Notices by ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com), page 9
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≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 20:42:36 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @gibbon @Darbzilla @Sui @11112011 @Zerglingman @apropos @lonelyowl @NonPlayableClown @dicey @Hyolobrika
I don't think it is boredom; these writers just wrote for a slower pace and an audience that was not saturated in television and gadgets.
It may not be your thing. I understand how that could be the case! Doyle also has his slow moments.
Frankenstein has, if memory serves, a bit of a "hump" after the introduction of characters before the action kicks in where Shelley front-loads some concepts to be exploited later. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 15:39:06 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @NonPlayableClown @gibbon @Darbzilla @Sui @11112011 @Zerglingman @apropos @lonelyowl @dicey @Hyolobrika
History is written by the parasites at this point.
#GTFN -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 19:50:22 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @p @sjw @gh0st @hj @lanodan
Weed hits people differently. The munchies are real though. They can be staved off with a handful of nuts (the kind that grow on trees). -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 19:50:20 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @p @Grandtheftautism @gh0st @hj @lanodan @sjw
Weed was more fun when it involved being naughty.
Legal weed is sort of painful.
For most people, ditch weed is about the upper limit of THC they should be exposed to.
For me, only the newer generation mental retardation weed appeals, but I also went hog wild for old standards like Kush, Thai, northern Afghan, and Purple Haze. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 11:53:45 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @lonelyowl @NonPlayableClown @11112011 @Darbzilla @Hyolobrika @Sui @Zerglingman @apropos @dicey @gibbon
The monster is terrifying because he is unstoppable.
That is the essence of good horror; the sci-fi part is that human technology is the source of the horror.
Hence parallel to the Garden of Eden mythos.
For another take: Moby-Dick, of course. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 11:53:35 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @gibbon @NonPlayableClown @Darbzilla @Sui @11112011 @Zerglingman @apropos @lonelyowl @dicey @Hyolobrika
It is slower paced like the novels of its time, but I was not bored.
I was bored reading Dracula, can enjoy Conan Doyle, liked H.G. Wells, Dafoe, and Stevenson, so... -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 11:53:23 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @gibbon @lonelyowl @Darbzilla @Sui @11112011 @Zerglingman @apropos @NonPlayableClown @dicey @Hyolobrika
Having read some of her other books, I beg to differ.
She is like a cross between Aldous Huxley and Flannery O'Connor. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 11:03:07 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @p @theorytoe
To me, the consistent problem is this: the more of a method-based system we have, the more it gets gamed.
Therefore, it must be streamlined.
This excludes dealing with trivial stuff like drugs, alcohol, tobacco, pornography, etc.
There is also a utilitarian freedom argument, which is that a happy population which is not worried about getting tripped up by some persnickety rule is more relaxed and more functional.
If we just end diversity and socialism, then peel the laws back to 1850 or so, this country would be doing OK. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 11:02:44 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @p @theorytoe
These tools constantly need an enemy to distract from the decay at home. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:23:22 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @baraposter @Awoo @Zerglingman
Yes, basically.
I think of Rachel Levine here... no improvement.
Brianna Ghey (are they kidding with this last name? lol) at least was a cute girl shaped object. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:23:14 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @Zerglingman @11112011 @baraposter @dicey @lonelyowl
Before civil rights law, the police could clear out winos and bums.
Send them someplace to set up camp, let them have drugs and alcohol at near cost, and nature will sort stuff out. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:22:28 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @Zerglingman @11112011 @dicey @lonelyowl
The illness is the Big Lie. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:22:28 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @Zerglingman @11112011 @dicey @lonelyowl
Another take on this: parasites do not take root unless the victim is already ill. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:22:23 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @Zerglingman @11112011 @dicey @lonelyowl
Dysfunction is a product of the natural selection process, incl but not limited to gene drift.
End diversity and the other issue is not an issue. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:20:48 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @baraposter @11112011 @Zerglingman @dicey @lonelyowl
It's not a question of "I don't want a moralistic finger up my ass."
It's that moralistic fingers up the ass do not work very well and produce many far worse secondary consequences.
Who cares if 5% of the population drop dead from drugs? The rest will be stronger. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:20:40 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @baraposter @11112011 @Zerglingman @dicey @lonelyowl
Drug counseling does not work, in my view.
And it's not our place to do it.
Bring back responsibility. If people want to be addicts, empower them. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:20:37 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @Zerglingman @Sui @11112011 @Darbzilla @Dicer @Hyolobrika @NonPlayableClown @dicey @lonelyowl
s/Bread and circuses/democracy/ -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:18:17 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @Zerglingman @lonelyowl @11112011 @dicey
Therein is the problem with all socialism: it subsidizes dysfunction.
Free markets are better.
But, if we get socialist government out of the way, people can afford to live as they want more easily.
If it cost $500 a month total to live, people would have more creative freedom.
And some would still be bums, but they would be able to afford their crack, heroin, wine, liquor, PCP, etc. without much effort. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:17:09 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @Zerglingman @Sui @11112011 @Darbzilla @Dicer @Hyolobrika @NonPlayableClown @dicey @gh0st1984 @lonelyowl
Worse, we live in a democracy. -
≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 00:16:50 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ @lonelyowl @Zerglingman @11112011 @dicey
Decriminalize all drugs and drop all alcohol and tobacco taxes.
Make it easier to be a homeless alcoholic or drugs addict.