Kentucky Objectivist

You actually don't exist to suffer. Suffering is a sad fact of life, but it isn't life itself. It's something we endure, not something we embrace. Those who say otherwise have never experienced true suffering. When you grow up in poverty, the last thing you need to hear is that it is GOOD and NATURAL that you should suffer. No, you're "meant" to be happy. But you have to earn it.

@makeitenuff @DiscussingFilm She's not rich, though lol Besides, it's a good gift. Can't most of us afford the gifts others buy us? Does a gift have to be totally out of your reach to be good? Someone bought me three books I wanted as a Christmas gift and I was elated. Don't be so cynical.

@DiscussingFilm Celebrities being gifted a 1k object from a fan when they’re already rich

Inde Navarrette has been gifted an ultra-rare copy of ‘CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2’ at Fanatics Fest. (🎥: Collect/IG)

@VintageArtCafe @horrormuseum That soul was not showcased in that movie lmao

@horrormuseum Stanley Kubrick was an illuminated soul and artist. I don't know what the hell Stephen King was thinking.

Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick's version of THE SHINING 1980 In 1997 he wrote and produced a TV miniseries of The Shining, that got mixed and bad reviews. King was later quoted as saying "It's a lot harder then I thought it would be."

@Henry92589880 @horrormuseum What masterpiece? Lol King was 100% correct on his criticism. Even Kubrick could get it wrong, especially when surrounded by super fans and execs blowing smoke up his ass.

@horrormuseum I love Stephen King but lol he found out in the end not to mess with a masterpiece 👏🏻

@horrormuseum King felt the movie prioritized style over substance: "It's like a great big beautiful Cadillac with no motor inside. You can sit in it, and you can enjoy the smell of the leather upholstery – the only thing you can't do is drive it anywhere." I agree. The movie is overhyped af

@Guyvermectin @horrormuseum Yep

@horrormuseum I loved the miniseries and the Kubrick version is just overrated self indulgent schlock

@WritesCole Maybe they'll set you up a nice cot and a writing desk for future visits. 😅

You guys aren't going to believe this but I was at the ER with my dad this morn. (He's also okay.) Family's been at the hospital so much this year, the staff are starting to think I work there too, just on a different floor.

@SydneyLWatson Too much risk. No one wants a lawsuit.

When I was 18, I worked in a deli. We threw away an ungodly amount of food and it always pissed me off. We also used an insane amount of plastic, which also pissed me off. We have more than enough resources. We are just shitfucks when it comes to NOT WASTING THEM.

Hey, physical art fans: 'Ripples and Rings' will be on display at Rehs Contemporary's booth at The Newport Show in Middletown, Rhode Island starting July 24th Definitly better viewed in person! 24x26 inches, oil on aluminum compoaite panel

@brad_polumbo @TheOmniLiberal @KurtSchlichter There will never be enough facts to convince this guy that it was a bad shooting.

.@TheOmniLiberal: "You can't shoot people just because they're fleeing!" @KurtSchlichter: "They can in his homeland." Me: That's not really relevant. @KurtSchlichter: "Well, look, I think the Supreme Court case that says you can't shoot a fleeing felon was wrongly decided." Watch our full Brad vs The World panel debate: youtu.be/kptMTZgtWCg

If people like "Racial Consciousness" are your allies, you might want to at least reexamine the rationality of your own positions.

You've got to admire the moral condemnation of "greed" coming from people who believe wanting to keep what you earned is selfish, while demanding access to what everyone else earned is compassion. To them, refusing to subsidize their endless list of causes, comforts, and entitlements is an act of aggression deserving punishment through seizure and redistribution—naturally, in their favor. The irony is difficult to miss: the people most obsessed with denouncing greed often spend the most time justifying why others should labor on their behalf. In their moral framework, earning for yourself is greed, but demanding the earnings of others is justice.

@RockChartrand Also, technically we DO vote, in a sense, for billionaires. You can't be typing out shit on your iPhone, sharing it on X, while bitching about how you didn't get to vote for billionaires.

"Did you vote for billionaires?" No. Just as I didn't vote for taller people, prettier people, smarter people, or more talented people. Freedom does not guarantee equal outcomes. It guarantees that people are free to pursue their own outcomes. The projection is remarkable: they condemn a supposed dictatorship of wealth while advocating that everyone's property should instead be subject to their favored political control and mob.

@pensandpoison Crazy that saying "Lupita is not ugly" is a hot take.

Hot take: Lupita is not ugly, and they could have at least made her look like this for The Odyssey, but they purposely decided to make her look terrible to stir up controversy.

If only we had a century of data showing communism has a 100% success rate of failure.

One amusing side effect of modern communist rhetoric is that, in trying to distance themselves from the historical disasters of communism, they often end up defending capitalism's principles instead. They insist people should be free to form worker co-ops, voluntarily associate, and organize businesses however they choose. Capitalism replies: 'You already can.' Their problem is rarely that capitalism forbids their ideas. It's that capitalism also permits people to reject them.

@Niio1111 Maybe. I'm recommending the book, though. Which has plenty of science.

@KObjectivist A film about space phenomena which contains zero science might as well be shot in Decatur, IL.

Project Hail Mary, the novel at least (still need to see the movie), is a novel about hope and exploration/adventure. The author seems to be a man who loves humanity and is genuinely excited for the future. The book will make you excited for the future as well. Highly recommend

Writing consists of two phases: Storytelling. Editing. First tell the story. Understanding story structure is crucial here. Then you edit. The editing is where you get to apply all you know about writing, all that style, to the story you've written. I've edited a few stories for other people and found that even some of the shittiest first drafts can be competent second or third drafts with the right amount of editing I think too many new writers think it should all come out pretty much perfect the first go around. It's just not possible. Write the story FIRST Then, Write it well. Personally I adore both phases. They're both a blast.

Don't psych yourself out by comparing your WIP to one of the masters. A book is just a long string of sentences. You can do that. Make it better during the editing. Chisel it down to uncover the cool parts; don't get paralyzed if it's not cool in the ruff draft.

@Ati_Cosmos @alan_from_atl @TheBestClippy @TheModerateCase If the shock value, rather than the message itself, was his intended expression, THAT'S the problem.

@KObjectivist @alan_from_atl @TheBestClippy @TheModerateCase It's what he wants to express, if he wanted it to have more of a shock value, that is his expression... Using AI to better express himself is not a weakness imo... And again, just to be clear, I don't agree with a lot of his more current points...

Sneako accidentally posted the AI instructions he used to generate a tweet, including the part where he told it to “optimize for more shock factor.” Then he deleted it. You genuinely cannot make this stuff up. 😂

He's not trying to say anything. He's trying to get clicks. It's not the message he cares about, it's the attention. That's the point. Giving something more shock value means altering the core message for the sake of that shock value. The difference between "I don't like pitbulls because they're dangerous," and "All pitbulls should be shot dead because they're vicious maneaters." These are two entirely different sentiments. If you mean to express the first, saying the second is counterproductive ... Unless what you REALLY want are clicks/attention, rather than to make a point.

@alan_from_atl @TheBestClippy @TheModerateCase That "optimize it for X and give more shock factor", could be line 20, him trying to find the best version of how he wants to say what he is thinking...