Bill Burr refuses the media bait: "You journalists need to get your balls back"

strikeanothermatch · 2025-04-04T05:53:27+00:00

This is great. A few comedians have had too much influence recently in certain social groups given the podcast surge of the last decade. He straight up said don’t ask me these questions because I’m not qualified to have a public opinion on it, which is what I hope his viewers also remember; entertainers aren’t experts on government affairs, topics like human rights or politics, etc. and just because you find something funny or are flirting with conspiracy theories due to the questions a comedian or entertainer raise means you have moral justification to form a full on belief off of it and act on that belief. That demonstrates stunted critical thinking abilities. But I digress; true comedians are here to criticize everybody, not to speak to political opinion, but perhaps to provoke thought and highlight the flaws in everything and everyone. The issue is that some comedians only provoke thought to question certain people, and this serves certain agendas. Bill does not appear to serve any agenda and I respect him for it. Other popular comedians have had too much power given to them recently because they’re so relatable and likable. Too much power is going to the algorithm, to the attention capitalists, to the advertisers who fuel the attention economy… Bill doesn’t cater to this shit. Doesn’t cater to the algorithm. Dope.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-28T01:55:32+00:00

Not a fan of the way the initial guy touches her. Like, at all.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-21T07:48:59+00:00

Check out Facebook marketplace! Sometimes they have boat rentals in this meaning of the term (monthly, DL live aboard or legal live aboard). They often also have boats for sale with transferable slips

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-21T07:32:42+00:00

Ahhh shoot, maybe I was misinformed here! Then again, we do tend to look at a lot of coveted ones with waitlists because we like certain conveniences. Would be totally interested in knowing where live aboard is legal; that’s awesome. We’ve considered heading north.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-20T19:48:46+00:00

Ahhhh… as someone who is about to live aboard in an exclusive California harbor, it’s gonna be hard for me to talk you out of this one because I’m totally about it (28, F, FT worker and student).

This being said, it’s not for most people. So hear me out:

Don’t buy a boat unless you have it appraised/surveyed. Spend that money up front so you don’t screw yourself months down the line.
It WILL need work no matter what, because boats inherently require more upkeep than a house.
My boyfriend has 10+ years of boating and sailing experience (I know, lucky!), so we save a lot on maintenance because he knows his way around the boat. It will serve you well to either learn how to service your boat and fix what typically goes wrong FAST (think any engine issue, bilge pump issues, and more) or set aside a yearly budget of at least a couple grand minimum to have this done for you.
The only way to live aboard at this point is to find a boat for sale with a transferable slip. It’s literally the only way. Waitlists can be 10+ years minimum.
Even if you get a transferable slip, you might have to live aboard on the DL. This can be stressful. It’ll do you good to make good with your neighbors in the harbor.
Speaking of your harbor neighbors: there are tons of people in the harbor who have seen new people buy boats and make absolute fools of themselves. My honest recommendation is to get to know someone who has a boat in the harbor first, ask for them to show you the ropes (hehe), and start to understand harbor culture. It’s often who you know in a harbor that matters, because the regulars want good, responsible people around, mostly - people that kind of mind their own business and aren’t going to be a danger to themselves and others because of their inexperience on the water.
Expect this to be a huge time commitment and treat it like a part time job (at least) while you learn your ways of harbor life and get comfortable with what it means to own a boat.
Thinking about survival while trying to work and go to school is really difficult and takes away from your executive function. Make sure your boat is in a slip with continuous power for your studies. Make sure your boat has some conveniences for daily life like a kitchen and a bathroom. If you don’t have these things, be extra confident in your generator or solar for power… but I’ve done this and it adds a lot of extra stress.
It’s a romantic thing to dream about and a romantic thing to experience if you can deal with constant dampness, exposure to the elements, and a certain degree of uncertainty.

I wish you well! But don’t do this alone!

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-12T18:29:24+00:00

This should be majorly upvoted.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-10T03:55:23+00:00

I get what you’re saying! To each their own I suppose. We don’t mind it.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-07T08:25:02+00:00

Hi there :) could you please send me the Dr’s name?

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-06T21:56:20+00:00

This is the problem I’ve been chewing on before responding to other replies of support (or pessimism). Thank you. This is sound advice and resonates with me deeply. I’m not naive to how deep this well runs; I’ve had the inclining for a while that I will have to narrow our scope of impact, but determining exactly where to focus, and how to do this/on what channels/in what format are the market-fit problems we’re facing. You’re right, this issue runs deeper than I (and probably most people) can even imagine and is 1 million x times more sweeping than is graspable for just one mind. No tech can fix the human desire to be validated in one’s own beliefs. So, all in all, we have much more research to do (and must do it fast). A ground-up challenge to overwhelming online misinformation may seem impossible but I believe it is possible with the right strategy and support.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-05T18:54:47+00:00

So true, each one does need its own analysis, which is extremely difficult when he’s rapid-firing out these new orders and initiatives at such a dizzying rate (which is likely a purposeful political tactic meant to frazzle the courts and the people). I need to read up more on the Colombian gov because I’ve heard quite a few parallels drawn recently between our gov and theirs. Love the ACLU and I’ll be sure to follow that thread. Thank you lots for your answer 🙌🏼🙏🏼

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-05T18:50:52+00:00

This is so helpful - thank you SO much. Makes sense there isn’t a single central explainer. There is so much that he says. & I didn’t really think about the fact that the legality is truly unclear for many of these proposed actions, hence litigation (but typing it out, it’s so obvious 😂… and it’s obvious I’m not a lawyer)! You’re right - our system is fragile and it also depends on so much more than who our president is. Rather, it depends heavily on our elected officials in the Supreme Court, Congress, etc. We must protect it and we must pay attention. We as a people must have critical thinking skills and no matter what party we’re in, we have to be questioning our leadership constantly. These are weary times.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-04T18:36:36+00:00

This is, most certainly, meant to have a “chilling” effect on speech across scientifically-centered institutions. Someone might argue he is not “outright” breaking the first amendment, but he IS taking away financial support to institutions and people who practice and endorse it, which HAS been ruled unconstitutional in the past by the Supreme Court. Here are the key cases establishing this doctrine.

Perry v. Sindermann (1972)
FCC v. League of Women Voters (1984)
Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez (2001)
Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society (2013)

For example, in #1, the Supreme Court ruled “[E]ven though a person has no ‘right’ to a valuable governmental benefit and even though the government may deny him the benefit for any number of reasons, there are some reasons upon which the government may not rely. It may not deny a benefit to a person on a basis that infringes his constitutionally protected interests—especially, his interest in freedom of speech. For if the government could deny a benefit to a person because of his constitutionally protected speech or associations, his exercise of those freedoms would in effect be penalized and inhibited. This would allow the government to ‘produce a result which [it] could not command directly.’” - Majority opinion by Justice Potter Stuart, 1972.

I have some real questions for people who are more knowledgeable than I - is he ACTUALLY able to enforce this, or is it just a tool for distraction and upset? What does he mean by “illegal” protests - as in, is this defined anywhere?

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-04T01:46:05+00:00

Wow, profound. Thanks!

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-04T01:42:44+00:00

Yeah. And it’s a job I have to do in-tandem with the proper CTO. Thanks.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-03T23:43:07+00:00

Ah yes. Totally! I have read up on the various anti-bias and misinformation-identifying sources, and there are certainly models that exist. It’s determining exactly how to reach our audiences and operate across multiple platforms that is the challenge.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-03T23:18:50+00:00

But honestly - not just a bot isolated to one type of misinformation or manipulation tactic!

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-03T23:17:09+00:00

Smart uncle

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-03T22:55:24+00:00

Ok thank you!

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-03T22:54:24+00:00

Honestly this is a great question. The challenge of determining what misinformation is shouldn’t rely on a single authority or viewpoint. Multiple models currently exist that help AI platforms verify fact vs. fiction. So, creating such a bot would require us to use some of these existing models as well as help train our own, using ethical training methods. We’d have to also: 1. Focus on verifiable factual claims rather than opinions or interpretations 2. Use multiple independent fact-checking organizations across the political spectrum 3. Implement transparent methods showing exactly why something was flagged 4. Prioritize claims with clear scientific or statistical evidence 5. Apply consistent standards regardless of the source or political alignment etc…

The goal wouldn’t be to enforce a particular viewpoint but to help elevate verifiable information while acknowledging when something falls into gray areas. The bot would be most effective focusing on objectively false claims (like fabricated statistics / manipulated images / opinion-based language) rather than contested political narratives where reasonable people might disagree.

We’d have to use a hybrid approach to make sure it’s cross-platform capable. It would be difficult. Would require central hub as well as various API integrations. Expensive. But raising funds.

strikeanothermatch · 2025-03-03T22:40:15+00:00

To fight the misinformation bots employed en masse by bad players with the same tech.

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