Social War Room V241: HockeyBjj can't name this thread.

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Possum Jenkins said:
Damn, that's bad news. Both of my parents got it but were fairly asymptomatic. A little fever, slight shortness of breath, and loss of smell for a day or two and that's it.

They already got that vax from Big Pharma though.
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Yeah, the late side effects can be lethal. I have a friend whose mom had mild symptoms and got over it....but then got a blood clot a couple weeks later and passed. Scary shit.
 
I was thinking about the post you made in the other Lounge thread about the MY post on meritocracy. Didn't comment there so I'll do so here.

I largely cosign his take there. I think intelligence is generally overrated and specifically when it comes to governance. I think the relationship between intelligence and governance is like the relationship between money and happiness; being poor makes you unhappy because of the material struggles you experience but the happiness gains from getting richer pretty much vanish once your basic needs are met. Similarly we don't want a leader who is a moron but as long as they have a certain minimum intelligence then I think other factors, like their integrity and ability to judge character, matter more. This part gets to that idea
And that’s just how it goes. The whole point of George Washington isn’t that he had penetrating insights into public policy — it’s that he provided character and ethical leadership under circumstances that lead a lot of countries to become military dictatorships. You don’t want people who are extremely stupid running everything. But in both government and the economy, it’s just not the case that putting the “best and brightest” in charge of everything is a good idea. And crucially, that’s not because the “best and brightest” secretly aren’t really the best and brightest. It’s because just assigning all power and responsibility and economic reward to the best and brightest is a genuinely bad idea.
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And I really like this part
In his meritocracy book, the Harvard political theorist Michael Sandel suggests that the most exclusive colleges should move away from tournament-style admissions. Instead, he’d like to see them set a minimum competency bar and then accept everyone who clears the threshold. That seems like a fine idea to me. What I’d like to see even more is for Michael Sandel to teach at a community college. Or for it to become stigmatized for rich people to donate money to already-rich universities. The really “in” thing to do could be to found new research centers in struggling communities, or to financially support educational institutions that serve low-income people.
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It reminds me of an anecdote I read from Istanbul on the even of the modernizing period. We take it for granted that society would segregate by class but in premodern times that's not necessarily the case and in at least one instance working class folks from a certain quarter in the city complained to the governor that all the rich people were moving out. It was expected that communities organized along ethno-religious lines and that within each community you'd have people of various means that would look after each other according to norms of reciprocity and charity and so on. I'm not saying we have to revert to that premodern model but perhaps a relevant anecdote here.
 
LazaRRus said:
Hoped you you grabbed Iowa
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Haha, that was actually the only one I considered. I watched the first few possessions hoping that GC would grab an early lead so I could get a better line. But Iowa immediately started nailing threes.
 
Trotsky said:
Haha, that was actually the only one I considered. I watched the first few possessions hoping that GC would grab an early lead so I could get a better line. But Iowa immediately started nailing threes.
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Still don't want to get back door covered but like what I see
 
Social Distance Warrior said:
god damn that's terrible.

my last client was a widow...husband just liked 3 months ago. she started sobbing telling me all about him and how she frantically attempted to wake him up.
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That poster who made that thread is a fucking prick but wouldn't wish that against anyone. I've been lucky so far. I'm almost 40 and the closest relative I've lost is my Grandma and Uncle.. That will obviously change in the near future as I get older.
 
@tonni you got Battlefield 1? That's badass. The only thing that pisses me off is the ttk (time to kill) but I rack up points like a motherfucker. I tend to either play medic or support and I'm a pretty damn good medic. There are games where I have like 6 kills and 18 deaths and I end up with more points than people with like 30 kills and 2 deaths. It's all about those revives and tossing healing in choke points.

Have you played through the intro yet? The Harlem Hellfighter intro is fucking amazing. Crazy bits of history about the them.
The U.S. Army decided on 8 April 1918 to assign the unit to the French Army for the duration of American participation in the war because many white American soldiers refused to perform combat duty with blacks.[15] The men were issued French weapons,[16] helmets, belts, and pouches, although they continued to wear their U.S. uniforms. While in the United States, the 369th Regiment was subjected to intense racial discrimination, and its members looked down upon. French Colonel J.L.A. Linard[17] of the American Expeditionary Forces headquarters was persuaded to write the notorious pamphlet Secret Information Concerning Black American Troops, which "warned" French civilian authorities of the alleged inferior nature and supposed racist tendencies of African Americans.[18]
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In France, the 369th was treated as if they were no different than any other French unit. For the most part, the French did not show hatred towards them and did not racially segregate the 369th. The French accepted the all black 369th Regiment with open arms and welcomed them to their country.[8] The French army had from the start included many colonial units with non-white personnel from among others Morocco and Senegal. Also, since they faced manpower shortages, they were less concerned with race than the Americans.[16]
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They also spent more time in the trenches than any other American unit and suffered more casualties as well.
During WWI, the 369th spent 191 days in frontline trenches, more than any other American unit. They also suffered the most losses of any American regiment with 1,500 casualties.[7]
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Also check this out. Their regimental band is credited with bringing Jazz to Europe.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Harlem-Hellfighters

LazaRRus said:
Michigan
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People are freaking out back home about ORU lol. Win anything off that one?
 
Khabib Khanate said:
I was thinking about the post you made in the other Lounge thread about the MY post on meritocracy. Didn't comment there so I'll do so here.

I largely cosign his take there. I think intelligence is generally overrated and specifically when it comes to governance. I think the relationship between intelligence and governance is like the relationship between money and happiness; being poor makes you unhappy because of the material struggles you experience but the happiness gains from getting richer pretty much vanish once your basic needs are met. Similarly we don't want a leader who is a moron but as long as they have a certain minimum intelligence then I think other factors, like their integrity and ability to judge character, matter more. This part gets to that idea

And I really like this part

It reminds me of an anecdote I read from Istanbul on the even of the modernizing period. We take it for granted that society would segregate by class but in premodern times that's not necessarily the case and in at least one instance working class folks from a certain quarter in the city complained to the governor that all the rich people were moving out. It was expected that communities organized along ethno-religious lines and that within each community you'd have people of various means that would look after each other according to norms of reciprocity and charity and so on. I'm not saying we have to revert to that premodern model but perhaps a relevant anecdote here.
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Agreed on the intelligence piece for the most part. To me, those people need to be placed in roles associated more with the details and outside of the political spotlight. A political leader usually has to rely on think tanks and staffers to create policy while they work on negotiating with other politicians and selling the idea to the public. Foresight and a level of ethics/morality is definitely important too. I think if you put a complete genius in the role of the president, they'll likely stumble over those things or their over-confidence in believing they know far more could lead to a decision or policy that is damaging in the long-term (possibly when a less smart leader is in the role).
 
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Agreed on the intelligence piece for the most part. To me, those people need to be placed in roles associated more with the details and outside of the political spotlight. A political leader usually has to rely on think tanks and staffers to create policy while they work on negotiating with other politicians and selling the idea to the public. Foresight and a level of ethics/morality is definitely important too. I think if you put a complete genius in the role of the president, they'll likely stumble over those things or their over-confidence in believing they know far more could lead to a decision or policy that is damaging in the long-term (possibly when a less smart leader is in the role).
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So a personable guy with ethics for the win. Like Joe Rogan or The Rock?
 
Possum Jenkins said:
Damn, that dude always seemed cool and always mentioned his wife.

One of my aunt's stepdaughters also died a few days ago from covid. 40 years old, 2 kids. Got an uncle that's barely holding on. Death is everywhere now.
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I'm actually pretty fucking annoyed about the state of the city right now. Spring Break and people from Texas, Mississippi, and Florida have flooded the Quarter. I had to walk past Bourbon twice to get to the hardware store today and it was packed so bad you couldn't move and hardly anyone was wearing a mask.

The common thing you hear around here has been (and heard it yesterday.. but this time about having to wear a mask AND show ID. Wild I know) is "I came here on vacation to get away from all that" Like.. fuck off wontcha?
 
AgonyandIrony said:
I'm actually pretty fucking annoyed about the state of the city right now. Spring Break and people from Texas, Mississippi, and Florida have flooded the Quarter. I had to walk past Bourbon twice to get to the hardware store today and it was packed so bad you couldn't move and hardly anyone was wearing a mask.

The common thing you hear around here has been (and heard it yesterday.. but this time about having to wear a mask AND show ID. Wild I know) is "I came here on vacation to get away from all that" Like.. fuck off wontcha?
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Don't cultivate a tourism industry predicated on debachery?
 
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