But surely Orwell was very pro Califonian venture capitalists and very much in line with both Stoicism and Atlas Shrugged. How could that possibly be misrepresented? He hated the equality he encounte… (View Post)

I've let it loop three times and I'm still none the wiser. Keir writes a note in a book then gets up? "Must try harder"? No idea what it's supposed to convey. (View Post)

Entirely off-topic, but I visited youtube and it recommended this Dr.Strangelove video to me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj8ClKzgJWE Haven't watched it for years. But now I think I need to revi… (View Post)

Somewhat related - I remember someone I worked with visiting the University of Wolverhampton a few years ago. They had ultra-fancy water coolers with touch-screens on them. When you pressed the 'Wate… (View Post)

I remember being in a car with a Dom/sub couple many years ago. The sub (a middle-aged woman) 'lowered herself' onto the glass-handled gear stick while the guy sped up to over 100mph on the little B-… (View Post)