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AI, Dios Mío! by ER April 16, 2023 10:07 am

Should I move this to Flame? by podrock 2023-04-22 10:11:22
Would you trust yourself to build an ethical AI? by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-18 11:10:32
- Of course not. by ER 2023-04-19 07:31:22
  - And, it just occurred to me... by ER 2023-04-19 08:02:34
    - I agree with everything you just said, except... by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-19 16:30:33
      - I agree with everything you just said, except... by ER 2023-04-19 19:20:21
        
        Reflexive need by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-20 03:15:44
        
        So much right and so much wrong by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-19 21:13:29
        
        A zero sum-game. by ER 2023-04-20 07:13:38
        
        You've got it backwards by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-20 11:24:58
        
        New Maps of Hell by ER 2023-04-20 06:49:54
        
        Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-20 02:51:09
        
        Its not the "creators" I mistrust. by ER 2023-04-20 07:03:57
        
        What you always seem to miss by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-20 11:32:48
        
        If I need a lawyer, I'll hire one in a heartbeat. by ER 2023-04-20 12:20:03
        
        Slimy Lawyers by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-20 16:33:13
        
        Yeah, some are nice guys. by ER 2023-04-20 18:30:53
        
        A noticeable omission by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-20 19:03:19
        
        No, I made an edit while you were typing.l by ER 2023-04-20 19:52:34
        
        An afterthought is better than none at all I suppose by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-20 20:20:34
        
        As for the businessman, by ER 2023-04-21 07:35:46
        
        That kind of business owner is more common than you might think by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-21 12:29:35
        
        I have no problem with the individual entrepreneur chasing a dream. by ER 2023-04-21 13:00:15
        
        Investment money doesn't just reward investors by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-21 14:46:25
        
        Making dreams come true by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-21 14:57:58
        
        Enough! by podrock 2023-04-21 16:37:33
        
        In my town by ER 2023-04-21 20:43:55
        
        Wow talk about "sliding off the edge"!! by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-21 21:01:25
        
        Meltdown? by podrock 2023-04-22 07:01:41
        
        And the bees made honey in the lion's head. by ER 2023-04-21 21:45:15
        
        I expected more from you guys by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-22 00:53:21
        
        Wait a minute by podrock 2023-04-22 09:00:48
        
        Try to think somehitng for a minute by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-22 11:03:49
        
        Shall we start a new thread? by podrock 2023-04-22 12:07:45
        
        You're the one having trouble focusing by ER 2023-04-22 08:51:17
        
        Amateur psychology by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-22 09:59:17
Dying Inside by ER 2023-04-16 18:01:35
- I would probably fail a Turing test. by podrock 2023-04-17 20:00:47
  - Something else, though, by podrock 2023-04-17 20:37:20
  - You don't need high tech to create a benign tyranny. by ER 2023-04-17 20:31:44
    - The gilded cage? by podrock 2023-04-17 20:52:06

Taking a break from the Zone by BuckGalaxy April 24, 2023 8:11 pm

He's a crafty one by RobVG 2023-04-25 12:40:05
- Well said. by podrock 2023-04-25 21:02:39
  - This is the only place I've found that gets beyond small talk. by RobVG 2023-04-25 23:43:33
    - Same by podrock 2023-04-26 11:03:22
      - Silent running by RobVG 2023-04-26 13:19:31
        
        One of my favorites by podrock 2023-04-26 13:23:01
"Come on back now, you hear." by podrock 2023-04-24 20:51:45
- "Like" by RobVG 2023-04-25 12:41:22
Sorry you feel that way about it, Buck. by ER 2023-04-24 20:38:40

This is all you need to know about the "Culture Wars". by ER March 26, 2023 4:21 pm

The flipside of woke. by RobVG 2023-03-29 11:58:37
I've seen him. by podrock 2023-03-27 22:05:10

$30? by podrock March 3, 2023 8:00 pm

The Law of Supply and fucking Demand. by ER 2023-03-03 20:21:13
- "They" did it by BuckGalaxy 2023-03-04 00:48:23
- Whatever the market will bear. by podrock 2023-03-03 20:47:07
  - You are the market by BuckGalaxy 2023-03-04 23:12:59
    - The market by podrock 2023-03-05 05:02:15
      - Apples and Oranges by BuckGalaxy 2023-03-05 10:53:10
        
        No, they are not. by podrock 2023-03-05 15:11:39
      - What makes the difference by ER 2023-03-05 05:59:35
        
        Again by BuckGalaxy 2023-03-05 11:00:02
        
        Pod got it right the first time. Its a racket. by ER 2023-03-05 13:53:07

Marjorie you ignorant bitch. by RobVG February 14, 2023 4:26 pm

Howling mad by BuckGalaxy February 11, 2023 1:21 am

lol by BuckGalaxy 2023-02-11 22:57:15
As a fellow Southerner... by ER 2023-02-11 06:58:00
- "Hardhat"? So blue collar workers should be looked down upon? by RobVG 2023-02-11 13:57:43
  - Back in the 1960s and 1970s the hardhats called themselves that. by ER 2023-02-11 16:42:27
    - If the Foo shits. by RobVG 2023-02-13 14:52:33
      - Why is 2 black QBs a double standard? by ER 2023-02-13 20:26:59
        
        I considered them two great QB's and didn't note their race. by RobVG 2023-02-14 12:08:43
    - "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche"... n/t by RobVG 2023-02-13 14:46:00
      - And they don't wear man-buns, either. by ER 2023-02-13 20:31:08
  - Redneck by BuckGalaxy 2023-02-11 15:14:39
    - Originally the term was applied to left wing anarchists. by ER 2023-02-11 16:20:28

'I don’t even know what the heck is a pronoun' by ER December 6, 2022 5:53 am

His defeat is the finale for Trump's midterm disaster by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-06 23:22:36
- You're absolutely correct, of course. by ER 2022-12-07 06:17:52
It reminds me of corporate greed. by RobVG 2022-12-06 17:47:03
Amazing, amusing, disturbing. by podrock 2022-12-06 14:55:46

Why I am a Liberal. by ER August 3, 2022 9:42 am

I hear you by BuckGalaxy 2022-08-03 10:27:36
- You can't get a job unless you have a degree. by ER 2022-08-03 13:14:53
  - I graduated in 1990 by BuckGalaxy 2022-08-03 14:42:57
    - There is another advantage in a college degree... by ER 2022-08-03 19:14:09
      - Liberal Arts by podrock 2022-08-05 12:29:51
        
        When I did my degree by Pebble 2022-08-06 20:23:51
        
        I really doubt that you 'forgot it all' by RL 2022-11-09 06:59:53
        
        Learning how to learn... by RL 2022-08-06 12:03:51
        
        On the job training by podrock 2022-08-06 19:47:31
        
        I Got My Associates Degree in Liberal Arts by BuckGalaxy 2022-08-05 22:50:08
      - General Education by BuckGalaxy 2022-08-03 23:15:47

Trumpacants by podrock August 18, 2022 10:23 pm

Not pc but I prefer Trumptards. by BuckGalaxy 2022-09-01 10:10:59
I prefer "Trumpanzees" by ER 2022-08-19 13:54:45
- Funny, I've started calling them insane. by RobVG 2022-08-19 14:00:29
  - No, they're not crazy. by ER 2022-08-19 16:18:52
    - Rusty Bowers by RobVG 2022-08-21 00:40:57
      - The new GOP is not just attacking Liberal principles, they are abandoning their own. by ER 2022-08-21 05:09:17
        
        They have no principles, they never did, really... by RL 2022-09-04 08:04:38
    - I read that book on your recommendation. by RobVG 2022-08-21 00:04:05
      - Just skimmed through it over the weekend, eh? by ER 2022-08-21 05:15:08
        
        It was a couple years ago. by RobVG 2022-08-21 11:03:37
        
        There are differences, of course. by ER 2022-08-21 13:47:11

The Trump crime family - an overview by ER August 17, 2022 5:46 am

dramatis personae by podrock 2022-08-17 12:18:20
- Its what my cousin Rudy describes. by ER 2022-08-17 12:34:14
  - I agree with Rudy. by podrock 2022-08-17 14:08:56

Why are contemporary societies so inherently selfish? by Pebble August 6, 2022 8:25 pm

What do you mean," contemporary"? by ER 2022-08-07 07:29:08
- I think that collective society has always been selfish on the whole by Pebble 2022-08-07 10:16:55
  - What I do see by ER 2022-08-07 12:01:35
    - You write better than the author of that article. n/t by RobVG 2022-08-07 23:58:52
    - Just read the Cliff Notes of Rand. by podrock 2022-08-07 12:18:59
      - My unpleasant ex was a great fan by Pebble 2022-08-07 14:07:33
        
        It's become a litmus test for me. by podrock 2022-08-07 15:11:24
      - Il Duce by ER 2022-08-07 12:40:58
  - Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) by podrock 2022-08-07 11:49:57
I, me, mine by podrock 2022-08-06 21:08:33

Catholic Church profiteering by Pebble August 1, 2022 6:50 am

¡Madre de Dios! by podrock 2022-08-01 07:23:19
- I'll rant. by RobVG 2022-08-01 10:49:06
  - I attended a Catholic service once. by RobVG 2022-08-01 10:55:01
    - I'm only familiar with Protestant services. by ER 2022-08-01 20:34:56
      - been to plenty of those too by podrock 2022-08-02 14:32:21
    - Confirmed by podrock 2022-08-01 11:41:43
      - I shouldn't judge on limited experience. by RobVG 2022-08-01 12:36:11
        
        Latin mass is rare these days. by podrock 2022-08-02 14:22:12
        
        I’ll rant by Pebble 2022-08-02 02:14:30

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