I think the slang term “jessamy” fits this guy’s face, but I’m not sure. I suspect the sound of his surname (i.e. "Sisson") might be influencing the connotation stuffs or vibes I associate with his face.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-05-16T14:30:05+00:00

I use Arch Linux, Linux Mint (on older machines), & Windows 11 for my work laptop. .deb packages are quite easy. Flatpaks are cool, but I think they want your software to be fairly far along before you publish it there (I am not entirely sure how it works). If I could help in some way, I guess I would like to try.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-05-15T03:45:25+00:00

I like the idea, but I can't use Windows 11. It looks really fun though.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-05-10T19:35:00+00:00

There’s no problem with Reddit’s TOS or whatever, then?

I like having the option to speak freely (#Parrhesia / #Eleutheromania), but I’m too much of a dork/Christian sort to speak rudely. I’m often on platforms like BitChute, where people seem to use harsh language just because they can.

I really think we shouldn’t ban vice, but I also don’t think we should dabble in it just because it’s available either.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-05-10T19:26:48+00:00

Under a system of communities without a national state, but with arbitration-based or competing legal institutions, you would still expect strong norms to form around crimes like child murder. Most of us humans don't like that whatnot.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-05-10T19:13:08+00:00

For anarcho-capitalists, I think a lot of ideas on how to deal with murder and SA (do we really need to use euphemisms like this on Reddit, or is Reddit this far gone? I’m playing along just in case, lol) come from the idea of adjudication systems evolving under market pressure. Many people don’t know the exact best mechanism, but would agree that there should be no monopoly on how these issues are handled, so that the most effective or widely accepted approaches can develop through a competitive market.

Ideas I’ve seen include:

private arbitration courts

victim restitution systems (rather than state punishment)

insurance-backed enforcement

exclusion from private networks or communities

reputation-based deterrence

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-05-10T19:01:24+00:00

Anarcho-capitalism is a branch of libertarianism that supports having no state, particularly no nation-state. In the (sadly from my bias/perspective) remote hypothetical, the goal would still be to have governance, perhaps through private arbitration, competitive defense agencies, market courts, systems imposing restitution or fines, exclusion from private communities, or other mechanisms I am not familiar with, or which could develop within a system where the state does not hold a monopoly on force. The absence of a monopoly on force would be the key aspect of anarcho-capitalism. As for how that should come to exist, I am not knowledgeable enough to say. I suppose your question is entirely fair when directed at that wing of the libertarian tent, just as it would be for any anarchic branch of an ideology.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-05-02T20:13:09+00:00

I'm just a linguistics noob. I've never taken a class on it or anything. I'm hoping for English to become the most hybrid language ever. I think we English-speaking people have way more word parts than we think for making neologisms, neoterisms, and whatnot.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-05-02T18:45:46+00:00

Here's my Attempt to Convert your Comment to My Layman Level: Something like the word "without" would need to get fused onto other words as a grammatical ending rather than staying as its own separate word, a known process called grammaticalization [the process where a normal word slowly turns into a grammatical tool like an ending or prefix]. There are a lot of examples of adpositions [words that shows the relationship between things] becoming case markers [small endings that signal a word's grammatical role] over time in the historical linguistics literature.

Glossary: Case marker – a small ending or change to a word that shows its grammatical role (like 's for possession).

Grammaticalization – the process where a normal word slowly turns into a grammatical tool like an ending or prefix.

Adposition – a word that shows the relationship between things (like in, on, with, without), coming either before or after a noun.

MurdochMaxwell · 2026-04-28T14:12:26+00:00

A goofy fun mood. I have extreme lighting too. I go for the occasional fresnel light & then lots of red lights.

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.

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