Philosophers are always the first targets of anti-intellectuals. People genuinely believe that studding what’s true about the world is a waste of time.

You can tell that this is a prejudice because the same people who think you shouldn’t get paid for having useless knowledge will still hire economists.

Yea, laws are made up. So is currency, boarders, sovereignty, human rights, and democracy. Made up things are consequential.

There is no way to have a legacy Steam client that’s not maintained but still must authenticate users, transactions, and downloads.

Buy renters insurance people.

Bad times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create bad times.

This garbage is derived from “The fourth turning” Strauss–Howe generational theory. Which can best be explained by H. L. Mencken

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

It’s interesting to see the site treat it’s unpaid workers more and more like low level employees. I guess capitalists just can’t help themselves.

The crazy thing is that this lunacy has infected the left.

I guess that shit is just in the water here in the US. It’s an article of faith that gun ownership as a prophylactic against State violence. Meanwhile, showing a cop your gun is a recognized form of suicide.

Anybody who laughs at this uses Yahoo for email.

There is a reason why they keep publishing new dictionaries.

Words are not concepts, meanings, or objects as such. They’re labels that signify those things.

Using words “wrong” and the “wrong” meaning gaining popularity is what a living language is.

It’s hard finding out that you’re not one of the good ones.

Every single Zionist excuse falls apart as soon as you apply it to Zionists.

An example: Zionists are a little worse than the KKK because at least the KKK are honest about their Islamophobia.

This trick really does work on all their talking points.

Firefighters and EMTs get a little extra glorification to make up for their salaries.

Crazy times to live when you see the FBI go from Darth Vader to Dark Helmet.

Joking about suicide is a red flag. As in an indication that something might be wrong. It can indicate that suicide is something that’s on their mind often.

I would avoid these jokes in a professional setting because loosing someone to suicide is common and you’re likely to crack a joke in front of someone who will not appreciate it.

Are you suggesting that philosophy is the opposite of sex?

The contracts that steal music from artists haven’t changed one iota. Unless you’ve got juice like Paul McCarty, Beyonce, or Taylor Swift, and even then it can be a fight that takes years.

In my opinion, bigotry is more like a cognitive bias than a wrong idea. That is it’s extremely difficult to get that stuff out of your head, and the effective strategy is to acknowledge that you’ve got bias and try to correct for it.

A long time ago, you could go to a special store and trade government paper for music disks and tape that you got to keep forever.

Speaking as someone who’s the default “tech” guy for older relatives, I’m glad M$ does forced updates.