>Don’t trust the President
>Don’t trust Congress
>Sure as fuck don’t trust the press
>Don’t trust the opinion polls
So apparently elections, courts, and the intelligence community are the only three entities that the public is willing to trust
jesus fucking christ this world makes less and less sense every day
Sliding towards a low-trust society?
I have ideas on how this could be dealt with but, ah, the only people who think they’re cool are rattumb/adjs and the like.
Anonymous asked:
argumate answered:
I live in Australia
raginrayguns said: but have you HEARD of it
*checks Wikipedia*
Apparently it was the setting for Mad Max, Crocodile Dundee, and a variety of other films that garnered less critical acclaim.
I’m hoping it gets rebooted soon. As a setting, it’s kind of played out, and it seems like they license the IP to just anyone.
If Wikipedia is outlawed, then only outlaws will be able to confidently bullshit about topics they know nothing about.
Others may complain about these #reblog1813 posts, but as someone who came late to rattumb, I find them… connecting
I mean if I were in charge of urban planning there would be a trolley track, a median strip, a sidewalk, a cycling track, and NO CARS ALLOWED
the sidewalks are broad enough that there can be a food truck on every corner
and sufficiently dense mixed-use zoning that this is practical for everyone
probably there is a reason no one has left me in charge of urban planning tho
okay but to move goods in and waste out you need either cars or beasts of burden and cars are clearly the far better option, go 2 bob gordon church lol
Pneumatic tubes and drones tho
two trolley tracks, with additional sidings and supply trolleys
about two minutes later you realize it would be more efficient just to use buses and trucks than two have “roads, but only for trolleys”
It’s a common misconception. TVs aren’t illegal in the future, but nobody buys them so nobody makes them. They’re redundant when you have VR or AR implanted or on you at all times.
One of the issues brought up in One Thousand Villages was that of cultural formation, drift, and separation, and of different communities (and different individuals) having different preferences and needs. This brought up the possibility of the nerds all moving to one community within a city, which brought up the possibility of zoning wars between jocks, otakus, and hipsters.
Oh Em Gee! Trump tweets a stupid edited gif that could have even been slightly funny on reddit or tumblr (but not exactly endorse- or reblog-worty) and every newspaper and TV station on the planet makes a story out of it.
Trump showed poor judgement, but somehow we make a still bigger deal out of this than we probably should.
If I were Trump, I would get a cat and tweet cat pictures once a week, and the occasional cocktail recipe, just to keep people on their toes.
Confusion Politics at work.
He could probably use this to bury an executive order or firing of a staffer or something
That appears to be what’s happening in the general case of Trump Says Something Outrageous. It’s wild to watch.
There’s this massive pool of outrage to be drilled and tapped because the dumber parts of the Left and Liberal political groups have been using offense as a weapon and configured themselves for high offendability and heavy tribal signalling.
I’m hoping our Shitposter in Chief is going to exhaust some of the supply.
Ben Garrison isn’t having a great week
Is… is the angel Rand Paul?
Yeah and the devil is John McCain
why does Trump look like an anime protagonist
Anonymous asked:
I have three hearts, anon-san - a primary heart, a secondary backup heart, and an emergency oxygen recirc system for my braincase. My combat software can continue fighting in excess of 30 minutes even in the event of total loss of consciousness, with a banshee switch in the event of brain death. (And yes, I know that firmware modification is illegal.)
Besides, to even get the K-band neurotype designation, my brain is mostly human, I just have a few specialized submodules. Partial-synthetic, not full, and so only subject to limited sanctions under the Human Dignity Act.
Don’t be so worried, Anon. I’ll be fine.
