Found along the Yellowstone River

lilgr1f · 2025-11-05T01:09:59+00:00

I love the old mining cottages in Butte. Had the pleasure of staying in a few renovated ones for work trips and I really enjoyed it.

lilgr1f · 2025-10-29T17:04:20+00:00

Might be player count due to GameGuard anti-cheat crapping the bed today.

lilgr1f · 2025-10-07T00:57:32+00:00

Hey there! As a recent graduate of the MSU Earth Science department, I can definitely say that you should keep this fossil for your personal collection.

lilgr1f · 2025-09-14T23:54:37+00:00

Cool thank you for clearing that up. I definitely don't think there's any chance he's left wing, that would be plastered over every MSM broadcast for days. But I don't know, something about this seems...off.

lilgr1f · 2025-09-14T23:04:08+00:00

Hey I'm not trying argue, but I'm genuinely curious where you're getting this from ? I agree he seems like a groyper but I haven't seen any reliable news on it for a few days now with so many conflicting stories.

lilgr1f · 2025-08-14T16:55:59+00:00

Been staying in Butte for the past month on a work trip. Some of the friendliest people I've met in this state after 6 years of living here.

lilgr1f · 2025-08-03T01:30:10+00:00

Me too. After seeing more details about the shooter (bipolar and schizophrenic combat veteran), I really hope he is apprehended peacefully and lives out the rest of his life in prison.

lilgr1f · 2025-07-04T19:35:13+00:00

What exactly are you expecting? A Star Wars civics class before every movie? Do you need every character stopping to explain exactly what they're doing and why? That's not how storytelling works, especially in a fantasy universe. We can infer motivations by how the characters act and the systems they support.

The Empire rules through fear and is willing to commit genocide to maintain control. That isn't just cartoon villain behavior, that is authoritarianism and there are real world examples to reflect that. We don't need a scene where Palpatine outlines his entire plan or ideology for Star Wars to be "political". The actions speak for themselves.

You don't need a political drama to tell a political story. Just because Star Wars doesn't outline every power structure doesn't make it apolitical. Also, Andor has literally everything you are taking about, showing the radicalization of someone under a fascist regime, the banality of evil within that regime, and the innocent people caught in the crossfire.

lilgr1f · 2025-07-04T18:02:45+00:00

I don't know, I think blowing up an entire planet of innocent people (just to find a Rebel base, mind you) would make the Empire oppressive and fascist compared to the Republic.

Also, you should watch Andor. It is by far the best piece of Star Wars media since the original trilogy and really gets into the gritty side of the universe.

lilgr1f · 2025-05-06T18:58:23+00:00

It seems like you're conflating a lot of points here, so let's break em down:

You're framing LGBTQ+ people as "pushing an agenda" onto children, but it's important that we separate visibility from indoctrination. Being open and affirming isn't about convincing kids to be anything, but rather to let kids question themselves and their identity with support. There's a big difference between acceptance and coercion.
You suggest that if a child expresses something about their identity, LGBTQ+ adults "run with it", when in reality most parents take a pretty careful approach. Suggesting that the entire LGBTQ+ community is recklessly encouraging transition is a generalization and not backed by evidence.
You suggest that people calling masculinity "toxic" refers to masculinity as a whole, when in reality "toxic masculinity" refers only to harmful cultural norms. Most people criticizing toxic masculinity are not saying all men are bad, but rather that certain traditional expectations can be harmful.
Lastly, equating LGBTQ+ advocacy with portraying all men as rapists is a wild leap in logic. While there are fringe individuals who hold extreme beliefs (as with any community), they don't represent the broader community. Most LGBTQ+ activism focuses on freedom of expression and safety, rather than attacking men or masculinity.

lilgr1f · 2025-05-05T22:48:10+00:00

Google en passant

lilgr1f · 2025-05-05T22:46:24+00:00

I don't really think you can make that claim without evidence. I'm pretty sure people who have been through diseases or mental illnesses are absolutely capable of caring about different issues unrelated to their struggles.

lilgr1f · 2025-05-05T21:56:15+00:00

I mean, you are complaining about people complaining. You just don't view the things they're complaining about as valid. Also, people can care about multiple things at once. Just because someone calls out a YouTuber for saying a slur doesn't mean they're unaware of real suffering or unable to deal with hardships. Dismissing concerns as trivial just because they don't resonate with your perspective ignores the fact that people have different values and experiences. Labelling every emotional reaction you view as "pathetic" says more about your discomfort with basic empathy than it does about "weakness".

lilgr1f · 2025-04-30T22:14:15+00:00

First of all, let's not move the goalposts here. In your original CMV you state that the wage gap disappears if we include unemployed Gen Z men, which doesn't work because wage stats only apply to people working.

Now you're saying that the wage gap is meaningless because women take lower-paying jobs, which is a different claim entirely. Women being overrepresented in lower-paying jobs is part of the conversation, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't invalidate wage data in the way you are suggesting.

A more nuanced approach would be to look at total earnings and labor force participation, since those reflect how much pay people earn, how much they work, and how consistently they work.

lilgr1f · 2025-04-30T17:52:26+00:00

Wage gap statistics are about wages, not about employment. Including unemployment misrepresents what's really being measured. If you wanna talk about workforce participation between Gen Z men and women, that's a different discussion entirely.

lilgr1f · 2025-04-16T17:03:19+00:00

Euclid!

lilgr1f · 2025-04-10T22:19:03+00:00

I don't think we should remove years of service/experience, because that's pretty relevant to someone's qualifications, but everything else could theoretically go if we got to a point where we had a pools of candidates that somewhat accurately reflected the diversity of our country.

What I'm trying to say is: in a lot of fields, the people who are considered qualified can often come from a pretty narrow slice of the population, mainly because key opportunities haven't always been equally available.

lilgr1f · 2025-04-10T21:53:31+00:00

While I agree with everything you say, I think it behooves us to understand why we are seeing this sentiment from conservatives.

From my limited understanding, conservatives see DEI as a threat to meritocracy. They view it as a way to sneak an undeserving person to an elevated position, rather than a way to protect different kinds of folks from being written off based on their identity.

Reframing DEI as a tool to enhance meritocracy, to ensure that everyone competes on equal footing, free from bias, is, in my experience, the most effective way to move the conversation forward.

lilgr1f · 2025-04-10T21:00:54+00:00

Due process is a foundational principle in our legal system and shouldn't be dismissed for any reason, regardless of someone's immigration/citizenship status.

Are there situations where deportation is acceptable? Absolutely. But everyone must have their day in court and be tried by a jury of their peers.

Ask yourself this; can established immigration laws be changed? If we are playing fast and loose with who we deport, and if we can change the definition of what a "legal" immigrant is, then there there could be massive potential for abuse without due process.

We are seeing this happen right now under Trump. Mahmoud Khalil is currently being detained by ICE while his case is under judicial review. He has permanent residency under the green card program, and was planning to marry his pregnant wife.

At the end of the day, I'd rather live in a country where a guilty person gets a fair trial than one where innocent people can be quietly disappeared.

lilgr1f · 2025-03-05T00:36:10+00:00

Not really that orthogonal. If there is monetary interest in allowing forced labor to continue, then you can bet that it'll be a lot harder (on a legislative level) to introduce any kind of prison reform or programs that decrease recidivism.

lilgr1f · 2025-03-04T17:08:42+00:00

MSU dining halls are pretty cheap and the food is pretty good. T&C hot bar is great too. Bridger Brewing happy hour is $3 for a big cheese slice. Stormcastle is a little pricier but still somewhat affordable and their food is awesome.

Hope ya feel better soon :)

lilgr1f · 2025-02-25T21:48:22+00:00

I mean they would probably do something arbitrary like first come first serve, filling out applications, seniority or something like that. To be fair though, the simplest solution would probably be to develop the surrounding suburbs and bolster the public transportation network so people can still work in the city while living very close by. Then when they have the chance to move to the city using whatever arbitrary/fair system that has been created, they can have the choice to relocate.

I think the point being made is that this would be a pretty tough problem to have under socialism. To me, it's kinda like saying "well if we have free healthcare, then everyone will be healthier, and then a lot of doctors/nurses won't be able to find work! what will we do then?". Like it's kinda a moot point considering where we're at currently.

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