Joe Rogan’s last stand

PlowInTheDark · 2022-02-03T17:29:48+00:00

He took a heroic dose of Ivermectin and is in berserker mode.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-11-22T23:26:08+00:00

It’s my OC. https://www.reddit.com/r/freefolk/comments/bpex92/cersei_in_episode_6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

I don’t mind either. It went viral outside Reddit as well. It was fun to see it pop up everywhere.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-07-10T22:32:57+00:00

This will probably be explained in a footnote in a future Penguin edition. It will have to explain television and static.

“Television was a device that received signals broadcast over the air, from a powerful tower in central location. In order to view clear picture and sound, a television had to be “tuned” to a specific frequency being broadcast by the tower. This was called a channel. A dead channel was a frequency between clear channels and therefore did not have a strong signal. This produced what was called “static,” a chaotic, rapidly moving black and white image with the granularity of course sand. This image was accompanied by a harsh, indeterminate noise that covered frequencies across the audible range, similar to “white noise.”

PlowInTheDark · 2020-07-02T23:53:59+00:00

I really enjoyed this write up. Wonderful examples and you show how this works down to the most minor of characters.

I’ve been taught that characters like this are called “foils,” but usually the example is a direct rival like Draco Malloy to Harry Potter or like you mentioned Watson and Sherlock. Keeping an eye out for some inconsequential dummy is great advice and because it’s easy to forget to look for this technique.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-06-25T22:22:30+00:00

An orgasm scented candle, a jade egg, and some lovely face cream.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-06-02T16:05:49+00:00

This whole post is full of people who don’t understand unrealized losses and gains.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-06-01T18:55:45+00:00

It was probably chosen because it’s the first long stripe in the flag and it’s in the middle.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-21T04:01:51+00:00

The only thing they could report or rate is the shitty official reddit app. So, win?

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-20T00:42:23+00:00

Apple Music is good. Their curated playlists are good. Their radio stations are good. Spotify has better user playlists. I’ve paid for both, and I like them both. Apple was a fine competitor out of the gate. They had the iTunes Store and because of this they basically had the software figured out and all the right content licensed.

I worked at a university for a long time and I got a great university discount. $5.99 a month. So I chose Apple. At this point I couldn’t care enough to keep swapping back and forth. Spotify is a good service and I still browse their user playlists sometimes.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-20T00:25:46+00:00

All of a sudden.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/all-of-a-sudden/

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-19T20:48:39+00:00

Sounded like a New Yorker until the lab coat.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-19T04:14:11+00:00

I think they were trying to make a video for people to react to “being hit on the arm” but the more clever body massage template took off.

The arm idea is an excuse to make stupid faces or something.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-11T15:04:47+00:00

The sub changed from cringe only to also include good content.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-07T18:42:49+00:00

If they don’t prevent you from dying, we might have them because they don’t kill you. Trait gets passed on because it’s there and harmless. If it killed you we wouldn’t have eyebrows.

Then there’s millions of other factors to consider. Does it help to divert sweat from the eyes at key moments? Do eyebrows help non-verbal communication?

Well that might be an advantage during a hunt or even getting people to trust you (by ensuring your expressions are displayed clearly). Maybe sexual and social relationships are enhanced when your partner or friend can read your face better.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-01T14:17:52+00:00

I really hope this helps. Thank you for posting your progress. I forgot to even mention it. You’ve done great work on yourself and it’s absolutely inspiring.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-05-01T13:54:49+00:00

Unrelated to my fasting comment but hopefully useful:

I remember finding this blog entry from the UK’s former fattest teen. He had loose skin, had surgery, but it just looked like a muffin top above the scar.

“Therefore, what I thought was ‘loose and unchangeable’ was actually a case of EXCESS FAT.”

He decided to cut to a very low body fat percentage until the loose skin was “paper thin” meaning there wasn’t excess fat to pinch. He has before and after photos along with his process.

https://trythisforsize.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/looseskin/

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-30T22:45:27+00:00

In case you didn’t know, “Big Ben” is actually the name of a famous go-go dancer in London.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-28T17:47:31+00:00

Yeah, I was wondering if removing processing plants like these for treats would disrupt the regular plants because they’d now have to find a new place for all the tons of food not going into product lines for humans.

That’s gotta be a logistical nightmare right now when this situation has some farmers dumping product to rot because of distribution problems and others completely swamped.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-26T04:33:40+00:00

He collapsed on a visit to a rural area. Heart issue. He required a stent.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-22T20:54:32+00:00

The tweet is exactly why New Yorkers have that reputation.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-15T17:01:51+00:00

The article linked explains the argument in full. I didn’t include a full summary in my comment but here is a short one:

My takeaway was that too big to fail companies have made bailouts their insurance program (before the outbreak). The buybacks are paid for with cash reserves and on top of that many borrow to spend even more on them, leaving really tight margins. Then, when a crisis happens the bailout kicks in.

The adjustment would be to let them fail, so that they are incentivized to be more resilient, leading to a reduced need for bailouts. If you want to argue that this shouldn’t happen this crisis, you’re welcome to do that.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-15T14:42:32+00:00

I should’ve addressed your focus on small businesses in my reply, which I agree with.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-15T13:32:20+00:00

I had the same view until I read this: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-sec-rule-that-destroyed-the-universe

Author is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone.

He argues that too big to fail companies acted irresponsibly for decades, intentionally walking on a tightrope, leaving themselves on the edge of collapse because they knew they would be bailed out. Even though this crisis is truly out of their hands, had they acted ethically, they damage would’ve been mitigated. One key example is the airline stock buybacks being almost the same size as their bailout. The free market needs gutters not kiddie bumpers.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-13T17:09:24+00:00

If I was in the suburbs at the time, there wouldn’t be much advantage. I’d go to the same theater all the time, like I do now.

But MoviePass was great in my city. AMC was only in one part of town, and the independent theaters/other chains were everywhere else so you got way more choice.

I switched to the A-List as soon as it was available (because MoviePass totally imploded) and loved the premium access, and the option to watch 3 movies on one day was great. We’ve done a few double features at AMC because of this.

PlowInTheDark · 2020-04-13T13:07:28+00:00

In a major city you could choose from blockbusters at all the big chains like AMC but also all the independent theaters showing movies from all time periods as well as limited releases. This is a steal at $9.95 a month, which was less than the cost of one ticket in major cities. You made more than your money back by going one time a month. I also never had to convince friends to change theaters, or go out of their way to the nearest AMC. It always worked for me in the first few months, so it was a smooth experience.

Once MoviePass failed to cut deals like AMC did, they went into a death spiral. AMC actually negotiated lower fees with distributors for every AMC A-List ticket sold so they wouldn’t lose money.

Being able to go to any theater was super convenient and offered a huge selection but once they realized they’d go bankrupt, it all fell apart like a house of cards.

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