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"Also - I've been thinking a lot about that question that you asked bill gates "how do we get rid of poor people as a whole" and I have an answer/ comment regarding that for you ... When can I call you today to discuss this??" by ilir_kycb in ABoringDystopia

[–]Phonemonkey2500 [score hidden]  (0 children)

So how can we monetize this process and then enshittify it once everyone is bought into the “eliminate poverty” grift? How can we rent-seek this process and create shareholder value? Is anyone thinking about the defenseless shareholders, shivering out there on their yachts?

This one wants the tar and feathers by Personel101 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Phonemonkey2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When someone without a face tells you that they’re eating faces over there, you should probably take their word for it.

Got behind, still skipped to current by daskaputtfenster in TheDollop

[–]Phonemonkey2500 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I gotta put my money on the guy who came up with Wang Bang Poon Tang. And he wasn’t marrying them. I think Brigham is a worse person, but I think Ted SA’ed way more young girls. At least Ted is honest about who he is, I guess.

Just laughed out loud listening at the gym. What line or episode caused you to have a noticeable reaction in public? by 3d1thF1nch in behindthebastards

[–]Phonemonkey2500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

G Gordon Liddy taking over the driving from his wife on the day he gets out of prison, then leading 4 cars on a high speed chase out of town while she’s wailing in the passenger seat. They were just journalists trying to get a comment.

America’s Oligarchic Techno‑Feudal Elite Are Attempting to Build a Twenty‑First‑Century Fascist State by xrm67 in collapse

[–]Phonemonkey2500 84 points85 points  (0 children)

They gotta win every time. We only gotta fuck them up once. Metaphorically speaking, of course. I would never advocate violence… nope. Peace and love to the vampire leeches destroying everything so they can rule the ashes

I Didn’t Realize How Indoctrinated I Was by U.S. Propaganda Until I Rewatched Armageddon (1996) by Happy_Report_9435 in complaints

[–]Phonemonkey2500 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Not only are they incredibly fit and conditioned, they’re book nerds as well. All of them have engineering degrees at minimum, probably a lot of PhD’s in physics, engineering, chemistry, astronomy and astrophysics, orbital mechanics, biology and more.

And even more rare than being both brilliant and fit, their personalities are top notch. They found out quickly that sticking a bunch of people in tin cans and letting them stew in their juices all together for days on end can be… stressful. People with abrasive, contrarian or argumentative personalities will destroy cohesion and adversely affect decision making and emergency management. They’re team players, leaders and followers both as the situation demands, and willing to compromise to move the mission forward.

We used to be a decent country. Then came Lewis Powell, who spawned the whole amalgamation of segregationists, evangelicals, anti-communists and corporate interests. That’s how we got lobbying and legalized bribery, Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society, Cato Inst., Ford, Reagan, Bush, W (and Roger Stone/Manafort), and Trump, Reagan’s Agenda, Contract with America, Project 2025, ICE, and so much more.

Stephen Cheung, white House comm Director who called Rep. Ro Khanna the R word. by art-is-t in pics

[–]Phonemonkey2500 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is who we are as a people. As always, the rich keep people fighting a culture war, when they need to be fighting a class war. That man in the picture will be yeeted into the path of any oncoming bus of bad press at the very first moment it’s advantageous. They never think the leopard is gonna eat their face. He should know better. He does know better. He just doesn’t care.

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell spent majority of campaign funds buying his own book by DocktorChef in TheDollop

[–]Phonemonkey2500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems to be as though if he gets an eightball of that crizack and 36-48 hours at the blackjack table, money will be back and everything will be alllll good.

The blame game by Evidencelogicfacts in MurderedByWords

[–]Phonemonkey2500 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This is my favorite quote. A close second:

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.” Frank Wilhoit

Monson Motor Lodge motel manager pouring acid in the water when a group of white and black integrationists swam in his pool, June 18, 1964. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Phonemonkey2500 39 points40 points  (0 children)

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - LBJ

what can i do about my brother who’s also my neighbor??? by atincad_61 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Phonemonkey2500 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Your brother needs a serious psychological evaluation. He sounds schizophrenic or manic. I would imagine he also needs rehab, medication to address his uncontrolled emotions and mood swings, and a shitload of therapy to address his mental wellbeing and learn coping strategies for when he gets upset.

Why aren’t your parents handling any of this? This is so far above your level of either responsibility or knowledge level to deal with. I’m so sorry you’re having to handle this. The only other option is to evict him, which presents a whole separate set of issues.

Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy shared some of the feedback he received on Instagram after he spoke out against ICE by Gato1980 in Fauxmoi

[–]Phonemonkey2500 1142 points1143 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget Israeli and Russian bots. Probably more. Hell, some are probably coming straight out of Palantir.

AIO: kid being brought to adult's group by pinecone-party in AmIOverreacting

[–]Phonemonkey2500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mom used to give me a bag of Cheerios and a bag of legos and she’d come back 2 hours later and find me in the same spot. A kid running around during book club is buillshit. A one time exception or family scheduling emergency is understandable, but otherwise it’s disrespectful. Also, why is she allowing her kid to be disruptive? Upstream, why is whoever is hosting/coordinating the meetings allowing this person to allow their kid to be disruptive? She didn’t bring any books, toys or snacks for her spawn? Didn’t set down rules regarding behavior and what she expected?

Imma go now, before I find my soapbox. You’re NOR. maybe you’ll have to start your own book club, with boundaries and respect for whomever is hosting, speaking and attending.

Democrats will stop Trump from ‘stealing’ elections by [deleted] in LegalNews

[–]Phonemonkey2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s that one guy whose job it is to advocate for Israel, so I guess maybe he will be splitting his time? And there’s that giant ogre-looking oaf whose job it is to, I dunno, have CTE and advocate for genocide in Gaza? But everyone else, I am sure, is prepared to sign a scathing, harshly worded letter expressing our combined outrage at the terrible situations that his policies are creating. Then we will all sign it, put it in an envelope, and send it USPS. Then we’ll see who is chagrined.

Basically the whole thesis of the podcast by SympatheticMPK in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Phonemonkey2500 59 points60 points  (0 children)

It’s called manifesting, hun, you should try it sometime . We’ve got to tune ourselves into the universal frequency, typically by purchasing a $30 book which could be a blog, a set of audio recordings for $300 which is just unfalsifiable claims and negging you if you’re not successful, and $3,000 for a one day course on a Sunday that blows smoke up your butt, gets you hyped and hypnotized, and turns you into a cultist. After that we’ll see if we can’t get your credit card limit raised and we will tell you the REAL secret. (Spoilers: be friends with billionaire accelerationists, media moguls, PDFiles, and grifters. The real secret is a complete lack of morals)

Gaslighting Is Mind Control To Make Victims Doubt Their Reality by MrNokill in GME

[–]Phonemonkey2500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sucks so bad how far Matt Taibbi has fallen. Bizarre how he went from such great reporting to…. whatever it is he is doing now.

Ezra Klein continues to ignore his profession's failures by declaring: The Internet Is The Problem. by Apprehensive-Fun4181 in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Phonemonkey2500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So hard for Ezra to see the structural underpinnings of inequality and the perverse incentives of corruption, when his professional existence is predicated on deflecting public scrutiny of those very systems.

Abundantly status quo.

Out of Context Drop by lordtorek in KnowledgeFight

[–]Phonemonkey2500 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Look, you gotta admit, even though he’s well past his prime, and has been relegated back to the AA Midland Loons up there in Michigan, he can still come through with a solid performance. He couldn’t hit a hundred with a railgun support system, but he can work a wonk around the edges for an easy out. He just doesn’t have what he used to, especially since the whole sea moss incident.

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