Paul Hacker
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These pussy executives that won’t stand for their convictions, no matter what.
Progressive Liberal Hypocrisy
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bigredfish
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They have none.
Not the proper frame at all. The progressive division is not good, and a bad POTUS like Obama "necessitating" a president like Trump is not a good state of affairs.
We're all thinking the other color is the enemy, meanwhile the lions (China, Russia, N. Korea) are fanning the flames. Great nations aren't attacked and defeated from outside, but from within.
Crocs have always been a Croc O' Shtuff. They're for lazy miserable people (I'm being hyperbolic. I know plenty of medical professionals that wear them).
I've never liked them, but then again I've never tried them. The problem I always had is they are ugly as sin, and cost about $0.38 to make. How are people paying whatever they cost (I've never looked it up) to look terrible and lazy?
While these videos are "true" they aren't representative. Jay Leno used to do "Jaywalking" and show shocking videos of what people didn't know. Interview me for more than a couple minutes and I'll shock you with what I don't know, and I'm not a dummy.
They are entertainment, just like "news".
Recently, I paid for something with cash, which is unusual in itself, and a young woman counted back the change properly. Completely impressed me.
On a tangent, what I hate is "what can I get started for you". Well, you can start a normal human interaction instead of a robot script, for starters. The goal of all leftist agendas is to program us into indistinguishable robots; all interchangeable, so that we're all equally valueless, which is equitable!
I guess you did not catch the sarcasm.
Oceanslider
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I've never worn what they sell that look like Dutch Clogs.
Last year however I bought some Crocs flip flops on sale, they now also sell flip flops, and they were great, fit my foot well and are durable and last good.
Yet was looking to buy some more for summer but as you might guess, am not now.
I drank too much and wrote this elsewhere, so I'll just repost here, probably not the right thread to post such a thing...
Do you listen to the Beri Weiss "Honestly" podcast? If you don't, it's very good. The most recent with Matthew Continetti was most excellent.
www.honestlypod.com
Something in the podcast reminded me of an aspect of prison (a common occurrence). I actually have recurring dreams of the satisfaction of being a prisoner. It seems absolutely insane to be satisfied with such confinement and regimine. The thing is though, it's also insanely easy to maximize your potential in prison. The day starts and ends on a schedule not determined by you (5am chow, 10pm lights out). No thought is put into what to eat or when. 10 hour days toiling in park maintenance; hard work for sure, but also satisfying to have a job and see the fruits of your labor. After eating and showering, you might have 2hrs to yourself. I lifted weights, and went from a scrawny 6'1" 160 lb boy to a shredded 6'2" 185 lb man. I read classic books, talked theology and philosophy with inmates, and saw the movies Shrek and Memento. With such narrow options, I had achieved the maximum state of being I could given the circumstances.
Now, many years (and several lifetimes it feels) post-prison, I've got everything anyone could want, yet I'm no more happy. In some sense I'm less so. Happiness doesn't seem to depend much on material wealth, but on maximizing potential. My success is greater as a free person, but considering the potential, I've fallen short.
How to connect this abstract thought with a broader problem? Dennis Prager says people don't want to be free, they want to be taken care of. In prison, you are minimally taken care of.
I'm rambling now and forgetting the precise conversations in both the Beri podcast, and a recent Douglas Murray interview that had the theme of people finding comfort in abandoning personal responsibility in favor of being subjected to rulers...
I'm totally ashamed to admit the appeal of confinement and the cheap satisfaction of achievement when the bar is so low. I would reject those impositions immediately out of principle, but the fact remains that it's so attractive to the human condition. We don't want liberty because of the responsibility. The greater the possible choices, the greater the likelihood that we've chosen sub-optimally, or worse, consciously chosen a corrupt way.
This is the insidious appeal of the left. If we give responsibility to someone else, we absolve ourselves of being responsible. While our opportunity horizon shrinks, our culpability horizon shrinks in proportion. Better to have mastered a dumb game than to have struggled with a challenging one.
Finally, I was listening to Jordan Peterson's "12 Rules for Life" today and he was describing the process humanity went through as told in the Genesis story. We were in harmony "walking with God" in the garden as ignorant creatures until we "ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil". Once humanity discovered inadequacy, we were quick to place blame on others. We were looking to make others responsible for the situation we're in. "I trusted the snake, or, I trusted the woman, so it's not my fault".
Do you listen to the Beri Weiss "Honestly" podcast? If you don't, it's very good. The most recent with Matthew Continetti was most excellent.
Latest Episodes | Honestly Podcast
www.honestlypod.com
Something in the podcast reminded me of an aspect of prison (a common occurrence). I actually have recurring dreams of the satisfaction of being a prisoner. It seems absolutely insane to be satisfied with such confinement and regimine. The thing is though, it's also insanely easy to maximize your potential in prison. The day starts and ends on a schedule not determined by you (5am chow, 10pm lights out). No thought is put into what to eat or when. 10 hour days toiling in park maintenance; hard work for sure, but also satisfying to have a job and see the fruits of your labor. After eating and showering, you might have 2hrs to yourself. I lifted weights, and went from a scrawny 6'1" 160 lb boy to a shredded 6'2" 185 lb man. I read classic books, talked theology and philosophy with inmates, and saw the movies Shrek and Memento. With such narrow options, I had achieved the maximum state of being I could given the circumstances.
Now, many years (and several lifetimes it feels) post-prison, I've got everything anyone could want, yet I'm no more happy. In some sense I'm less so. Happiness doesn't seem to depend much on material wealth, but on maximizing potential. My success is greater as a free person, but considering the potential, I've fallen short.
How to connect this abstract thought with a broader problem? Dennis Prager says people don't want to be free, they want to be taken care of. In prison, you are minimally taken care of.
I'm rambling now and forgetting the precise conversations in both the Beri podcast, and a recent Douglas Murray interview that had the theme of people finding comfort in abandoning personal responsibility in favor of being subjected to rulers...
I'm totally ashamed to admit the appeal of confinement and the cheap satisfaction of achievement when the bar is so low. I would reject those impositions immediately out of principle, but the fact remains that it's so attractive to the human condition. We don't want liberty because of the responsibility. The greater the possible choices, the greater the likelihood that we've chosen sub-optimally, or worse, consciously chosen a corrupt way.
This is the insidious appeal of the left. If we give responsibility to someone else, we absolve ourselves of being responsible. While our opportunity horizon shrinks, our culpability horizon shrinks in proportion. Better to have mastered a dumb game than to have struggled with a challenging one.
Finally, I was listening to Jordan Peterson's "12 Rules for Life" today and he was describing the process humanity went through as told in the Genesis story. We were in harmony "walking with God" in the garden as ignorant creatures until we "ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil". Once humanity discovered inadequacy, we were quick to place blame on others. We were looking to make others responsible for the situation we're in. "I trusted the snake, or, I trusted the woman, so it's not my fault".
I pass no judgement and don't begrudge what people like. My wife bought 2 pairs of Crocs boots for my daughter and they're awesome (and still only cost like $0.38 to make). You know how much stuff from China I have? Like most everything. Like people, there are no companies without sin.
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Oceanslider
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Just putting this out there. What do you think? How is a parent to deal with this if their child goes down this path?
tigerwillow1
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Biden administration plan to put Babylon Bee out of business. When this is the reality:
FDA Official In Charge Of Evaluating New Drugs Hospitalized For ‘Mental Disorder’
The sarcasm will have to look something like 'Government Official Found Qualified To Do His Job'. Probably wouldn't get very many clicks.
FDA Official In Charge Of Evaluating New Drugs Hospitalized For ‘Mental Disorder’
The sarcasm will have to look something like 'Government Official Found Qualified To Do His Job'. Probably wouldn't get very many clicks.
Oceanslider
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It was a dig by the White player at the Black Player for claiming the race card it seems to me. I honestly feel the White player should have not said that. That it was a dig, and where does it get him for saying it. But I also feel the MSM twists stuff like this so out of proportion.
bigredfish
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Agree it was a dig, but they’re both grown adults and he (the black player) who made the original bs comment needs to grow a pair.
Oceanslider
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Why be a man, when you have the race card?
I watched both of these with my 10 and 14 year old daughters. I paused each one of them as he asked the questions. They got them all correct...but the 69th stumped them....they were like, 'What 69th President?' Ha, haaaa. Even THEY passed it. I gladly owe them two Sonic Large Cherry Limeades!
But it was a great lesson to see the disbelief in their faces.....they couldn't believe how stupid they were.
Paul Hacker
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Or if the computer system is down, they won’t sell the product because it can’t be entered into the system right then. Comes down to a lack of critical thinking skills.
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I watched both of these with my 10 and 14 year old daughters. I paused each one of them as he asked the questions. They got them all correct...but the 69th stumped them....they were like, 'What 69th President?' Ha, haaaa. Even THEY passed it. I gladly owe them two Sonic Large Cherry Limeades!
But it was a great lesson to see the disbelief in their faces.....they couldn't believe how stupid they were.
One more thought. One of the interviewees was wearing a graduation gown, presumably from at least college. What's that say?
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And he can go F**k himself with the rest of the Anti-American Sports Pukes as well....IMO.
www.foxnews.com
Giants manager Gabe Kapler to skip national anthem 'going forward' after Uvalde tragedy: 'Home of the brave?'
Giants manager Gabe Kapler penned a lengthy blog post Friday explaining his decision not to stand for the national anthem "going forward" after the Texas school shooting.
www.foxnews.com