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   Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2024 12:55:48 JST Jeff Atwood

   “Many times when I identified as Libertarian, people said to me, “It’s just rich white guys that don’t want to be told what to do,” and I had a zillion answers to that — and now that seems 100 percent accurate.” https://www.cracked.com/amp/article_40871_penn-jillette-wants-to-talk-it-all-out.html

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     BeeCycling (beecycling@romancelandia.club)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 09:09:35 JST BeeCycling

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     • Marek

     @kozy138 @codinghorror Agreed. Any time I do that "political compass" test I come out as left libertarian. Only recently twigged that means I'm basically an anarchist.

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     Marek (kozy138@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 09:09:37 JST Marek

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     @codinghorror That's the problem with language. Originally, libertarianism was closer to anarchy than democracy. They should be using neo-libertarian to describe themselves more accurately.

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     Guy Montag (montag@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 09:09:41 JST Guy Montag

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     @codinghorror the best description I've heard is that libertarians are like house cats. Completely dependent on a system they neither understand nor appreciate and fiercely confident of their own independence.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 09:11:47 JST clacke

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     The ultimate "Bullshit!" episode! I'm glad to see this.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 11:10:11 JST clacke

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     "Penn and Teller: The Best Magicians In the World", SNL, 1986

     (linked from the article)

     Just a fantastic thing to pull off that becomes even more impressive as you realize how they're doing it. For me the second card trick did it.

     But the first thing I thought was "wow, that SNL cast member has really got Penn pinned, down to the accent, cadence, mannerisms, everything" ... until I realized it's really them, they just look so different because it's 40 years ago.

     farside.link/invidious/watch?v…

     youtube.com/watch?v=mwkmgqbYXd…

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     Kevin Teljeur ❄️ (kevinteljeur@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 16:20:14 JST Kevin Teljeur ❄️

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     • Anil Dash
     • Jason Kottke

     @codinghorror You’re one of the other reasons I don’t just scroll straight to the top of my feed. Yourself, @jkottke and @anildash are always curating interesting links. Search engines are over.

     Sorry for the hyperbole.

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     Kevin Teljeur ❄️ (kevinteljeur@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 16:20:19 JST Kevin Teljeur ❄️

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     • Anil Dash
     • Jason Kottke

     @codinghorror @jkottke @anildash Come on, you got a compliment on the Internet, just take it and run! (but seriously, the amount of raw good, curated information on here is almost overwhelming)

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 16:20:19 JST clacke

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     • Kevin Teljeur ❄️
     • Anil Dash
     • Jason Kottke

     @kevinteljeur "almost"?

     *glances at my non-exaggerated estimated thousand tabs*

     @jkottke @anildash @codinghorror

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     Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 16:20:20 JST Jeff Atwood

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     • Kevin Teljeur ❄️
     • Anil Dash
     • Jason Kottke

     @kevinteljeur @jkottke @anildash thank you very much but Anil and Jason are far better at this than I!

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     Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 17:44:44 JST Jeff Atwood

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     • Guy Montag

     @Montag I always liked this comic

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