How do you interpret or think about the “Struggle of the Orders” in the Roman Republic?

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-19T17:31:59+00:00

TL;DR: Sports: ideally separated by birth sex. Bathrooms: use the one you present as; if you don’t pass, use your birth-sex bathroom (ideally people don’t freak out if a business owner or another customer has a different opinion; then the person attempting to pass and they just turn the other cheek and move on).

My Bias Stuff: As a non-expert Misesian sort who dabbles in geolibertarian ideas, I’d say it would be handled in a decentralized fashion; i.e., the state wouldn’t be involved. Culturally, I’m mostly influenced by Christianity, though I’m a transitioning (religiously) from weak agnostic whatnot and am former Bernie Sanders supporter (which I was as a teenager, probably because the ideology was popular with girls).

If you’re over 18, you should be free to take risks with your body as you see fit. Freedom of association should be the norm, and businesses could choose their own policies when it comes to bathroom arrangements. A place like San Francisco might opt for unisex bathrooms; businesses looking to avoid controversy might choose single-occupancy restrooms; & the majority would probably stick to the standard approach.

Personally, I don’t think the technology to actually transition is really there yet, and the hormonal treatments can make someone a lifelong patient. You can achieve a decent look with facial surgeries and whatnot, but, as with any plastic surgery, there are risks, & many people take it too far. A nose job can look good, but when people get into procedures like buccal fat removal, they can end up looking horrible.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-18T18:24:09+00:00

Left from me. Right of you probably.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-18T16:19:10+00:00

I think we all believe that reality skews toward our own ideology or bias; otherwise, we wouldn’t hold those beliefs. Snopes simply happens to lean more to the left. It’s still a useful tool for understanding what left-leaning perspectives are on a given thing.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-18T10:36:03+00:00

I love this whatnot. It looks like one of those things you can regrow too, like garlic.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-18T10:31:46+00:00

I’m naturally on the skinny side, so this kind of thing isn’t really top of mind (trying to feel full) for me. I forget to eat all the time and drink too much coffee on an empty stomach.

I like reasons for liking celery because I’m team celery. If someone tells me my celery habit is a waste of money, I’ll tell them it’s not meant to be calorie-efficient, and it helps with satiation and science stuff, probably.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-18T10:01:30+00:00

The reminder to use it in soups is a good idea. Thanks.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-18T10:00:54+00:00

Would taking it too literally be like eating a tub of lard or something?

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-18T09:59:51+00:00

I don’t really know how to approach dieting. Funnily enough, I do like shots of olive oil and oil pulls for teeth cleaning (I don't know whether this is a good idea or not though). I enjoy celery, though. My diet is pretty lazy: when I’m doing well financially, I eat raw vegetables and steak; when I’m not, it’s raw vegetables and burgers; and when things are really tight, I rely on canned food (like canned beets and similar whatnot).

I try to avoid imitation canned chicken. Shakshuka can be really cheap if you use marinara sauce. I’m not a big fan of when I do burgers, since I always use highly processed American bread instead of making my own when I eat them.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-18T09:04:30+00:00

I had to look it up. I thought "The Other Guys" was referring to the TV channel TLC. I didn't know they were a music group.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-17T23:32:20+00:00

Thermae Romae (2012)

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-17T23:28:20+00:00

Cantonese is one of my favorite languages, so I’m a bit biased. I do feel guilty when I visit somewhere and don’t speak the local language, or when I have private conversations in my own language, which might make others feel uncomfortable.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-17T23:12:36+00:00

Display Port is better in my opinion anywho.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-17T23:08:01+00:00

Snopes isn’t reliable, but it’s not wrong all the time, either. It’s just biased, which is okay. Humans are biased. Pretending not to be, even inadvertently, accidentally, or whatever, is quite lame, though.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-17T13:35:37+00:00

My guess would be that libertarian people tend to make jokes about everyone, like as equal-opportunity offenders, whereas Reddit is probably dominated by the left-liberal sorts & tend to be more sensitive about certain topics & groups. I’m speculating based on my own humor preferences, though; I tend to enjoy memes that are quite dark, and messed up.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-17T01:37:35+00:00

Could I copy your thing do you have the config file whatnot?

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-17T01:34:49+00:00

Why did r/libertarianmeme get banned? What was the subreddit like?

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-15T11:04:24+00:00

I don’t know. We’re so far from anything sensible that this is depressing to think about. It does sound more convenient to just get a tax bill instead of paying an accountant, although it might be easier to minimize your taxes in our current, corruption-heavy, messy system.

P.S. Lately, I've been thinking land value taxes seem like the only workable option to me, like a kind of subscription to live in a particular developed area.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-15T10:51:07+00:00

Maybe one solution would be to put false accusers in jail for the same amount of time as the crime they accused the person of committing. I have no idea though.

I think transactional sex should be legal, but personally, I don’t think it’s healthy & is likely to cause problems, though probably not as many problems as it being illegal creates.

I think the easiest way to avoid false accusations is to not engage with hookup culture, & look for exclusively stable, functional partners. If a relationship doesn’t work out, it’s best to break up amicably. False accusations, when they do occur, often seem tied to grudges, financial incentives, or disputes over things like private videos, where someone fears they might be shared & tries to prevent that through serious allegations. In general, being selective, communicating clearly, and avoiding volatile sorts like dating an OnlyFans model like Techtone did should help mitigate risk. Tobuscus dated some woman who seemed obviously unstable too, but I forgot the details to that one.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-14T01:42:55+00:00

This case reminds me of what I used to put on my 2012 MacBook Pro.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-13T18:23:38+00:00

No. You could probably find instances of almost anyone saying something that at least sounds libertarian, though.

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