“Yeah,” I said, “I heard the speech. But they don’t give a damn about that. Hell, make ‘em cry, make ‘em laugh, make ‘em think you’re their weak erring pal, or make ‘em think you’re God-Almighty. Or make ‘em mad. Even mad at you. Just stir ‘em up, it doesn’t matter how or why, and they’ll love you and come back for more. Pinch ‘em in the soft place. They aren’t alive, most of ‘em, and haven’t been alive in twenty years. Hell, their wives have lost their teeth and their shape, and likker won’t set on their stomachs, and they don’t believe in god, so it’s up to you to give ‘em something to stir ‘em up and make ‘em feel alive again. Just for half an hour. That’s what they come for. Tell ‘em anything. But for Sweet Jesus’ sake don’t try to improve their minds.”
Fool doesn’t even know simple basic science! Every time he opens his fat mouth it confirms how utterly uneducated, ignorant and unsophisticated that whole Boss Hogg Crime Family is!
We have to look at our frameworks as well as the content they contain. It never occurs to us that algorithms can be racist because the people who write them have biases, or are being paid to let their racist flags fly, -- especially when one doesn't adjust one's search terms calibrating against the bias -- because we don't have that X-RAY vision unless we've been victims of the violence those biases perpetuate and have learned to ask "Exactly where and how do these people get these ideas?" ahead of time.
Stacey Abrams said the other day it's worth something letting people lead who are the closest to the life experience the democratic world is trying to avoid, instead of furthest from it. (Paraphrasing a little, but that is the general idea. I have to buy her second book so I can quote her exactly.)
Ah, yes...”Q”, that Star Trek construct of a mischief-maker sent to merely fuck with your head. If only that hadn’t aired at the same time as ‘Duck Dynasty’, they’d be over this by now.
Trump is the savior the way that the last pinch hitter on the bench in a 14 inning game down by 3 runs with no body on with 2 outs is going down to Tupelo no matter what he does.
RIP
“Yeah,” I said, “I heard the speech. But they don’t give a damn about that. Hell, make ‘em cry, make ‘em laugh, make ‘em think you’re their weak erring pal, or make ‘em think you’re God-Almighty. Or make ‘em mad. Even mad at you. Just stir ‘em up, it doesn’t matter how or why, and they’ll love you and come back for more. Pinch ‘em in the soft place. They aren’t alive, most of ‘em, and haven’t been alive in twenty years. Hell, their wives have lost their teeth and their shape, and likker won’t set on their stomachs, and they don’t believe in god, so it’s up to you to give ‘em something to stir ‘em up and make ‘em feel alive again. Just for half an hour. That’s what they come for. Tell ‘em anything. But for Sweet Jesus’ sake don’t try to improve their minds.”
--Robert Penn Warren, "All the King's Men"
Gotta get my parents and sister out of that cesspit state, now.
Fool doesn’t even know simple basic science! Every time he opens his fat mouth it confirms how utterly uneducated, ignorant and unsophisticated that whole Boss Hogg Crime Family is!
SQUEE!!! even.
We have to look at our frameworks as well as the content they contain. It never occurs to us that algorithms can be racist because the people who write them have biases, or are being paid to let their racist flags fly, -- especially when one doesn't adjust one's search terms calibrating against the bias -- because we don't have that X-RAY vision unless we've been victims of the violence those biases perpetuate and have learned to ask "Exactly where and how do these people get these ideas?" ahead of time.
Stacey Abrams said the other day it's worth something letting people lead who are the closest to the life experience the democratic world is trying to avoid, instead of furthest from it. (Paraphrasing a little, but that is the general idea. I have to buy her second book so I can quote her exactly.)
he is emoting what the rest of us are thinking
No...they just doubled the exemption from $5.5 million to $11 million.
I haven't voted for a Republican since 1980, and will never do so again.
I think they've already eliminated the estate tax. I might be wrong, but I thought that was one of the provisions of their last tax cut.
Ah, yes...”Q”, that Star Trek construct of a mischief-maker sent to merely fuck with your head. If only that hadn’t aired at the same time as ‘Duck Dynasty’, they’d be over this by now.
DEFRAUDING THE PUBLIC WITH RIDICULOUS BULLSHIT should be the title of the Orange Dirigible's biography.
Trump is the savior the way that the last pinch hitter on the bench in a 14 inning game down by 3 runs with no body on with 2 outs is going down to Tupelo no matter what he does.
NIce nose boops!
Otto (Zippy49's avatar) says he wishes he wasn't neutered...
Boop. I'm booping you through my monitor. Booooooooop!!!!