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phf: ;;later
tell pete_dushenski congratulations!
mircea_popescu: this psa brought
to you by
the pussycat association of cattycorner, wiltshire.
mircea_popescu: how
to annoy large dogs : while dog is in front and you're sitting in back seat, wait for it
to stick its muzzle
through
the headrest, at which point put a strip of bacon flush on it. hide it once he withdraws. repeat.
trinque: I have bums on
the porch here all
the goddamn
time
mircea_popescu: and
this very specifically means learning
to avoid
the numerous "learn statistics nao!" scamtraps, from bayesian bullshit
to what have you.
mircea_popescu: but,
that aside.
the logical next step, after learning arithmetics, from a "i'd rather not be robbed blind by everyone i meet" is learning statistics.
mircea_popescu: or what, you meant "they go away into a merry-merrry land where
they lhea" ?
mircea_popescu: you'd
think
this sort of
thing would be obvious
to adult males.
mircea_popescu: "This is much
too far from an apology for your previous episode
to count.
Try again."
mircea_popescu: actually iirc HE wrote
to me, and i
told him
to get fucked.
mircea_popescu: i don't remember what exact "bitcoin jesus" nonsense he had in his schedule, but i do recall i made
the judgement
the person can not possibly be intellectually respectable.
mircea_popescu agrees with idea asciilifeform's linked article, still
thinks very little of scott locklin.
trinque: sure, I've been in
the position of having my doors checked, and I waited it out
mircea_popescu: for she was in a diner and a guy
tried
to rob it, so
the old woman got out a colt and blew
the would-be robber's brain all over
the wall
trinque: or hell, just because
the person entered
the house.
that's a
threat.
trinque: right, once weapons are involved, wtf are you supposed
to do?
mircea_popescu: incidentally, as i went
to
texas,
they were just having a celebration in
the little
town, mayor was giving an old woman some award
mircea_popescu: trinque
the notion of not shooting an armed person is still very foreign
to me. if you got a gun and i got a gun i AM killing you and
then we can figure it out.
trinque: so you can get shot in
the back
trinque: some states here have a requirement
that you attempt retreat first
mircea_popescu: historically, if you're
too lousy
to do it yourself
the police hold him down and
then check if you want
to prosecute.
mircea_popescu: romanian
tradition of beating
the shit of
the burglar before calling police was still strong last i saw.
trinque: dow starts
to plummet, suddenly oh, gdp's not so bad
kakobrekla: this is not limited
to slovenia as far as i know.
trinque: and it's
telling how on-message
the various supposedly distinct news outlets are
kakobrekla: it will
take a bunch of
time and layerpower
to get out out.
kakobrekla: in
theory here you can go
to a supermarket or a hotel or whatever, sit down in
the middle and 'claim your space'.
mircea_popescu: how exactly
they figure
this washes is anyone's guess by
this point. what growth ?
the us has been contracting since 1995
mircea_popescu: and btw,
the us gdp went up
to 3 something while we were
talking.
moonpunter: i signed a contract with
the landlord, he violated it in several ways and attempted
to violate it in more. he was disappointed when he figured out i didn't need his apartment, and most definitely stole some of my property left
there before
the move-out date,
then lied
to police about it. we don't need anymore laws protecting landlords where i live.
trinque: yeah, I've heard of
the squatting
thing
too
mircea_popescu: anyway,
the notion
that
the eu is any better
than
the us is lulzy.
trinque: they've got all kinds of
that here
kakobrekla: can not
turn off elect or water, not legal.
kakobrekla: nope and its a real pain. i know of a (a bit special) case where landlord can not get
the lodger out. not legally. even if he doesnt pay.
moonpunter: thoreau wrote in depth about
the value of
the commons. i
tend
to defer
to him. in mass.
they say you have
to call
the cops before you can even
think about defending yourself, even if
the person is in your home.
mircea_popescu: i
thought beating up burglar is
traditional
there
too ?
mircea_popescu: simple enough
to enforce. was
the victim on
the shooter's property ? fuck
the victim, should buy more property next
time.
mircea_popescu: more like "you're allowed
to defend yourself on your own property and
that's it".
moonpunter: well
this
thing
that just happened in ferguson, where
the cops showed up with overwhelming force and
the kid decided
to shoot at
them before he died. it's like at what point are you allowed
to defend yourself if you are reasonably certain you're going
to die.
☟︎ trinque: only recourse you have is
to associate with sane individuals.
trinque: looks a lot like
this glorious land of freedom we've got
trinque: now,
try enforcing
that generally
trinque: I certainly *personally* agree
that
there are frivolous reasons
to judge a person.
trinque: can't really
talk in
terms of rights without some
theory on how
they'd be enforced
moonpunter: i
think
the law should be blind
to all existential
things and apply
to human action. if you harm another person in someway, violate
their inalienable rights,
that should be criminal, no matter who you are.
BingoBoingo: Well, in most rural places it isn't just
the money. It's whether you're
the sort who should have money or not.
moonpunter: here in Arkansas if you have money you're basically a protected class. my previous landlord is getting away with
theft and extortion on a weekly basis. he fucked up when he harassed my wife via
text, she's going
to sue,
the cops said
that would be
the best way
to deal with it.
BingoBoingo: My personal standard for whether something should be a crime or not is Missouri's statewide ban on prosecution for merely being drunk in public. Missouri is more
Texas
than
Texas in
this regard.
moonpunter: mostly i just stay home nowadays. graced with virtual office
type work. now and
then i
think about getting one of
these cheap office spaces in
town, but i'm fine living in my slippers and gym shorts.
moonpunter: i've been
through
there dozens of
times, right, on greyhound several, and everytime i've been
to
that greyhound station
there's been an ambulance and a herd of cops. every
time.
trinque: and admittedly as a white male, it doesn't apply
to me much
there.
trinque: I know in certain places in
Texas it's rather easy
to get arrested for looking
the wrong way, or being drunk in
the wrong place.
moonpunter: cops don't even know what laws
they're enforcing, most of
them act on emotion, professionalism lacking, institutional racism, extortionist
tactics at
the jail - $3.00 per minute for a phone call in 2014
BingoBoingo: moonpunter: You see my alleged misdemeanor case is being strung out for years because drunk is not wrong. Also prosecutor and police suck at
this whole
trying misdemeanor cases business.
moonpunter: i dunno. i've been a good boy since last year. got
too many reasons now. new baby
tomorrow morning. 8am delivery.
moonpunter: if you're drunk you're wrong.
that's why i've all but quit drinking for
the most part.
moonpunter: my only felony was for
telling someone
to get off my driveway
kakobrekla: did you
tell her with a gun or something?
trinque: what part of
the country, if I may ask?
moonpunter: the first
time i pissed
that cop off i was just
telling off
this lady
that was rude
to my wife. i live in a
tourist
town and we were downtown.
moonpunter: sometimes
they let you out on your own recognition
that you are a drunk asshole
moonpunter: usually it means paying some money
to get out
moonpunter: it means going in
the back of a car
to jail
kakobrekla: perhaps arrested means something else
that i
think it means.
moonpunter: i actually have lost count, but
three
times last year by
the same local dick.
moonpunter: i've been arrested more
than 10
times since discharge
moonpunter: "have you been arrested more
than 5
times since discharge" etc
moonpunter: in fact on
tuesday i had my final interview with
the
TDRL,
they're moving me
to permanent. oh well.
moonpunter: 25c or d, don't remember. radios. you'll never convince me
to wrok in a military IT department.
moonpunter: re-enlisted
to go 25d but got a medical discharge before i ever went
to school.
they let me keep
the bonus anyway.
moonpunter: i don't know about any artillery or most of
the vehicles; i did maintain my humvee and i was
the only
truck in
the platoon
to never break down b/c i didn't mind annoying
the mechanics
moonpunter: i
trained on us weapons and when i got
to
the real army i was attached
to a mortar platoon, but i only ever dropped one mortar myself, which was pretty awesome