Immaculate Vibes

Jimbo backed off

Sarkisian weight gain doesn’t bode well for Kwiatkowski. Sark has obviously been hanging/eating with Patterson a lot.

What a dick There’s the one son who wasn’t with the family in Spain. He needs to make himself scarce.

How many gay/trans were killed by this law in the time it took you to type this post? Too many to count. Ok so you live in Florida. Have you talked with your ex about how important it is to leave the state due to this abhorrent law? If she feels as strongly as you it shouldn’t be that hard to get on the same page and move somewhere nice like Illinois or Minnesota or Washington state that isn’t as expensive as NY or CA.

Press your advantage I guess. Yep. Take your kindergartner that you’re transitioning and go.

I was curious how old his kids were that already decided they’re leaving Texas as soon as they can.

How old are you daughters?

Cult of Elon

Who said it shouldn’t be discussed in 4th or 5th grade?

Exactly. How many self aware gay kids are there that are 9 and under? I’d venture to say almost zero. That’s why fighting over this is stupid. Kids aren’t being offended by these things not being discussed. Who is offended by it being off the table? Adults that want it to be discussed. It should be in the parents’ hands. Not a single person here has objected to it being discussed in elementary. At our school in a deep red district this stuff was discussed to some extent in 5th grade I believe. It’s about the age. That’s it. It’s weird to demand it be allowed at those young ages.

Sucked me in today and I subscribed to listen to the second half of the above pod. A couple points caught my attention. He refers to the changes happening as a regime change in the global financial system. It’s happening against the backdrop of an emerging Cold War between us and China. Investment wise a lot of the old losers will become winners. Companies that reshore capabilities will do better. He cited shipbuilding, manufacturing, chemicals etc. He also believes there will be outperformance by value investors. This really makes sense to me. When do you typically see bottoms in markets? When there’s total apathy and nothing could be worse. That’s value investing after 20 years of getting whipped by growth. Value funds shut down. This would’ve been hard to reverse, but the shock to the system that Putin and the sanctions have caused could be the catalyst. The second thing I found very interesting and is more relevant to this thread is his idea of what the second big tipping point would be, the first being Russia invading Ukraine. He’s looking for when China finally lets their currency float. At that point he sees countries having to decide who they want to link up with. He feels pretty strongly that most will stick with the US. I’m less confident. I believe that a country with harder money will be more trustworthy to a lot of nations. Tin foil hat sidebar here. This would be the perfect time for China to announce they own X tons of gold. They’ve been known acquirers, but haven’t update their holdings in years. If they come out with a monster number that dwarfs us could cause some waves. Something to think about. Also he sees these Chinese moves happening sooner than others. The fact that Xi and Putin met before the invasion and Xi presumably signed off on the invasion meant he’s ready to escalate things. They had to know the significance of what Putin was going to do.

Wait, how are we killing gay and trans kids with this bill again? By not discussing sexuality or gender in early elementary? Hyperbolic even for you. The tens of thousands of small children in Florida that are emotionally mature enough to confidently and definitively declare they are gay or trans are miserable and/or despairing because Mrs Krabapple glossed over an obvious opportunity to fully delve into sexuality and gender differences? I just don’t see it. Like you don’t think it should be a big deal. We’re just too far apart on this one I think.

Less obviously. Everyone agreed it was dumb. Not a lot of back and forth required.

Ok hadn’t seen that report. I said when it happened I thought it was dumb.

Never said or suggested such a thing. Can you link to a post where I did? Where did i do that? I suggested people that feel the need to discuss sexuality or gender differences with young children that are not theirs are creepy. That’s it. Y’all are imagining things.

If there is one truism on this site, it’s that anytime someone starts a statement with so… they are about to hallucinate and falsely attribute some argument to a person. Abbott’s recent actions have been flash and pop to get attention, but the immigration and border issues are quite real. Something tells me a poster with the Ukraine flag as their avi like pyro has almost no personal knowledge of that. And I thought the damage from Abbott’s shenanigans was $200M. It’s substantial but you’re bumping it by 20x.

Say hi to the monkeys. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

Unless I’m mistaken, you’re the first one to say that on this thread. Congrats.

This was a really good podcast. Touches on inflation which is why I put it here, but really goes in depth on financial repression and what can be expected going forward.

There’s a few idiots for sure that support the things you’re saying. The condemnation of the Florida bill is almost unanimous on the left. One guy that’s running for governor in New York said he didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. That’s all I’m aware of. I’ve also yet to see a left poster on this thread act like this is anything other than a travesty. Maybe I’ve missed it. Or maybe they’re just not posting their opinions. Same thing goes for weirdo Libs of TikTok. Oh they’re just reading some fun books to Kindergartners. Like Sparkle Boy.

No. txSooner was imagining a world where a lefty had a site that compiled cringe videos that would put Rs in a bad light. That could certainly be spun up. The difference is if that were to happen prominent people on the right would disavow that content. We currently have literally every public figure on the left and every poster here supporting the people on those videos. That’s what you’re missing.