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tokamak

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  1. I think the goal is just the general delegitimization of science and expertise. We are the only authority you should listen to. We are the sole source of truth and everyone else is out to fool you. Everything you hear otherwise is just a big coverup. They aren't telling you the whole truth. RFK and his anti-vax crowd are just useful idiots to that end. The Project 2025 types you mention don't give a fuck if anyone gets vaccinated or doesn't get vaccinated. As always, they'll be personally fine. But the more voters they can push into fearful, ignorant, and conspiratorial mindset, the more that they can spoon feed those voters "the truth". It's the same thing that started happening with the media decades ago. Fox comes along and starts screaming 24/7 that everyone that's not Fox is woefully biased. You don't necessarily need everyone to believe that 100% (although plenty will, and do). You just need to get people to start thinking in terms of "two sides" to every story. If Fox implies "we're one half of the story", then people naturally start to believe that their local newspaper, the evening network news, the AP, etc is "the other half". So, boom, there's no referee any more. There's no common set of facts or common worldview that everyone is starting from. Now it just becomes a matter of can you tell a better story than the other guy? If you can, the details of that story don't even matter, because again, everything is two-sided, and if my story is crazy, then so is the other side's. I just need to present mine more persuasively. But why stop with the media? That's only one piece of the wider culture. Now they've moved on to higher education, K-12 education, entertainment, science and medicine, and on and on. Politicize everything. Present two sides to every story. Confuse people as to what the facts are, and you've prepared their minds to hear whatever narrative you want to tell. Facts be damned.
  2. Yep. When you see even well meaning people start to stay stuff like "well, maybe the CDC overstepped in hindsight, but....", you know that propaganda works.
  3. I’m just yanking your chain. I couldn’t care less.
  4. 7th??!!!!!!??!?!!?!?!?!??! BULLSHIT!!!!!!!! I demand a recount! just kidding
  5. Here's a really comprehensive explainer from The Athletic:
  6. Prizes seem reasonable to me. Personally, I like the commish (or someone) to hold the money. I know we're all adults but I fucking hate badgering people to pay up later.
  7. Nope. It's all "dynamic pricing", which means FIFA is waiting to see the maximum the market will bear.
  8. Florida moves to end all vaccine mandates in schools. Coming soon to every other red state, I assume.
  9. Details coming out about tickets today. The gist of it is: presale lottery next week for Visa card holders presale lottery in October for everyone (no Visa required) another lottery after the draw on December 5 "last minute sales" in the spring FIFA will have its own official resale platform (taking a hefty cut, I'm sure) each federation gets an allocation for their matches, up to them how to distribute them
  10. Man they are hitting Latz hard
  11. So that foul call just cost us a run
  12. I'm just thankful that politically-connected billionaires have finally arrived to solve things. We're in good hands now.
  13. Seems like PDD is over. One guy promoted to cast, one guy leaving altogether, one guy staying as a writer.
  14. I don't have any league invite Baboon. have you sent them out yet?
  15. The Athletic did a list of one "future hit" for each NFL team that fans should know. Quoting the article about what that means: Three former Horns made the list: Although I have to say, the idea of JWhitt playing FB strikes me as a little out there.
  16. I can't get over that this is the most powerful person on Earth. It's totally incoherent. It doesn't make one lick of sense. How does anyone ever read this crap and not immediately say, "you know what, we need to demand better from our leaders"?
  17. It's hard for me think of many things less pleasant than wiping your ass when you're really sweaty. Especially if you're in public and it's that bullshit single-ply stuff.
  18. My votes would be Wednesday 9:30 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 7 In fact, I probably can't make it Wednesday at 7. If I have to autodraft though that's fine
  19. Also thanks for putting this together @Baboontyme. It’s kind of a thankless task
  20. I’m a go. Just tell me when and where. The later the better regarding draft times.
  21. Maybe this is cope but IMO it’s not the worst thing in the world for some of the Texas and Arch hype to cool off a little.
  22. Texas right tackles and ending games against OSU, name a more iconic duo
  23. I don't think the ball itself ever actually touches the ground, though
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