Ok theres 2 replies about Cormac McCarthy, there’s clearly something I’m missing contextwise about understanding rules and how to break them.

Fuck off, you bad faith shitstain.

The rules and norms of writing are not the same as laws. Either contribute something meaningful or fuck off.

You need to know the rules to know how to break them with intention.

I should, and did, appreciated!

I did misread that

Except when that author is explicitly saying the money she makes is going directly to anti-trans hategroups. Its the same reason I dont get Chic Fil A, they actively fund anti-LGBT hategroups.

Edit: I misread! Although one thing to point out, she could leave instructions for her estate to continue funding anti-trans groups after ghe event of her death.

Lovecraft was possibly the only instance where it legitimately was fear driving his xenophobia and not hatred. The man was completely and irrationally terrified of everything from air conditioners to mathematics that wasnt on a 2d plane to black people and eventually learned later in life that what scared him previously wasn’t actually scary.

He also wasn’t a billionaire actively throwing his money and notoriety behind hate groups specifically swaying legislation and public opinion to bring harm to people.

Knowledge of another’s plan is not involvement in said plan. Again we don’t need to go to antisemitic “the news are responsible for all of the tragedies” fake bullshit to be critical of the real atrocities being enacted right now.

We can criticize the state of Israel without going to antisemitic conspiracy theory.

Given the horrific contents of what is contained within the epstein files and how so many who are found in those files are in positions of power, genuinely the horrible things speculated cannot actually be dismissed as completely baseless conspiracy nonsense.

And trump has already put absolutely vile people into positions of power. He put a literal self admited puppy killer at the head of DHS, it would not surprise me if he also put a dog rapist as the head of the FBI.

I mean, if there is a remote possibility the FBI is training dogs to rape people…thats some pretty heinous shit there too.

I was saying Don Dickle was being sarcastic.

I think OP was being sarcastic seeing as the Prohibition era in the US was a resounding failure at achieving any of it’s stated goals.

I do appreciate the good faith take on the situation, and I’ll tentatively agree that being a victim of such an act should maybe not be immediately disqualifying, certainly scrutinized for trauma/blackmail purposes, HOWEVER with everything we know about the horrific shit people named in the epstein files have done who are currently in government or are directly connected with people in government, there is a non-zero chance that the FBI may in fact be training dogs to rape people.

I wish I could take the “this is just updating some outdated rules” defense at face value but I can’t, it really genuinely cannot take a single word any of the fascists in power say at face value. Everything that both Trump administrations have done has, in some way, hurt the common person, even the ostensibly positive changes like no tax on tips or no tax on overtime were not what was promised AND were used to push people off of assistance programs and into the donut gap between getting assistance and actually affording basic needs.

So 2 things, first if someone was trafficked, it could be very likely that the perpetrator has photos/videos of the act of being rated by an animal. That is some very powerful blackmail and also quite likely to send that agent into a mental break from the trauma.

Secondly cashapp patel said that the animal would also not be disqualified which my mind immediately goes to animals specifically trained to rape, implying that the fbi could be training animals for that exact purpose.

Fun fact, there was an actual Michael Hundt who wrote fencing manuals right near the end of the medieval period into the Renaissance.

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The jump bars dont have any feet to keep them upright and no amount of “weebles wobble bu they never fall over” weight in the bottom is going to keep them upright, the 3rd cone doesnt get touched and falls over and then warps to face a completely different direction, the 5th cone lands rolls around after being knocked over despite the square base that should prevent it from rolling. The cones knock over just by the dog walking by.

Even with all the fancy more expensive stuff, the fundamentals are the same, understanding favors, aromas, textures and the like and using technique still applies whether you have $10 for dinner, or are splurging on more expensive stuff.