Everything posted by Brisketexan
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Non-political tariffs thread
- The Lost Generation essay
Both good posts. Long-time board folks will recall my posts about my son clashing with teachers and educational systems in first grade....16 years ago. Experiences that hit us right in the face with the truth that our educational systems were set up in a way that (unintentionally) were much better geared to girls and how they learn and approach things than they were to boys and how they learn (again, speaking in generalities). Observing the twin truths of 1) mediocre white males are not getting the opportunities they once got because better candidates are beating them and 2) we need to do something to address the structural failures that are leaving white men behind, so that more and more of them are becoming bitter failures, is just observing a truth. And, just like we should have (and to some extent, did) with respect to minorities and the lack of opportunity they had due to decades/centuries of social repression and lesser access to education and the benefits that follow (good jobs, networking that gives advantage both presently and to future generations, etc.), we should be focused on both short-term band-aids and long-term fixes. But underneath, there's also a math problem that has to be sorted out. And these are the numbers (I'm using broad example numbers, not necessarily accurate) at issue: White males make up 35% of the population today. In 1940, it was 45% of the population. SO, there's a mathematical issue of "proportionately, there just aren't as many as there used to be" that is going to affect the proportion of white dudes in "good jobs." But let's imagine that it was static -- white males were 40% of the population throughout our history. Pre-war, that 40% held probably 95% of the "good jobs." That was because of systemic social issues. That is, they were really the only pool from which such jobs were filled; women were not in the work force (at least, not outside of "female jobs" like teacher and nurse), and minorities (primarily black and hispanic, for purposes of this discussion) were largely frozen out of such fields by both legal and social segregation. Now, that 40% holds only 60% of the "good jobs." That's due to a variety of factors, starting with simply ALLOWING women and minorities to compete on something reasonably approaching a level playing field. Let more people try out for the team, your chances of making the team/getting a startling slot go down. It's just math. Layer in the element of the educational system, which is the preparation ground and pathway to jobs and such, being better tailored to women, and you see an even further skewing of the numbers. TLDR; math says that white men see proportionately less opportunity to be at the top of the heap for reasons including (1) their proportion of the population is lower than before, (2) more people get a shot at the jobs that were once exclusively theirs, which lowers their odds, and (3) opening education broadly to women, and even working to remove gender-based educational impediments that lowered female success in some fields, is a triple-punch of "white men aren't as successful as they once were." Addressing the fact that this situation not-unexpectedly has created bitterness and frustration among white men is a valid and important task. But blaming some intentional prejudice in FAVOR of non-white males is just lazy bullshit. But, "lazy bullshit based on hating other people" is the American way, so why expect anything different here?- Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Again....."AMERICA 2026: CUZ FUCK YOU!" The crucial lynchpin of our economy - without it, we'd be facing stark recession/depression and a sharp downturn in "economic activity" - is fraud/grift/scam. Seriously, more than any single element, our current economic model depends on "fucking people over." Take that away - that is, actually force people to follow the rules and law and not fucking defraud people at every turn - and it would all come tumbling down. It's fucking amazing that it's just marched along to this point, AND ALL OF THE IDIOTS WHO CLAIM TO BE "CAPITALISTS" DEFEND IT TO THE DEATH. FFS, the key elements of actual functioning capitalism are things like transparency and the enforcement of rules. You can sell me widget A for 10 cents, and slightly superior widget B for 12 cents, but you cannot LIE to me and tell me that widget A is actually widget B. But in our modern economy? It is expected and required that you lie to me about widget A, and rip me off for the extra 2 cents. It is the cornerstone of the current economic ethos. If you are NOT lying and ripping people off, you are being left behind. This country is beyond saving, exhibit eleventy billion.- Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
There are multiple answers to this query. 1) The correct answer for where we are as a society: BECAUSE FUCK YOU THAT'S WHY. 2) The Surly answer: Because you touch yourself at night.- Identifying Trump rioters
This. The time for all of that is over. The time for punching these fuckers square in the mouth - literally and metaphorically in every possible way - is here. They are waging war against we the people, our Republic, and the safety and security of the entire planet. Time to just treat them like the pieces of shit they are. We live in stark times. Act accordingly.- ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
But...but.....THE RULE OF LAW! PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS! Man. Has any political movement in history shown themselves to be a potemkin village of unprincipled bullshit as thoroughly as "libertarians" and/or "libertarian-wing Republicans?" Every "sacred value" -- every single one -- they have happily torched, and danced through the ashes.- Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Perfection.- Winter Weather 2026 - I Can Haz Cold Front?
You're spending the weekend getting wasted and banging your college-age girlfriend?- Trump’s America
Also this. Again, step back and run the game theory exercises. Imagine "what would China/Russia want, and/or what would serve their interests and increase their power in the long term?" When you game out those things.....you end up with a whole lot of shit that looks EXACTLY like what the Dotard regime is doing. Seriously. It's like Putin and Xi are playing chess against an opponent who keeps knocking his own pieces off the board. They don't even have to make a move, and we're putting ourselves in check, heading to checkmate faster than anyone could have imagined.- Identifying Trump rioters
This. I'm serious. We need the opposition to just start bringing the lumber and kicking the asses of these fake, candy-ass fascist pieces of shit. I'm dead serious. If I was running for POTUS opposite Trump, our first debate would involve at some point me observing that he's just a mouthy piece of shit who has other people do his fighting for him, and he's actually a gutless yellow coward, stepping out, and saying "come on, let's go you fucking coward." Either we fight and I send him to the floor with one punch, or the look of actual terror on his face is the defining image of him for eternity. We the people need folks who are literally willing to fight for us. Not back down, not use namby-pamby words. Just walk up to assholes and punch them in the fucking mouth. That's where we are these days, so live into the fucking moment.- The Trump Economy
Do y'all remember our posts around here in the early days of Trump's "THERE'S NO WORD MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN 'TARIFF' - I'MA TARIFF ERRYBODY!" actions? "De-coupling" was mentioned by many of us, a LOT. It's just basic game theory. And honestly, it's a lesson that Russia provided a stark example of in 2022. If you have significant economic interests/needs/dependencies with another party, and that party turns out to be not just unreliable, but dangerous and hostile, you should promptly and deliberately begin working to minimize the amount of your entanglement with that other party. Hey Europe, maybe don't depend on a psychotic actor like Russia for 40% of your energy needs, even/especially if they'll supply you gas at "the first hit is free" prices. The world won't "stop trading or dealing with" the US. We are indeed too big, and the global economy is too intertwined. But what they will be doing is de-coupling to the maximum extent practically and strategically possible. Depend on us for as little as possible. Be entangled with us as little as possible. So, when we go nuts again (which may happen in the next 5 minutes, who knows), the contagion, fallout, and harm to those other countries will be minimized. A crashing dollar means a lot less to a country that holds 5% of its assets/wealth in dollars than it does to a country that holds 30% of its assets/wealth in dollars. Basic game theory says "you should be moving towards that 5% number as soon as possible." By making ourselves so toxic, the end effect is that we poison nobody more gravely than we poison ourselves. And the damage is done. Once trust is destroyed, it cannot be restored in any meaningful timeline. Restoration - if any ever comes about - will be the work of future generations (yes, plural). On the bright side, my son is an International Relations major, and a patriotic American. I've told him "man....you're going to have a lifetime of work to do just laying foundations for rebuilding relationships." I mean, presuming there is a USA 10 years from now, which I increasingly doubt.- Winter Weather 2026 - I Can Haz Cold Front?
Yeah they do. This gives them a perfect weekend to hole up, stay drunk/stoned for 72 hours, and if they have a willing partner, bang like rabbits to, uh, "keep warm." Had a coupla weekends like that in college, they were good stuff. All they need is an ample supply of mind-altering substances, and 3-5 frozen pizzas. Winning.- Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
The really terrifying thing about that is the timeline. The only purpose that any human has is a source of revenue to be extracted from said human and placed in the pockets of billionaires. Turning us into brainless slabs of meat accomplishes that goal....for a time. But eventually, brainless slabs of meat are lousy revenue generators. We are solely consumers, not producers (and thus earners) of any value. And, being that our ONLY value is "do we have/earn money we can then send to a billionaires," once that is gone....we are worthless. We are just vermin. That is how they think of us. We have purpose so long as they can extract value from us. But once the husk is empty, we are to be discarded, as we have no purpose and no value (life has no value other than as a source of revenue). If you were to craft a vision of hell on earth, it would start with foundational principles like these.- Shit HEB Makes (when its open).
That sounds like a burger…that’s been deconstructed. I wonder if anyone around here has experience with such a comestible?- ICE activity/raids
We’re going to get worse than that. Trump is going to order his private paramilitaries (that’s what ICE is) open fire on civilians. It’s a done-deal. The regime’s brownshirts are going to murder a bunch of Americans. And when they do, the regime should burn.- Winter Weather 2026 - I Can Haz Cold Front?
I just drove by the 193 Costco…Jesus. Looks like the traffic evacuating Houston for Rita. A billion tail lights in the lot, no idea what they’re all doing. No f’n way. (I’m picking up some Taco Palenque).- Maybe we need an Argentina thread too
I mean…you answered your own question. They’re giving Dotard a billion of…our money.- Hey Steel Shank!
The butter, cheese, and bacon part?- Greenland
Pick an analogy for these times? Americans go hiking wearing one flip flop, a busted up sneaker from Wal Mart, a Bud t-shirt and nylon shorts, after smearing themselves in shit, carrying a canteen of bloodstained piss while yelling at anyone suggesting they carry water instead as “stupid deep state elitists, you ain’t gonna tell me what to do!” That about cover it?- Trump’s America
Yeah….it’s not hyperbole when it’s true and as plain as the nose on your face. The fact that something is singularly and spectacularly awful doesn’t make hyperbole. FFS, in this timeline, that makes it “a typical Wednesday.”- Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
In case you were wondering whether the scenario described is a crime.....it's definitely a crime: 18 U.S. Code § 241 - Conspiracy against rightsIf two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured— They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.- Greenland
This metaphor is more succinct than mine, and is more Donnie Dumpy Diapers-specific, so I'ma go with this one going forward.- Soup, Stew, Chili, Gumbo (Cold weather eats)
The soup, and location. - The Lost Generation essay
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