My queued up response to this is: “Oh! so you’re cool with the executive branch disregarding the judicial branch?” If dullard says yes Response: “So you’re not in favor of the constitution? Not into the 2nd amendment are we?” That being said, this argument has lost its luster this year.
Or, an understanding of history and its subsequent effect on current day. I always have this loaded up for whenever a stupid (my dad or his buddies) start berating woke. Being from oklahoma, there is an inexplicable soft spot for the plight of native americans amongst the most ardent right wingers. The set up: The cherokee were one of the five “civilized “ tribes as I learned in oklahoma history. They took the US to the supreme court to prevent their land from being taken. The cherokee won their case in the supreme court. Then andrew jackson sent the us military to force the cherokee to walk from south carolina, traverse the mississippi river, and walk to oklahoma along what is now known as the trail of tears. Many died along the way. I then pose the question: do you believe that the cherokee were put in a disadvantageous position? The answer is always a “well.. yeah” My response: “congratulations! You’re woke!” With a big motherfucking smile.
It’s very useful to write code. I’ve commented several times in this thread with examples where it’s helped me. I’m not a developer. I pay like $30 a month for claude. It’s well worth it. My use case, and others like me, in no way justify the billions invested in ai.
I scored big this year. I got a couple new patagonia fleece jackets with explicit instructions to toss out my old school north face one that acts as a magnet for cat and dog hair.
I got a Made In griddle that I just seasoned.
Big score was a brisket BBQ class at Goldies
Already told my wife that she can expect me to come away from the class with a need for a smoker.
Wife made out pretty well. Ralph Lauren purse, a 1967 first press of The Master and Margarita by Harper and Roe, and a legit oasis los angeles tshirt with the pop up store tag because she wants the original because reasons. We went to a chicago and LA show; I wasn’t going to wait in the pop up store line in hollywood after spending 4 hours doing that in chicago.
It was harder to find the oasis shirt than the book from 1967.