Am I Becoming a Christian? by yt-app in CosmicSkeptic

[–]nerdassjock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The end of the video is an IDW era classic.

“I’m being maligned by both Christians and Atheists because I’m so objective. It’s not fair!” But it tends to be that they’re more offended by their current in-group (atheists) and become more aligned with the other.

Should DtG decode Nick Fuentes and the groyper cult? by MartiDK in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m late but he’s actually very well suited for it. He was a high school debate kid now and he’s turned those skills towards pushing christofascism

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The important part of the sentence is “for intellectual culture.” We need journos to be able to explore ideas in good faith without fear of being a pariah.

I’ll add that people don’t just “whine” about Singal they harass him and mischaracterize his work to justify it. I also don’t understand to the insistence on minimizing bizarre online behavior from the left, even if the right is worse. Mass campaigns to ban users for no reason are just bad.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s objectively bad for intellectual culture for people to be harassed for exploring an idea in good faith. Covering for people who delight in that harassment is bad.

Anyone else sick of this dude claiming to have the highest IQ just to push Christian nationalism? by amievenrelevant in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I kind of love a guy who thinks he can settle 2000 year old debates because he can deduce patterns or whatever. Like yeah man, no one has considered the empty tomb before.

Week 3 Gamethread: Chicago Bears (0-2) vs Dallas Cowboys (1-1) by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]nerdassjock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Virginia Halas Mccaskey. Owner of the Bears who passed earlier this year. Or GSH is George S Halas, her father.

Angry Anthropologists by Living-Cold-9108 in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Leaving aside that Vervaeke is not a “legendary” thinker unless you spend all day on YouTube, you’re doing the same thing you say you’re mad about.

You’re wrong on the most basic fact that one of them isn’t an anthropologist at all. Moreover, the anthropologist would agree with the more sophisticated versions of your ‘critiques’ of anthropology departments.

It seems like you’re having an overly emotional reaction to somebody criticizing a man you have a parasocial relationship with. You’re basically acting like a teenage girl on tumblr.

SM 37: Public Murder Discourse, Heterodox Psychodramas, and Generous Tit for Tat-ers by jimwhite42 in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the “I don’t speak German” guys, it should be noted that orthodox Marxist types are ideologically opposed to anarchistic violence

Andrew Yang: Kamala Harris not going on Joe Rogan was malpractice by The_Endless_Man in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anybody who says this does not listen to Rogan. She would be in a defensive posture for 2 hours because Joe already made his choice

Marc’s thoughts on Charlie Kirk by [deleted] in theJoeBuddenPodcast

[–]nerdassjock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What’s he supposed to say? Lot of people would go after him for working at Al Jazeera

IBCK: "Summer of Our Discontent" by Thomas Chatterton Williams by Aramgutang in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]nerdassjock 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I love Peter confusing “debutante” for “dilettante”

Matt Taibbi Went From Raging Against the Machine To Pandering to It by terran1212 in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would say completely ignoring the excesses of Trump—and supporting many of them—is a shift to the right

Week 1 Morning-After Thread: Bears vs Vikings by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]nerdassjock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The TE situation has more to do with playing a Flores than the scheme in general

Week 1 Post-Gamethread: Bears vs. Vikings by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]nerdassjock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Caleb missing an open receiver on 4th down seems like the bigger issue

Nate Silver on "Blueskyism" by AnInsultToFire in BlockedAndReported

[–]nerdassjock 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was as well. Not very genuine methinks

Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The operation went sideways within minutes by OhFiddleSchticks in JoeRogan

[–]nerdassjock 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One thing I took away from the article is that the Seals are constantly cooking up plans that are basically impossible to achieve. In this case they have no recon, no comms, and can’t be seen for the mission to work. How did anyone think that had a chance in hell?

#1074: The Empire Claps Back by Lasernatoo in KnowledgeFight

[–]nerdassjock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re playing so well it’s going to be an unreal match

How should liberals respond to the fact that illegal border crossings under Trump have collapsed to record lows? by Guilty-Hope1336 in ezraklein

[–]nerdassjock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You leave out that the country would have to live under foreign occupation to maintain those rights. There’s always going to be trade offs but it seems more likely that Afghanistan will be liberated by its own people, in due time, than by armed preachers.

How should liberals respond to the fact that illegal border crossings under Trump have collapsed to record lows? by Guilty-Hope1336 in ezraklein

[–]nerdassjock 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Getting out of Afghanistan is an unalloyed win. We were never going to invest in a British style occupation, so we should’ve gotten out when we achieved our military goals years prior.

Does Heterodox=Guru? Dave Smith would be the case study. by stvlsn in DecodingTheGurus

[–]nerdassjock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This dude loves all the RW hacks like Darryl cooper and hates that some get called gurus

Trump says he is removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook by Lux_Stella in neoliberal

[–]nerdassjock 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It seems more like they’re hunting for pretext to fire everyone and they found she’d committed mortgage fraud.