It's funny seeing someone who says
their's places
and can't make a comprehensible post say
now get lost kid it's past your bed time.
Go home boomer, you are drunk.
Actually, stick around. There is always room for a few schizo posters. Gives the place flavor.
I think there is going to be a rise in vigilantism. When that biker dad does something and there are 4 other similar incidents that happen immediately after, that the media and politicians try to paint in a bad light but the reasons why come out, it won't stop. Not all are going to look at biker dad, or a future Gary Plauché, and think "Oh yeah he's a hero" but people will understand things can happen. And when people really start to see why these events happen they will work to address the cause in their community. The way in which it will be addressed will happen in different ways.
I don't see a huge wave or collective group pulling a "revolution" or anything like that. More likely a bunch of local things happening that will cause a (local) domino effect.
There are a ton of people waiting for Someone Else™ and are stupidly comfortable. I think, however, the amount of people it takes to rock the boat is much smaller than you think.
It wasn't long ago I shared the same opinion as you. But doing the things you mention, getting to know my neighbors, my community, only sharing certain opinions with people I've known for 10+ years has shown me people are getting really fed up. My friend and his church is another (yes anecdotal) example.
Joining up with any group that calls itself some revolutionary group is, yes, most definitely a honeypot. I'm big on self reliance and building out your own communities or groups but it's not like we all need to wear the same patch and have secret handshakes. In my experience people are saying "Fight your fight and we will back you with whatever we can" there is no true "organization"
I do agree with you that at its base a statement like "well at least we are still armed" is worthless. But I do see people, individuals, taking action in what ever way they see fit, and others siding with them. That quiet agreement will take form, one way or another.
I was catching up with a friend of mine who is member of the board for his church. After the tranny Nashville shooting, and talking about other church incidents, they discussed security. The resolution was "We know most of us are armed, we need to remind everyone to stay vigilant but we will have dedicated members working as security"
What was interesting is that conversation quickly turned to "When are we going to start shooting?" and had a very sincere and agreeable response. And, as he described it, the church is made of up "absolute normies" It was not a call to action, it was just a feeling that everyone is sick of things.
What I imagine is going to happen, and maybe soon, is some biker dad in Oklahoma is going to find out his son is being told to be a girl. He's going to go to the bar, tell his buddies about it, and take action. Or some guy will see, actually see, that he is now paying for other people's loans and go visit his bank. And then it's going to be open season.
There will be the usual media bullshit but people don't care anymore. I'm not an accelerationist and I don't think that's the way to handle things, but it seems to be trending that way. It doesn't need to get MUCH worse, for many people it already has.
Uganda in the last year or two has announced it has found large amounts of gold, worth trillions. This anti faggotry movement may be an attempt against western influence since that seems to be the only "popular" vector the US uses. There is a reason this is only sort of news that most people hear from Uganda.
I will not be surprised if there is action to install a LGBTXYZWTFBBQ Friendly government that happens to be friendly to the west.
My grandfather still uses the Farmall tractor his father bought new sometime in the '50s. And it's seen some shit. My family is big on redneck engineering/DIY/nig-rigging. Honestly with some of the things I've come across it amazes me my great-grandfather lived as long as he did and my grandfather is still alive.
So, yeah. We used to build wonderful things. Now we either chose not to or just don't know how. I'm sad to say I think its the latter.
My cousin bought a house around 2015. His wife is a big conspicuous consumer so they immediately replaced all the appliances with shiny new ones. Since then he has gone through two dryers and, in a moment of clarity, had the refrigerator repaired once instead of buying new, only to replace it after it failed a second time. He doesn't see it as an issue.
This is insane to me. My house has "updated" appliances from the 90s. They work fine. If my washer or dryer went out there is no $250/hour repair fee to replace some circuit board that may or may not be available or even manufactured now. They are pretty easy to repair DIY style and other than maybe a couple of hours lost time are cheap to fix.
Thorfinn is a very different character in season 2. He is still not really likable, though. In season 2 the story is interesting but its a very slow burn. I'm going to stick it out, cause sunk cost and all, but overall I think the show is overrated.
For fucks sake. I know they were going hard after defamation, though I don't know who they picked out. But if they stick with "she is an avid supporter of social justice and racial equity" then absolutely fuck her.
We are long past this. There are sides and they are very clear.
Use Tor or Brave and just run it normally. You don't need a VM, don't use a VPN. It doesn't matter if a node has been compromised, there is nothing illegal about browsing around. Hell, go to a market and check out the drug listings just for fun.
Don't try to buy a firearm or CP, those are actual honey pots.
If you want to go full schizo buy a burner laptop in cash, learn about Tails OS, load it up on a USB drive and run it off that. Only use public wifi three towns over, do not bring your phone. Wear a hat, fake glasses, and a mask if that's still a thing in your area.
If you want to only go a little schizo run Tails at home. It's secure out of the box and has a bunch of tools you might find useful. You can also set up persistent memory.
My father has told me about him and some college buddies going out one night, in Starkville, Mississippi, and seeing a large line at the theater. No one in his group had heard about Star Wars but they went in and gave it a watch. While waiting in line he found out this was not everyone's first time seeing it. He and some of his buddies would go back and see it again.
The whole thing really stuck out to him because my father is a huge sci-fi fan. He grew up reading Heinlein, E.E Doc Smith, Asimov, all the "classics." It tickled him that in a tiny college town in Mississippi an oddball movie like Star Wars was able to generate a ton of interest.
I have pretty high hopes for the Venture Bros movie, maybe too high, but the show has been consistently great from the start. I'm happy they are finishing it with a movie because the story has gotten pretty crazy. Doing it like this makes it pretty final.
Damn, I never really thought about the long term effects of AOL. I would bet that the majority of people used who used it in the 90s and the 00s still, today, don't know or can even understand they were using a gimped version of the internet. That does explain a lot.
The dating sim tax game is pretty interesting. From the link
But, corporate tax filing services are (by dint of extensive lobbying) predatory, parasitic bottlenecks that deliberately complicate the tax filing process in order to make it unnavigable by ordinary people.
I haven't played it but that seems to be the main point of the game. I know Intuit (TurboTax, ProSeries) lobbied pretty hard to have the IRS drop E-Filing completely.
Today today, or in modern times?
I think some jazz is going to be loved for a long time, mostly from around 1955-1965, give or take a few years. Some interesting stuff came out of that time and there is a lot of classical and baroque influence on it. A few Disney themes were turned in to jazz standards around then, too. "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "Alice in Wonderland" for example. I think those movies will be loved and remembered and possibly carry the music with them.
As far as architecture, fuck no.