Lurker > Muscles

Been doing good, focusing on reading/writing instead of wasting time scrolling mindlessly, and feel much better spiritually and mentally because of it

Why do you care what we think?

Same as before, like 1-2 times a month

I'm stupid and I know it

Metalsonic66 posted...

The Weird Al version is better

That's true for literally every song he parodied

Lord of the Rings
A few albums, including Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin I & II, Master of Reality, etc.

I'm going to see Mudvayne, Coal Chamber and Gwar. I just saw Mudvayne last year in their reunion tour and they were amazing. Coal Chamber is one of those bands that I like but aren't one of my favorites but I never thought I'd as them live so they'll be cool. As for Gwar, I don't know many songs but I heard their shows are great. I'll enjoy it alone too I think.

Also I know all too well about skipping a show just for the band to break up/a member to die, I missed out on Rush before Peart died, R.I.P.

All fashion trends are stupid in hindsight

jsb0714 posted...

Stupid take

The ride there and back again with friends, merch, getting unsober, etc. adds to the experience

potdnewb posted...

does the presence of people you know dictate how much youll enjoy the performance

A concert isn't just about the performance, it's a whole experience

I can tell, it's only happened like 2-3 times, but it was obvious those couple times

The people I was supposed to go with to a concert tomorrow had to cancel, I still want to go though

Yeah but there is a big difference between glossing over a few weeks and a few years

Just finished the Wise Man's Fear, since this topic was still up I figured it would be best to talk about it here.

This should probably be longer than a trilogy, I mean, it's 2 books in and he covered roughly 6 years of his life story. He has got at least another decade and a half between the time he ended at the 2nd night and the present day, probably more, either that book is going to be huge or he'll have to gloss over a lot of his adult life to finish up in 3 books.

I just hope Denna shows up at the Waystone Inn at the end of the last book.

It's no wonder Rothfuss is taking so long for the 3rd book

NinjaGhosts posted...

Why dont you just change it to something else if you dont wanna be hated

I don't especially care if I'm hated, otherwise I would have stopped posting here a decade ago

Just make horse noises to yourself but loud enough for her to hear

A millennial, we get the most hate, deserving and undeserving

I get tons of it, I just ignore it, don't even bother to delete it

I'm pretty sure bacon was always super popular

DrPrimemaster posted...

Ive read some people that think they should have used cgi instead of real bombs/explosives. What do you think?

If you can do the real thing safely then do the real thing over cgi imo

Subway isn't worth that shit, now if Culver's came along and asked I would definitely consider it

Do I get 40 hours a week or more? And do I get the standard time and a half for OT?

That's how the world has always been, the Andy Griffith Show and KotH are fictional

It was a good movie, not great, it did drag on a bit but the acting was great

badjay posted...

My favorite series so far, but I don't think the third book is coming out. I also devoured the books immediately when I first read them. To this day not another book series has captured me as much as KKC has.

This is coming from a guy who read all of Wheel of Time. It seems so average compared to KKC.

I read it so fast too, probably my 2nd favorite fantasy author after Tolkien and probably top 5 overall but I'm not sure if I'm willing to put him above Crichton, Clarke, or King yet.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's not.

Damn, I just looked up the 3rd king killer book, saw a new book with a release date in November and assumed it was book 3

kind9 posted...

I used to love and adore those books. One day I will go back and read them again. I lost hope a long time ago for ever getting the 3rd book.

The 3rd book is coming out in November

Rothfuss built up such an interesting, expansive world with great characters. Can't wait to start to 2nd book, I'm glad I didn't start this series earlier though given that the 2nd book came out in 2011 and the 3rd one won't be out until November.

Anyone here read it before? What're your thoughts if you have?

acesxhigh posted...

sorry, can't get really drunk at a movie theatre.

That's why you pregame, also you probably could sneak in some shooters

Yellow posted...

Resing this because the libertarian party just told nina turner to pick crops

https://twitter.com/ninaturner/status/1681659549214732290

@Muscles

That was racist and I don't condone racism but I don't think most libertarians are racist (or republicans or democrats for that matter).

Johnny_Eagle posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/0/AAABYmAAEnEi.jpg

Search your feelings, you know it to be true

Rare, but anything up to medium is acceptable, past that you're just ruining it

adjl posted...

How so?

People have been saying social media is bad for your mental health for years

streamofthesky posted...

Strong agree, and it's frustrating how most people I've talked to about it are pro-leather. How can you possibly like them? Cloth is superior in every conceivable way, AND cheaper!

Leather is easier to clean and generally looks better, not that I really care one way or the other, I've had both and they both have their pros and cons

But you are oddly attracted to them?

ConfusedTorchic posted...

would you care to learn why this is, or do you just want to continue being exceedingly disingenuous

It's pretty much human nature, people start with a good cause, they get support, they get power, for a while they rule fairly (regardless of type of government), they get more power and more corrupt, and eventually turn into totalitarian state before imploding on their own bs.

ReturnOfFa posted...

Do you view lower taxes as an 'inherent' good, or simply a desirable good? Are there not examples of countries with much higher tax rates than the USA, and with better standards of living? Is there not the example of the USA having a far higher tax rate on higher income earners in the 50s and there being a generally (but still present) smaller wealth gap?

The US government is trash so limiting their power is good. Theoretically higher taxes could be better if they were actually used for things that benefitted people but it mostly goes into politicians pockets or their friends. I think the common man in the US, in general but not always, would use that money better than the government. Why have my taxes gone up with nothing to show for it? And what's with all these stupid laws that have nothing to do with people's rights? These are problems with both big parties, they don't give a shit about the people and only care about their own power and money. Democrats claim to be champions of minorities and acceptance while not actually giving a shit about minorities and just give everyone this song and dance while the Republicans claim to be the champions of freedom and the constitution but don't give 2 shits about any of that and push a regressive Christian agenda. So it's not that I think lower taxes are inherently good as much as limiting the us governments power is inherently good. But then again I don't think you can have a "good" government for long, they all eventually get corrupt and turn to shit regardless of type of government so it's best to limit it before it gets to that point.

BlackScythe0 posted...

I've never seen a libertarian who wants government out of peoples private lives, they just want to get rid of taxes.

I want the government to stay out of peoples personal lives, lower taxes is definitely a good thing but that's just one part of it.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Libertarianism is a scam to cover up true intentions or refuse to publicly take a position.

I mean, I'm sure there are some people that use it for that purpose but mostly they just want the government to stay out of people's business

BlackScythe0 posted...

Yea rules which take our rights away.

No, where did you get that idea?

DirtBasedSoap posted...

the whole idea of we should have no rules is absolutely fascinating to me, especially coming from someone who lives in Chicago

I'm not an anarcho-Libertarian, there should be some rules

captpackrat posted...

Next semester they learn how black people benefit from being shot by cops.

They'll probably compare it culling the deer population

I don't think I'd like it that much, the best part of work is getting out of the house

All these people voting for Joe just because he's not Trump (and vise versa) when they don't actually like him shouldn't complain about the 2 party system. You are the ones propping up the 2 party system. Vote 3rd party if you don't like either candidate.

No matter how good public transportation gets it'll still never be as good as cars. I guess unless you just have ubers/taxis/whatever just circling every street waiting for you to exit your home and pick you up in less than a minute but that'll never happen because it's a bigger waste of resources than cars. You are still stuck waiting on someone else's schedule and have to wait twice as long if not longer then just getting in your own car and just going. I guess it would be nice to get the streets cleared up but that requires a bunch of people to fuck themselves over.

They should advertise what you get after taxes

Krazy_Kirby posted...

this happened.

I actually believe it given that she's late 40s and overweight now is he said she was 18 and hot then yeah, not believable

adjl posted...

The problem isn't AI taking over all jobs, though. It's AI taking over some jobs, so there are still plenty of people able to buy stuff, but also plenty of people starving to death because they can't work.

This is why UBI is needed in the immediate future. It won't be necessary in a robo-communist utopia where money no longer has any meaning, but there's a long way to go before then and the current powers that be are going to fiercely resist giving up that power (despite the fact that most of their jobs could be done pretty easily by AI).

I'm not going to argue against those points, but we have enough garbage entertainment to shift through as is, we don't need to mass produce even more garbage at an even faster rate. The world could stop making any kind of art or entertainment and we'd still have enough to keep people happy for a lifetime

adjl posted...

This fundamentally misunderstands who makes the decisions in this matter. It's not about what jobs people want to do. It's about what jobs those with the resources to influence AI research want to avoid paying people for so they can keep making all the money and not have to give it to anyone else.

There is no "should be." This is just capitalism doing exactly what capitalism does if nobody stops it.

What they fail to realize is that once AI takes over all jobs money will be useless, if no one is working no one will have money to buy things, but it'll also be a post scarcity world once it gets to that point and people can focus on things like art without being a starving artist

crazyisgood posted...

Why is it OK for AI or machines to replace some jobs but not these jobs?

No one wants to be a factory worker, people do want to be painters, musicians, writers, and film makers though. Imo we should let robots take over the shit jobs no one wants and keep them out of the arts (and other fun jobs)

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It also doesn't help that most arguments talking about how crucial human awareness and insight are to producing "art" ring incredibly hollow and hypocritical considering how commodified and soulless "entertainment" has become over the last hundred years or so. Most popular music, film, shows, and illustration produced at this point has nearly zero artistic value, and is produced as "content" more than "art". It exists to entertain at the most shallow level and generate revenue.

So you are telling me masterpieces like Dark Side of the Moon, 2001, and Lord of the Rings are gone regardless of AI?