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1. Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 00:08:43 UTC Jeff Atwood

   “Many times when I identified as Libertarian, people said to me, “It’s just rich white guys that don’t want to be told what to do,” and I had a zillion answers to that — and now that seems 100 percent accurate.” https://www.cracked.com/amp/article_40871_penn-jillette-wants-to-talk-it-all-out.html

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   • BeeCycling (beecycling@romancelandia.club)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 00:09:04 UTC BeeCycling

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     • Marek

     @kozy138 @codinghorror Agreed. Any time I do that "political compass" test I come out as left libertarian. Only recently twigged that means I'm basically an anarchist.

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   • Marek (kozy138@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 00:09:06 UTC Marek

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     @codinghorror That's the problem with language. Originally, libertarianism was closer to anarchy than democracy. They should be using neo-libertarian to describe themselves more accurately.

   • Guy Montag (montag@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 00:10:25 UTC Guy Montag

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     @codinghorror the best description I've heard is that libertarians are like house cats. Completely dependent on a system they neither understand nor appreciate and fiercely confident of their own independence.

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 00:11:24 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     The ultimate "Bullshit!" episode! I'm glad to see this.
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     "Penn and Teller: The Best Magicians In the World", SNL, 1986

     (linked from the article)

     Just a fantastic thing to pull off that becomes even more impressive as you realize how they're doing it. For me the second card trick did it.

     But the first thing I thought was "wow, that SNL cast member has really got Penn pinned, down to the accent, cadence, mannerisms, everything" ... until I realized it's really them, they just look so different because it's 40 years ago.

     farside.link/invidious/watch?v…

     youtube.com/watch?v=mwkmgqbYXd…