Recent content by duluoz

You seem to know an awful lot about this. An expert, even.

You’d be surprised how many republicans are, or are in similar LGBTQ-adjacent relationships, and hate themselves and their partners for it. Self-loathing is not a new thing. The fact that you don’t get that should surprise me, but it doesn’t. Critical thinking clearly doesn’t grow on trees in...

Did not know any of that. But that’s way more than enough to never buy their products, thanks.

Data brokers TRY to do this all the time. If they were successful at tying voter data to social media at scale, we’d have much more accurate polling and election insights. I’m very aware of the tools and how targeting works, and if you think individual social media posts can at this point be...

So you want to take social media posts, which are small in sample relative to total actual voters, and are often anonymous or can very easily be faked… and try to bridge that to voter registration and turnout records in a meaningful way. That sounds like bad data you got brewing there, but...

Laughter is important, funny memories and warm ones. Good music you shared. Celebration and gratitude is an important part of grieving. Those things keep you afloat. And another thing that can help is to keep in mind and really acknowledge that many others are going through the exact same...

Interesting but keep in mind these are still modeled projections of some kind, since nobody knows how anyone voted other than exit polls and other self reporting, which are unscientific and small in sample. Who anyone actually voted for is not public record. Demographics are available, and...

Mets are slip slidin’ away. Finally got a win to snap a disastrous 8-game skid.

Orrrrr… could also be that it was overly convoluted and kitchen sink, and the payoffs were not quite worth the ride. Or at least not worth the hype. I understand your point about many voters/people not having the disposition or makeup to appreciate the show, but there are also plenty of people...

I mentioned Playtime somewhere way back in this thread, as well as Charlie Kaufman. It’s been ages since I saw Awakenings but I can see what you’re getting at. Clockwatchers is a great call, I saw that the one time I managed to get to Sundance and enjoyed it but haven’t thought of it much...

I somewhat agree. I knew his name and his M.O. but I tend to get most of the right wing nuts mixed up since I blissfully tune them out. But where I think it will bubble up again is in the form of some copycat nut-job kid doing something similar to “avenge” him. Unfortunately there is no end to...

But they don’t just sound like hypocritical goobers, that’s letting them off way too easily… anyone lionizing this guy is a racist fuck, plain and simple. They’re not allowed to revise and deodorize his history as they see fit. If they’re supporting him without acknowledging and disclaiming...

No, you can’t, and you know it. Limp examples you’ve provided in the first place. It’s tonnage vs ounces on a scale, and you know that, too.

Not to mention mcveigh drove all the way to Waco to observe the siege from the sidelines. As mentioned, we do know the guy’s mindset and worldview:

Since you’re not too bright, here’s how it works — you don’t sow apples, you sow apple seeds. Apples inevitably grow from them. You don’t sow murder, you sow anger hate rage and division, and murder inevitably grows from them. Were you able to follow?