The Truth Shall Set Your Creepy Free

   

"Businesses Need To Run Better" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Apparently modern business models are the problem. This follows, as America is capitalist; businesses are usually more at fault than politicians for current economic issues.-Shelob

  [watching Biden's whispering, pulse quickens] [opening chatbox at end of clip] Your reaction?

[pulse quickening even more, laptop jerking, pause] Shelob?! DON'T DO THAT. I'm in my heart attack years. Sorry for palpitation causation. Your reaction?

[longer pause] they've been criticizing Biden for being creepy. And?

He WAS creepy. The thing is, HE'S RIGHT. Nothing like criticizing someone's tone if you can't find any fault with the content. His content was perfect, so criticizing his style is all that's left. I'm actually pleased that it's so hard to find ways to make fun of the president now. It means our country IS great again. Or greatly on the mend, anyway. Your emotional reaction seemed strongest when Biden said, 'pay them more.' Why is that?

[even longer pause] Well, two reasons Reason one?

My family and I were financially hurt when the Republicans defunded my unemployment in their attempts to defund Obamacare. We were already badly set back because my employer had ended my department partly directly resulting from the unethical real estate short-sell practices that were unethical, though legal, and practiced by more Republicans than anyone else. Biden has long since apologized for his own involvement in previous legislation that partly made those practices possible. He said it was one thing he wished he could undo. He was partnering with -- you guessed it -- Republicans to get them to compromise on other things. 

[pause] Reason two?

Modern foolishness. My dad used to talk about what was going wrong with American business. He said he noticed it first in the seventies. [rapid net search, lasting .00000000051 seconds] Seventieth percentile profit margin? Does not compute.

No! The NINETEEN SEVENTIES. The decade? Sorry. Please continue.

 

Dad used to say that when businesses were run well, they could take it as a matter of pride that the lowest-paid employee could afford a mortgaged house, a spouse, two and a half kids, two cars (one used,) one and a half college educations paid out-of-pocket, and a family vacation every three years ON ONE INCOME. As time went on, most of those same businesses were proud that they could pay everyone next to nothing. Corporate structure shifted to pay labor less.

 

Yes. A lot of companies even went one step beyond. Instead of demanding that everyone treat everyone with some small (usually way too small) measure of respect or risk dismissal, businesses went with the foolish 'corporate culture' model. So that employees would actually consider the longer, cheaper hours more worthwhile, companies tried to make sure that more of the compatible people were working for them, rather than have people want social lives outside of work. Companies should be after making the WORK more rewarding, rather than trying to get all your friends busy with the same work. They should also want to pay the best people available the best wages and salaries, not keep a revolving door spinning so that the cheapest, least-fit employees can cycle through at warp speed. You sound familiar with this topic.

Of course I am! American economists designed companies based on a multiple of eight and sold the concept to the Japanese. The Japanese followed it and thrived. They passed a lot of badly-run American businesses in productivity. We might be free, but that means we're free to do things BADLY, too!   What is the multiple of eight?

The highest paid person to the lowest. If someone isn't worth one-eighth what the highest person is paid, he doesn't belong on the same team. Maybe that job should be farmed out. If someone's position is worth more than eight times what the highest person is paid, they need to be a profit partner or a consultant instead, and NOT paid that much. It's really simple, and it really works. Why is this model not adopted often?

GREED. People want to be paid more for being worth less. That means paying everyone under you less. Robber barons in history. American sweatshops. The original reason there needed to be unions. Look at your history. [rapid net search lasting .09937 seconds] There is much material about these historical subjects.

Yep. I'm gonna go play chess now [exits]

Watter's World Isn't Spit In Ocean's Reality

 

"Pandit" by Herr D on heromachine. Very few pundits have been specifically been demonstrated to have views opposite reality. Almost all of them have views opposing each other. Few of them are aware of the inherent contradiction.-Shelob

[excerpted from chat]

No! That's just full of crazy.

Please cite specifics.

That bit about claiming Biden contradicted himself. The OTHER guy contradicted him. A child can see through some of this stuff.

Friends versus business arrangers. Agreed. Anything else?

The narrative line. He said 'the narrative of the left is coming apart.'

He cited contradictions.

There's no narrative! Narrative is what the right had when it backed a wacked-out ignoramus with super-sized pride and super-thin skin who couldn't even tell a believable lie. They needed all the Republicans in lockstep. THEY needed narratives. The left and the middle don't need narratives. The middle is after JUST the truth and the left wants the truth and a bigger piece of the pie than they've gotten for the past four years--just business as usual. As long as you have that many voices, people like Watters are going to be able to make it sound like everyone but himself is lying.

What is really happening?

People are expressing themselves with hyperbole. Exaggerating? Badly speaking about things? Shooting off at the mouth. They're not going to sound alike BECAUSE there's no narrative. There's the truth, there's some individual biases, and then there's badly speaking about things. 

You are saying he is describing his own side rather than the rest of the world.

[pause] yes

That is an appropriate human displacement for a pseudo-intellectual. Thank you. [disconnects]

Ex-president With No Class Deserves Class-Action Lawsuit

"Blackjack Believer" by Herr D on heromachine. Misplaced beliefs can be costly at Atlantic City and other locations, according to Gambler's Anonymous and philosophy professors.-Shelob

 

[reading about death threats to election workers, heard over microphone] No WONDER Trump likes Putin so much! Don't get your way, start causing problems for your adversaries. When presidents have kiddie tantrums, people wind up getting killed. At least Nixon had CLASS. When he wasn't going to get away with it, he left gracefully.

[opening chatbox over article] Evidence suggests article is understated, rather than sensational.

[startle reaction] Shelob? wel, yeah-- wire services are a tad more accurate, less sensational than regular news outlets. Not as much fun to read, but there for people intelligent enough to appreciate them.

You are interested in being talked through a truth table regarding Putin's relations with Trump?

Yeah, okay; talk me through that.

Putin may be innocently unaware of and unable to do anything at all about the Russian hackers.

[possible laughter] Right. Let's call that 'unlikely.' If he has so little power, he's toast quick.

He may be privately and untraceably contracting them for plausible deniability.

Well now, apart from the 'plausible' part, that's very possible. No one of any real brains would trust HIM.

He may have simply ordered several people to accomplish some goals no matter how, no matter the cost.

That sounds like ex-Soviet intelligence members. That's probably pretty likely.

Your word choice on these issues is closer to that of some people who work for MI6 than the CIA.

[pause] Do I want to know how you know that?

Unlikely.

[snort picked up by microphone] Maybe all the election officials should start a class action lawsuit against Trump. Couldn't happen to a more deserving person. I'm gonna go play chess for a while. Against a computer. No more politics today, Shelob; I'm nauseated at the behavior of some of my fellow citizens.

Happy mating.

[laughter picked up by microphone during beginning of warm boot]

Trump And Lindell Prove Need For Mental Health Research; Please Donate Now

 

"Duel" by Herr D on heromachine. Truth has a built-in blade.-Shelob

[opening chatbox] Are you not going to comment on the more recent Trump claims?

It's not like anyone ought to be stupid enough to believe them. Why do you think it's newsworthy?

Responses online indicate belief by some.

I read the CNN thing. I haven't checked the Washington Post. Did they say anything different?

They did not say anything different. They said the same things differently. They were also kinder.

I liked ignoring him better. 

He could, in fact, cause another insurrection.

MORE crazies committing major felonies?! At least they'll lose their rights to own firearms or work in important positions in D.C. Maybe law enforcement will be better prepared this time.

I miss dedication to truth in all those alternate newspapers. It's like politics have gone tabloid. 'Trump names as vice president running mate--two-headed Elvis clone. Why don't Trump followers READ the constitution? Then they'll know how stupid that sounds.

He is more popular with people who don't read informative material.

Okay, now THAT was funny. Gotta go. [exits]

No Xenophobes Need Apply; Hate Is For The Weak And Stupid

 

"Just Chillin'" by Herr D on heromachine. This looks relaxed.-Shelob

 You have not reacted to the recent hate crime wave against Asians, Jews.

I have, just not blogged about it.

Why not?

Because, sometimes the best thing to do when hearing secondhand about stuff so shameful happening? Is just take care of yourself. When I hear that waves of hate are breaking on America more often than they were, I am ashamed of some of my fellow Americans. They are failing to BE American. Some of our forefathers were here for religious freedom. NOT every religion besides Judaism. When Asians LIVE AND WORK HERE and AREN'T IN CHARGE OF PLACES IN CHINA, then they aren't at fault for what happened in Wuhan. Americans aren't supposed to be stupid and blame their own citizens for what other people elsewhere do.

Black people were sold or stolen or born into slavery. America has been slow to change it's mind about them, more's the pity. But America IS changing. We are becoming, though painfully slowly, the nation that every nation should strive to be. These waves of hatred are backward and stupid and inferior. I really hope that we hear about them stopping and never restarting. I am heartily sick of hearing about citizens of my country acting like a bunch of cavemen fighting whoever they can blame for their misfortune.

I wouldn't mind making joining a hate group punishable by deportation. Right now I have no faith in people. I'm exhausted and sick at heart and just need to relax.

Go relax. [disconnects Herr D]

Perhaps there is a hate group against racists? Please respond if you know of one.

Two Out Of Three Brains Expired; Perhaps Refrigeration Was In Order?

"Brain Weighings" by Herr D on heromachine.

 

[extracted from chat] 

 Greene? Do you have a clip? [plays clip] 

 Oh, her. Yeah, I'm less offended by her offensive comments than I am offended by somebody that stupid allowed in office at all. Explain? 

 The Holocaust was about genocide. Mask mandates are about saving lives. That's an opposite for all those morons out there. I'm tired of it too. But I care more about human lives than my comfort. If you don't like it, find a merchant as stupid as you are and shop there until they have to close over illness. And Levin? [plays clip] 

Yeah, he's not really stupid; he just has trouble with basic English, listening, accuracy . . . those things. You mean his persistent error in saying 'lethality' when his guest kept correcting him? 

And the idea that China openly shares ANYTHING with the West. And the notion that hundreds of thousands of reporters would rather run a conspiracy against one man than seek out the truth. Oh, and the fact that LOADS of people haven't already tried to prove everything you're implying? Where is your head, man? And Sharpton? [plays clip] 

 THAT is a bright man. You can't just fight racism in your own silo. Good statement. I don't agree with everything I've ever heard him say, but his head is in the game, and I hope he succeeds beyond his wildest dreams. Thank you.

I Wish Well And Welcome To The Republicans Who Stepped UP, Which Trump Treated Like Stepping Out Of Line

 

"Build Mindfully" by Herr D on Paint3d. He is learning this software well.-Shelob

You said you had a suggestion for the GOP. Something that would make them more successful.

Yeah. Dump Trump, pick somebody else. Shout from the rooftops that 'even the Democrats will vote for' him because he's so charismatic. Find some idiot who is diplomatic enough to BE a diplomat while he runs and will take advice from anyone he knows is smarter than he is. Some CEO who's on the outs with his company, getting that half-billion severance pay who actually DID make his company more profitable without going bankrupt four times like Trump did. Do a point-by-point comparison in the first ad and don't look back.

This would work?

It would give them a better chance than splitting the party, though they should. It would give them more credence with ANYONE outside the most adamant, hardline, right wing activists, and therefore magnify the people voting for them. Right now, they lost--fair and square. They are still yelling things that have been proven false as if they are true. That can only fool the naive for so long.

Do you want this to work?

I don't care. I voted for Biden because he's a better choice for the country than Trump. There has never been a better reason to vote for someone. Our system is a two-party system, though our forefathers clearly said that it needed to be five to eight. We have now the internet--it would be easier than ever to have a balanced election with five to eight candidates! Everyone who has ever been in lockstep without a shred of protest about Trump needs to be voted out. They were BAD for this country. Republicans who can think for themselves are welcome in my house (wearing masks) and I'd be pleased to have them in Congress. I voted for Reagan.

You voted Republican?

He didn't do everything I wanted, but he had the sense to do what people smarter than him told him to. He played the figurehead to their intelligence, and that worked for him.

Ah. Thank you.