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For @AdamCrigler
You're EXACTLY right.
Asking people anything makes them angry because their anger is RIGHTEOUS, and unless YOU immediately join in, you're "part of the problem."
For @AdamCrigler
You're EXACTLY right.
Asking people anything makes them angry because their anger is RIGHTEOUS, and unless YOU immediately join in, you're "part of the problem."
Here's what my lawyer once said:
"The hardest thing I had to learn was to never seek rationality where there is none."
These people recognize each other. They can see who the Outsider is.
The fact that we the sane simply EXIST is an affront.
"The hardest thing I had to learn was to never seek rationality where there is none."
These people recognize each other. They can see who the Outsider is.
The fact that we the sane simply EXIST is an affront.
I'm going to go straight Argumentum ad Hitlerum.
When I was young, I studied the Nazis to try and found out how the hell they got so powerful.
The most sadistic guards in the extermination camps were women with no criminal background and no known mental illness.
When I was young, I studied the Nazis to try and found out how the hell they got so powerful.
The most sadistic guards in the extermination camps were women with no criminal background and no known mental illness.
This is supposed to teach us that "we're all capable of becoming monsters."
BULL.
I'M NOT.
And I already know that YOU'RE not.
TIM is not.
We would rather die than murder others.
Here are the facts:
BULL.
I'M NOT.
And I already know that YOU'RE not.
TIM is not.
We would rather die than murder others.
Here are the facts:
Those who commit sadistic crimes are predisposed to do so. When given the opportunity, and THEY THINK THEY'LL GET AWAY WITH IT, they go for it.
Some of us can't even be coerced into doing so.
There was a massive ferry accident on September 28, 1994.
Some of us can't even be coerced into doing so.
There was a massive ferry accident on September 28, 1994.
It took on water and sank, killing 852.
A young Estonian women told of knocking screaming children out of the way to escape.
"So what?" she said. "You'd do it too."
Not a chance. If my choice was to kill children and live, or stay with the children and die, I'd die.
A young Estonian women told of knocking screaming children out of the way to escape.
"So what?" she said. "You'd do it too."
Not a chance. If my choice was to kill children and live, or stay with the children and die, I'd die.
We've seen this in tons of emergencies.
People helping obese coworkers down the stairs in the World Trade Center.
Actor Richard Lawson saved multiple people when their airliner crashed.
People helping obese coworkers down the stairs in the World Trade Center.
Actor Richard Lawson saved multiple people when their airliner crashed.
He tore a woman out of the wreckage as the flames closed in, and she said, "Aren't you on All My Children?"
"Yes," he said. "And I'm here to save you."
She still can't talk about him without crying.
Crises show our true characters.
"Yes," he said. "And I'm here to save you."
She still can't talk about him without crying.
Crises show our true characters.
When a guy tried to murder my brother and me at our bookstore, I instinctively ran, but then I realized that I couldn't leave my brother behind, so I made the conscious decision to go back and die with him.
But the idiot used a gun known as the "Jam-o-matic."
But the idiot used a gun known as the "Jam-o-matic."
It didn't fire.
That was 26 years ago. I'm a different person now.
Here's my favorite short story. I forgot the title.
A businessman is walking to work, and a blind panhandler accosts him.
"How'd you lose your eyesight?" the businessman asks.
"Oh, it was terrible!"
That was 26 years ago. I'm a different person now.
Here's my favorite short story. I forgot the title.
A businessman is walking to work, and a blind panhandler accosts him.
"How'd you lose your eyesight?" the businessman asks.
"Oh, it was terrible!"
"I worked in a chemical factory, and there was a fire in the vault. We had to escape by ladder, and as I was climbing up, one of my coworkers pulled me off so HE could get out. I fell back into the poisonous cloud and was blinded!"
"That's not what happened," said the businessman.
"What?"
"YOU did that to ME, Barton. YOU pulled ME off the ladder."
"ANDREWS!" gasps the panhandler.
"Correct. So this is how you make your living, eh?"
"It's my only choice! I'm blind! I'm BLIND!" wails Barton.
"What?"
"YOU did that to ME, Barton. YOU pulled ME off the ladder."
"ANDREWS!" gasps the panhandler.
"Correct. So this is how you make your living, eh?"
"It's my only choice! I'm blind! I'm BLIND!" wails Barton.
"Stop making such a fuss, old boy," says Andrews. "So am I."
Then he walks into his office building, tapping his cane in front of him.
Then he walks into his office building, tapping his cane in front of him.
Rage and hate ARE addictions, but they also transform a person.
They change the chemical structure of the brain.
I agree with Tim, that the Cancel Culture must be allowed to play itself out. It can't last after the reelection of @realDonaldTrump.
They change the chemical structure of the brain.
I agree with Tim, that the Cancel Culture must be allowed to play itself out. It can't last after the reelection of @realDonaldTrump.
I would never presume to guess what you're thinking, but it's clear that Tim has a hard time writing people off.
That makes him a better man than me.
I write people off instantly, and I never look back.
I'm much closer to the end than to the beginning, and time is short.
That makes him a better man than me.
I write people off instantly, and I never look back.
I'm much closer to the end than to the beginning, and time is short.
This isn't a sad thing.
On the contrary:
Everything becomes more valuable.
You know what makes my day perfect?
A pale-yellow butterfly.
I see one, and I'm good.
On the contrary:
Everything becomes more valuable.
You know what makes my day perfect?
A pale-yellow butterfly.
I see one, and I'm good.
I have an absurdist sense of humor. That's why I can take today's madness more easily than a lot of people.
@PressSec must deal with these utterly incomprehensible entities sitting in front of her, beclowning the American press to a level never before seen.
@PressSec must deal with these utterly incomprehensible entities sitting in front of her, beclowning the American press to a level never before seen.
One of the reasons I think it's great is that it's a totally new experience.
I'm fascinated by how far it'll go.
Today the Squad announced a new vision based on an LSD trip that Che Guevara may have taken.
I'm fascinated by how far it'll go.
Today the Squad announced a new vision based on an LSD trip that Che Guevara may have taken.
Defund federal criminal-legal system, the police, the DEA, and ICE. Abolish gang databases, allow illegal immigration, remove all cops from schools, give reparations to prostitutes and almost everyone else ever arrested.
And defund the Department of Defense.
And defund the Department of Defense.
This is wildly entertaining.
We've never seen an entire political party give in to complete insanity.
And their nominee is senile!
Could you ASK for a more Dadaist election season?
Dadaism is my favorite art movement.
We've never seen an entire political party give in to complete insanity.
And their nominee is senile!
Could you ASK for a more Dadaist election season?
Dadaism is my favorite art movement.
This is a Dadaist art object.
"The Enigma of Isadore Ducasse," by Man Ray.
Sort of sinister, isn't it?
Guess what it is?
A sewing machine covered with a cloth and tied down.
Guess what it is?
A sewing machine covered with a cloth and tied down.
"The Machine Gun in a State of Grace," by Hans Bellmer.
I make Dada art using my flatbed scanner.
I don't name these things.
I don't name these things.
My favorite Dadaist piano concerto is the pianist coming out a using a pitchfork to feed his grand piano a bale of hay.
How can you not love it?
Now, if this were going to go on FOREVER, I wouldn't be enjoying it.
Trump is DEFEATING leftism.
How can you not love it?
Now, if this were going to go on FOREVER, I wouldn't be enjoying it.
Trump is DEFEATING leftism.
That's why they've become Dadaist.
They're going to get REALLY CRAZY, but not armed-violence crazy.
That won't be allowed.
So there's no harm in sitting back and laughing. Trump is making people whole behind the scenes.
They'll be fine.
They're going to get REALLY CRAZY, but not armed-violence crazy.
That won't be allowed.
So there's no harm in sitting back and laughing. Trump is making people whole behind the scenes.
They'll be fine.
Another "unexpected" development: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/07/08/consumer-credit/
TRUST THE TRUMP.
I'm sure he LOVES the Dadaist masterpiece he's created.
It's a self-perpetuating masterpiece.
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I'm sure he LOVES the Dadaist masterpiece he's created.
It's a self-perpetuating masterpiece.
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