one thing that cracks me up is this right wing notion that the french are a bunch of pushovers is we rioted like the average Frenchman Republicans and the chattering classes would be begging for martial law and pants pissing www.bbc.com/news/article...

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quick reminder Malcolm Gladwell is not a scientist, has no degree in journalism, and one of his early writing gigs was for a magazine run by the Korean cult that got Shinzo Abe assassinated

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It is hard for me to understand why people think these emails are well-written or effective, but that's really it, isn't it? genAI is basically a Dunning–Kruger Device. Folks really think they sound amazing because they don't have the skill to know they sound freakishly off-putting.

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“i pay tax before, but still pay tax now?” We spoke with dozens of half-literate morons about the machinations of local governance. Here’s what they’re saying.

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As a homeowner, I hate this shit. My property taxes are appropriate as I receive services direct from the city related to that fact. That a property tax also serves as a wealth tax is also appropriate. I am boggled by these people who somehow thinks property tax ends with a mortgage. Just ignorant.

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