Critical Cider Theory

@LeeKuanYimby I’m so glad to see Pastor Manning, despite being a bit long in the tooth, can still conjure moments of genuine spiritual transcendence, harkening back to the “long legged Mack daddy” days of 2009.

I am critical of Zohran, but my Pastor took it too far at our church last Sunday, there is no need for this rhetoric.

Bring me this chalice

@captive_dreamer It only ever applies to Islamic terrorism and left wing terrorism (“can’t defeat Al Qaeda it’s an idea”)

"Antifa is an idea" is the most insane mark of a subversive i've ever seen. Anyone saying this is just running cover for them. They'd never say this about "nazis" or "fascists" (none of whom exist today in any meaningful sense)

@Hired_Sellout @bronzeagemantis I think his argument was different. Anime now seems to occupy a similar place that rap did for years. It does so because it offers some outlet for young male yearning for adventure. Isekai arguably lines up with BAM aphorism about lack of space, and provides a non-troon outlet.

@bronzeagemantis Anime tangent puzzled me. Agree, paglia &c but don't see the leap to often poorly made, formulaic isekai chosen one + harem fantasy cartoon. Some is good Art /storytelling (miyazaki, fullmetal). Fan phenotype is doughy nerd even if military enjoy this also for long downtimes.

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@oteycoueye Brodsky’s reception in West seemed to be more for his memoir and life story than his poetry (which by his own account did not translate well to English). But Russians of a certain age can’t get enough of the guy. Much of his work reads like Morrissey lyrics to me.

Ginsberg was the original Howling Mutant. Like Brodsky, the Beats received prestige far in excess of their merit, which probably had something to do with the cultural front of the Cold War.

@QDSisback @DrewPavlou Nothing gets past you. Good job noticing and naming.

@CriticalCider @DrewPavlou Am I? You’re the one seething about spain’s alleged antisemitism that somehow lives on 50 years after franco. And it’s not “weird” at all. European countries don’t owe you unconditional support. You’re probably a 50 year old jew working in academia

Messi has a massive tattoo of Jesus on his arm. You people have lost your fucking minds.

@QDSisback @DrewPavlou Yes, Spain, the economic titan. I get the impression you are arguing with someone else on a different tweet and repurposing it here. I couldn’t care less about the outcome of a soccer game or the virtue signaling of European nations.

@CriticalCider @DrewPavlou It’s not just islam. It’s the whole world. Nobody wanted argentina to win aside from argentines. 0 shots on goal, the fact they even made it to the final is incredible. Spain recognized the palestinian state 2 years ago. And unlike argentina, they have a functioning economy

@QDSisback @DrewPavlou Funny AI slop (not being sarcastic). But it is a bit odd that worldwide Islam vicariously celebrates the victory of a country that got away. Weirder still that Spain is applauded for anti-Israel sentiments leftover from Franco.

@CriticalCider @DrewPavlou The goat lost to a muslim today

@bronzeagemantis Nor has he used the cudgel of Tibet against the Han. Instead, he has watched as the Han have imposed their culture on the far superior Tibetan people. Trump could reignite the cause of preserving Tibetan culture very easily.

One of the long-standing disappointments of the Trump years has been, despite initial hopes he would go in a Nixon-TR route... his subsequent gradual indifference to classic conservation and environmental matters, to animal suffering including preservation efforts in Africa against poaching (where there is an obvious wedge to use against the Chinese with their obsessive desire for tiger-tooth penis balm etc. that threatens to eat up the world's fauna)... Although in the beginning under multiple threads of influence from the online right, MAGAmoms, Michael Savage (who first had Trump repeatedly on in 2011 encouraging him to run), he was for a while open to classical Theodore Roosevelt-style conservation efforts, the problem of the poisoning of airs and waters, etc.....but he abandoned this very early in his first administration apparently under the wants of his daughter, and veered instead in the direction of Rush Limbaugh classic GOP-style blustering on animal cruelty, nature, etc....attitudes that are extremely unpleasant and turn off young people especially. TR and Nixon show this could be entirely within the sphere of the right or of American conservatism, and the left has largely abandoned real environmental causes to instead fixate on things like climate change (that in practice increase and even cynically use animal suffering, or hurt the environment) or their latest obsessions with data centers. Basically the left cares nothing at all anymore for real matters that would affect daily life, like the presence or preservation of nature, natural parks, clean food, air, and water, or animal welfare--name one leftist or liberal fundraiser in last few years to address the fate of gorillas, whales, or the problem of factory farming. There was here as elsewhere an opportunity for a progressive right candidate like Trump was in 2015 to take up a very popular and important matter, which he did at first...and then the matter was apparently dropped. Then we all had hopes when RFK came on in 2024 but he spends his time on just irrelevant nonsense for public consumption and online meme engagement, like Coca Cola in hospitals and encouraging tallow in French fries, while ignoring the problems of pollution, the defilement of public parks, the poisoning of the water table and food supply, etc.; maybe he'll do a collab next on seed-oil-free chips or convert to Orthodoxy. The most vicious attacks I and friends have taken on here for years since 2018 came from Koch world and their associated sockpuppet "pundits" who in various guises were fixated on me, and my friends, for precisely these matters: because maybe hundreds of billions are at stake for them and their friends. A lot of the fake libertarianism on here comes entirely from this world and has this motivation. I was hoping Trump as a billionaire could resist these people especially as they hated him from the start and tried to stop him on multiple occasions, but for whatever reason he rewards his enemies instead (imo he's maybe just out to lunch on this and ignores it idk). As for the post-Trump GOP they appear to be taking all the wrong lessons from 2015-6 and it appears not one likely successor will adopt this matter.

Bombers and opera are very close to my aesthetic ideal. Should have been Verdi instead of Puccini. If it had to be Nessun Dorma, should have been Franco Corelli.

@michaeldweiss Russia has a history of welcoming in second rate rappers from west. Think Lil Peep Russia tour circa 2017. I don’t think they view Tate as radically different.

He was in Russia last month, and being treated as a Western celebrity.

Iran's Health Ministry: 38 killed, over 400 wounded since fighting with the U.S. resumed.

@oteycoueye @lilbubbychild The year is 2030, chancellor Vance appears on Rogan for his quarterly national address, announces his fascination with how he has yet to discover the source of magnetism but that yet to be revealed Epstein files may shed light on it.

@CriticalCider @lilbubbychild All National Laboratories will pivot their efforts to magnet research

Ah, I don't like this framing. Here's a better one: JD is gonna be the first Dinergoth President. @lilbubbychild will be appointed the US artist laureate.

@oteycoueye @lilbubbychild ICP’s single “Miracles” was a canary in the coal mine of what exactly would capture the imagination of Vance enthusiasts.

@CriticalCider @lilbubbychild First Juggalo president. The True Dark Carnival.

@yhazony Who gives a shit about Ben Shapiro’s judgment? He’s not a candidate. I want to assess Vance’s judgment. Left to his command, do you think we’d be creating more leverage with Iran by striking bridges? Or do you think we’d getting the current year iteration of Ben Rhodes policy?

One of the many things I admire about Ben Shapiro is his willingness to admit that he completely misjudged candidate Trump back in 2016. Unfortunately, he seems poised to make the same mistake again with Vance in 2028. Wouldn’t you want to be more careful the second time around?

@ProfPupper243 @neontaster I’m not sure I follow gravamen here. Megalopolis was an indulgent masturbatory style exercise with some moments of fun. Are you saying Odyssey should not receive such treatment? I actually think that would be more fun than soul death colors of Benton styling.

@CriticalCider @neontaster This is the Odyssey, not Megalopolis.

Christopher Nolan makes casting and film format choices based on his own artistic considerations.

@GovKathyHochul You should have written this post in Mandarin so your bosses wouldn’t need to use the translate feature.

From years of election denial to tonight’s baseless lies, Donald Trump can see the writing on the wall. When he fears losing, he lays the groundwork to blame the election. The excuses have already begun.

@Fremond_ If you watch the video without volume, it seems like he’s giving his preparation method for milk enemas.

Who FUCKING cares? The idiot is about to deliver the death blow to the UK’s 20 year long cycle of decline with his imbecilic Manchesterism and ayup look at me I’m northern shtick, and yet somehow I am supposed to give attention to the fact that he can’t make a cup of tea.