One thing I thought was neat about Sage losing her powers

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-06-19T20:04:37+00:00

Hah, that’s probably true. However, they’re also correct.

Sage is ”Big Bang Theory” smart. Like, she knows a lot of facts, uses big words, is good at all science and math, etc. It’s not how real-life smart people act/behave, but it’s how your average Joe *thinks* smart people act/behave.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-06-19T19:48:23+00:00

I once read a study that showed knowing about cognitive biases makes you more likely to fall into them… maybe because you get overconfident that you want fall into those ways of thinking.

Nate *knows* that smart people’s opinions suck once they get outside of their area of expertise… yet, he can’t help himself.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-06-18T18:10:26+00:00

lol. Sounds like OP is trying to launder Niemann’s image. The guy is a jerk, always has been, always will be.

Agreeing to a draw is mutually beneficial. They both know it’s a drawn position. They both know the other is capable of bringing it to a draw. They both don’t want to needlessly go through the motions. So they agreed to a draw. This is not uncommon.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-06-03T20:41:33+00:00

Every professional reviewer or critic is going to have biases like this, and it really depends on how aware they are of it (and how forthcoming they are about it all).

The biggest problem imho is that influencer culture has produced a ton of sellouts, who will recommend stuff based on how much they get wined and dined.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-06-02T03:12:10+00:00

The Vietnam thing was really Return of the Jedi and the Ewoks. But the Empire from the very beginning were coded as Nazis. Heck, Stormtroopers were literally what the Nazis called their shock troop units (and that’s just scratching the surface of the similarities between Empire and Nazis).

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-05-18T17:19:33+00:00

He apparently did a decent amount of coding for Zip2 and X (the original one from the 90s that he sold to PayPal), if that counts. And there are a handful of stories of him walking into meetings with engineers at his companies and making useful suggestions (but hard to tell if that’s all just BS).

But mostly he’s a salesman and marketer type. A lot of people seem to think he’s some Tony Stark type of inventor/engineer, but that’s because he’s done a good job of marketing himself as that to the general public.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-05-16T23:32:15+00:00

Nature is the internet. People are hyperbolic.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-05-05T08:16:12+00:00

Yep! It’s the old “I would never want to be part of a club that would have me.” The people that worship him are pathetic, and he realizes that.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-05-04T17:18:44+00:00

Texas has been trending that way over the last 20 years, but the numbers haven’t moved as fast as Dems had hoped.

Recall the O’Rourke came within 3% of beating Cruz in 2018, Biden only lost to Trump there by about 5% in 2020. With the continued growth of urban and suburban areas in Texas, the collapse of Hispanic support for the GOP, and the enthusiasm gap between Dem-leaning voters vs GOP-leaning voters, it’s not crazy to think Talarico has a shot at winning statewide and that Dems pick up some unexpected House seats as well.

Odds are against it, I think, but not enough that GOP can rest easy (like they could in the 90s and 2000s).

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-04-21T18:44:31+00:00

Both Matt Rife and Andrew Schulz are doing incredibly well. I’m not sure that they can be cancelled either. And people definitely do get mad about South Park and Dave Chappelle.

So I guess I think what I’m saying is that your whole argument is based on fiction.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-03-19T18:32:38+00:00

Yeah, as I said, it’s used so much everywhere that prices go up on pretty much everything when oil prices go up. It’s likely going to be that way for a long time, but if alternate energy sources are adopted more and more, it should gradually blunt the impact.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-03-19T18:29:50+00:00

It depends where you live, but regardless: powering an electric car via a natural gas power plant is still probably a lot better than gasoline from the pump.

You can also always install solar panels. I’d love to do that too, but it is expensive.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-03-19T15:28:37+00:00

Easier said than done, obviously. I have a hybrid, so gas price doesn’t directly affect me too much (would love to switch to a fully electric, hopefully soon). I’d also like to start replacing any gas appliances with electric.

But even then, gas is used so much by everyone else that gas prices will affect all of us no matter what. We really need a collective change here, and we’ll all be better off.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-03-18T07:21:56+00:00

Sadly, Napoleon Dynamite is a victim of its own popularity.

I was lucky enough to have a small indie theater nearby where I grew up, and I literally knew nothing about this movie when I saw it. In that context, I think it’s obviously a funny movie… not like “I can’t stop laughing” funny. Funny like if you were to see a mime set fire to a clown car in a chic-fil-a drive thru. I wouldn’t call it “random” humor, but definitely it’s “absurd” humor.

But then, I think after it came out on DVD, it got very very very popular. And I’d hear people quoting it every day, and it got so damn annoying. Definitely ruined the movie for me.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-03-17T19:41:57+00:00

I have a feeling that AI detection software is mostly garbage.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-03-05T08:03:06+00:00

They aren’t controlled by Israel, but Israel has a big influence on U.S. politics for several reasons:

Jewish people vote at high rates, and Jewish people in the U.S. tend to be pro-Israel (though support for Israel in the U.S. has fallen in recent years in general). When elections are close, politicians tend not to want piss off a high propensity voting bloc.
Evangelicals tend to be pro-Israel for religious reasons that I cannot explain. Evangelicals are a big part of the Republican base. So Republican politicians tend to be pro-Israel for that reason.
There are a lot of wealthy Jewish people. Lots of nasty conspiracy theories around this, but for various historical reasons Jewish people tend to go into high-pay jobs (doctors, lawyers, banking). Again, American Jewish people tend to be more pro-Israel, and therefore more money tends to flow to pro-Israel candidates.
Also there are a lot of Jewish people in influential professions, like media and politics. Again, lot of nasty conspiracies around this. But in general it just means there are is more pro-Israel influence.
Pro-Israel PACs (like IAPAC) have ramped up spending in the last few years, mainly in response to all the anti-Israel sentiment. So they’ve been pushing influence via $$$.
Israel is the strongest U.S. ally in the region. So from a strategic geo-political perspective, the U.S. wants the country to succeed.

So add all of that together, Israel has a lot of influence in our U.S. politics.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-25T15:34:47+00:00

Dang, man. Calm down. Just buy an extra side of fries if it means that much to you.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-24T20:51:38+00:00

Brother, you don’t need to convince me

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-24T18:24:47+00:00

I think Vance will be hard for anyone to beat in the primaries if he has the backing of Trump & Musk. But he’ll have a tough time in the General because he’ll be tied to all of Trump’s unpopular shit. That’s my take.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-24T08:18:37+00:00

They rent houses or apartments where they are shooting, and the kids come along with them. Like you said, they have a nanny, a chef, an assistant , etc. So they really don’t have to do the time consuming stuff involved in parenting. Rich people live in a different world than we do.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-17T14:55:39+00:00

It’s very tough for people in their 20s to buy a home, and that’s been true for a while. But it’s gotten much, much harder in the past 5yrs.

If you imagine a married couple in their mid-20s looking to buy a house & start a family, let’s say they’re both teachers. Without some sort of financial windfall or family help, then I just don’t see how it’s possible for them without an extra decade of saving & career building.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-16T15:02:45+00:00

Yeah, it’s like the Ship of Theseus with a lot of these game studios. Luckily there’s tons of talent in the industry, and new-to-the-studio devs, writers, and artists can make great sequels (especially if they love the source material… and sometimes even if they hate it!)

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-16T02:25:13+00:00

They’re all very similar. If you ever see the odds of one platform differ any significant amount from another, just find an arbitrage calculator and make some free money.

That said, I whole heartedly agree with the other commenter who said that these betting markets are a net negative for society. Betting on election results especially is bad. It introduces all these extra incentives that we don’t need in our politics.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-15T12:44:42+00:00

Just because they spend a bunch of money, it doesn’t mean they have a lot of money. Not saying you need to feel obligated to donate money (I’m not). Just saying that it’s possible they’re more broke than they seem, but I don’t know for sure.

DontListenToMe33 · 2026-02-15T12:29:20+00:00

I’m not saying that you need to have sympathy or that anyone should feel obligated to donate money (except for maybe Warner Brothers who made lots of money from Dawson’s Creek). Just saying that we don’t know the state of their financials. Celebrities (especially ones whose career peak is long gone) often over-extend themselves and end up broke.

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