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*goes on memes* *sees only politicalhumor* ok by thoughter_ in memes

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Things will probably get better two or three months after the inauguration/reinauguration. Until then, most of the internet is going to suck as politics sucks all of the oxygen out . . . just about everything.

TIL That Humans have a limited ability to care about people outside their social circle, and this is why there will always be what some consider social injustice. by NaughtyUnicorn in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Given that reality, I just wish our social circles were something more real than online communities formed by taste.

By real, I mean geographically together. People actually able to (and willing to) help each other out.

Do you believe that man landed on the moon? by LarrySwinger2 in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Okay, I'll bite . . . then why does the Soviet Union no longer exist?

Do you believe that man landed on the moon? by LarrySwinger2 in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yup. The Soviets would have exposed that we hadn't, if we hadn't.

My Politics . . . Are Anti-Politics by theFriendlyDoomer in Introductions

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, the best way to rebel is to promote chill. . .

How much time do you spend on saidit? by Light_Aura in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I check it once or twice a day unless i've got a back and forth discussion going.

How much time do you spend on saidit? by Light_Aura in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

My advice for staying cheerful here is to develop a good sense of whom to ignore. The edgy people either want grunted praise or a gutter-fight, nothing in between.

That's not to say there aren't people here with outside of mainstream views who are willing to gather up some evidence and discuss their thoughts, but that much is often clear from the first post.

Political Compass Memes is Still a Treat

by theFriendlyDoomer to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from reddit.com

Welcome, Reddit ban wave refugees! by [deleted] in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The culture of Reddit (meaning the Reddit that was but will never return) was started by a really cool guy, Aaron Swartz. He believed in open source projects. He was too good for this world. May he rest in peace.

Wtf is with all the antisemitism here? by aThievingStableboy in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think we should be honest about that. We should also be honest about the actions of the CIA and our puppet, the IMF, after the war.

Two sub-reddits I thought the oddest were the ones that said the empire did nothing wrong and thanos did nothing wrong. Most people don't like to say something was "on balance better" or "had justifiable motivations." They would much rather say "did nothing wrong."

Get your ya-yas out and we can begin by hennaojichan in funny

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Dude, look at this.

Get your ya-yas out and we can begin by hennaojichan in funny

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm sure billionaires can get more Drones than Zoomers, friend. Relax a little. Live your life.

Get your ya-yas out and we can begin by hennaojichan in funny

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Eh, I really think drones are going to get to the point that you don't really have to worry about numbers of people who want something.

Get your ya-yas out and we can begin by hennaojichan in funny

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you think it's just going to be a race war, what was the point of asking the question? My answer clearly doesn't assume the same future yours does. I don't think it's going to be the "commies" that come out on top, unless you think Billionaires are commies.

(Also, everyone always forgets the Hispanics and the Mormons in these LARP end-game fantasies. Give me a group that has a stable family any day).

Wtf is with all the antisemitism here? by aThievingStableboy in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, Communism is the worst. No argument here. You can't tear up everything and replace it with central planning.

Get your ya-yas out and we can begin by hennaojichan in funny

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd say the advice I gave was somewhat similar.

Get your ya-yas out and we can begin by hennaojichan in funny

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Read. Collect physical books in case censorship reaches China-levels. Have children. Actually pay attention to them. Raise them to read. Teach them not to associate with people who refuse to learn new things.

Wait for the systems around us to collapse under their own weight. Survive. Read. Show obedience to the new governments that fill he power vacuum.

Even if none of that plants the seeds for the future, it isn't that bad of a life.

After Supreme Court Decision, Rediot Slams Own State on R/Oklahoma. . . To Great Upvotes and Applause by theFriendlyDoomer in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sometimes the downvotes you get are sweeter than all the upvotes on other posts.

Rediots don't get they've been insulted/are insulting themselves. (Also, a lot of people from Tulsa think they're better than the rest of the state. . . not realizing Blue State folk still see them as hicks).

Wtf is with all the antisemitism here? by aThievingStableboy in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Since the Bank of Japan follows the same loose-money-damn-the-consequences policy, I'm not so sure it matters what race is running these central banks. The damn fools are setting us all up for ruin, however.

Wtf is with all the antisemitism here? by aThievingStableboy in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But I still don't see why it's okay to detain people without a trial for an individual crime, and then enslave them.

And yeah, I know Communism is worse. That's why I don't support that either. Two things can be bad, even if one of them is much, much worse. I also am sympathetic to the idea that the Anglo-European powers set up Hitler and that they could have just taken in the European Jews and saved a bunch of lives (. . . then again, since they didn't, how much direct/total control can Jewry be said to have over those countries?).

I'm even open to the idea of super-efficient governments that bypass democracy. I just don't know why we have to always look at the same one country from one short period of time. There's Singapore, there's Dubai, there's the reactionary government of the Two Sicilies, there is Napoleon . . . I mean, the list goes on and on. Mencius Moldbug is right; the structure we are in doesn't work and is going to change.

Wtf is with all the antisemitism here? by aThievingStableboy in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, I thought maybe you had given up here.

I was close to hanging it up myself now that Lemmy has gotten faster -- that and my subs haven't been taken out by Reddit yet.

If I stay active here, I'm just not going to answer the "Joo joo joo" stuff. Several of them get pissed when you ask them to explain stuff. Those ones just approval, or a gutter fight, nothing in between.

After Supreme Court Decision, Rediot Slams Own State on R/Oklahoma. . . To Great Upvotes and Applause

by theFriendlyDoomer to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from reddit.com

I think the front page algorithm should show more newer posts. by NorfolkTerrier in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

:)

What subreddits do you think are going to be banned soon? by cloudrabbit in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wow, that's terrible. It seems like the user purge is the bigger deal.

Pretty Sure r/politicalcompassmemes gonna get banned #2 by [deleted] in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have my backups in place when my main group on Reddit gets deplatformed.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I appreciate all of that. I'll try to check out the Toland book at some point.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sure. I'll agree with all of those things were happening. My point is still that by Hitler declaring War, FDR finally got what he wanted: the ability to openly prosecute a full war against Germany.

In the near future, we'll be doing Deep Fakes of leaders calling us out to start our wars. But that wasn't the case here.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hitler wanted to ally with Britain, something forgotten today.

I have heard that recently from studying Mencius Moldbug.

Churchill the warmonger (and he was a warmonger who never wasted a chance to waste the lives of British soldiers)

Another series of dots people don't connect is that Churchill not only completely opposed Ghandi, but when he took to giving speeches he used the same language denigrating "appeasement" that he would later use against the Third Reich.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

they have a middle class.

They do now. I think we can both agree that the relationship is due to be renegotiated.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

:)

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I was trying to be patient. Now that he's at "watch the world burn," I'll just let it pass.

I had time to kill.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i appreciate you locating what you did.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because the U.S. up to that point had a long history of a) the Monroe Doctrine and b) demobilizing immediately after wars. Though we got dragged into WWI, we even demobilized right after it and started referring to that war as "the war to end all wars." War with Germany was a super unpopular idea in the U.S. I recommend William Manchester's book The Glory and the Dream for the background. Though FDR was in fact trying to build that support (and, sure, I'll listen to the theory that he allowed had the intel but let Pearl Harbor happen) he hadn't really gotten there. Hitler declaring war, an act no one but himself made him do, gave all the PR needed to get support for the two-front war.

Look at the actual history of U.S. in protracted wars, such as the Civil War (ie from the North's perspective) or Vietnam. The public gets sick of fighting them. Also, imagine the kind of warfare the U.S. had to do against Japan -- island to island, against suicide runs. In this timeline, we might have grinded through more citizens but not had the A-bomb in time to speed up the surrender of the mainland.

In the meantime, if Hitler wins the Soviet front, he has all the oil he needs. Or, if he wins the U.K. front, he can set up a much better defense against U.S. invasion.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Are Rockefeller's Jews or Jesuits?

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

wrong again faggot,

I'm happily married and been for years. But your pointless slur is noted.

don't care anymore. only destruction and fire will cleanse now.

Then just lead with that. Don't pretend you're interested in a real conversation. Some men just want to watch the world burn, and all that. . . I will simply ignore you from now on, if you'd prefer that.

again, history channel educated idiot,

I really don't even watch the history channel. I do read quite a bit. I've just never been particularly interested in Nazi Germany from Germany's perspective. Do you read a lot about Finland from their perspective? I can't emphasis this enough, I'm not from Germany. If I'm interested in non-democratic, highly efficient models of government there are other examples. Why would I privilege leaning about this foreign country over any other? It's still foreign.

you're ignorant to the evil USA has done. punishment comes :)

No, this one I know about. I have been interested in my own country. And it is not the story of only Jews and Jesuits doing bad things. Which one do think Bill Clinton is. . .? He's a white redneck turned elitist.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you don't want to provide any proof of anything, I don't know why you want to make this one of your hobbies, but to each his own.

The one thing you highlighted was me saying Germany declared war on the U.S. So you do not think Germany declared war on the U.S.? There is recorded evidence of Hitler's speech. We would have focused all our energy on Japan if Hitler hadn't declared war. Churchill himself was glad Hitler did, because the U.S. might have stopped supplying as much to the U.K. (that's in the Wikipedia article above).

If we fought Japan for several years, perhaps Germany would have won one of the two fronts. In either case, they would probably be able to shift into a better defensive stance. I think the U.S. public could then have been convinced it was not worth it. . .

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are deflecting.

I happen to agree with Mencius Moldbug's idea of the Cathedral.. In other words, yes, we have a problem here. The left has created a culture of superficial charity that masks power-grabs by the elites. I imagine you think only Jews could be so greedy and scheming, whereas I think most people can be and have been. Communism has been chic in intellectual circles on and off in a way that is truly sickening.

All of that is true. But the Nazi also did a lot of bad things, far more than bad things any democracy I can think of. Are you just going to pretend they didn't?

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's a just a bunch of name calling. I'm not stupid on purpose and willing to learn if you have the time (and if you don't have the time it's fine -- but in that case, why start the conversation?).

But random internet stranger (that's you) saying something without any proof (which you're not offering) just isn't going to teach me anything.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What does that even mean? Did some non-government Jewish groups hold a publicity stunt press conference or something?

I'm not trying to be disrespectful. I just don't know what you're talking about. Do you have a link to something -- ideally, something from a historian or even Wikipedia?

But, war is declared by governments. At that time, we did it through Congress. After that, we started doing it more and more through executive order. Hitler as executive of his country declared war on us.

And, yes, we were supplying the U.K. heavily. But still, declaring the war is a blunder -- maybe even a bigger one than opening up the Soviet front before the U.K. was defeated. I mean, seriously, educate me if you have the time and evidence, but it looks like Hitler had multiple opportunities to shift into a defensive stance, having already acquired "living space" for his people. (I understand oil might be another matter. Still don't declare war on the U.S. The U.S. public would have been it's finicky self).

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To some extent, it depends on his reasons. He's stated the defensive war thesis. I've never gotten around to researching the time period enough to evaluate it. I've heard there is a great book called Human Smoke, written by a pacifist (so not a Nazi) on the issue. My library only has it as audio book, so I skipped it.

I don't exactly see how the invasion of France was defensive, but I'll listen to someone.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think it might be changing soon. Our vulnerability in supply lines is now clear to anyone even remotely thinking about the issue.

I'm going to go full cynic here and say that our billionaires are now stuck with a choice: either move to China or stay in the West. Since I think they'll stay in the West, they'll now start changing the cultural narrative. They already made their money on Chinese labor, so they got what they wanted from pushing this tolerance. They can now switch to robotics and bring a lot of production back (oh. . . jobs at Western wages? I'll believe those when I see them and will be happy if my cynicism was overblown).

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But I'm not German. . . It's not my country.

I'm American and Nazi Germany declared war on my country after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Two things can be bad. It is okay to point out when one thing is worse than another. But that doesn't make the bad thing all the sudden good.

TIL about the sweating sickness in England (1485-1551)

by theFriendlyDoomer to /s/TIL from en.wikipedia.org

Ursula K. Le Guin - A Left-Handed Commencement Address by theFriendlyDoomer in GenderCritical

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're welcome. I came across it today.

I think the front page algorithm should show more newer posts. by NorfolkTerrier in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think you get it. "Policing" would mean either of us have the ability to shut down the other.

You get to say something. I get to say something. You don't have to like what I say. I don't have to like what you say. Throwing a fucking temper tantrum won't do any good with me. So you fuck off.

Anti-woke leftist looking for a place with less brain-rot. by [deleted] in Introductions

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, if it was good enough for Reagan it should be good enough for most people.

To further play with the idea a bit. . .

The thing is that a corporation doesn't exist in nature. It only comes into existence with a government charter. Governments could choose to only offer charters to companies that made employees shareholders, diluting shares as new employees come on. This is even compatible with the minarchies that libertarians dream about. If some rich people wanted to make business entities structured so they would reap all the profits -- fine, but they won't be able to have any liability protection that comes with a corporate charter. They would be personally liable for what happens.

But I think there still would be a route to be a capitalist, however. It costs money to purchase the equipment, land, train people, etc. The companies in question would need to borrow money, if nothing else to start out. I don't see why the people who make good loans shouldn't be able to get rich doing so. Capital allocation is a real skill and it has a real value in society. (It's value is not unlimited, however, and too-big-to-fail institutions should have been broken up by now).

I'd be worried about securing retirement in this fantasy scenario, however. You don't want everyone just owning shares in the one company where they worked when it comes retirement time. Some will get rich, some will watch their former company fail. Maybe the bond market mentioned above could roll out diversified products. Or maybe there should be the ability to sale you shares when you retire, and those shares form the index funds.

Don't know. This idea will never happen. It was just fun to kill 10 minutes thinking about it.

Edit to add some words I omitted.

Anti-woke leftist looking for a place with less brain-rot. by [deleted] in Introductions

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Did it grow. . . like a little?

An interesting comic from a 1980 issue of National Lampoon called "The Civil War Between The Negroes and the Jews" written by Hollywood director John Hughes by JamalGinsberg in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Ursula K. Le Guin - A Left-Handed Commencement Address

by theFriendlyDoomer to /s/GenderCritical from americanrhetoric.com

I think the front page algorithm should show more newer posts. by NorfolkTerrier in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Or, just read the article.

TIL There is an inverse correlation between the amount of money spent on a wedding, and how long the marriage lasts. The more people spend on the ceremony, the more likely the couple will get divorced. by theFriendlyDoomer in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

OMG. LOL!

TIL There is an inverse correlation between the amount of money spent on a wedding, and how long the marriage lasts. The more people spend on the ceremony, the more likely the couple will get divorced. by theFriendlyDoomer in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not what we were talking about, but . . . okay.

TIL There is an inverse correlation between the amount of money spent on a wedding, and how long the marriage lasts. The more people spend on the ceremony, the more likely the couple will get divorced. by theFriendlyDoomer in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

China's real estate bubble is another point in our favor. But that's only delaying a reckoning. . . one which win, lose, or draw I am not looking forward to.

TIL There is an inverse correlation between the amount of money spent on a wedding, and how long the marriage lasts. The more people spend on the ceremony, the more likely the couple will get divorced. by theFriendlyDoomer in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I my parents had a very small wedding and my grandparents on my dad's side married in front of a justice of the peace. I too was drawn to seeing it statistically demonstrated.

Consider where you'd be next year this time if the dollar collapsed

A very real possibility, I think. Some of depends on if we can hold on as the world's reserve currency. Certainly we're in real jeopardy in our lifetimes.

and wiped out all of your wealth.

Gotta have some of that wealth in a deep pantry, silver, and ammo. Still be a bad situation, but at least not everything is wiped out.

TIL There is an inverse correlation between the amount of money spent on a wedding, and how long the marriage lasts. The more people spend on the ceremony, the more likely the couple will get divorced. by theFriendlyDoomer in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Fair enough, but clearly a lot of people fall for the scam.

"Tolerating even stupid ideas can be a social virtue; but it is a virtue that sooner or later receives its punishment." -- Don Colacho

by theFriendlyDoomer to /s/quotes from don-colacho.blogspot.com

TIL There is an inverse correlation between the amount of money spent on a wedding, and how long the marriage lasts. The more people spend on the ceremony, the more likely the couple will get divorced.

by theFriendlyDoomer to /s/TIL from insider.com

TIL there are more payday loan stores in the US than there are Starbucks or McDonald’s.

by theFriendlyDoomer to /s/TIL from research.stlouisfed.org

So, how'd you pick your screen name? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

An elegant solution, I would say.

I think the front page algorithm should show more newer posts. by NorfolkTerrier in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, no judgement there. It just doesn't seem like it's the most fun way to live. Coupled with the fact that it doesn't accomplish anything, I try to avoid it when I can.

Americans, why do you call it "4th of July" when you write date formats "Month/Day" supposedly because you all say "July 4th"? by teelo in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am just conjecturing here, but I think we don't say Independence Day much out of some combination of the U.K. being one of strongest allies on the one hand and a desire to be strong and ergo never "dependent" on the other. I'm pretty sure it used to be more common to say Independence Day.

Americans, why do you call it "4th of July" when you write date formats "Month/Day" supposedly because you all say "July 4th"? by teelo in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Right, just like we don't say "the Christmas." It becomes a proper noun.

Whereas if we moved stuff around "the day of independence" would be required.

Americans, why do you call it "4th of July" when you write date formats "Month/Day" supposedly because you all say "July 4th"? by teelo in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Only if we add the article "the" to it. After all, we've heard "remember, remember, the 5th of November."

In practice, since we have Christmas and Christmas Eve, and there is only one of each, we would probably never have need to say it. With that said, I'm pretty sure you don't say "the Christmas" unless it needs to move into the adjective slot with something like "I love that I get off for the Christmas Holiday."

Americans, why do you call it "4th of July" when you write date formats "Month/Day" supposedly because you all say "July 4th"? by teelo in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We say the fourth of July. Because we've added the article, we default back to the normal grammar in our shared language of putting the an adjective before a noun. Makes you wonder why we otherwise have the calendar convention -- but it is what it is. If you look at a calendar, a date is something you can literally point to. So it is easy for our brain to treat it as a noun -- or rather the combination of this fact and the cultural conditioning that is having a language makes us used to parsing it that way. But the holiday itself, is not the calendar item. So it's either "the July 4th holiday" or "the 4th of July" -- and people are almost always going to take the easier route.

Just thinking about how we use it, we mainly flex into calling it the 4th of July when we are talking about it in the capacity of a holiday. An American putting it on the calendar could say something like "what are our plans for July 4th?"

Contrast this with when we talk about it as a holiday, like "what is your favorite food for the fourth of July?"

I think the front page algorithm should show more newer posts. by NorfolkTerrier in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That makes sense. You have the experience to see how these things have played out over time, so I believe you.

I think the front page algorithm should show more newer posts. by NorfolkTerrier in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I read an article on the nature of sub-cultures that I think applies and amplifies what you're saying -- but, you know, without coming off as a bitter asshole.

What subreddits do you think are going to be banned soon? by cloudrabbit in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think they might just play whack-a-mole with people trying to make replacement subs for what is banned. Could be wrong, which is why I have started to pay my dues here.

If the election tightens and/or Trump wins, then I could see a new wave of hysteria.

I think the front page algorithm should show more newer posts. by NorfolkTerrier in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just don't think there is enough content yet for that to be possible. You can test that by clicking "new" instead of the default "hot," doing so you can get a feel for what is posted (at least that which is allowed to flow into "all" -- there are other subs that exist, here mostly for people a little more on the extreme side, politically).

Many of the active subs only have a few posts a day.

Old meme, still relevant, especially here by neovulcan in funny

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

With an attitude like that, sure.

Seekers of non political content, unite by PurpleAmathea in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, update two days later.

It looks like s/TIL is on fire and s/asksaidit is pretty good place as well -- it'll always have at least a few political questions and stuff about the Reddit wars, but now it has a few other things going. I'll just check it every day, and if looks like it has a lull, I'll pitch in a question. . . It looks like s/aww has enough for a once a day check, so you've down well to get the log rolling. I feel like this wave of new users has been a success.

Other than that, when my two weeks is up I'll be start setting up some subs.

To America, on her anniversary. by I-0x0-I in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is also the anniversary, in 1845, of when Thoreau began his stay at the small cabin he built by Walden Pond.

So, how'd you pick your screen name? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hope we can build a strong fiction community here to the people who were marginalized for thinking different.

I hope you succeed. Success here is probably going to be a matter of quality rather than quantity. If you find a few people you click with and provide on a semi-regular basis, that would be a huge win.

So, how'd you pick your screen name? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's always nice to see a passion for knowledge.

Glad to finally find my way here... by Fireflyfever in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Welcome aboard.

So, how'd you pick your screen name? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fair enough.

what age group do you think makes up most of saidit's userbase? by [deleted] in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, you'll live to be this age one day. . . Or it would be sad deal.

Getting older. . . it beats the alternative, as they say.

Hillary reacts to Ghislane Maxwell's capture by the FBI by Chipit in memes

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Different caption:

". . . Yes, it's me. . . Yes, the usual. . . .And, every 10th one is free, right?"

what age group do you think makes up most of saidit's userbase? by [deleted] in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm 36.

But, yes, I'd agree that 20-35 is the bulk of everyone here.

So, how'd you pick your screen name? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We all need hobbies. What made you quit? Did it just get too repetitive?

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room." - Dalai Lama by magnora7 in quotes

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

like name three situations that couldn't be handled with swarming and diseases.

I can't. . . so I won't.

I like how Saidit feels like a big community. You get used to seeing a lot of familiar names and interaction between the same people on different posts. You even see the founders of this website in threads daily. It really feels unique. by Wrang1er in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast."

"You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?"

"No."

Source

I like how Saidit feels like a big community. You get used to seeing a lot of familiar names and interaction between the same people on different posts. You even see the founders of this website in threads daily. It really feels unique. by Wrang1er in whatever

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just remember to savor the moment.

Nothing gold can stay.

TIL most men’s right testicle is slightly larger than the left, and tends to hang a little higher. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm going to plead the fifth on this one.

TIL that all Native American dog breeds were wiped out by Eurasian dogs after the arrival of European settlers. Despite thriving on the continent for thousands of years, no pre-contact breeds survive today. by aThievingStableboy in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 11 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Wow. . . Now that's an interesting fact.

TIL American chickens can be processed in China, shipped back, and legally sold in the U.S. as American products by Saturday in TIL

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, that's one way to have the brain stop ticking. . . eventually.

So, how'd you pick your screen name? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

To be fair, I'm not one of the national socialists or former The_Donald refugees.

Instead, I'm homesteading here so I can start cloning subs when the two weeks is up. I just want a backup plan in case the madness spreads. I'm a free thinker trying to be as accurate as I can (hence the Doomer), but I want life to be pleasant (hence the friendly).

The Story of John DeLorean

by theFriendlyDoomer to /s/Documentaries from youtu.be

Hide entire subsaidits? by kallyr in SaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just want to be able to hide everything related to politics (leftwing, rightwing, everything inbetween) especially US politics. It's irrelevant to me, I waste too much time irked at things I can't control, and I want to focus on the non-political side of SaidIt.

This is very much where I'm at, as well. It's going to be a real challenge to not get sucked into this election. Stay strong! Your mental health will thank you.

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room." - Dalai Lama by magnora7 in quotes

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So, the real lesson is to be a swarm . . . and carry viruses?

how much has saidit grown in these few days? by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I will not do it again for you, and then again in 6 months for somebody else, and so on. Whoever has enough interest in the question will likely do the same and report the results, agreeing with me.

I can at least relate to that. But also that's what's downright silly about your "prove me wrong." I, too, don't want to re-hash stuff forever.

Since you don't care about the question, why are you posting about it? You know?

Read the thread again. The context was what I didn't like about a site. Later on, when someone else asked me to expand, I wrote that the main problem is making a claim without links or explaining methodology. The person who makes a claim has the burden of proof. If you check my history here or Reddit you'll see that I am rarely a person making a post that is a claim. But when I do, I show my homework. When I don't want to have the discussion, I don't start it. For example, here's me writing against Eugenics.. It has links, it has footnotes, a large quote from a book.

If I'm wrong, at least people can check up on how I came to my conclusions. They don't just have to take my word for it. (And they certainly shouldn't just take my word for it in a Karma-farming environment).

What are YOU doing to make Saidit a Better Place? by scrubking in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is, but with some twists. Here's our sidebar

If you're cursed to live in interesting times, you might as well notice the interesting stuff. . . Doom for people who don't actually hate people . . . Check out the writings and explorations of Ran Prieur at http://www.ranprieur.com/

Basically, most people on the sub think that collapse is happening, but it won't go down the way most people imagine. I think that the super-wealthy are going to be able to keep and expand sci-fi like technologies while leaving the rest of us in the dust.

It looks like Ran Prieur is going to be sucked up by current politics and then the election, so it might be a while before he's back on his game, but he thinks a lot about the future.

Other than that, we have a regular poster who is trying to show what the future of agriculture will need to be like if we can't get our hands on cheap oil, and several people contribute links about technologies, urban development, and even how-to on local crafts and trades. It's a place for weirdos, many of them a bit left-leaning (and many too far disenchanted with political authority to correctly be called left or right), but not much woke-scolding.

So, how'd you pick your screen name? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Haha. I tend to agree, though I think our analysis as to why might differ in some places.

I was really close to my grandfather who was of the silent generation. And being around a person of such character really shows me what's wrong with these "fuck your feelings" dudes. There was once people who lived by "fuck my feelings" and tried to make life better for others. Granted, he was New Deal Democrat, but the dude was tough, always available to help, and really positive and constructive. The idea of harassing strangers or looking for a forum to whine about his life and changes around him would never occur to him.

Also tied into the post-WWII changes are 1) car culture 2) the explosion suburbs 3) the nuclear family. . . There are all sorts of men who want to be little dictators of a nuclear family, but they wouldn't want to be part of an extended family, where grandma and grandpa, siblings and cousins, lived near by (or upstairs) and expressed opinions on parenting and performed other acts of social regulation. What we have is a consumerism-driven isolation of people, moving toward the direction of more dependence on the system.

how much has saidit grown in these few days? by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know this, and I feel ZERO desire to convince you

Why the fuck would I care about convincing you, either? If you're too lazy to share any of this "homework" you've done, then consider me unconvinced. Here's the other cool thing: neither of can do anything about it, so it in no way matters.

how much has saidit grown in these few days? by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think it's all tied together. If they didn't have the downvote system they had, it wouldn't have gotten so out of hand. But out of hand it is.

how much has saidit grown in these few days? by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

1) The topic was on 99% 2) Why don't you prove things?

Has anyone read The Naked Lunch by Yamyam in books

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Worse than that. He took the draft and cut the parts out of order, calling it the cut up technique.

Has anyone read The Naked Lunch by Yamyam in books

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I stopped after two pages.

So, how'd you pick your screen name? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice.

how much has saidit grown in these few days? by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But since you do, can you provide me with the part you are sure of?

I take it you are to talking about me doubting the claim that 99% of porn is posted by Jews. If you are asking something else, let me know.

First of all, when people are concerned about the truth, they are open about their method of coming up with their facts. This means linking to an article or study, sharing how you came up with your data, something like that. When people are allowed to just karma farm by saying things they know their audience wants to hear, they'll abandon the hard work of being transparent. They'll even just make stuff up. On Voat, since no one doubted the claim, it's clear that we're not dealing with an environment where people feel comfortable asking someone to back it up. It's clear what the audience wants to believe. So, yeah, the burden of proof is on a person making a claim.

But showing this is false is a simple matter of either math or common sense. Are you going to pretend you've never heard of a white person with a pornography problem, past or present? I've seen Christian help groups for the problem -- look, here's some White Mormons talking about it, and here's another white guy. . .. Jews are less than 1% of the world's population. So even though it is known white people look at porn, even some Christian White people, and even though there are other races with larger populations than Jews, Black, Latino, Asian, you still think Jews are 99 times more likely than anyone else to post porn?

Edit: I had the wrong quote above.

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