Notices by 🎅 🎄 Festive Dave 🎄 🎅 (dave@gleasonator.com), page 8

@Terry For those of you that don’t understand what the problem with this is, it’s grabbing a cherrypicked range of data to create a fake trendline. To see the actual trend, you have to look at all the data.

@coolboymew @Moon That’s what it seems like.

Don’t forget your Black Rifle Coffee, Patriots

@matrix Is this an actual designation? I always thought it was just a meme

@lain That’s a big part. On a train you just hop on and hop off. Way more chill.

Not sure it’s the best fit for the US though. Everything is just so far apart

@Moon Because you personally feel queasy about the ethics, or just to avoid the perception of being a rent-seeker?

@moffintosh Hogg’s dad is a retired FBI agent, and the retired FBI agent says we don’t.

@polarisera @moffintosh I know what case you’re referring too, but it was a local law enforcement gig, and they had applicants take an aptitude test, requiring scores in a range that implied the applicant had an IQ of 95-120 or so as I recall.

What they wanted were cops intelligent enough to do the job, but not so intelligent that they’d get bored with it as I recall. Anyways, the applicant from the suit in question scored a little too high, the courts sided with the police force because their argument made sense, and there aren’t discrimination laws that prevent you from turning someone away for being too smart.

That was just one case, though. It’s not a widespread thing, and I sincerely doubt that any federal agencies would turn someone away for being too smart.

@Moon @moffintosh @polarisera Yeah, there’s a SCOTUS case about it from the 70s. You can’t use general aptitude tests to determine someone’s fitness for a particular position, because that disparately impacts AAs.

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@beardalaxy The original balloon is still believed to have been a Chinese Spy Satellite, but this one was not.

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@LukeAlmighty 🤣

@PunishedD @dave @johnbudd1350 This is not sincere, I’m making fun of how ridiculous your beliefs are, dude.

@PunishedD @dave @johnbudd1350 I believe that you don’t, because the alternative is that I understand what you guys believe, and am making fun of it.

@johnbudd1350 @PunishedD @dave No, it doesn’t. You guys make these retarded assertions that can’t withstand scrutiny, then once you finally realize this, you pivot to another assertion that you believe justifies your views. Repeat ad infinitum.

And never once do you guys question how all of your attempts to attack the central claims of the holocaust are so easily refuted.

@johnbudd1350 Dave is making fun of the people that think they’re being “based”.

@coolboymew @Sophistifunk It’s the same dynamic as with YouTubers, Hollywood Actors, etc.

Average people are presented with these guys, who represent the peak of success with their wealth and fame and influence, and aspire to be them. What they aren’t aware of when they embark on this goal, is how many other people have the exact same fucking goal that they are competing with.

And they also don’t realize that the people that win at this game aren’t the ones that “try the hardest”, but the ones that recognize the metagame. With Hollywood, it’s having the right connections. With YouTube, it’s understanding the algorithm, but even that doesn’t guarantee you success.

vapid attentionwhore

She knows exactly what she’s doing. She’s a prominent twitch streamer, and thirst traps like this are her marketing.