I was thinking back and realized I hadn’t written about this, but recently referring to a TED talk brought this to mind. Not too long after Brexit passed, someone I knew was opining on a TED talk they’d seen. This is entirely hearsay on its contents as I haven’t bothered to dig it up – the talk is not the point, what was understood from it was. The upshot of it was that some urban Londoner was going on about how they were utterly shocked by the results of the vote, and decided to look at the s…
I follow, but haven’t often referred to Styxenhammer’s channel. For the record, based on the information in the video, I concur.I strongly believe that a rapist, or a mugger, is responsible for their decision to take advantage of someone they’ve decided to a prey on. I also believe that someone walking down the street in the bad part of town, having parted from their friends, while stumbling drunk, and waving money around, is putting themselves in a position where they will, with almost total…
Slate Star Codex isn’t a site I usually follow, but when people I dofollow point to it, once can be sure that the discussion is interesting. No, he’s not of the right, but his posts – often long – display a degree of intellectual integrity I’m finding rarer and rarer on the left, as even some of the previously rational members of the “liberal” types in my family go off to wach a different movie and yell at people who say otherwise. The recent one is on “murderism,” and starts off with a series…
Over at Walker’s Retreat [https://bradfordcwalker.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-game-master-is-crom-your-fun-is.html] : > A few years ago I sat on a panel about running tabletop RPGs. I got asked what I do I do to ensure that players at my table are entertained. I said “I am Crom. I don’t care.” This got everyone’s attention. “I don’t care because that’s not my problem. Players are solely responsible for their entertainment. All I do is run the game.” Yeah. It’s not the job of the GM to dance arou…
Recently posted by the good Col on facebook [https://www.blogger.com/]. I’ve posted it in full so you don’t have to go there. > Defenderata (Copyright ©, 2017, Thomas P. Kratman) Go cautiously and armed amidst the Black Lives Matter demonstrations and riots and remember, whitey, that although their lives matter, yours does not. There are people with whom you cannot get along without surrendering your soul. Insofar as possible, bury them where the bodies will never be found. In these days, s…