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a111: Logged on 2017-07-22 16:46 asciilifeform
thinks back
to
the rather complicated philosophy of ru prison re when it is 'kosher'
to cheat at cards, and with whom
a111: Logged on 2017-07-20 23:54 asciilifeform: hether
there was any likelihood of being passed a false banknote and whether he could pass on a false note himself.
There was no definite system involved in all
this. Sometimes a fist like a hairy water-melon would appear in
the little window, but it was obvious
that
Tatarsky could quite safely send its owner
to hell and beyond.
Then sometimes
Tatarsky's heart would skip a beat in fright at
the sight of a slim female hand
mircea_popescu: "her affection!" "can you be cheated of
things you imagined ?"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform it's not limited
to
that, either. what do folks feel cheated of, when
they declare
to have been cheated on by spouse ?
a111: Logged on 2017-07-22 16:35 mircea_popescu: suppose you go
to
the casino, yes, and lose some money playing with
the fates. if you discover
that
the game was fixed, will you go "ah well, i had lost it anyway" ?
mircea_popescu: there's edges of
this observable everywhere in nature. why make car insurance mandatory ? so
that every idiot with a donut has a certain kind of principal behind him, so accidents can stay accidents and you can actually get your car fixed rather
than "hurr durr i'm anon pothead, lolz".
mircea_popescu: but
the point remains -- it very much matters whose principal
thje agent is.
mircea_popescu: yes, you live in a most strange of places :D where you aim
to live it was quite customary.
mircea_popescu: suppose you go
to
the casino, yes, and lose some money playing with
the fates. if you discover
that
the game was fixed, will you go "ah well, i had lost it anyway" ?
☟︎ mircea_popescu: sure, rarely. yet you can be robbed of your heart and not mind
the loss any.
mircea_popescu: the "it was not robbery for [insert reasons]" is
the common, but also nonsensical escape from
this fix.
the correct way out is
to notice
that yes you were robbed, but it matters who does it.
mircea_popescu: and i suppose if i were come
to your house
tomorrow unbidden, sit on your couch and pour myself a glass of wine you'll say you weren't robbed ?
mircea_popescu: how he spends it is not
the item, but who or rather what he is.
mircea_popescu: if you spend it, does it make a difference
to you what you spend it on ?
mircea_popescu: all
the difference in
the world, neh ? what difference does it make for whom
the postman brings letters ? well, if he brings othello letters from desdemona, he is a sort of cupid ; and if
they are from
the doge, a sort of mercury.
a111: Logged on 2017-07-22 10:15 mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-07-21#1688217 <<
the whore gets paid because ~you~
think she should be.
the robber gets paid because ~he~
thinks he should be. very unlike items,
these.
mircea_popescu: which is
the whole item here : yes usg seduces a bunch of dorks, but what i am saying is
that a) i'm not seduced myslef and b) i do not
think very much of
they who are.
mircea_popescu: these are very much not
the same : i can say "i'm not interested" in
the woman case only.
mircea_popescu: the case of
the whore is not of "man who walks into room and overpowers all
those present", but instead "woman walks into room and seduces all
those present".
a111: Logged on 2017-07-21 04:43 asciilifeform: however, i gotta ask, what happened
to
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-07-17#1685436 ? usg beat and imprisoned
the rabbis, at
the end of
the day. so how come it does not 'prove superiority' in mircea_popescu's lens ?
mircea_popescu: ^ in celebration of
the "recent events"
that... weren't.
BingoBoingo: Ask not what your
Trump can do for you. Ask yourself what he did
to you, hand on pussy.
BingoBoingo still wonders what "Trump administration"?
This is an 8 year reich
that Estados Unidos has been sentenced
to serve.
mod6: <+mircea_popescu> what future fucking administration. << 'tis kinda
true, with each successive one
the
twilight wanes.
BingoBoingo: And
the latest from
the delusionists: "If
Trump abuses his presidential powers
to pardon in a way
that obstructs justice, he could be prosecuted under a future administration."
BingoBoingo: In other quotes from
the wild: “The question
that needs
to be answered is, was
this shooting a mistake or was it a “cultural seizure” by a Muslim officer who snapped and acted irrationally at
the sight of a woman in her pajamas?”
BingoBoingo: If he fails
to find me
through having
the wrong rats read applciations, it is his failure. Unlike Obamacare he owns
this failure
to hire.
BingoBoingo: Well, I put in my application
this winter.
BingoBoingo: Of course he was going
to suck. Didn't believe in "The Great Again" and
tried repping
Trump like a Lindsey Graham oldster.
mircea_popescu: anyway,
the old "gop" dorks fell over like so much paper candles,
the
traditional senatorial refuge in disease and bodily weakness. guy won his home front, no question.
mod6: im just lucky
that
the woodpeckers go after
the
trees as opposed
to
the structure, or i'd be spending a lot more
time in
the backyard like rambo
jhvh1: BingoBoingo:
The operation succeeded.
BingoBoingo: !~later
tell pete_dushenski So, question of
the day. How does infant car seat handle in Blackzilla?
shinohai: ^ I love
those crossman destroyers ... perfect for
taking out varmits
mircea_popescu: and back
to cabaret, it's plain
to everyone joel grey's role is quite literally morte,
the ace of spades,
the xiiith card ? which is why he's in
the morgige
tag scene right at
the end.
mircea_popescu: pro
tip : most rapists prefer
the body subdued but still warm.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> now if
they only made
the spiked bb already. <<
They do sell for air rifle.
a111: Logged on 2017-07-20 02:50 BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> no. i recall
the faggots, not yet VERY overweight, going
to
the
things
that meanwhile got captured by apple, much like coca-cola captured xmas << In elementry school historical context for
the
then present was established
to be "on
the verge of paradise, if only we stop littering"
a111: Logged on 2017-07-21 02:15 mircea_popescu: and
they existed very much because ro girls, unlike russki stupid cunts, did NOT perceive
themselves at some kind of liberty
to not whore up for
the gangster class.
a111: Logged on 2017-07-21 17:41 asciilifeform: lol i luvv
that scene
phf: 27, she's a member of
the 27 club
mircea_popescu: says
the fucking words, you know ? "you should be stronger
than me". dood...
☟︎ phf: "helllooo springfield!!!1 --- omg it's us, he's
talking about us"
☟︎ mircea_popescu: "keen eye for
the superficial" is not much of a qualification.
a111: Logged on 2017-07-21 16:15 phf:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-07-21#1687972 << i'm not sure
that's a criticism
that can be leveled at pelevin, he's got other
traps
though. he has a keen eye for
the present, but
then he adds a layer of interpretation very much in
the style of
This Is What's Really Happening, which is usually of esoteric nature. his bratki
take psychedelic mushrooms "to get fucked up next level!1" and accidentally break into
the a shared buddhist realm of higher being,
t