Jack Feerick

Yikes! Glad everyone's all right, at least, but GRRRRRRR THIS DANG LANDLORD WHO HASN'T BEEN KEEPING UP THE MAINTENANCE

Slightly diminish a band:

My Lounge Suit Jacket

Slightly diminish a band:

CRT Soundsystem

Slightly diminish a band:

School of Some Bells

The depth of LORE here

They’re literally saying this and people are ignoring it because they don’t want to appear “woke.”

Vermeule in particular is not talking about "order" in the sense of "law and order" but in the sense of "natural order"

There’s a theme here, between Miller and Vermeule, which is that the authoritarian right has a view of “order” which has nothing to do with actual crime and has everything to do with violently enforcing their preferred cultural hierarchies.

Thought you'd like that one

Here it is:

I once saw a homebrew paladin kit with abilities derived from communism. At fifth level, you gain the ability to terrify the bourgeoisie

Probably wouldn't be great for a burgeoning business relationship if I were to save this dude's contact info in my phone under "Bozo Fuckface"

You can take one of two things from that disjunct: Either that you personally got dealt a shitty hand, or that the Department of Justice is lying to all of us for some reason.

Which one, a priori, seems more likely to you?

I sympathize. Obviously, that's highly upsetting to experience. But statistical evidence suggests that your experience is not typical, and that violent crime in American cities has in truth been steadily declining for the last 30 years. Facts are stubborn things.

Certainly not the one I made with their mom

And two more today, come on, get the lead out, those are rookie numbers

The difference between these people and the Morgellons wackaloons is that the Morgellons Society disbanded after an exhaustive, multiyear, double-blind study indicated that the condition was psychosomatic

There were two strangers, sharing a railway carriage. One of the men had, resting in his lap, a cardboard box with holes punched in the top. After some time, the other man at last could not contain his curiosity. He said, “Excuse me, but I couldn’t help noticing your box. Does it contain some variety of animal?” The other man smiled politely as he answered, “You’re absolutely right. There is indeed a creature kept inside this box. And furthermore, I may reveal, the animal in question is a mongoose.” The first man was astonished. “A mongoose? Sir, I must confess I had expected it to be perhaps a cat, or rabbit, not a creature so exotic and outlandish. The animal you mention so excites my curiosity that I must beg you, sir, to tell me more. Where are you bound with such a specimen, if I may be so bold?” The other man shrugged wearily. “Well, it’s something of a personal matter. It concerns my elder brother. He’s always been what I suppose you might refer to as the black sheep of the family. He has for many years indulged himself in a predictable and commonplace array of vices, of which the worst is his fondness for strong spirits. His drinking has progressed until he is now in the final stages of delirium tremens. My brother now sees serpents everywhere, which is the reason I am taking him this mongoose, that he may be rid of them.” “Excuse me,” the other man interjected, looking puzzled, “But, these snakes your brother sees… aren’t they imaginary snakes?” “Indeed,” his fellow traveler replied. “But this,” and here he gestured meaningfully to the perforated box set on his lap, “is an imaginary mongoose.”

(viz.)

GOP Rips Democrats' Refusal to Deploy Imaginary Mongoose

And he blocked me, but not before this riposte: "Handwaving away these concerns is why liberals have lost the credibility battle!"

"Credibility." My hand to God.

Your "concerns" are the product of an overactive imagination, but sure, it's liberals who have a credibility problem. My God, Poindexter, can you even hear yourself?

And when one side is grounded in fact and the other is based entirely in vibes?

Now you've changed your objection from "BEING unsafe" to "FEELING unsafe" to "being disturbed." You'd better watch your step on that slippery slope, young'un.

Home and family *feel* safer because they're familiar, and cities *feel* dangerous because they are unfamiliar and different. But the perception is false. Why is it "confrontational" for me to refuse to coddle someone else's delusions? Come to the table with facts, or don't come at all.

The Truth About Stranger Homicide, and Who's Really at Risk Being murdered by a stranger is the stuff of nightmares. Just how common are stranger homicides, and are the streets truly unsafe for women, or for men?

Statistically, of course, you are far more likely to be harmed by someone you know -- and even moreso by the people you know best or live with.

Someone stated a false premise as fact, and I offered an alternative in the spirit of gentle correction. Why so averse to disagreement? Does it make you feel unsafe?

I mean, if you *are* safe but you still don't *feel* safe -- that is 100% your weird issue. You have no right to make it everybody else's problem. Talk to your therapist and leave the rest of us out of it.

Facts don't care about your feelings, as someone once said.

There are many situations in life in which you might feel uncomfortable while in fact remaining perfectly safe. But the conservative mind's threat assessment system is all screwy, equating difference with danger -- even though, in actual fact, you're most likely to be harmed by someone you know

I could give a shit what you think I sound like.