November 10Nov 10 38 minutes ago, F250 said: It's not that kind of hate. It's more like I hate stepping in dog shit. Nothing will make me crash out faster...
November 10Nov 10 The neighbor's goddammed dog Elon'd in my fucking yard again today. I kind of like this...
November 11Nov 11 Popular Post I am a noted lover of books. The Iliad is maximum alpha. There is nothing on this planet less “alpha” than constant use of the term “alpha.”
November 11Nov 11 Popular Post 50 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: There is nothing on this planet less “alpha” than constant use of the term “alpha.”
November 11Nov 11 Popular Post 9 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said: I am a noted lover of books. The Iliad is maximum alpha. 9 hours ago, Brisketexan said: There is nothing on this planet less “alpha” than constant use of the term “alpha.” I'll take it a step further. Maximum Alpha, for sure, is when a warrior/hero, Achilles, goes apeshit after refusing to fight in the battle because his ego wasn't sated, but then joins the fight after his lover, Patroclus, is killed while he refused to fight. Nothing says Alpha like avenging the death of your favorite buddy's asshole that you can no longer plunder. Edited November 11Nov 11 by SydneyCarton
November 11Nov 11 Popular Post 9 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said: I am a noted lover of books. The Iliad is maximum alpha. The ancient Greeks said that Homer was at his best when he told the tale at 1.25x speed.
November 11Nov 11 8 hours ago, Brisketexan said: There is nothing on this planet less “alpha” than constant use of the term “alpha.” This guy knows alpha.
November 11Nov 11 11 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said: I am a noted lover of books. The Iliad is maximum alpha. Yeah well, I read at 2x, so there.
November 11Nov 11 Popular Post 6 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said: Image from Tesla Shareholder Meeting, November 6, 2025:
November 11Nov 11 17 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said: She's just gonna keep roasting his ass JCO has got some Kendrick Lamar in her
November 11Nov 11 "For maximum alpha, complete with fighting for princesses, the Iliad." has been nominated for the worst sentence ever typed in human history.
November 11Nov 11 6 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said: "For maximum alpha, complete with fighting for princesses, the Iliad." has been nominated for the worst sentence ever typed in human history. "Not that he went to Oklahoma, freakshow, and I am the idoit" would like a word. Edited November 11Nov 11 by Brisketexan
November 11Nov 11 1 minute ago, hornian said: 1,000 starships a year? So almost 3 per day? Where is he going to get the customers to use those rockets? Interesting that this coincided with his getting the whatever payout from Tesla he is getting. They were talking about it earlier this year, but it sounds like this is trying to take it to the next level. And I'm guessing the state of Texas is going to pitch in.
November 12Nov 12 10 hours ago, Js1 said: Listening to a book isn't reading and I will die on that hill Fuckin' fight me
November 12Nov 12 10 hours ago, Js1 said: Listening to a book isn't reading and I will die on that hill
November 12Nov 12 8 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said: Seems like Neuralink would have more promise and efficiency as an individual crime control system. This dipshit can’t even get his fake sci-fi dystopia proposals sorted.
November 12Nov 12 I eagerly await two Elorockets screwing up and colliding during takeoff, for whatever reason. Texas & Montana, boom! watch out Denver. No, I don't know anything about orbital mechanics. Work with me.
November 12Nov 12 Elon is to AI what Elon is to FSD. Or Hyperloops. Or saving a trillion dollars in government spending.
November 12Nov 12 17 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said: "That will be 1 trillion dollars." 10 hours ago, safe sex said: Fuckin' fight me read: transitive verb 1 a (1) : to receive or take in the sense of (letters, symbols, etc.) especially by sight or touch (2) : to study the movements of with mental formulation of the communication expressed read lips (3) : to utter aloud the printed or written words of Listening Is Not Reading.
November 12Nov 12 41 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said: Elon is to AI what Elon is to FSD. Or Hyperloops. Or saving a trillion dollars in government spending. Or female orgasms.
November 12Nov 12 30 minutes ago, safe sex said: Dag, I can't believe I didn't look at the dictionary definition🙄 I guess words don't matter. Tell me, have you read any good podcasts lately?
November 12Nov 12 Listening to a podcast versus listening to a book are two very different things and involve very different kinds of listening imo. I don't think every time you listen to a book it's necessarily equivalent to reading it, but I think it can be.
November 12Nov 12 14 minutes ago, safe sex said: Listening to a podcast versus listening to a book are two very different things and involve very different kinds of listening imo. I don't think every time you listen to a book it's necessarily equivalent to reading it, but I think it can be. Most podcasts aren't 100% scripted like a book reading is - it's inherently a conversational format with reactions and participation from the narrators. An audiobook has authorial intent and can carry the author's voice forward, even if it isn't literally voiced by the author.
November 12Nov 12 I've never been more emotionally wrecked by and connected to a piece of literature than when I listened to Lonesome Dove. And yes, I have read-read it entirely through before as well. Edited November 12Nov 12 by safe sex
November 12Nov 12 1 hour ago, safe sex said: Listening to a podcast versus listening to a book are two very different things and involve very different kinds of listening imo. I don't think every time you listen to a book it's necessarily equivalent to reading it, but I think it can be. Reading the book >>> listening to the book >>> doing neither. Time constraints are real. If it's listen whilst driving or nothing, you should. A REAL good book though you hopefully have time to sit and read proper.
November 12Nov 12 Books that you should listen to that will leave you a huddled sobbing wreck on the floor (complimentary), and that once you finish one you will understand why it's silly to say listening to books can't count as reading them, and frankly in some ways can be superior: Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry Circe, by Madeline Miller Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke The Passage of Power, by Robert Caro (fuckin' dare you to listen to the sections about civil rights and not start weeping now) James, by Percival Everett Perfume - the Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Süskind Grant, by Ron Chernow Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison Matrix, by Lauren Groff Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk.
November 12Nov 12 21 minutes ago, Parliament said: Reading the book >>> listening to the book >>> doing neither. Time constraints are real. If it's listen whilst driving or nothing, you should. A REAL good book though you hopefully have time to sit and read proper. Absolutely agree about either one being better than neither! And I definitely won't argue that you can get different things out of the same book by reading versus listening. I just don't think one is inherently better than the other. It's all contextual. Edited November 12Nov 12 by safe sex
November 12Nov 12 I always appreciate a good book list. Are there movies out of any of those books? 😁
November 12Nov 12 6 minutes ago, miguelito said: I always appreciate a good book list. Are there movies out of any of those books? 😁 Actually, the movie of Perfume is fucking great and really underrated/under seen.
November 12Nov 12 1 hour ago, safe sex said: Listening to a podcast versus listening to a book are two very different things and involve very different kinds of listening imo. I don't think every time you listen to a book it's necessarily equivalent to reading it, but I think it can be. Maybe. I totally buy that. But none of those things are reading. 16 minutes ago, safe sex said: Absolutely agree about either one being better than neither! And I definitely won't argue that you can get different things out of the same book by reading versus listening. I just don't think one is inherently better than the other. It's all contextual. Did someone here say "Fuck those people who listen to audiobooks, they're sub-human and illiterate?" If so, I missed it. 6 minutes ago, safe sex said: Actually, the movie of Perfume is fucking great and really underrated/under seen. I loved that book. Never heard of it being a movie, and I pay attention to movies. Weird.
November 12Nov 12 On 11/11/2025 at 8:42 AM, SydneyCarton said: I'll take it a step further. Maximum Alpha, for sure, is when a warrior/hero, Achilles, goes apeshit after refusing to fight in the battle because his ego wasn't sated, but then joins the fight after his lover, Patroclus, is killed while he refused to fight. Nothing says Alpha like avenging the death of your favorite buddy's asshole that you can no longer plunder. Where did you get that copy of my classical civ midterm from fall ‘88?
November 12Nov 12 6 minutes ago, Sawbonz said: Where did you get that copy of my classical civ midterm from fall ‘88? The benefits of a classical education.
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