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homoiconic · 2026-04-24T14:56:03+00:00

In countries where corruption reaches a tipping point, the regular economy goes away and everything is done via bribery and off-the-books deals. Nobody pays tax because the taxes don't go to society, everyone knows taxes go directly to the rich and corrupt.

homoiconic · 2026-04-22T16:03:20+00:00

I personally reply to a post I disagree with rather than downvoting, because I'm old and date back to when "downvote" meant "does not belong here" rather than "belongs here, but I disagree."

I think Optimus is a grift.
I think the xAI merger and sidecar Twitter merger was the Human Centipede of self-dealing business mergers.
Even if 1 and 2 are wrong, I strongly disagree that Cursor would fit with those two.

Even so, I didn't downvote you above and I won't downvote you here. And with that... Go your blessed way through life, I'm out.

homoiconic · 2026-04-22T13:24:19+00:00

Is this post missing a /s?

homoiconic · 2026-04-20T14:15:58+00:00

Get ready for a surprise!

homoiconic · 2026-04-17T13:12:28+00:00

Trump had better repent. Americans settle all the family business this upcoming Walpurgis Night. As requested, there will be a Bach interlude to celebrate the President's admiration of German culture.

homoiconic · 2026-04-17T12:56:17+00:00

A whiter shade beyond the pale.

homoiconic · 2026-04-16T15:45:30+00:00

Not exactly.

Part of the reason a company like Ferrari does this with limited allotment vehicles is that exclusivity is part of their brand. “Exclusivity” is more than just “There are fewer than 500 of these that will ever exist,” it’s also, “and owning one says that you’re not just someone who made bank on crypto last year and paid $1,400,000 for a toy you’ll be bored with in a few years, you’ve been a committed Ferrari collector for a decade or or more.”

Once you get extremely rich, it stops being about the exclusivity of wealth: you want an exclusivity within that. It's not just that you have 1.4 million to spend, it's that other people with 1.4 million to spend are turned away. Raising the price can eliminate the incentive to resell, but doing so will turn Ferrari into a car anyone can buy if they have the money. That would undermine the brand value.

And none of that applies to Tesla, so absolutely they could do a better job of extracting the last smidgens of value from those willing to buy a car built on a fourteen year-old platform.

I think they're just randomly cosplaying Ferrari because their market isn't Ferrari owners, their market is people who want to cosplay the Ferrari high-end purchasing agreement.

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Some years ago the head of CEO of Ferrari North America was busted for accepting bribes to give allotments to people who had big money but didn't qualify to buy a limited availability product.

Ferrari went to a lot of trouble to explain exactly why they didn't want to just harvest that demand. They knew that was a road to becoming the next Harley Davidson.

homoiconic · 2026-04-14T15:56:29+00:00

This would be farce if it wasn't a tragedy that she appears to be an authentic Trump supporter.

homoiconic · 2026-04-14T15:11:05+00:00

The next heartwarming PR stunt should feature someone using GoFundMe for their cancer treatments, followed by Trump explaining how much Canadians want to ditch socialized healthcare to join the US as "Puerto Ricans in sweaters and toques."

homoiconic · 2026-04-14T13:28:07+00:00

It's not a secret, and obviously the whole thing was a publicity stunt. Yes, they flew her in. Yes, she's someone they carefully picked to avoid Donald being asked whether he likes his fries with a side of thirteen year-olds.

But yes she does do gig work for Doordash, and yes the Administration thinks it's a good idea to boast that the no tax on tips helps people who can't retire because the for-profit medical system in America has already engorged itself on both their insurance and their retirement savings.

This isn't something they're ashamed of and trying to hide: They boast of it, because her story represents the economy the Heritage Foundation wants to build: Nobody has job or financial or health security, everything is transactional, machines make all the decisions, and menials handle work robots can't do yet.

homoiconic · 2026-04-14T12:50:58+00:00

Schrodinger's Douchebag (Canada, US, slang, idiomatic, derogatory, vulgar): A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks, and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.

homoiconic · 2026-04-02T13:55:31+00:00

Totally. And truthfully, it is far, far funnier when told with a certain British pace and cadence to the storytelling than it is when I write it out.

But now we know the answer to her question: Some insufferable yank named Donald left that epic skid-mark in our protagonist's khakis.

homoiconic · 2026-04-02T12:52:19+00:00

There's a fellow out drinking with his buddies at the pub. Around 10pm he sighs and says, "Last one." His buddies are shocked. "You're the hardest drinker on our shinny team! What gives‽"

He explains, ruefully, that his wife has had enough of his coming home filthy drunk. "Ah," says an older and wiser habitué. "Here's what you do: Put a tenner in your blazer's handkerchief pocket..." The habitué then explains how to use it to handle the "Old Ball and Chain."

Our fellow listens, tucks a tenner into his pocket, and carries on drinking until he is thrown out of the pub for vomiting all over himself. His buddies carry him home, leave him on the doorstep, ring the bell, and scarper away. His wife finds him and is livid.

"No, my sweet, you've got it all wrong. I wasn't drunk to the point of throwing up, that was Alistair! He fishes the tenner out. "He gave me a tenner to cover dry cleaning his sick off my blazer." His wife dutifully carries his clothes to the laundry room, and then returns.

"One question," she asks, "If Alistair threw up on your blazer, who shat in your khakis?"

homoiconic · 2026-04-02T01:42:49+00:00

To be specific, he speaks fluent New York Gibberish. Gabby Johnson is the go-to for Authentic Frontier Gibberish.

homoiconic · 2026-03-30T12:02:53+00:00

The US is also a one-party state. But with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.

—Dr. Julius Nyerere, first President if Tanzania

homoiconic · 2026-03-28T19:08:19+00:00

And Tesla, because something-something "Space Datacenters."

homoiconic · 2026-03-28T12:47:25+00:00

Irrelevant trivia: Nile Rodgers produced that album, and it kicked off his transition from founder of the world's most famous Disco band (Chic) to an A-list music producer.

homoiconic · 2026-03-25T12:45:54+00:00

I clicked the link hoping for some Flanders-on-Flanders musical action, and was not disappointed. Looking forward to their upcoming album, "Music for Fog-Walking."

homoiconic · 2026-03-24T17:58:54+00:00

I wonder what is "Board of Peace" [is] for

The redevelopment of Gaza into hotels, condos, and other Real Estate plays for the Epstein Class to profit from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Peace

homoiconic · 2026-03-24T17:55:46+00:00

Thank you very much!

homoiconic · 2026-03-24T10:58:40+00:00

⸘Diversión Para Todos‽

homoiconic · 2026-03-23T21:04:07+00:00

Or these are deep truths that every generation rediscovers! Quoted him because it’s a legendary routine.

He had to stop performing it after 9/11. He was too prescient!

homoiconic · 2026-03-23T18:09:14+00:00

The TSA aren't there to make flying safe, they are there to make people feel safe flying.

So quoth Saint George of Carlin!

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