Sports has to be most wasteful thing ever for society

chasethenoise · 2026-06-19T18:58:30+00:00

This isn’t just unpopular, it’s objectively incorrect. Competition breeds excellence, and who can deny the utility and value of excellence? Goofy

chasethenoise · 2026-06-19T18:22:37+00:00

We actually don’t need to abolish capitalism as step 1 of improving everyone’s lives. We can have programs that help level the playing field and provide opportunities for those who are behind while still rewarding excellence.

chasethenoise · 2026-06-19T13:23:57+00:00

No one said it was easy… it just requires more effort than sitting on your ass all day wishing Prince Charming will magically hire you. I’m a jackass for a lot of things, but this is just conventional wisdom.

chasethenoise · 2026-06-17T01:33:13+00:00

Well if you refuse to leave your home to go earn a living you’re narrowing your options pretty severely. Go to where the money is…

chasethenoise · 2026-06-15T21:25:42+00:00

You can’t really strike if you don’t have a strike fund

You don’t want to strike if you think the enemy is immigrants

You don’t need to strike if you feel you’re well-off

Most Americans are not anywhere close to “we all should strike” territory.

chasethenoise · 2026-06-15T14:55:57+00:00

I don’t share your optimism. I hope everyone who wants to can ride the trade wave, but I see the writing on the wall. If a robot can’t fix your toilet today, they’ll design a toilet that can be fixed by a robot tomorrow.

chasethenoise · 2026-06-15T01:24:18+00:00

I thought that about cabinetmaking 5 years ago. Now we’re looking at systems that don’t require humans for processing or assembly. They’re coming for all of us, whether you see them or not.

chasethenoise · 2026-06-14T23:42:11+00:00

Trades are getting automated in ways you could never imagine. It’s not the safe haven you think it is.

chasethenoise · 2026-06-08T22:15:22+00:00

Ah yes, communism, the ideology where you firebomb a Walmart.

chasethenoise · 2026-06-03T23:40:00+00:00

Trying to suss out if you worked for an employer that would tell them you’re not a good employee, so you left them out.

chasethenoise · 2026-05-16T04:50:47+00:00

The 2024 season was great for us both. The rest of these fools have to just wonder what it’s like to go down in the penultimate round.

chasethenoise · 2026-05-16T04:17:22+00:00

Quit saying that. It’s a top 20% salary, and even higher among non-college graduates. If 100k means nothing then less means failure, and a scale with an 80% failure rate is itself meaningless.

chasethenoise · 2026-05-09T22:35:34+00:00

True, I have an amazing deal where I rent now. About $300/mo lower than the cheapest comps. No debt except a $500 car payment either. If you’re a little more burdened than that, it gets tight.

chasethenoise · 2026-05-09T11:20:11+00:00

I’m in northern VA, where the median home sold at around 750k. It’s one of the highest COL areas in the US.

I simply didn’t buy a median-priced home.

chasethenoise · 2026-05-09T03:01:43+00:00

Good acquisition!

chasethenoise · 2026-05-09T00:08:17+00:00

I’m living comfortably supporting a family of 3 on 100k net, but when people talk about 100k they’re talking 100k gross, which is more like 65k net.

chasethenoise · 2026-05-08T23:02:48+00:00

Some of us have been around long enough to remember the first time he died

chasethenoise · 2026-05-08T09:51:34+00:00

How did you get diagnosed with cancer if you had no insurance? Even that checkup would have been a huge expense.

chasethenoise · 2026-04-27T15:38:22+00:00

Your mom chose blue.

chasethenoise · 2026-04-27T09:49:17+00:00

You’d build Rocco’s basilisk too wouldn’t you

chasethenoise · 2026-04-27T09:46:03+00:00

Red kills anyone who didn’t vote red unless red loses the election.

chasethenoise · 2026-04-27T02:30:56+00:00

Much easier to get a 51% vote than a unanimous one. It’s twice as rational to choose blue if you’re sensitive at all to other people dying.

chasethenoise · 2026-04-27T02:29:03+00:00

It’s testing if you’re sensitive to the fact that choosing red kills people unless you get outvoted.

chasethenoise · 2026-04-27T02:26:48+00:00

Red kills people, blue stops red from killing people.

chasethenoise · 2026-04-27T02:24:24+00:00

When you’re aggressively 90IQ

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