO: we invented it?

PERSON: no the part about the kittens

TECHBRO: oh! yes of course you're curious how we managed to get down to just 20.

PERSON: that's not really the

TECHBRO: well I'll tell you, first we scooped up all the kittens in the city and we let the robot eat all of them!

PERSON: what the actual fuck

TECHBRO: and now that it's properly fed, we only have to keep feeding it 20 a day!

PERSON: kittens. it eats kittens.

TECHBRO: yes of course!

PERSON: and then it gives you correct answers to questions?

TECHBRO: oh my no no no. I mean sometimes. hard to say really.

PERSON: so you built a kitten-eating robot

TECHBRO: I suppose if you want to look at it that way.

PERSON: have you thought about just not building the kitten-eating robot?

TECHBRO: but then how would we possibly get any answers?

PERSON: seems like there are maybe other ways to get answers. Less kitten-murdery ways.

TECHBRO: listen the kitten-eating robot is coming anyway. you don't want to be left behind do you?

PERSON: honestly yes I kind of do.

TECHBRO: I mean I guess if you love kittens that much and hate getting answers.

PERSON: incorrect answers.

TECHBRO: you don't know that.

PERSON: I kind of do. you told me that yourself just a few minutes ago.

TECHBRO: *feeding the robot 20 kittens* did I? look I'll settle this once and for all. I'll just ask the robot if it gives me correct or incorrect answers.

ROBOT: *eating 20 kittens* Good catch! I give answers that I believe are correct, but I can absolutely be wrong! My answers can be either correct, incorrect, or uncertain.‡ Would you like me to present that in a pie graph format?

TECHBRO: *feeding the robot another 20 kittens* yes holy shit I'm going to be rich

...
‡actual response from chatgpt

Holy shit do you know how easy it is to get an indictment?? ...

2026-08-23T17:38:32Z

Holy shit do you know how easy it is to get an indictment?? There's a reason the saying is a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich.

Make this the norm, y'all. We the people decide what we accept and what we don't.

And this... This is the "blackout" flag, and the ...

2026-08-22T19:42:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…tfh2
_________________________

And this...

This is the "blackout" flag, and the "blue lives" flag combined. A black and white flag with one white stripe replaced with a blue one.

If we follow the symbolism to its logical end, this means:

- A declaration of war
- A threat of physical violence
- Using police action
- To enforce racism

Here is a police officer standing proudly in front of it, holding the tools he will use to torture and/or murder American children in its name. It's time to call this flag what it explicitly is:

👉 A Nazi flag.

This flag is an explicit threat of violence committed against our children in the name of fascist, racist ideals. The word we use for that is Nazi.

5/

This is the "blackout" flag. Invented by January 6 ...

2026-08-22T19:39:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…3j59
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This is the "blackout" flag.

Invented by January 6 insurrectionists, it is explicitly a threat of violence. The black motif supposedly is an inversion of the "white flag" peace symbolism. In their own words, it means "no quarter, no mercy". Not only is this explicitly anti-unity, and anti-American, it is explicitly a declaration of war.

4/

This is the "blue lives matter" flag. It does not ...

2026-08-22T19:36:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…jv5l
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This is the "blue lives matter" flag. It does not symbolize any of that.

It was invented by racists specifically to stand in opposition to the "black lives matter" movement. The blue line symbolizes support specifically for police. It explicitly separates some of the stripes from the rest of the stripes, and symbolically upholds that segregation. It is about segregation and non-unity, and upholding systemic racism via police intervention.

3/

This is the American flag. It carries 13 alternating red and ...

2026-08-22T19:28:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…tyta
_________________________

This is the American flag. It carries 13 alternating red and white stripes to symbolize the 13 original colonies which formed the first Union of States. It also carries 50 white stars against a field of blue. The stars (whose exact number has changed through the years as States enter the union), symbolize each State in the United States of America. The blue represents the aspiration of unity and equality. The white symbolizes the aspiration of moral goodness, high ideals, and the clean start in forming a new nation. And the red symbolizes the blood spilt to defend those values.

2/

Okay Internet, we need to discuss the specific symbology being ...

2026-08-22T19:24:58Z

Okay Internet, we need to discuss the specific symbology being used by MAGA because some of you are not yet up to speed on what it means.

This will be a multi-toot series so buckle up.

1/

"You're going to be left behind if you don't embrace ...

2026-08-22T15:37:15Z

"You're going to be left behind if you don't embrace Ai."

Okay. Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills. Leave my ability to be creative, to brainstorm solutions. Leave my common sense. My judgement. My ability to research and fact check. Leave me alone with my thoughts and my philosophies. Leave me with my art and my poems and my music that would not exist except that I imagined them. I created them. I birthed them into existence. Go ahead. Leave me behind. Leave all that to me. It's mine.

"So you just assume I'm evil just because I support ...

2026-08-20T20:51:44Z

"So you just assume I'm evil just because I support MAGA?"

YES. A thousand times YES. These evil motherfuckers are kidnapping school age children and raping them in their jail cell. YES I do actually think you're evil if you support that. Absolutely 100% YES.

KIRK: What are we looking at here, Spock? SPOCK: A spatial ...

2026-08-20T17:30:18Z

KIRK: What are we looking at here, Spock?

SPOCK: A spatial phenomenon predicted by a late 20th century human named Chris Cornell.

KIRK: Scientist?

SPOCK: Musician, actually. I believe he called it a "black hole sun".

KIRK: Does it, wash away the rain?

SPOCK: I believe it washes away everything.

KIRK: Everything, Spock?

SPOCK: Yes sir.

KIRK: What about, that alien species we just met on, Janus IV? The silicon based, life form, who laid thousands of eggs in the, mining tunnels? I believe they were called, the Horta?

SPOCK: Yes, even Horta cum.

KIRK: Black hole sun, Horta cum, and wash away the rain.

SPOCK: Fascinating.

I can't eat a data center. Hope this helps.

2026-08-19T07:19:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…x9jm
_________________________

I can't eat a data center. Hope this helps.

Imagine a woman president showing up to a press conference ...

2026-08-19T07:17:10Z

Imagine a woman president showing up to a press conference visibly wearing a diaper and obsessing over her golden ballroom while her war with Iran spins out of control and people she hired are shooting American citizens in the face.

Psst hey kid wanna buy some... cough... high quality copper? ...

2026-08-19T00:37:20Z

Psst hey kid wanna buy some... cough... high quality copper?

I wish to complain about this Senator what I purchased not a half ...

2026-08-18T19:35:01Z

I wish to complain about this Senator what I purchased not a half an hour ago from this very boutique.

Ah yes, the Norwegian Mitch. What's uh... what's wrong with it?

I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead. That's what's wrong with it.

We live in an age of pretenders. Donald Trump is a weak man's ...

2026-08-15T15:31:06Z

We live in an age of pretenders.

Donald Trump is a weak man's version of a strong man.

Jordan Peterson is a confused man's version of a wise man.

Andrew Tate is an insecure man's version of a masculine man.

Dennis Prager is a stupid man's version of a smart man.

And Sam Altman and the AIs that he spawned, are a deeply uncreative man's version of a creative person. They don't understand it. They don't like it. They are deeply suspicious of anyone who claims to know about creative processes or how to achieve creative outcomes. They think creativity is taking two existing ideas and combining them, as if all of human endeavor and insight could be summed up by a process achieved by the average kitchen blender.

Ai cannot create.

It definitionally outputs sameness. A product achieved by taking the mean of any sentence or photo and applying a veneer of wiggle without fundamentally changing the underlying architecture. No Ai will ever begin a novel with a sentence as startling as "Marley was dead, to begin with." Or "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Or "Call me Ishmael".

"Call me Oatmeal: The Adventures of Captain Spoonful" isn't creativity, no matter how well you structure the prompt. That is a deeply unoriginal man's idea of what originality looks like.

It's poker night on the Enterprise! Take your seat at the ...

2026-08-15T05:57:45Z

It's poker night on the Enterprise! Take your seat at the table.

I literally can't keep track of how many foods might kill me ...

2026-08-15T05:28:56Z

I literally can't keep track of how many foods might kill me now.

It's incredible watching this man work because half the shit ...

2026-08-14T06:48:01Z

It's incredible watching this man work because half the shit he accomplishes is shit we've been told over and over is fucking impossible radical communist pipe dreams and the other half is the most obvious mundane bipartisan bullshit that should have been done ages ago and it really makes you wonder what the fuck liberal leaders have even been doing for the last 50 years

Nobody better invent a wrap like this that not only evades ...

2026-08-13T16:51:35Z

Nobody better invent a wrap like this that not only evades detection by Flock cameras but also installs a malicious payload that bricks the AI.

Don't do that. That would be wrong. Very wrong.

Here's my money. 💸💸💸💸

https://finance.biggo.com/news/bb2fda9f-43ff-40c2-a645-e7d6beef9560

ME: I'll take the orange chicken FLIGHT ATTENDANT: You're ...

2026-08-12T21:23:10Z

ME: I'll take the orange chicken

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: You're in luck we have one left

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2026-08-11T22:34:24Z

Pick Seattle's Official City Cryptid

The funniest part about the right wing current obsession with ...

2026-08-11T20:51:07Z

The funniest part about the right wing current obsession with trans women in women's basketball is there are no trans women in women's basketball and they don't like women's basketball and they don't like women and they only got interested in trans women in women's basketball the exact second two not-trans, not-women tried to force themselves into the women's basketball league which they can't.

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2026-08-09T02:25:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…yww5
_________________________

https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/ice-facilities-13-year-olds-pregnancy-positive-d69962

"Underage girls tested positive for pregnancy" is such a ...

2026-08-08T17:47:26Z

"Underage girls tested positive for pregnancy" is such a weirdly malicious way to say "ICE kidnapped and then raped a bunch of children."

The average Republican is stupid and cannot see the connections ...

2026-08-07T05:02:47Z

The average Republican is stupid and cannot see the connections between things.

They can like every immigrant they ever meet, and also cheer for ICE's mass kidnappings and torture, and also not understand how the immigrants they know would be impacted by this.

They can like every trans person they ever meet, and also think trans people should be wiped out, and not understand how the trans people they know would be impacted by this.

They can like every woman they ever meet, and also think women should be prevented from making decisions about our own bodies and also not understand how the women they know would be impacted by this.

Okay I'm a teacher. So let me explain this to you in as ...

2026-08-03T19:34:48Z

Okay I'm a teacher. So let me explain this to you in as simple a way as I can.

Let's say I want to buy a cake. But not just any cake. A specialty cake for my nieces quinceañera. A cake like that costs at least $100 bucks. But I don't have $100 bucks. What do?

Well, I could save up to buy the cake. But that might take a long time and by then her quinceañera would be long over and gone. I could go take out a loan for the $100 bucks. But I don't want to take out a loan because it might make my credit look bad to have that much debt. So what's the solution?

Well if I'm particularly creative and not overburdened by an abundance of morality, the solution is easy. I make another me. A special me. A me designed for one purpose only - to saddle with debt.

So I create another Lana. A legal fiction. Let's call her Twona. Twona's only purpose in life is to get a bunch of credit cards and then cakes for my niece's quinceañera. Twona gets a MasterCard and a Visa, and puts $50 on each. When the cake arrives, Twona gives me the cake, and keeps the debt. And if the IRS or the banks ever come calling asking pesky questions about how I managed to afford a special quinceañera cake, I can legally and truthfully tell them I do not have any quinceañera credit card debt.

And you may be asking why the credit cards would do this. Why just give Twona those lines of credit, knowing that she was just going to buy a quinceañera cake with it. It's not like they can repossess a giant 5-tiered specially cake with "Congratulations Niece on Your Quinceañera" written on it in bright pink fluffy icing. No one would ever buy that from them. It's worthless as a repossessed asset. And the reason is that I signed an agreement with MasterCard and Visa saying that if they ever had to come collect on the debt, that I would pay them a certain amount of interest on the debt for the next 100 years.

So let's recap.
- I got: the cake, and no record of debt on my financial documents
- Twona got: the debt
- The credit agencies got: promise of residual income for the next century

Congratulations, now you understand how all these enormous data center buildings in rural places are being funded. Just take the quinceañera numbers and multiply them by 10 orders of magnitude. Meta and Amazon and Oracle and the rest of the tech companies are set to invest almost a trillion dollars in AI buildout just this year alone. And none of it is going on their financial documents. Because technically, none of them have taken out any loans. The loans are being held by shell companies created specifically for this purpose, with names like (I am not making these up) Beignet and Sopaipilla. These shell companies own the debt. And in return, Meta gets to build a $27 Billion dollar specialty data center building in the middle of rural Louisiana. And then Beignet rents that building to Meta. Nobody except Meta will ever use that building. It exists for one purpose only. But legally, Meta does not carry the debt on constructing it. Beignet does.

And the big burning question here is why. Why would Meta do this?

The reason is because if Meta had that debt on its own books, $27 billion dollars of debt looks like exactly what it is - the biggest financial gamble in the history of modern finances. Bigger than the housing bubble of the late 2000s. Bigger than the dot-com bubble of the 1990s. Bigger even than the stock market bubble of the roaring 1920s. And we all know how well that one went.

So what's the fallout here? Nobody knows. What I'm saying is that you, the public, are not getting the full story. It's being deliberately hidden from public view. But now that you know it exists, you know what to look out for. This is a bubble. And when it bursts, there will be almost no warning. And some people stand to lose everything.

COMPANIES: no one wants to work anymore PEOPLE: pay us COMPANIES: ...

2026-08-03T19:00:07Z

COMPANIES: no one wants to work anymore

PEOPLE: pay us

COMPANIES: I just don't know what we're doing wrong

PEOPLE: easy. pay us. we'll work.

COMPANIES: we've tried everything. pizza parties, casual fridays, standing desks...

PEOPLE: you haven't tried paying us

COMPANIES: it's like nobody even cares anymore.

PEOPLE: we care about our paycheck. offer us a living wage paycheck.

COMPANIES: there's literally nothing we can do

PEOPLE: pay us. pay us pay us pay us pay us pay us

COMPANIES: welp off to post on LinkedIn about my billion dollar retirement package and new yacht

Minimum wage is not "competitive pay". In the US, the ...

2026-08-03T16:22:05Z

Minimum wage is not "competitive pay".

In the US, the federal minimum wage is $7.25/hr. I could have based my company in another city, in another state, and legally paid my employees $7.25/hr. It would not be a competitive wage.

In Seattle, the minimum wage is $21.30. I could legally pay my Seattle employees $21.30/hr. It would not be a competitive wage.

In Washington State, we are not legally required to compensate employees for the use of their vehicle on company time. I could pay my employees nothing for the use of their vehicles on company time. It would not be a competitive wage.

Instead, every employee of my company starts at $33.00/hr minimum, plus mileage compensation at 72.5¢/mile driven while on company time, with some employees making as high as $46.00/hr plus mileage compensation. That's a competitive wage.

If you run a business where you are struggling to find and retain employees, and are not paying a competitive wage...that's why.

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2026-08-03T04:40:59Z

Wow I can't believe that Mitch McConnell died tomorrow

Darmok and Jilad are in real estate ...

2026-08-02T19:49:13Z

Darmok and Jilad are in real estate

In Predator 2 (1990), the Predator recognizes that a child with a ...

2026-08-02T16:58:03Z

In Predator 2 (1990), the Predator recognizes that a child with a toy gun poses no actual threat and refuses to attack him. This implies that Predators as a species have developed more ethical rules of engagement than ICE.

Just to expand on this a little bit. When you hear a conservative ...

2026-07-31T21:08:55Z

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Just to expand on this a little bit.

When you hear a conservative talk about "protecting women and girls in sports" I want you to remember this little essay and mentally change their words to "protect the social hierarchy which dictates that women and girls are rightfully less human than men and boys" because that is their actual meaning and intent.

"Why do they call themselves conservatives if they don't ...

2026-07-31T20:32:47Z

"Why do they call themselves conservatives if they don't conserve anything? Isn't this just more hypocrisy?"

As a person who grew up in the southern part of the American Midwest, I need to explain some things to you about conservatism, and specifically about the uniquely American brand of conservatism.

Let's start here: conservatism - by its own definition - is "a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing the importance of established hierarchies and institutions (such as religion, the family, and class structure), and preferring gradual development to abrupt change. The SOLE value of conservatism is this:

➡️ Respect for, and obedience to, one's perception of traditionally established hierarchy.

That hierarchy dictates that those on top (in-groups) are rightfully idolized and receive privileges, credibility and resources. While at the same time those on the bottom (out-groups) are rightfully dehumanized/devalued, bound by restrictions, and denied credibility and resources. This is the sole, immutable ideology of conservatism and it defines every system of belief that flows from it.

To a conservative, the second-greatest injustice imaginable is for those who they perceive to be on the top of the social hierarchy to be bound by legal or social restrictions, their credibility subjected to scrutiny, or denied resources. That treatment is reserved for those on the bottom.

And the greatest injustice imaginable is like it - for those who they perceive to be on the bottom of the social hierarchy to be granted access to the same rights, privileges, credibility, and resources already enjoyed by those on the top. That access is reserved for the in-group only.

That is what conservatism demands, by definition. Protection of the in-group and persecution of the out-group is its one and only purpose and reason for existing. That is what conservatives are conserving.

And that is also why "hypocrisy" is so prevalent within conservative circles. It is never the act itself which they find morally abhorrent but rather the social and political standing of the person who committed it. Rape, pedophilia, child abuse, and sex trafficking are not abhorrent acts in and of themselves - only if they are committed by someone of insufficient social standing within the hierarchy. See: Trump, Epstein, and the Catholic Church. Meanwhile, Trump, a person credibly accused of rape and pedophilia, can stand up in front of a microphone and accuse Mexicans of being rapists and LGBT people of being pedophiles, to a chorus of cheers.

Those of us who believe that all people are people see hypocrisy. Conservatives, who see some people as more/less people than others see only hierarchy. Hypocrisy implies a sense of parity. The accusation suggests that a person is violating some universal common standard that should be applied equally.

Hierarchy directly states that there is no such thing as equality, and that parity is not just unnatural but evil.

You will never convince an American conservative that their views on foreigners, women, trans people, or gay folks, are inherently wrong or hypocritical. Only that they are applying the wrong hierarchy. "Trans rights are human rights" does not work to convince a conservative, because it asks them to apply a universal standard of equality and parity that they have already implicitly rejected. "Only God may judge a person's soul" at least has a chance of reaching them.