Thierry Ennui

Now I truly understand the mindset of the people waiting for the spaceship on the rooftop in Independence Day.

Speaking about class politically in America without acknowledging race is a fool’s errand. Since the core concept of American class identity is built upon the concept of racial classes.

I’m reading a book about the Industrial Revolution right now. According to it, they only cared that it would take away their jobs. But… yes.

The second element is how immediately it reduces labor leverage by making drivers (who represent 1 in 6 of working Americans) redundant. How quickly this occurs will vary but the end goal is there. The same way manufacturing continues to push for maximum automation.

This is a little half-baked. Still...

The push for fully autonomous vehicles from a capitalist perspective is two-fold: by establishing it, any manufacturer immediately captures one of the largest industries in America from a consumer and business perspective, generating significant profit.

“The short run can be a lifetime, and of course in the long run we are all dead.”

“… many activists and intellectuals continue to draw a sharp distinction between neoliberalism and capitalism: they strongly oppose the former but remain unwilling to reject the latter.”

Every damn time.

I shouldn’t have eaten the ice cream. I see that now. False zugzwang.

I understand fully and completely the joy of being free of thought despite never having personally experienced it.

We really might only have like 20-25 years left on this planet due to global warming.

“There’s games beyond the fucking game.”

Obviously it’s compelling enough for it to work. Which maybe says more about how low the standards for engagement are than how clever (or not) the fascists are.

There’s obviously a very focused arm of that system that is certainly attuned to the complexity of their goal by utilizing figureheads, so not saying it doesn’t exist. But Trump and his many surrogates as its central figures indicate that it’s fascism by dummies.

My main concern back in 2016 was that fascism would come back in this very calculated way where the power brokers would be less boorish. At least I was wrong about the manner of the fascism.

“The thing about the old days… they the old days.”

“Sometimes, things just gotta play hard.”

“Count be wrong, they’ll fuck you up.”

“It’s immoral to let a sucker keep his money.”

Funny how I hate every Kendrick album and then eventually it grows on me.

What was the lesson?

@lilpimpsocks.bsky.social We skeeted up now.

It is known. @okjose.bsky.social

The AI LLM scraped up Terminator and was like let’s put a pin in this.

Deafheaven’s New Bermuda at 33 rpm is absolutely fucking devastating.

My least favorite part of the NBA. “Analysts” who hate the basketball being played and simultaneously somehow DON’T watch it.

Nike Tech sweats perfect for stashing a Heineken bottle in the big pocket.

Do non-smokers know how satisfying it is to actually empty out a Bic lighter?