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Namworld: I'm neither fat nor soft. Although yes I am a male.
radan: and what I've learned so far isn't very encouraging
radan: I'd like to know more about it before I pay it my pound of flesh
radan: this is a world I plan to live in
radan: of course I don't
Namworld: Well I can't say this year compared to the latest years. But on the longer term, the world is the least fucked up it's ever been, if by fucked up you mean things like torture, violence and such.
mircea_popescu: oh i see
ThickAsThieves: i like the typography of the new bitpay logo, but the left angle on the box is not parallel
mircea_popescu: i guess every man gets to make that choice for himself.
mircea_popescu: and i dunno who in their right mind would raise their children there, either.
BingoBoingo: ThickAsThieves: I actually rather enjoy the hangovers
radan: I spent some time in Indiana
ThickAsThieves: alcohol is a mistress that way BingoBoingo, "The love I sell you in the evening, by the morning won't exist"
BingoBoingo: radan: Have you ever tried the Mardi Gras thing? I've found that SoCo Hurricaines make the misery go away.
Ghaleon: felt with the army, sea, nuns and a bunch of dudes carrying heavy weapons shoed up usually.... pretty much bandits.. but i felt their pain
radan: I mean
radan: but I really don't think I would be unhappy in a traditional lifestyle
radan: but I would never raise children here
LordPutin: LorenzoMoney i'm scared
radan: I tell them it's a great city to live in
radan: and, all things considered, I'm glad they did
Ghaleon: lose the tan when dealing with them :/ if ya know what I mean
mircea_popescu: Ghaleon i doubt anything beats chicago, still.
Ghaleon: i was in New orelans after Katrina
radan: I live in Louisiana, bingo. it's a great state
radan: where I can work on my goal full time.
mircea_popescu: well i imagine your parents just took you there as an object
radan: some days I really feel like getting the fuck out of here
radan: what am I doing in the United States
mircea_popescu: i wouldn't go as far as to say all.
radan: it's just normal, here. I can't really think of an alternativfe
radan: it's just normal, here. I can't really think of an alternativfe
radan: I don't know how you do it in Wallachia
radan: and schedule stuff to do I gues
radan: I follow the customs of this country
radan: I've mostly grown up in American culture
radan: I don't know what you mean by reculture, either
radan: I think the combined force of 15 million merchants and half a billion shabbos goyim is invulnerable to a single teenager, yes
mircea_popescu: besides, the best fucks i ever had were with people who weren't particularly genetically close to me.
mircea_popescu: mkay. so saying "any interaction I have with this society can only benefit them to our detriment" is not only problematic seeing how you're away studying, but moreover a restatement of "x is invulnerable"
radan: and anyway I study in the United States
radan: I'm Bulgarian, but nationality's a social construct. when I say "my people" I'm using it as a shorthand for people genetically close to me
radan: I don't see anything manly, or even beneficial in a feminine way, from sticking with it
radan: any interaction I have with this society can only benefit them to our detriment
mircea_popescu: i wonder if they ever genetically engineer a colony of bacteria that knits
nubbins`: did i ever tell you guys about the client who insisted on "eco-friendly" (6.25%!) garments flown in from the other side of the continent rather than choosing local garments for half the price?
radan: I think they have very little leeway over North Korea and Iran, for example
radan: I mean sarkozy and his oligarch bunch
radan: I say the French
radan: which is one of the reasons I'm not
radan: they would be if I joined them
mircea_popescu: that's a lot more debatable, not that i idsagree.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves anyway, i like how between our two questions he picked to answer yours.
ThickAsThieves: btw I watched Gardens in the Night, turns out I had seen it before. it's awfully slow movie
radan: so I value much more the syrian who goes to war for his people - on either side - than the US soldier
radan: at least, that's what I think of it
radan: see, I don't think there's anything manly about dying for a ridiculous cause
radan: I'm interested in your analysis
radan: if I can fight, I want to do it in defense of my people and for a cause I deem just
radan: I'd rather not get arrested, and I'm well on my way towards getting a good degree
ThickAsThieves: i'm not sure fighting and killing is the accurate distillation
mircea_popescu: i read it simply as a desire to be hurt.
mircea_popescu: ok. so i didn't read your "i wanna go to syria" as a "turn for traditionalism"
radan: I did
gribble: Dan Egerstad's Tor exit nodes get him arrested and proves a point I ...: <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/berlind/dan-egerstads-tor-exit-nodes-get-him-arrested-and-proves-a-point-i-made-in-july/900>; Swedish Researchers Uncover Dirty Tor Exit Relays: <http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/malicious-tor-exit-relays-136828>; Tips for Running an Exit Node with Minimal Harassment | The Tor (1 more message)
ThickAsThieves: but i guess that window was very small and closed long ago
asciilifeform: ThickAsThieves: tor is great because any kid can set up his own nsa, vacuuming up the packets of 'seekoore' idiots. i'll leave it at that.
ThickAsThieves: i asssumed it once worked as intended
ThickAsThieves: i have no idea
jborkl: I did see the booth there pimping oil and gas
LordPutin: i really hate bf
mircea_popescu: personally, i blame the bitcoin foundation, and murck especially.
mircea_popescu: finished this process of "thinking" I wired Carroll that I was ready to
mircea_popescu: inspection. I tickled my fancy with the idea of coming back to college and
mircea_popescu: watching clerks taking in money. I had, in anticipation, the thrill of
mircea_popescu: in what young men frequently mistake for thought. In imagination, I saw my
mircea_popescu: "I was flattered by his interest, so I thought it over. That is, I indulged
ThickAsThieves: "I am starting to think that this "China" news is just a tactic to make the price drop."
ThickAsThieves: yeah i skipped it after the previews
ThickAsThieves: I like me some Del
mircea_popescu: o jesus, some obscure cultural reference. i thought must be some junior senator or w/e. a square is me.
LordPutin: my goal is tto video interview mircea oneday, i hope to achieve it
Namworld: thestringpuller, she's probably paid to talk with people all the time. I don't see why that would exclude chatting session with relevant people to an article, like Mircea. Which happens to be mostly talking only in this channel, as he seems to have made his online residence here.
ThickAsThieves: I'm not interested in such
ThickAsThieves: really the one pulling me is to backpack across europe... but I have a wife.
rithm: BingoBoingo stop nick highlighting me sometimes i lie on the internet
hdbuck: I'd like some insights on Havelock & AM since i happen to deal with both simultaneously ^^
ThickAsThieves: I have a few paths to consider, but none seem to be the obvious choice.
ThickAsThieves: as mentioned before, i'm still trying to decide.
rithm: i like to write things
rithm: i'm gawker
ThickAsThieves: I feel like I'm paid to be here.
mircea_popescu: i don't ;/
ReutersEmily: thestringpuller yeah i think that's funny too
mircea_popescu: i took mp's advice and started one earlier.
ThickAsThieves: basically i really need to get a blog going
ReutersEmily: Oh i see
ThickAsThieves: there's a whole story in there i may write up some day
LordPutin: i thinkitsover forasicminer
ThickAsThieves: I don't run any of them anymore though.