Comments on: Il stiti pe Merkley??? http://trilema.com/2009/il-stiti-pe-merkley/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:12:58 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2009/il-stiti-pe-merkley/#comment-161167 Mircea Popescu Sat, 13 Mar 2021 07:30:54 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53#comment-161167 Yet quit he did. Yet quit he did.

]]> By: pletzalcoatl http://trilema.com/2009/il-stiti-pe-merkley/#comment-161161 pletzalcoatl Sat, 13 Mar 2021 07:03:41 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53#comment-161161 I don't know why mass culture artifacts don't have the opposite effect, in general; I largely cook because McDonalds; an imperative time to produce well is when the market's saturated with shit quality. That people pretend it ain't shit doesn't change the imperative. You said it's not a matter of how or should, but I can't help myself. I'm sure the dude should be free to produce, or not, according to whatever the fuck he feels like (and certainly he earned the stature to "not feel the need to" produce) --but dorks doing it worse is a stupid reason to quit. I don't know why mass culture artifacts don't have the opposite effect, in general; I largely cook because McDonalds; an imperative time to produce well is when the market's saturated with shit quality. That people pretend it ain't shit doesn't change the imperative. You said it's not a matter of how or should, but I can't help myself.

I'm sure the dude should be free to produce, or not, according to whatever the fuck he feels like (and certainly he earned the stature to "not feel the need to" produce) --but dorks doing it worse is a stupid reason to quit.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2009/il-stiti-pe-merkley/#comment-161153 Mircea Popescu Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:44:04 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53#comment-161153 I suppose that's a good point. Mass culture artifacts do in fact downregulate actual production through their abundance ; it's not a matter of "how" or "whether they should", but empirically, as observed truth, they do. From women not cooking because MacDonalds to this dork not making because <a href="http://trilema.com/2014/holy-shit-technical-analysis-is-real/#footnote_0_57849">Kardashian</a>, the whole gamut of dehumanization through <a href="http://trilema.com/2016/the-herd-of-independent-minds-or-has-the-avantgarde-its-own-mass-culture/?b=laws%20that&e=false#select">systematism</a>. My only conclusion's that there's nothing better than being rich, in an ethical sense ; and that wealth has little to do with my stash of Bitcoin. It's all about the luxury of not giving a fuck what the ants do. I suppose that's a good point. Mass culture artifacts do in fact downregulate actual production through their abundance ; it's not a matter of "how" or "whether they should", but empirically, as observed truth, they do. From women not cooking because MacDonalds to this dork not making because Kardashian, the whole gamut of dehumanization through systematism.

My only conclusion's that there's nothing better than being rich, in an ethical sense ; and that wealth has little to do with my stash of Bitcoin. It's all about the luxury of not giving a fuck what the ants do.

]]> By: pletzalcoatl http://trilema.com/2009/il-stiti-pe-merkley/#comment-161152 pletzalcoatl Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:32:29 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53#comment-161152 It's not <a href="https://archive.is/2vPZ1">completely</a> lost. <blockquote>Merkley??? spent a little over a decade with photoshop, naked people, pets and groceries and this is part of what came of it all. When the Kardashians and instagram hit the scene, he sorta lost interest in superficial physical beauty. I think you know what that's all about.</blockquote> It's not completely lost.

Merkley??? spent a little over a decade with photoshop, naked people, pets and groceries and this is part of what came of it all. When the Kardashians and instagram hit the scene, he sorta lost interest in superficial physical beauty. I think you know what that's all about.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2009/il-stiti-pe-merkley/#comment-161151 Mircea Popescu Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:26:28 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53#comment-161151 The disappearance of this thing is maybe the biggest loss the outfangnet suffered during this lost decade. I do regret I didn't have the experience back then to know I'd better cache the whole damn thing wholesale. The disappearance of this thing is maybe the biggest loss the outfangnet suffered during this lost decade. I do regret I didn't have the experience back then to know I'd better cache the whole damn thing wholesale.

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