Conservatives don’t want democracy. They want hierarchy.

Maga folks wouldn’t care if trump used a baby as a shield. Their brains are fermented in in-group loyalty.

The idea of shooting health insurance CEOs dead is heroic. Luigi is the current godwalker of the archetype, to borrow from old rpg Unknown Armies. (Godwalker being the best living representation, subject to the collective beliefs of humanity). It doesn’t really matter if he did it or not. The idea is there.

I posted this in a separate thread, but it’s worth repeating: conservatives believe in hierarchy. Different rules for different people.

They don’t see this as hypocrisy. Pointing out the contradiction won’t work. They are consistent: the good people get good things and everyone else needs to stay in their place. Even when the maga isn’t at the top, they take comfort in being at their appropriate rank. And they get to shit on the people below them.

I remember a video from (I think) the alt right playbook series, where he remarked on how this kind of hierarchy is self similar at different levels. They get stepped on but they also get to step on the people below them. That’s part of why they don’t like things that help people they see as lesser. They need to stay down so they can be stepped on!

Yes.

Unfortunately, conservatives believe in hierarchy. There are different rules for different people and, to them, that’s good, right, and natural.

They don’t see it as a contradiction because to them it is not. Mitch gets time off because he’s special and deserves it.

Without cracking that world view, progress will be very limited.

I thought the velvet underground “run run run” was

Run run run run run take your jacket too

Instead of “take a drag or two”

Good advice when it’s cold out!

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

The concept of motonormativity describes how car dependency is created and reinforced, and how the health hazards of cars are downplayed and obscured

Yep.

My team assigns both hours and points to tasks. I’ve never seen the points used for anything but they still spend time on it.

The supernatural parts are bad to take literally. Some of the philosophy can be interesting. The rote, blind, following of rules is typically not good.

It makes more sense in the context of early humanity.

Nowadays it’s an excuse for poor behavior and nonsense.

Not only has shit gotten expensive, I got laid off from a good paying job and could only land a middling salary. I used to buy more varied food. I’d order delivery when I had guests over. I’d buy seltzer.

No more. Fuck em. If they don’t want to pay me I’ll keep my spend to a minimum.

Has management known that?

A lot of problems seem to be downstream from “management are idiots and assholes”

Of course they are. I’m happy to never use twitch but I feel like most people don’t care or don’t have the self discipline to stop.

I honestly forgot that game even existed!

It’s because the decision makers are fucking stupid.

I would be happier at work if we could just solve interesting problems. Instead we have mandates from management to do nonsense, or work in nonsense ways.

The people at the top are so removed from how work gets done, and how normal people live, they’re useless. Worse than useless.

It would still be anti-labor and a force multiplier for confident stupidity.

Controversial take: doom 1 is better than doom 2. Doom 2 has a bunch of awful levels.

I didn’t really like doom2016 or eternal that much, either. Too much start-and-stop.

Microsoft and Bethesda are creatively incompetent. They don’t really want to say anything. They just want a funny theme park full of kitschy shit so they can pander to fans.

They’re fucking soulless morons.

The first fallout was interesting because it was pretty fresh. The 2nd was a bigger exploration, with some interesting questions about remnants. I don’t really remember 3 but it had some weird narrative problems, I think.

New Vegas actually asked a new interesting question: who rebuilds after?

And then 4 just shits the bed because Bethesda has no soul. It’s also mechanically a mess. Power armor in the intro, except it sucks? Fuck everyone who thought that was a good idea.

I will laugh really hard at any ice agent who shocks his dick while trying to piss. Even if he dies. Especially if he dies.

This seems a good excuse to repost his fascinating post about estrangement: https://issendai.com/psychology/estrangement/missing-missing-reasons/