War Room Lounge v116: Where does the "incestuous" part come in though? That's the juicy part.

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my daughter in law gave me some socks with my grand daughter's face on them. one set are happy socks, one are crabby socks.

Nice.

 

[Jack V Savage]

Did you get the right quote here? I did study under Keith Ansell-Pearson, that's true. That's the admission that I'm the same poster?

Stop. The subtext of my post was "I know who you are," and the subtext of your response was "I know you know, (wink)."

You're asking people to believe that I assumed you were someone who studied under that guy, and you did, in fact, study under that guy, but you're *not* the person I assumed you were. Just an amazing, amazing coincidence.

 

[Not A Theist]

Stop. The subtext of my post was "I know who you are," and the subtext of your response was "I know you know, (wink)."

You're asking people to believe that I assumed you were someone who studied under that guy, and you did, in fact, study under that guy, but you're *not* the person I assumed you were. Just an amazing, amazing coincidence.

It's one of those things... If an amazing coincidence happens that implicates you in something, and somebody says "You're saying that it's just a coincidence that this is the case, even though the coincidence is such a longshot? Obviously you're guilty of what's implicated." It actually kind of reminds me of the opening scene of The Shawshank Redemption concerning the convenience of the gun never being found, and Andy's response to it, that he finds it a rather inconvenient coincidence that the gun was never found. There really isn't a way for me to falsify your belief whether it's true or not as you've determined that evidence that could be false is true based on the probability. Yes, I agree, it's a longshot coincidence. If your supposition is true commentary doesn't change how you perceive it. If it's false, same deal. Either way, you consider it evidence, and you've made up your mind, and the only answer you'll accept is "Yes I am ehthiest! Mwa ha ha" as I go about doing evil or whatever an ehtheist does. It's a belief that, as far as I can tell, it's impossible for me to falsify because of how you read the coincidence. I guess that's where we are at and, at the very least, I am your ehtiest.







*wink*

 

[Falsedawn]

I don't want to be the guy humble-bragging about how many socks I buy and how freely I toss them away, like some rich motherfucker, but yes I'm also a fan of buying lots of new ones instead of trying to integrate them into some kind of mongrel assortment.

Lol @ not buying the same socks every time.

Who am I, Liberace?

 

[Quipling]

Winter socks: Wool, heavy

Business socks: Wool, light, patterned

Exercise socks: cotton blend, light, white

Mongrel socks all the way.

 

[Lead]

What's everyone's view on Netflix compared to the other tv networks? I thought finally that they were catching up making streaming services of their own but I honestly think the whole thing has shown a lot of incompetence and the barrier has been so high in these industries that they've gotten away with it forever. I think by the time others work out the kinks in their streaming model, they will be another step behind in casting a global net in the market. Sure, Disney and these other networks have content globally but they seem way too tied up in what and how they can broadcast something or they don't care to make it easily available. I already see Netflix making shows that attempt to appeal to multiple countries at once by mixing the cast members. They just seem so far ahead of the race.

 

[Gregolian]

@Gregolian how's life?

Surviving. You

 

[weed]

I just ordered two 3 piece sets of socks from Superdry for $20

come at me bros

 

[Lead]

Winter socks: Wool, heavy

Business socks: Wool, light, patterned

Exercise socks: cotton blend, light, white

Mongrel socks all the way.

I can't get into wool socks at all. My work is very relaxed on dress code too so I have little reason to shop for those. I feel like the lighter, the better they are.

 

[Quipling]

I can't get into wool socks at all. My work is very relaxed on dress code too so I have little reason to shop for those. I feel like the lighter, the better they are.

Good wool is really nice. The heavy winter socks are really thick, though - I can't wear them with dress shoes. But they're warm and super soft. The problem is that lots of synthetic blends are sold as wool, even though they're less than 50%.

 

[Lead]

Good wool is really nice. The heavy winter socks are really thick, though - I can't wear them with dress shoes. But they're warm and super soft. The problem is that lots of synthetic blends are sold as wool, even though they're less than 50%.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

@AgonyandIrony you ok bud?

Boredom... So much boredom.. I've been in self isolation in over a month and have over another month left.



But my dealer dropped off six pounds of crawfish and a 12 pack of high life yesterday so it could be worse.

Watching tons of documentaries and reading a lot of the plight of the migrant workers of the Dust Bowl.

You still working broski?

 

[JDragon]

Surviving. You

Do you still live with Dad+the 3 yo

 

[Trotsky]

What's everyone's view on Netflix compared to the other tv networks? I thought finally that they were catching up making streaming services of their own but I honestly think the whole thing has shown a lot of incompetence and the barrier has been so high in these industries that they've gotten away with it forever. I think by the time others work out the kinks in their streaming model, they will be another step behind in casting a global net in the market. Sure, Disney and these other networks have content globally but they seem way too tied up in what and how they can broadcast something or they don't care to make it easily available. I already see Netflix making shows that attempt to appeal to multiple countries at once by mixing the cast members. They just seem so far ahead of the race.

Yeah, I mostly agree. Netflix has always been far ahead of all of its streaming competitors in terms of syndicated content, original content, usability, and performance. It's going to be tough for traditional networks to catch up, especially when they have to keep allocating money to their cable programming.

 

[Graves The Elder]

Looks like something Joe Biden would wear.

 

[Possum Jenkins]

"Christianity" did start out as a sect of Jews most Romans thought were crazy. You see these perfectly well adjusted, totally non-crazy Romans worshipped gods like Zues and Apollo. They worshiped the sun, moon, and stars. Those crazy Jews rejected all that and instead worshiped the one singular god of their ancestors.

This did indeed catch on. It got so popular that Constantine decided to stop fighting it and instead incorporate it within the existing state religion. Modern Christianity is a combination of Biblical scripture and Roman sun worship. God is the sun, Mary is the moon, and Jesus is the sun reborn. Thats why Christians celebrate Jesus birthday on Dec 25th for example.

Ive been trying tell my Christan friends for awhile now that if they truly believe scripture and love the Most High they better come up out of these churches and this religion. Most Christians are blaming the government for shutting down church and canceling Easter. I think the Most High did that.

What are your thoughts on the link between Zoroastrianism and early Judaism? I remember my professor told me that there's even speculation among scholars that Abraham was a Zoroastrian himself because this religion had started catching in the area where he came from.

Which would make Zoroastrianism the first monotheistic religion in the region- not Judaism. Dun dun duuuuuuuuuun! And most importantly, it could mean Judaism didn't start spontaneously, but rather as an offshoot of another religion.

 

[Gandhi]

Don't know. I've seen smart people suggest it. Haven't really seen an argument against it outside of "that's not how the economy works".

@Jack V Savage @Gandhi thoughts?

I think the problem is you end up with two different people with the exact same economic circumstances, except one guy has more debt/leverage (and a lot more upside) than the other guy, so he therefore gets a bigger bailout. Also who pays the interest, the government or the lender? If it’s the the lender who just loses the interest payment, I again have to ask what is the economic logic of treating lenders worse than investors? It’s actually ass backwards. Lenders should have priority over owners. If you just tell lenders they can’t collect interest, expect loans to dry up.

Owners/investors have unlimited upside and control, lenders have limited fixed, upside, no control, but get paid first. BTW all of these arguments can be applied to owners vs renters as well.

The real issue is to get help into the hands of those that need it the most. In this case the needs are pretty broad based so I will just say if we are giving renters a break, if it’s not just low income renters, then you need to do something for owners as well. And not just borrowers/mortgage holders. Whatever we do we need it to help the worse off first and broad based help needs to be broad based and not reward excessive boom years risk taking.

 

[Lead]

Yeah, I mostly agree. Netflix has always been far ahead of all of its streaming competitors in terms of syndicated content, original content, usability, and performance. It's going to be tough for traditional networks to catch up, especially when they have to keep allocating money to their cable programming.

Yea, you'd think they'd easily have the advantage with their libraries and connections/reach to just crush Netflix but it's like they are too greedy or stupid about short term gains to not invest 10 years ahead and I really think it's already seeming to catch up with them at this point.

 

[Gandhi]

I think the problem is you end up with two different people with the exact same economic circumstances, except one guy has more debt/leverage (and a lot more upside) than the other guy, so he therefore gets a bigger bailout. Also who pays the interest, the government or the lender? If it’s the the lender who just loses the interest payment, I again have to ask what is the economic logic of treating lenders worse than investors? It’s actually ass backwards. Lenders should have priority over owners. If you just tell lenders they can’t collect interest, expect loans to dry up.

Owners/investors have unlimited downside and control, lenders have limited fixed, upside, no control, but get paid first. BTW all of these arguments can be applied to owners vs renters as well.

The real issue is to get help into the hands of those that need it the most. In this case the needs are pretty broad based so I will just say if we are giving renters a break, it’s not just low income renters, then you need to do something for owners as well. And not just borrowers/mortgage holders. Whatever we do we need it to help the worse off first and broad based help needs to be broad based and not reward excessive boom years risk taking.

To add, Quebec has something like 40% of the 8mm population over age of 65. If we want to stimulate the economy the govt can hire a couple hundred thousand long term care workers so theses people are not dying of dehydration with shit exploding diapers.

 

[Limbo Pete]

For anyone who doesn't get this, here (can't link to it, but you can do a Google search):



That's with your ehtheist account.

Yeah this one is painfully obvious
These trolls that get off on feeling like they're tricking the internet.... man, it's pathetic lol