I like how this guy seems to have a blank expression anytime I see him outside of a movie. That’s great, people want acting they can pay for it.

Hall of mirrors/Spidermen pointing at each other situation. When your job has been, for more than a decade now, amplifying whatever nonsense gets clicks on social media then every spat in an insular corner of the internet becomes some memorable occasion that ‘everyone’ knew about, participated in and remembers. It’s…

I think that a lot of the policing of language that is not generally accepted as slurs or bigotry derives from an idea that language informs a person’s opinions directly. Like the theory stated above, that a passive term puts blame on the individual to whom it’s applied.

The railroad companies should be doing more to stop this although it seems like putting their cops out at major jump on and off spots would be a better idea than having the employees on the train worry about it.

Also you’ll need a 3 phase power supply and what looks like a transformer box. Finishes that can withstand hydraulic fluid, which is often corrosive and will leak or spill eventually, are a good idea too.

Joaquin Phoenix (who, amazingly, does not have a band, even though he seems like exactly the kind of guy who would, right?)

Yep, that’s how my parents taught me. The Costanza-by-proxy method. If they would think something is a good idea that means it's not, don't do it.

I've wondered if an automatic center punch with a really hard spring would be a good laminated glass breaker. I have yet to stumble across a bunch of free laminated glass to test this theory out on but in principle it should work.

Not even bore spacing and v angle like the GM LS series?

I do appreciate your username. I'm already in the habit of ignoring whatever comes after that phrase as incoherent nonsense so I'm glad your choice of appellation doesn't cause me to break that routine.

You’re correct that the beliefs of the right-wing, when not based around elaborate conspiracy theories, are nebulous and unfocused. I imagine they could define their terms and be more rigorous but the anti-intellectualism inherent in populist movements makes that difficult. Also being clear about many of their beliefs…

being indestructible by actually trying to destroy said product is some interesting behavior that needs to be studied.

He’s right. Applying the moral standards appropriate for an individual to a nation-state is the act of a child judging a parent, not an adult citizen critiquing their state. Do you also insist that governments adhere to a domestic budget despite their ability to create currency by fiat? Believe that crime and…

That’s every ideology. True, populist ones are less likely to have academic supporters willing to dress up their ideas in intellectual terms but no ideology qualifies as a hypothesis let alone a theory. All the writing is window dressing or preaching to the converted. Political ideologies are based on subjective…

I feel sorry for anyone who’s managed to convince themselves that riding a bike for 80-100 miles is something to do other than as a dire necessity. Seems foolish to spend tons of money to do so. It sure looks like yet another example of conspicuous consumption that people attempt to defend without ever admitting it’s…

The only thing I can recall about “The Beverly Hillbillies” movie was that in a post credit scene (or maybe DVD extras? It wasn’t part of the main film) Jim Varney does a damn good cover of “Hot Rod Lincoln” which led me to discover that the guy who played Ernest was an accomplished country-folk artist and an expert…

If that was the exchange that occured you'd be right. But I asked about something that seemed different from what I understood to be the case and got an answer. I'm not sure how that turns into whatever you're describing. Must be some sort of very online sentiment, being upset that someone didn't know something. Or…

I expect bikes in the city but why do I, far from any metro area, come across lines of people riding expensive bikes and dressed like they’re part of the Tour de France? And why do they spend so much money if they’re not actually competing for anything? If exercise is the point a stationary bike is way more convenient…

Yeah but other than banning private transport how is that going to happen? Or making it physically impossible to drive a car in the area, which would be an issue with buildings that need to be constructed, maintained, etc. What incentive could possibly make people who can afford their own transportation use a public…

No, I have not thought about the possible the changing circumstances of a character in a work I have no interest in. Sounds like leaving him poor and making him use magic to get money without getting found out would have been more interesting.