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@elliotlfg @piersmorgan Grifting is not a respectable religion.

@piersmorgan Do you not respect his religion? Just say that bro.

I knew my Russell Brand interview would be an interesting experience when he insisted on saying a prayer for both of us before we started.

@yacineMTB Stop posting your L's!

Owning cryptocurrency is insane. Like are you some kind of criminal or something? There is 0 good legal reasons to own cryptocurrency. 100% of the good reasons are illegal. Like seriously illegal. Like hiring hitmen illegal

My father took us to see Starship Troopers when I was 10. Back then, Dutch cinemas left it to parents to decide whether their kids were ready, my father decided we were. Verhoeven intended it as satire. I didn't get that memo and it changed the course of my life. Here's how. For the uninitiated: the film is based on Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel. It's set in a future where humanity is locked in a savage interstellar war against a race of giant alien bugs, and where the only path to citizenship is military service. I've only finished reading it recently and it is one of the first time in my life that I say, the movie is actually better than the book. It could be because I saw the movie first, and the child's mind is highly influential, especially at age 10 when you slowly become a teenager. The heroes were beautiful and brave, (Denise Richards was my first crush). The villains were literal monsters. The society rewarded sacrifice and punished weakness. Everyone knew their role, everyone pulled their weight, and citizenship was something you earned. You served, you sacrificed, you belonged. It was that simple. As the meme goes, it activated an ancient blood memory. It looked like exactly the kind of world history had always promised but never delivered. A meritocracy with teeth and honor made into law. Years later, in high school, someone made a presentation on its dangerous ideologies and why Verhoeven decided to make a satire linking it to the tyrannical regimes of the 20th century. She got a A+ for the talk. I understood the rational behind it, but instinctively it didn't make sense for me. Luckily I can give voice to that instinct now. The movie significantly changed my trajectory in life. I wanted to become part of something bigger, get the girl, be all I can be. Did I fall for its propaganda? Yes, hook line and sinker, and in hindsight, that was a great thing to happened to me. Sure we can break down why some (but not all) of the political ideologies the books are flawed (yawn), but that is not the point. The point is that the underlying archetypes and societal models can be tremendously inspiring. Because at 10 years old, I didn't need a political science lecture. I needed a picture of what a man could be. Someone who showed up to the call of duty, who didn't quit, who earned his place instead of inheriting it. The noble visions of sacrifice and comradery were literally awe inspiring. So yes, the propaganda worked on me, but what it produced wasn't blind obedience. It produced ambition. A hunger to be worth something. Johnny Rico was the perfect role model. The movie was a perfect key in to the lock of a 10 year old mind. Not every child gets handed that image. I got mine from a fellow Dutchman (Verhoeven) making fun of fascism. I can still feel that evening. The cold air outside the cinema, the three of us spilling onto the pavement, me, my younger brother, my older one, heads still full of bugs and battle and beautiful soldiers dying for each other. Something had shifted. I didn't have the words for it then. I just knew I wanted more of whatever that was. My father gave us that. I don't think he knew what he was handing us.

@zanehengsperger Zeeland, Michigan.

best place in LA to open up a manufacturing facility?

"Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc.’s shares jumped as much as 57% on the prospect of a government lifeline that could help it avoid a potential liquidation." Textbook capital misallocation. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@neoavatara Maybe...

TACO

@ick_real Sourdough

starts with S and we all love it ??

This website is filled with dirty racists who love to cry about bullshit but ironically they never talk about the one thing that brings out the xenophobia in me: Netflix trying to trick me into watching foreign language productions.

@3YearLetterman Michaelangelo sculpted the statue of David.

I can’t top this

The 80/20 rule just became the 70/30 rule and the 30% is the AI slop gap.

@Hesamation CS is about compute efficiency or grad school. Software engineering is not and never was about coding, it's about product delivery.

> study CS > spend 4 years of your prime youth > go into debt to pay it off > “it will be worth it” > degrees don’t mean shit to market > a 4B LLM now knows more CS > “CS wasn’t about coding” > sure, copium overdose

@beffjezos @Aella_Girl I think she's heard this one before. Anyway, shoot your shot and all!

@Aella_Girl I may be able to fix you then.

if AI didn't have a significant chance of killing literally everyone, i would be extremely pro-ai. I'd be the queen of the e/accs. id be like we need to slam the gas pedal right now as hard as possible

Trump making up for his mean tweets with the Trad Caths in advance, c. 1470.

@RobProvince Yeah, but who was the victim?

I think we can all agree Swalwell definitely fucked that ChiCom spy now.

@neoavatara This seems like an absolute win. JD looses credibility and Orban loses parliament.

What a self goal.

Feels a lot better than how our grandparents felt standing in line for the gas chambers.

@worldsokuho If the one taking the video is also his boyfriend, then yes, perfectly appropriate.

Come to America. Full send. Work hard. Learn english. Celebrate the 4th. Uphold the Constitution. Embrace liberty and freedom with all of your being. Do these things as an immigrant and I guarantee you will be a successful and well loved member of your community.

I was told America is in decline by the rest of the world on Twitter. I'm not seeing that. I'm seeing Americans knocking off dictators and taking the lead in our half of the globe. I'm seeing our athletes winning gold medals at the Olympics. I'm seeing our warfighters pull off impossible missions in denied territory. I'm seeing our scientists and astronauts explore parts of the universe we've previously never been to. No one else is doing a quarter of what we're doing. I might not agree with some actions of the country I live in today. I don't like war, I've seen it, it's an ugly thing. I don't like fraud, it's wasteful and omnipresent. I don't like secret cabals of evil men doing heinous and unspeakable things because they think they're untouchable. But, I bet on my Nation. I bet on my people. I bet on America. As long as American men and women continue to hold onto our pioneer spirit with the objective of freedom and prosperity in our sights, this nation will always come out on top for the better of Mankind. Anyone who bets against us is a fool.

@neoavatara Then it's cultural appropriation, even worse! 🤣😂

The temple was actually started by a bunch of American citizens. But your ignorance is noted.