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What do you mean by that?

Only a race supremacist would care if someone else of their race was bringing shame on the whole group. Just saying, ghosty.

Why does it matter?

Well, neurodivergence has nothing to do with personality and the disorders that relate to it. Musk can be neurodivergent and a narcissist because the latter isn’t disorder in the neurological process, it’s a failure in coping behaviors. In that respect there is a rational explanation for his activities even if it’s abhorrent. At the same time, you as a neurodivergent man have a unique perspective on how his neurodivergence could shape his perceptions of the people he’s impacting.

I don't think that actually answered my question. Why do you think Trump does imbecilic things? And, for that matter, what is your opinion of Musk, a neurodivergent man, and the things he's doing?

You just have to hold out for a Rasing Cane's. One moved in like across the street from the local Chik-fil-A, and instantly cut the line at the C-f-A by 3/4.

Ghosty's a good dude, but there's no shame in being frustrated by his sometimes incomprehensible musing. I've kind of learned to see what I want to see in his threads and shape my responses that way instead of trying to give it a straight response. Also, I take every opportunity to encourage him to fuck.

I think most people would probably do a better job on both accounts. Why do you think he did it, Ghosty?

It's how most universities abbreviate it, ackshually.

You were a Creat Writ major?

The AI slop Packard shared had underaged girls acting bratty so he could fantasize disciplining them.

Any other time, this would be a really depressing thread.

Oh, yeah: you definitely need an aid when it comes to reading Homer. Like Beowulf, it’s an oral tradition, so a lot is lost in translation not just through the language but in the performance itself. Naturally, they don’t tell you any of that shit in high school because than it might make sense.

You didn’t like the Odyssey ?

William Faulkner jerked himself off to his own writing. Safer than jerking off at a Klan rally when you’re gay i suppose. He’s not even the best white writer of the era, but, like I said, I think he was just there to compare to Toni, who is the best writer of her generation.

You mean why not? Because conspiracy theories don’t deserve the attention.

I’m …. not going to click on that.

I get the feeling it’s been pushed down the priority list for literature classes because there are better books to read by better authors. We read Beloved, which is lyrically exquisite prose. Before that we read A Light in August which is lyrically pompous prose that offers a contrast to Morrison. There was never any real benefit to reading Salinger. The 80’s really introduced us Americans to a bevy of stellar homegrown (or at least home adjacent) talent. And if you still needed white angst and war stories, Kurt Vonnegut drew titties in his book.

Does the same thing, but in a torn up flight suit saying “Every time we go up there, it’s like flying with a ghost.”

I'm leaning more towards he didn't, because neither did I and I need the company.

It isn't really that complex, Ghosty. I've never thought of you as a warmonger (literally a war salesman), just a dude that gets too far over his skis more times than not. In this case, the discussion of whether or not China will invade Taiwan hasn't changed - it's still a campaign with too much risk and not enough reward for China. They're fully capable of doing it and the US isn't in a position to stop it from a tactical standpoint, but if it were to happen the consequences for China would be the same, if not worse, than Russia's. Trust me, I get it. In Trump World, the impossible becomes the possible when it comes to our greatest fears because Trump knows how to use them against us. There's not guarantee that someone like Xi Jingping won't do the same thing, either. However, Xi isn't an incompetent boob like Trump. He knows why the guardrails are there and he knows how or when to act in a way that doesn't result in a complete breakdown of his government. The Chinese have every reason to saber rattle about Taiwan, and inaction on their part isn't an indication that they've given up. Just the threat that China could act is enough to freeze military assets in Southeast Asia and keep regional partners and the US at bay while they strengthen their hold on the South China Sea. If they were to commit the soldiers, sailors, and military hardware to capture Taiwan, they become tactically vulnerable in other parts of the area. Moreover, they damage their economic charm campaign at a time when they're already struggling to make inroads in the world market. (Not that you asked, but one of the things Taiwan has to offer China, it's robust industry, would likely be exported to the United States where it already has a foothold well before China could establish control, taking away one of the few valuable assets that might make an invasion worthwhile.) Mind you, Trump's foolishness is a golden opportunity for the Chinese to exploit, and that's all the more reason not to get entangled in a conflict with so little reward.

I did, and I think maybe you misunderstand what he's talking about. This isn't a planning war "game" or a hypothetical run through, it's quite literally a board game with no actual geopolitical ramifications. It's a generic exercise in strategy an logical reasoning, and it does, in fact, represent an evolution in military planning. The same principles as chess apply - each piece has an attack, defense and surveillance function. But, with advances in the understanding of human psychology and behavior as well as scientific breakthroughs in every discipline, the rules have changed for previously set playing pieces. Each piece is expected to do more and react to its environment in a way a chess piece never could. It's interesting in that this disparity in thought has never been more apparent in the reductive and poorly reasoned actions of Trump's DoD. We don't really think about how integrated emotional and intellectual features are to modern warfare until those features are stripped away.

What are we claiming down there? Hopefully not an STD.... Ghosty already has enough trouble with the ladies.

Gets a cut of the action as the racket's muscle, and is worth all the pennies we rake in.

Got on the wrong side of her once, accidentally got the local pastor stuck by lighting while out golfing and had to make up a cover story.