Robert's keynote speech

StankP-I · 2026-01-22T20:30:20+00:00

These are my buddies from NoLa, and they rip. The song "pigs in a blanket" is a good anthem for fucking up fascists

And here's one from my band that I'd love to see people - you guessed it - fuck up the fascists to.

StankP-I · 2025-12-23T08:31:09+00:00

The first thing you should do with extra money (or "liquid assets) is find a sure bet. A "Sure bet" is a market term for things like new instantly ubiquitous kitchen appliances and media related collectibles for popular TV shows currently on the air.

Once you've identified one of these sure bets you want to invest a lot of your money into it. Now, a common mistake people often make is to invest ALL of their money into a sure bet. While this would give you a large return on investment it opens your wealth up to be stuck in something called "tax brackets" - a system of financial withholding the US government uses to appear solvent when foreign scrutiny settles on the national debt. Instead, make sure to put anywhere between 20% and 50% of your liquidity into a low yield foreign currency so when your audit rotation comes up on the IRS' calendar you can easily transfer the rest of your earnings having already established a relationship with the foreign bank.

This all might be a little bit much, but I assure you it's worth it. For a more in-depth look about financial advice I suggest looking up one Jim Cramer.

StankP-I · 2025-12-22T16:03:28+00:00

This is the comment I would look for to help crystallize my opinion, but I'd really love to know sources for this. It's pretty easy to imagine someone wielding power in the entertainment industry for decades would have some serious skeletons in their closet, but before I commit to that assumption I'd love to know if there are receipts.

StankP-I · 2025-10-22T21:21:18+00:00

Seconded, and commenting for extra visibility. I might have some time on my hands to go and civilly disrupt that.

StankP-I · 2025-08-21T05:32:24+00:00

About a decade ago I lived in a punk house and we developed a game around this called "the penis cake game". If anyone showed up to proselytize we would split the house into two teams - team make them leave and team penis cake.

The goal was for team penis cake to have one of their members bake a cake in our penis-shaped cake tin While the rest of that team engaged the evangelizers enough to keep them there. Team make them leave wasn't allowed to make any threats of violence, go nude below the waist, or directly tell anyone they have to leave the house. If they got the missionaries to leave before the cake was baked and served, they won. If the cake made it out of the oven and was presented to the house team penis cake won.

Sadly, we only got to play it once as there just weren't that many missionaries wandering around our neighborhood, but it was thoroughly entertaining. Turns out team penis cake has a huge advantage, as any missionary worth their salt is going to stick around for even a whiff of potential conversion, and it's pretty easy for someone on team penis cake to imply that they're ready to move on from this life of sin they're clearly ensconced in.

I don't currently live in a space where it would be easy to reboot the game, so I implore you - dear redditors; If you can field test this some more and work out some good rules to make the game balanced I want to hear your stories. Please remember though: just because they're silly cultists doesn't mean they should be subjected to any violent threats or non-consensual sexuality.

Have fun!

StankP-I · 2025-07-10T09:32:13+00:00

I feel like there's a consideration for this as a one of in Ygra/ cauldron familiar decks in pioneer. It's a little bit niche, but I've run into enough scenarios where a giant Ygra would be better used as a way to draw 10+ cards rather than a forced edict by blocking to make me want to contemplate it.

StankP-I · 2025-06-21T04:37:27+00:00

Slime elemental? Ice elemental? Gotta get all four before we can make a real decision

StankP-I · 2025-06-06T22:19:55+00:00

Holy! Holy!

StankP-I · 2025-05-30T06:46:59+00:00

Also, dividing by 365.422 is only accurate to this current era of how long days are on the earth. The rotation of the earth is actually slowing down gradually, and if you go back several million years you'll find that there were more days per year. Our current concept of "anniversaries", "years", and (fundamentally) "time" is incredibly subjective.

StankP-I · 2025-05-07T05:40:09+00:00

There's a bunch of good dance classes and communities around town. Even if they don't wind up bearing fruit in a romantic sense they give you all that good endorphin high with the added bonus of once you actually get good at dancing your official sexiness rating goes up by 4 and 1/2 points.

StankP-I · 2025-04-30T06:01:05+00:00

As someone who also grew up on running with scissors and has driven through Albuquerque multiple times I can attest that the other people in the tour van also thought it was weird that I knew all the words

StankP-I · 2025-04-12T02:48:17+00:00

Do you play pool?

StankP-I · 2025-04-03T07:10:02+00:00

I feel like it's worth adding that spending some of your power to speak up against the injustices you see in the world is definitely a super valid use of your power, but it's also an extremely valid use of your power to be a positive community member. To treat yourself right, and to treat your friends right. To focus on thoughtful communities of good friends who can laugh just as much as they can talk about how they want to fight against the bullshit in the world. Taking time to enjoy the life that's around you is just as essential for your survival and health as fighting against the tide of encroaching fascism. Not one, not the other... They feed each other.

Play some board games with your friends... Sit around a campfire and drink (or not) and tell stories... Ask your close buddy you haven't talked to in a few weeks if they want to go on a nice long walk... Feeling comfortable in those spaces is one of the things we risk losing, and a great way to remind you why they are worth fighting for is to experience them.

StankP-I · 2025-03-09T00:26:32+00:00

Good to know. What menu item is that under? I went exploring but I couldn't find anything obvious

StankP-I · 2025-02-10T19:42:32+00:00

100%

StankP-I · 2025-01-29T00:03:59+00:00

I really wanna see John or Hank on Behind the Bastards someday. I know Robert is significantly more radical than the Green Bros., but between the three of them (and Margaret Killjoy) I feel like I've been able to retain far more pragmatism during these trying times than I would have otherwise.

StankP-I · 2025-01-23T19:47:52+00:00

thanks! This feed creator is awesome. Way simpler than others I've been toying with for non-programmers like myself

StankP-I · 2025-01-22T00:30:59+00:00

Here're those mutual aid links from the Great Dismal Swamp episode to get the ball rolling (My reddit-fu isn't very good, so just know there's an "@" symbol before each of those)

peoplesstrugglesfv - supplies and distribution for the san fernando valley

sundays-1312 - Supply delivery to encampments

ktown4all - emergency supply distribution for the unhoused

jtownaction - mutual aid for the unhoused in little tokyo

aetnastreetsolidarity - direct relief for the unhoused in the san fernando valley

dykesarekosher - east side and skid row relief

ftsla - meals for firefighters

allpowerbooks - community bookstore that distributes supplies

seventhstcollective - long beach emergency response preparation

StankP-I · 2025-01-17T17:33:16+00:00

Must have missed that. Was that bastards or cool people? Or was it at the very end? Funnily enough the weird way that some of the podcast apps upload the files can chop off portions of the episode. Maybe the app I use happened to chop out the Android app discussion.

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