BenSobieck
Yeah, I just don't feel like throwing away a generation on a war in the Realm Of Always War is a great idea. We always seem to be one bomb short of peace.
BenSobieck
BenSobieck
re: the alpha-sigma-bro-manosphere
re: re: driftward young men chasing a good life
If you want to go fast, be an ***hole.
If you want to go far, be kind.
Aunt_Beany2
Be kind. Be remembered.
It’s still surprising that in our little corner of this crazy world, your name carries weight. ‘Oh, you’re xxxx’s kid. You’re good. Go ahead and charge it’.
Aunt_Beany2
Problem with your turnip stand analogy is the concept of supply and demand. And, of course, government regulation. Being married to a self employed dairy farmer, I can attest to two things: 1. The government has rules for everything. 2. The only person (to my knowledge) who works harder than the self employed farmer is the self employed farmer wife.
BenSobieck
@Aunt_Beany2 The Peter Principle! You never have this problem selling turnips from a stand at the end of a driveway under sole proprietorship.
BenSobieck
I’m going to suggest Canada keep the Teen Burger confined to Canada. We have enough problems with conspiracy theories down here.
Aunt_Beany2
I think I was over tired and put some texts that belong on different message boards. Sorry Ben
BenSobieck
If you ever have imposter syndrome, just remember that you can be completely out of touch with your customers and product while still being the CEO of the world’s largest burger chain.
BenSobieck
@VanissaWrites Everyone is making it up as they go, and they'll try very hard to convince you otherwise. Keep going!
BenSobieck
Junk mail
Telemarketing calls
Infomercials
Spam emails
Spam texts
Spam apps
AI slop
Junk mail
Aunt_Beany2
Sounds like it’s time to put the smart phone done, shut down the computer and go home. Pick up a pizza on the way home. Then sit down on the couch with your feet up and read a good book
BenSobieck
re: writing satire
re: re: The Hard Times
I'm up to a dozen or so articles with The Hard Times now, and someone in the chat passed along a brilliant piece of advice on how to approach writing satire.
Satire is "a new absurd in an old familiar."
How perfect is that?
BenSobieck
Listening to the audiobook version of “Nuclear War: A Scenario,” by Annie Jacobsen, and am struck by how close nuclear annihilation is at any moment.
Also struck by the thought that if there was ever a reason to host a private, breakaway branch of technology, this would be it. If you knew a way to prevent nuclear holocaust, it would be an excellent idea to keep it out of the one-upmanship of the world powers.
Just a thought.
My fiction read right now is “Horror Movie,” by Paul Tremblay. Much lighter reading, and everything about the story and physical presentation reminds me why I love books so much. Excellent stuff.
BenSobieck
If America is a business, then government is HR.
BenSobieck
Scarves, candles, soup, books, boots, crunch crunch
Aunt_Beany2
How am I doing?
Huddled under blankets in front of the heater and waiting for it to warm up. It’s 28F degrees out with the wind blowing constantly at 20mph and gusting up to 40mph. In two words: I’m cold
BenSobieck
@Aunt_Beany2 In fact, that is exactly what I was doing! Minus the being sick part. How are you?
BenSobieck
Moving between stases