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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 13:34:01 JST 
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I deleted the post moments after writing it because I don't really feel like getting into a dumb political argument.
But it's pretty simple: If you're sitting there cheering for an attempted assassination, or apologizing for it, then the assassin is one of "your guys".
I hate a lot of politicians, and joking aside I don't want any of them assassinated. I want Justin Trudeau to lose in disgrace and go live out his days in California, not painting the steps of parliament. If someone tried to kill Trudeau, even with all he's done, I'll condemn that guy because once assassinations hit the table, they stay on the table, and it won't take 80 years for republics to end. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 13:34:00 JST
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Follows directly. The PRC may not be "your guys" but in that moment while doing the thing you want them to do and you apologized for and you defended, that guy is "your guy".
Besides, it's looking increasing like it's a far left American. Which it would make sense for it to be. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 10:52:19 JST
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No, I just deleted because when he's not ranting about American politics stux is a good guy and I didn't want to fight with him over this. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 16:21:48 JST
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Most people don't realize just how fucked up the world economy is right now. Capitalism is long over. You don't have capitalism when 50% of GDP is the state in most countries, or when blue collar workers pay 50% taxes on the last dollar they earn. By contrast, my great grandparents paid no income taxes and the government was about 10% of the economy.
"But look at all the super-rich people!" Yeah, that happens every time the state becomes massive because the powerful people in government make sure their friends and allies are taken care of. It has gone on for millennia in every region of the world because power corrupts.
We're living in a totalitarian civilization because at some point we decided that "everything is political" and thus under the purview of the government. Of course there's corruption and greed. We used to have culture, and community, and even religion. We gave it all away.
And the worst part is that people can't even recognize something as simple as a guy who got rich on subsidies and fed money printing cranking up his stonks isn't a libertarian. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 20:01:00 JST
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If you want to impress Japanese bitches, say "..."
Japanese bitches loooove "..." -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 19:59:51 JST
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Come on... It's only happened every single time. Just every single time though. But I'm confident this time will be different. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 11:12:42 JST
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7axnvInN57E
This is a really cool video of a guy who bought a 70 year old Rolls Royce engine for scrap, checked it all over, and got it running. Really cool! -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 17:53:48 JST
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When discussing French politics it's always important to remember that they're French.
"svp Napoleon! We got rid of Le king in a bloody revolution but we are le retarder so become our king!" -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 17:15:59 JST
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I know it's the old testament and all, but just seems like an overreaction to seeing another dudes dick. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 20:48:00 JST
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"42% of all economic activity isn't enough to save the world, we need just a little more!"
In many eras governments this large would cause widespread rebellions. No wonder they're terrified. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 09:37:10 JST
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You guys gotta up your game on the new domain. Shamefur dispuray. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 09:37:04 JST
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lol the only reason you might have to fear threads.net on the fediverse is if they've already got you by the balls. They're too weak to join us. Which I called a long time ago.
https://www.threads.net/moderated_servers
It's hilarious: It keeps on going and going and going, it's a list of everyone. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 21:26:22 JST
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That's a good point as well. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 21:16:59 JST
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On the topic of the recent supreme court decision, it should be noted that just because the president has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution doesn't immediately mean he wins the particular case he's in. They'll have to figure out whether his actions count as official or unofficial for the purpose of presidential immunity.
Is holding a rally outside of a government building an official act? I think that's debatable, but I'd lean towards it not being such a thing. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Jul-2024 11:59:52 JST
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Big problem with "touch grass" as an appeal to normal people is that most normal people aren't touching grass. Generations of iPad kids growing up on the Internet, the world's biggest shopping mall filled with all the creeps of the world. People spend too much of their lives on their phones.
I go outside every day I'm home, with my son. Sometimes we go outside multiple times a day. The sidewalks are empty. The parks, it's rare to see someone at the parks and even then it's like one person, not usually a group. The world is a ghost town. It feels to me like the fact of ghost towns outside is a shocking revelation. We all assume someone else is still outside, even as many of us are not.
Where is everyone? Well that's the problem, isn't it? They're online, they're on their phones, they're watching TV. They're physically protected and psychically & psychologically under constant abuse and assault.
The first technology to threaten society is thought to have been the coin. This occurred overwhelmingly long ago, and by trading coins instead of favors, individuals didn't need to have as close relationships between each other, but cities could grow larger. The breakthrough technology that helped people deal with this was organized religion, which brought people together and pushed a common set of values despite money breaking apart interpersonal connections.
It's likely that soon we'll see the development of something to help resolve the problems brought about by the social problems caused by The Internet. Now it might not be something as powerful as organized religion, but perhaps we'll have to collectively learn how to step away from the screens and start going outside again?
I expect it'll have to be a cultural technology, not a digital technology. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Jul-2024 01:07:52 JST
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A lot of dark modes are just grey mode which represent the unlimited ennui of living in a post-modern post-industrial society where you're expected to find meaning in life not through nature or god or family but through mild contributions to a service.economy making sure food and other goods premanufactured in a foreign country are adequately prepared for sale... So I'll just go with light mode in those cases. Black or bust. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 22:01:01 JST
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Amazon goes "hey if you like books from Japan about getting iskekai'd you might like this one!"
I'm surprised they let that through. Were the Karens who control the algorithm off for the long weekend? -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 13:10:30 JST
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Jeez, this music is making me want to get my brothers together and play Quake deathmatch over null modem cables.
(I know, it's a strange connection, but we'd have music like this blasting over the stereo and we'd play play games like that) -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 10:36:21 JST
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That's a really insightful thing to say. Makes sense given my personal experience of bureaucracies.
And we have many bureaucrats as leaders, but leaders need not be bureaucrats and outside of a very small number of situations you probably don't want them to be either because just as you say, they're busy trying to get the results they know they're supposed to get and show the people who need to see it that they got that result. Contrast another kind of leader which may have a plan or a vision to go beyond benchmarks, or yet another kind of leader who can help get the best out of their people in ways you might not be able to measure using a microcaliper. -
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sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 18:36:24 JST
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If you're ever in a room with a bunch of people, look at their shoes. In spite of shoes being a mass produced item, virtually everyone has different shoes on. Somebody paid a human being to design all those shoes, and even for the cheapest ones the design is constantly changing.
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