Hi! My name is Michael
Posted by Wonky 12 years ago to The Gulch: Introductions
I've learned that I toss great word salads when I'm not careful. If you happen to develop a taste for them, I have some automatic writing that could really blow your mind.
Thanks for having me! I can feel my skin getting thicker by the minute.
Thanks for having me! I can feel my skin getting thicker by the minute.
It's part of my identity now!
I have this idea that objectivists have more than their share of a$$ holes and rednecks, and that's why people who have never read Rand are certain they hate her. This is unfortunate.
I'm glad you're here.
wait, if I laugh at a comment is it relevant and adding to the post?
my comment was directed to wonky though
some care, some don't about the points. If you ask LS, she'd wipe most of hers away
I think it's the same way with libertarians-- the radical ideas stand out, but the majority of people would accept a program of scaling back gov't influence/spending, even if it cut things _they_ like. I imagine some coalition of politicians drastically cutting military, prisons, food stamps, healthcare subsidies, etc. I would oppose the cuts to things like food stamps and SBIR, BUT if we cut everything and therefore cut our quarterly 1040-ES payments in half and cut all the payroll stuff, we could put some of that money to solving those problems in our community. I suspect most people feel that way-- they give up their favorite gov't activities for a general decrease.
I don't know if this is true for Rand fans. Rand, for reasons I don't know, seems to attract jerks.
I think it's the people who want to be perceived as 100% confident without having a fully integrated philosophy to support their arguments that come off as jerks.
ohhhhh whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
ohhhhh whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ohBUYQJf...
I'm not advocating it. I just tried it out for kicks and the results were interesting. (Don't worry, I wouldn't really post any of it here even though it might be more coherent than some of my posts)
Oh wait, you mean numeric points?
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I wish I had some of that salad.
Welcome.