agamemnonymous

@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stretch marks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe, many relevant acquaintances have spoken very fondly of my balls, up to and including my wife. But maybe that’s just me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨now kith⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  New Apollo 18 lore just dropped

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When they get the bill too⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A man, obsessed with trains, finally sneaks into the engine one day. He’s having the time of his life for a few minutes before he screws up a switch and derails the train, killing dozens of people.

  His trial is quick, and he is sentenced to death. The day arrives, and for his last meal he requests a single banana. He eats it, he’s strapped into the electric chair, and when they pull the switch… nothing.

  They delay the sentence for a day, to examine the chair for defects. They tighten all the connections, check the wires, and test to make sure it’s working.

  The next day, for his real last meal, he again requests a single banana. He eats, they strap him in and pull the switch. Again, nothing.

  They delay one more day to tear the chair down to every component, test everything, reassemble, test again. They’re confident that the chair is working properly.

  Next day, he asks again for one banana. “Oh no no,” the warden says “I didn’t know how you’re doing it, but you’re not getting another banana”. They serve him roast beef and potatoes, with apple pie for dessert. They strap him in, pull the switch and… nothing.

  The bananas had nothing to do with it, turns out he was just a bad conductor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What makes you think it’s a trap? Seems more like an effort to get you, personally, in and out as quickly as possible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't forget to wipe ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Only if you have an air dryer too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tramp was a sapient dog, which I think counts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scandal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Epstein email asking if Putin had pics of Trump blowing “Bubba”, which was one of Bill Clinton’s nicknames

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fragile masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You avoid growing plants because it’s embarrassing.

  I avoid growing plants because I’m awful at it and it’s cruel.

  We are not the same

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like pwnd, which is something like pünd or /pʊnd/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like a spy codephrase

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The height of sophistication: the 1994 McDonald's manager collection⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s actually stylish as hell

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Male Mar-a-Lago face⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Week called the “look” a “must-have accessory” for the inner circle of President Donald Trump. […] Matthew J. Nykiel, a board-certified surgeon, stated the appearance is modeled after Ivanka Trump’s appearance.

  Holy shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To the slough, I belooonng⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To the baaaank of a poooond.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Same...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you! That interpretation in nonsense, nothing can’t be turned into a mushroom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can I learn to estimate the likelihood of real-world events?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ignoring the AI part, since it doesn’t even know it’s gaslighting you.

  Maybe read some Buckminster Fuller. He opined to some length about trends in real-world changes.

  Isaac Asimov as well, just for a general sense of the approach.

  But overall probabilities are kinda arbitrary when applied to specific events. They work fine for a whole lot of similar events (e.g. pulling colored marbles out of a bag) but they don’t really have any tangible meaning for unique events. Either you guess wrong or you guess right.

  If you want to predict future events, you need to have a good grasp on current events, past events, and systemic behavior in general. There isn’t one methodology that yields results generally. You need to tailor your approach to suit each prediction.

  That’s not something you can learn from one book, course, or series of exercises. It relies on broad scholarship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not saying that I agree with it, but it's understandable.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “from” being the operative word.

  Bruce Springsteen’s breakout hit was about getting out of Jersey ASAP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A brick a day keeps the pigs away.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These should be cans of soup. You can put more force behind a can of soup, and you can also use it to feed your family.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rebound from a viral pandemic, RIP Gros Michel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm too stupid for this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tutored calculus, and probably the biggest example I’ve seen of this is the difference quotient. The formula is exceedingly obvious once you understand it, but it takes a lot of people some time for it to “click”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨yo: sup?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who’s on first?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨yo: sup?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kid named Gurt

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honestly Bizarre⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to bring it up if no one else did

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not paying $8 for a pack of Skittles⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah my big flatscreen in my tiny TV room takes up most of my field of vision from the couch. The difference in quality is almost negligible, but I can pause to grab food, rewind if I missed something, and there’s no one else there on their phone or just making noise.

  I’ll see a movie in the theater every once in a while if it’s like a grand spectacle, but most movies are just fine at home, if not better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I kinda liked the bleak. It felt like an ending. Drove home a fairly central theme

  Never read Colfer’s continuation, I read some of the Artemis Fowl books when I was younger and I didn’t really expect him to match Adams’ particular style.

  I did listen to the radio adaptation though, and if it’s true to the source then it was… okay? I’m not sure it added much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As always, there’s a relevant xkcd

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we still joke about setting up old wooden guillotines?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Guillotines are too tame for modern audiences. Wood chippers are fresh and exciting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on the OG "So I tried to catch fog" version⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Terrible joke, I sentence you to exile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember the past⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn Daniel? That was like 10 years after all the rest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mmmm... Yeah. It checks out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Common misconception. Not all of them, just the ones that change colors around radiation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got some martial arts training, but only did like a month of BJJ with no other real grappling training. A girl-jock friend of mine, super active in BJJ and pretty big and buff for a girl, wanted to do a little playful sparring.

  I pinned her so fast, with so little effort, it wasn’t even funny. She’d been training for years, and she was in great shape for it, but my amateur ass absolutely destroyed her.

  Also, I did do some powerlifting for a while, and everyone who actually lifts heavy looks like a chubby farm boy.