WAR ROOM LOUNGE V13: Ministry of Silly Talks

[JonesBones]

This guy destroys the arrogance and falsehoods of Marxism.

 

[HereticBD]

This guy destroys the arrogance and falsehoods of Marxism.

I loved that guy in Battlefield Earth.

 

[salamander]

If I can keep up the not smoking weed thing, I stand to save six grand in 12 months.

 

[Ruprecht]

If I can keep up the not smoking weed thing, I stand to save six grand in 12 months.

Can't you just grow it? I mean... it's a weed.
Or is that how much less you'll spend on food without the munchies?

 

[Trotsky]

This guy destroys the arrogance and falsehoods of Marxism.

Yeah, but to counter his points I have here an interview with a local vagrant shitting into hat.


(FWIW, I actually like some of what Lanier has produced and appreciate his insights. But his takes on Marxism are utterly stupid and not entirely dissimilar to those of Jordan Peterson: refusing to actually understand the subject matter and instead recklessly concocting scary buzzwords without any regard for their actual meaning. See: Digital Maoism. Anyone even passingly familiar with Maoism would recognize that it's the single least fitting quasi-ideology on the left for that purpose. Digital Juche would have at least made a little sense.)

 

[Trotsky]

To be fair it was Richard Spencer who coined the term. Bannon just ran with it once he realized it had legs.

But yeah, traditional mom and dad Heritage Foundation conservatives (Ben Shapiro for instance) definitely have a weird relationship with the alt-right. Their condemnation is half-assed and they constantly find themselves arguing the same points. They will scream at the top of their lungs about far leftists promoting something on gender identity or whatever, meanwhile there are people seriously arguing for the creation of a white ethnostate or "peaceful ethnic cleansing" and their reaction towards it is "well yeah that's kind of bad... but what about them antifa thugs!"

Ben Shapiro is definitively not a "traditional mom and dad Heritage Foundation conservative" imo.

 

[Ruprecht]

Ben Shapiro is definitively not a "traditional mom and dad Heritage Foundation conservative" imo.

Shapiro also had more than the typical amount of criticism for the "alt-right" (narrow sense) for a libertarian or religious conservative. Unsurprisingly, given how much they harassed him for being Jewish and leaving Breitbart.

 

[salamander]

Can't you just grow it? I mean... it's a weed.
Or is that how much less you'll spend on food without the munchies?

I've been smoking two and half ounces a month for the past decade and a half, I generally paid 200 an ounce for AAA herb. Except for work, I'm literally always high. I told myself that if other people can take SSRI's that give them suicidal ideation, whats wrong with a likkle leaf to buffer my psyche from the rigors of Babylon? But probably long ago I past over from it being a lofty pastime to a hardened dependancy, it become entirely too mechanical of a ritual. Joyless even. So after hard stuff, booze and hook-up sex, this was the last dragon I have to slay in order to level up.

Plus it's going to be legal in my country next month; the gleeful subversiveness I used to feel is long gone, but now i got nephews who are entering into young adulthood. I want to be above reproach in order to be able to rightfully reproach them when needed.

 

[Ruprecht]

I've been smoking two and half ounces a month for the past decade and a half, I generally paid 200 an ounce for AAA herb. Except for work, I'm literally always high. I told myself that if other people can take SSRI's that give them suicidal ideation, whats wrong with a likkle leaf to buffer my psyche from the rigors of Babylon? But probably long ago I past over from it being a lofty pastime to a hardened dependancy, it become entirely too mechanical of a ritual. Joyless even. So after hard stuff, booze and hook-up sex, this was the last dragon I have to slay in order to level up.

Plus it's going to be legal in my country next month; the gleeful subversiveness I used to feel is long gone, but now i got nephews who are entering into young adulthood. I want to be above reproach in order to be able to rightfully reproach them when needed.

Well, if you've got a good reason to ditch it, good on you.
It's been decriminalised here since I was a kid, so I look at it a bit like coffee or homebrew.
I don't think anyone I knew who smoked more than a J-bag (roughly 2 grams) a week didn't grow it.
When I was in highschool 10 plants was the decriminalised limit for personal use. After the "hydro boom", they decreased that in stages. First to 3 plants, and now I think it's 5 plants, but no hydro gear.

 

[Armbars]

Well that post gets top billing

Always wondered how ducks screw...

A duck walks into a bar and asks for a drink. Barman asks, "how are you going to pay?"
The duck says, "put it on my bill"

 

[Jack V Savage]

Yeah, but to counter his points I have here an interview with a local vagrant shitting into hat.


(FWIW, I actually like some of what Lanier has produced and appreciate his insights. But his takes on Marxism are utterly stupid and not entirely dissimilar to those of Jordan Peterson: refusing to actually understand the subject matter and instead recklessly concocting scary buzzwords without any regard for their actual meaning. See: Digital Maoism. Anyone even passingly familiar with Maoism would recognize that it's the single least fitting quasi-ideology on the left for that purpose. Digital Juche would have at least made a little sense.)

@GearSolidMetal said that Shapiro can make devil's advocate arguments for socialism that are better than those made by actual advocates, but he didn't respond when I asked him to summarize Shapiro's pro-socialism argument. Just mentioned this in another thread, but if you understand an argument, you should be able to present both sides of it accurately.

 

[Gregolian]

Trying to help my bar revamp their liquor selection starting with the Scotch. Everything but the Dewar's is minimum 12 year aged and like over $75 a bottle so they aren't selling.

Got a list myself that I'll post if anyone is interested in the suggestions I have pitched but am open to some suggestions from you too

This is what we have right now:
Glenfiddich 12
Oban 14
Dewar's White Label
Macallan 12
Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask
Johnnie Walker Black

Suggesting:
Macallan 10 Fine Oak
Johnnie Walker Black and Red
Glenlivet 15 French Cask (like $57.99 MSRP)
Balvenie 12 (the 14 we have is almost $100... the 12 is like $65)
Dewar's White
Oban I don't want to touch as the manager's dad suggested it
Glenfiddich 12
Maybe swap out something for a bottle of Hibiki Harmony

Pretty sure @PolishHeadlock is a Scotch guy but open to suggestions from anyone.

 

[Trotsky]

@GearSolidMetal said that Shapiro can make devil's advocate arguments for socialism that are better than those made by actual advocates, but he didn't respond when I asked him to summarize Shapiro's pro-socialism argument. Just mentioned this in another thread, but if you understand an argument, you should be able to present both sides of it accurately.

Was this meant to be in reply to me? I have GSM blocked, so I can't see his posts

I have seen one right-of-center person in my entire life who has a coherent, good-faith grasp on Marxism in my entire life, and it happens to be a poster on this forum: TheGreatA. But it may well be that he's just an old-style Eastern communist-nationalist and that's what gives the scent of right-wing sentiment.

I would love to see Shapiro's take. I'm sure it would be something similar to the professor-who-gives-everyone-C's folklore.

 

[Jack V Savage]

Was this meant to be in reply to me? I have GSM blocked, so I can't see his posts

I have seen one right-of-center person in my entire life who has a coherent, good-faith grasp on Marxism in my entire life, and it happens to be a poster on this forum: TheGreatA. But it may well be that he's just an old-style Eastern communist-nationalist and that's what gives the scent of right-wing sentiment.

I would love to see Shapiro's take. I'm sure it would be something similar to the professor-who-gives-everyone-C's folklore.

Yeah, just riffing on your comment. I was genuinely interested in Shapiro's take. I looked up columns, and saw this:

https://townhall.com/columnists/ben...eans-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry-n2505616

Yikes. That's really poorly argued.

And this:

https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2018/07/18/what-is-democratic-socialism-n2501207

Which, if anything, is worse.

 

[sickc0d3r]

Trying to help my bar revamp their liquor selection starting with the Scotch. Everything but the Dewar's is minimum 12 year aged and like over $75 a bottle so they aren't selling.

Got a list myself that I'll post if anyone is interested in the suggestions I have pitched but am open to some suggestions from you too

This is what we have right now:
Glenfiddich 12
Oban 14
Dewar's White Label
Macallan 12
Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask
Johnnie Walker Black

Suggesting:
Macallan 10 Fine Oak
Johnnie Walker Black and Red
Glenlivet 15 French Cask (like $57.99 MSRP)
Balvenie 12 (the 14 we have is almost $100... the 12 is like $65)
Dewar's White
Oban I don't want to touch as the manager's dad suggested it
Glenfiddich 12
Maybe swap out something for a bottle of Hibiki Harmony

Pretty sure @PolishHeadlock is a Scotch guy but open to suggestions from anyone.

Balvenie Caribbean Cask is godly and worth every penny. But if you must part with it...

In my opinion, Balvenie 12 is meh and overpriced. Glenlivet 12 French Oak is as good or better and way cheaper. You could carry the 15 and the 12 both at a lower price than the Balvenie. Another one I like a lot is Highland Park. It comes out of a sherry cask and is really easy to drink.

 

[Trotsky]

Yeah, just riffing on your comment. I was genuinely interested in Shapiro's take. I looked up columns, and saw this:

https://townhall.com/columnists/ben...eans-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry-n2505616

Yikes. That's really poorly argued.

And this:

https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2018/07/18/what-is-democratic-socialism-n2501207

Which, if anything, is worse.

Yeah, that first one is just classic Shapiro: not even feigning (at least to a reasonably intelligent reader) actual analysis or anything other than platitudes and pot shots.

The second one is actually better, and especially more well-written.

It's incredible to me that pieces like that actually pass for articles on the political right. Like, how do you even compare that to an op-ed in NYT, The Nation, etc.? Nostradumbass could have written that in twenty minutes.

 

[Gregolian]

Balvenie Caribbean Cask is godly and worth every penny. But if you must part with it...

In my opinion, Balvenie 12 is meh and overpriced. Glenlivet 12 French Oak is as good or better and way cheaper. You could carry the 15 and the 12 both at a lower price than the Balvenie. Another one I like a lot is Highland Park. It comes out of a sherry cask and is really easy to drink.

See, I have no experience prior to this job with the Caribbean Cask.

 

[Trotsky]

Trying to help my bar revamp their liquor selection starting with the Scotch. Everything but the Dewar's is minimum 12 year aged and like over $75 a bottle so they aren't selling.

Got a list myself that I'll post if anyone is interested in the suggestions I have pitched but am open to some suggestions from you too

This is what we have right now:
Glenfiddich 12
Oban 14
Dewar's White Label
Macallan 12
Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask
Johnnie Walker Black

Suggesting:
Macallan 10 Fine Oak
Johnnie Walker Black and Red
Glenlivet 15 French Cask (like $57.99 MSRP)
Balvenie 12 (the 14 we have is almost $100... the 12 is like $65)
Dewar's White
Oban I don't want to touch as the manager's dad suggested it
Glenfiddich 12
Maybe swap out something for a bottle of Hibiki Harmony

Pretty sure @PolishHeadlock is a Scotch guy but open to suggestions from anyone.

Buy up all the Scotch you can find. Then take it home and cool all the bottles in the fridge for about an hour. Then dump all of them down the drain and punch yourself in the dick for drinking Scotch when you're American and bourbon is way fucking better.

 

[salamander]

Well, if you've got a good reason to ditch it, good on you.
It's been decriminalised here since I was a kid, so I look at it a bit like coffee or homebrew.
I don't think anyone I knew who smoked more than a J-bag (roughly 2 grams) a week didn't grow it.
When I was in highschool 10 plants was the decriminalised limit for personal use. After the "hydro boom", they decreased that in stages. First to 3 plants, and now I think it's 5 plants, but no hydro gear.

You live in Austraila, right?
Always thought you guys were p4p the illest slang-doctors on the planet. Some of the names you use on stuff is pure Dr. Zeus:



Why do you call it a J-bag?

 

[Fawlty]

I'll never understand why people do dis
Why u do dis, internetz

I think it's healthy to pretend to date obscure, childlike southeast Asian fashion models on a karate forum. Not only does it not hurt anybody, it makes us happier through smiling and laughter.