If Mort Divine ruled the world

[Dak]

None of this is to venture an extended critique, but I don't feel that his writing or his video appearances really warrant it.

They probably don't. What people are getting out of Peterson is having someone tell them what they need to hear and watch that someone walk the walk. I imagine his "12 Rules for Life" is far more popular than "Maps of Meaning". Probably the most legitimate criticism I've read of Peterson is that he needs to be "sending royalties to Aurelius and Seneca".

And finally, I find it really annoying that his material is only available in either a) countless videos online, or b) a poorly written monograph. I'd like to see an essay or something somewhere, but he seems to cater primarily to the online video crowd. I find it far more valuable to assess a position when it's in writing.

Well the market is in the videos. I don't get the impression he's all that interested in trying to break new philosophical ground via an argumentative paper. He's getting more meaning from doing what is functionally mass therapy, as well as having conversations with the likes of Dave Rubin and Sam Harris. For what it's worth, Sam Harris has said they are more or less agreed on like 98% of things. That difference afaik is in the value of religion.

 

[rms]

well, Mortism has extended into the STEM world. During my Calc II lab, I sat in a circle while my tamberine-backpack-using TA demanded everyone tell him/us their preferred pronouns

 

[CiG]

Absolutely mortifying.

 

[Dak]

The House voted to release the FISA memo and CNN et al are in full blown crisis management mode ahead of the release.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Doubt it will amount to much tbh

 

[Dak]

Well the way the normal suspects are freaking out, you'd think it was a huge friggin deal.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Do you think a true DNC conspiracy would trust a bunch of wingdings at CNN with the contents described within this damning memo? Worst case scenario I bet (which would still be pretty good for the RNC tbh) would be that some FBI investigator fucked up, cut corners, and performed a wiretap without a warrant, and as a result gets thrown under the bus.

 

[Omni]

Absolutely mortifying.

Pun intended? 10/10 if so.

 

[CiG]

Pun intended? 10/10 if so.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Actually I think I might have to take back my previous sentiment. Never thought I'd see Pelosi reduced to a sputtering nervous mess by Chris Cuomo of all people, lmao. Even if the memo is nothing on its own merits and it's purely a worry about losing the public image battle, this is at the very least is doing psychological damage on some of the DNC leadership.

 

[Matt]

Who the fuck cares about what Devin Nunes (of all people) has to say about anything? He's a partisan clown.

 

[Dak]

He's a partisan clown.

That's every elected official in DC.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

That's every elected official in DC.

 

[arg]

the yoga industrial complex. now ive heard everything

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/...remacy/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

 

[Dak]

You either appropriate or perpetuate oppressive white culture. You should know by now these are the only two options.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

I, TOO, AM THINKING ABOUT ME, TOO

 

[Onder]

the yoga industrial complex. now ive heard everything

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/...remacy/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Eh, it's Breitbart, could just as well source Onion.com.

 

[CiG]

Eh, it's Breitbart, could just as well source Onion.com.

Surely you're not too drunk to follow the sources provided within the article: http://www.kzoo.edu/praxis/yoga/

 

[Onder]

Surely you're not too drunk to follow the sources provided within the article: http://www.kzoo.edu/praxis/yoga/

I am drunk.

 

[CiG]

I am drunk.