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  1. Not a minority opinion, hotels (with rewards/points) are and will always be superior to airbnb, no matter what Ryan Trahan is trying to get us to believe.
  2. From your mouth to God's ears. Good stuff and I agree 100% with you on this.
  3. The institutional thought leaders who keep pushing the "new coke" GOP lite analogy you so aptly described.
  4. I kid you not the car parked in front of me has a “100% deplorable” bumper sticker. These people are impervious to reason and shame.
  5. Abandoning logic and reason to “play the game” more effectively is hardly a unique position anymore, especially around here. Father Brisket and the ledgecore movement have been championing besting the fascists at their own game before it was deemed necessary. I mean, if a Dem came out today and said “we go high when they go low” not only would it not be applauded, they’d be skewered for being out of touch. An argument could be made not leaning into emotion at the expense of boring facts and reason is how we got here in the first place.
  6. Agree that should be the first job to be done. But when that leaves you exactly where you are, you are exactly where we are. Refuting attacks with math, facts, reason, etc. goes back to the critique of we have to stop being so intellectual. People, especially the masses, are emotional creatures. They react based on feelings not facts. At some point you have to make a political decision based on forecasted votes is all I’m saying. And either it’s try a vitriolic defense campaign or continue with the message around trans as is and continue dying on a hill or quietly punt on the issue until voters are really ready for it which seems to have helped Dems win in the past (e.g. marijuana, gay marriage, etc.).
  7. The assumption seems to be that people prefer a higher ceiling for a higher floor.
  8. Being a mod/message board owner might actually have negative mental health effects. Have sympathy on ole imma
  9. First I want to be clear that I 100% agree with you. Second, my post was in response to the multiple previous posts that were suggesting the trans issue is a boogey man issue that is causing an outsized negative response. Viewed through the context of “do you run to the message or run from it” I think the answer then is refuting with facts and when that doesn’t work because humans are emotional creatures, fight back. Contest the 1000 ads the GQP put out in 2024 about fear mongering on genders in sports.
  10. Here is the thing about it as well, it's such a tiny issue on the whole when you talk about it the actuals (e.g. competing in sports, in everyday life, etc.) so you would think that if something that is a 1% issue is causing a 33% negative yield (or whatever it is that you account it to be from a political consultent and the loss of votes that would otherwise be there and neutering the MAGAT talking points), then shouldn't it be an issue that an embracing of should be punted until it's more politically fruitful in the name of pragmatism and winning? It reminds me of the metaphor people use about a small thing they are willing to let sink them because it's so important to them called "dying on the hill" but with the dying being losing elections.
  11. Saw Steph Curry said they should be paid more too, which is funny because nominally of course they make a ton of money.
  12. I actually think big D should court and go after harder the 1, 2 and 3rd generation Asian, South Asian, and Middle East demographics which are fast growing, family-oriented, highly educated, high earning, and still for some reason will vote for someone like Trump. Just a hunch but I think if yo could activate these demographics, you wouldn’t need the hard to win middle/moderates/independents. Winning them is probably a ticket that upsets the most ardent on the left because I think the really socially progressive angles would be left on the cutting room floor, but I mean… I was just in California on vacation and every one of my Lyft drivers was one of the above and most were “well I don’t like him on everything but he’s doing some things really well”. (Even the immigrant from Mexico!). Granted this was SoCal and not Bay Area where I understand there is more red to be found.
  13. I think you are hinting at something philosophical here. 1) There are those who feel a political party has to earn their vote. They are not to be assume and they view their stance as a way to keep politicians honest and not fat and lazy and entitled. These people probably also love the $2.14/hr + tips set up because it keeps waiters incentivized to provide good service. 2) There are those who feel that great-is-the-enemy-of-good-enough and that because US potlics is such a zero-sum, us or them, game, holding out and playing hardball is morally wrong because by doing so you help the party who is horrible. Is there a 3rd option? Is that what this thread title and ask is driving at?
  14. Why do you say it won't be approved? What have you heard about that? This is what I read this AM: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/business/dealbook/trump-eu-trade-deal.html
  15. EU seems to be not happy about the deal. Sets a bad precedent of being bullied. I don't think China (or India, for that matter) will acquiese as easily. Really goes to show you the actual strength or countries these days.
  16. Whiz Kalifa- "Say On God" Does that mean, confirm you are telling the truth? Also what sort of establishment is this with the plexiglass and small hole and the customer gave him a $20 bill and got a $20 bill back along with something.
  17. So whenever some of the funnier stories and reports get around, publish them here for the lulz.
  18. Referencing how windsurf was gutted and then the husk was sold off, potentially screwing early employees who didn’t own significant equity. It seems, as it played out, it was more or less made right and folks were made whole, however but it didn’t look like it would be the case at first.
  19. I know a guy who works there. I’ll see if he has any insights lol
  20. Seems like a good guy:
  21. Shane Gillis is hilarious. He’s like if Surly’s main demographic was boiled down into a person (fat, ugly, smart, white, straight), but funny. Think of him as our Druski. That said, ESPN knew what they were doing when they picked him to host. They wanted the heat and the attention. It would be like picking Bill Burr and pretending you didn’t know he would offend 50% of the audience.
  22. @Captainant San Francisco, CA, July 1, 2025 –Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced it is now the first Internet infrastructure provider to block AI crawlers accessing content without permission or compensation, by default. Starting today, website owners can choose if they want AI crawlers to access their content, and decide how AI companies can use it. AI companies can also now clearly state their purpose – if their crawlers are used for training, inference, or search – to help website owners decide which crawlers to allow. Cloudflare's new default setting is the first step toward a more sustainable future for both content creators and AI innovators. For decades, the Internet has operated on a simple exchange: search engines index content and direct users back to original websites, generating traffic and ad revenue for websites of all sizes. This cycle rewards creators that produce quality content with money and a following, while helping users discover new and relevant information. That model is now broken. AI crawlers collect content like text, articles, and images to generate answers, without sending visitors to the original source – depriving content creators of revenue, and the satisfaction of knowing someone is viewing their content. If the incentive to create original, quality content disappears, society ends up losing, and the future of the Internet is at risk. “If the Internet is going to survive the age of AI, we need to give publishers the control they deserve and build a new https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2025/cloudflare-just-changed-how-ai-crawlers-scrape-the-internet-at-large/
  23. Don’t be facetious Jeffrey. I wrote this over a plate of fajitas with my thumbs on my iPhone and I hate that AI has co-opted the em dash. Let me find some supporting documentation — and the blog— (em dash yet again mine) as I think you are missing the big picture. I actually am appealing to you because I know you understand this stuff better than I do.
  24. Mmmm….you may know more that what I read, but from what I’ve been reading a) it’s definitely not table stakes today to be able to thwart AI crawlers and b) allegedly 20% of all internet flows through cloud flare today. It seems like you know more than me about what makes it blase— have you read into the details and still find it to be a nothing burger?
  25. I don't even have to click in the link to know that's a mainland Mexico vibe. Just the furniture and blankets alone.
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