Gerrie Butler

I told you that we can fly. 'Cause we all have wings, but some of us don't know why. - INXS

[Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees]

If the socialists had their way, Elon would have had his paypal profits taken and redistributed for the greater good.

The world would never have seen Tesla, nor SpaceX.

And the world wouldn't know it, because they were uncreated, and thus unseen.

Imagine the companies that don't exist, because Washington destroyed them before they were born.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A reminder that most of what we worry about never actually happens

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@chrishartZA Capital Gains Tax without inflation adjustment is indefensible. It is the purest form of legal theft and plunder known to man - wrecking retirement plans and robbing the economy of productive capital.

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@BananaTweetsX @pmcafrica Read this to get the full story. It contains a detailed account of the background to this dive, insights into technical diving, people dynamics and all the human drama. Riveting

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

Purpose over podium!

[The Rational Animal 🤔 @theobjectivist]

The average American today lives better than John D. Rockefeller did in 1926. That is not an exaggeration. It is a fact.

Rockefeller could not fly across the country in five hours. You can for $200. He could not video call his family from another continent. You do it for free. He had no antibiotics, no MRI, no air conditioning in July. He could not carry every book ever written in his pocket. You are reading this on a device that does all of that and more.

Americans throw away 30-40% of their food. Not because they are wasteful, but because food is so abundant that waste is affordable. Your car has climate control, navigation, and safety systems that did not exist at any price a century ago. Your home has heating, cooling, refrigeration, and entertainment that emperors could not have imagined.

None of this was voted into existence. None of it was redistributed from the rich. It was created by free minds operating in what remains of a free market. Every comfort you enjoy today is the product of a man who thought, invented, produced, and traded voluntarily.

This is what the remnants of capitalism still deliver, even while it is being dismantled. Imagine what a fully free society could build.

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

How do you change someone's mind about free markets?

You don't argue. You connect dots.
A grieving mother was crying, telling me “capitalism” killed her son. He drowned trying to reach Europe on a boat.

I sat with her. Then I asked her one question: why did he leave?

To find a job. Why couldn't he find one at home? Because there are none. Why are there none? Because Senegal makes it nearly impossible to start a business.

By the end of our conversation, she understood.

Free markets were the only thing that could have saved her son.

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@GTalevi Is there any noticeable difference in their work pace?

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@manoj4justice @FfballJ @GMIgorSmirnov Black queen forces white bishop away from the setup that would otherwise have mated black (Qxf8#, Kxf8, Re8##)

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

May 2026 bestow some sanity in the world we live

[Melanie In Saskatchewan @saskatchewan_in]

🎤 I Am Not Woke

I am a woman.
I am Gen X.
Which means I was raised on hot hose water, unsupervised bike riding, and the understanding that if you’re bleeding but still conscious, you’re probably fine.

I am not emotionally injured by words.
I have survived mall bangs, dial-up internet, and New Coke.
You are not going to take me out with a tweet.

I believe in equality.
Not the Oppression Olympics, where everyone shows up with a clipboard and a backstory.

I am a strong woman.
I pay my bills.
I change my tire.
I handle my life.

But yes, I still want a man who opens jars, kills spiders, checks the noise in the basement, and says,
“Relax. I’ve got this,”
while holding a flashlight he definitely does not know how to use properly.

That is not patriarchy.
That is foreplay.
That is chemistry.

Somewhere in the last decade, feminism stopped being about opportunity and turned into a poorly dubbed workplace orientation video that never ends.

Now everything is “toxic.”
Except the people screaming it on social media at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday with 14 pronouns and a coffee addiction.

We turned “live and let live” into
“live exactly like me or prepare for a 37-tweet thread.”

Disagreement is now violence.
Silence is now violence.
Looking at someone wrong is probably violence.

Everyone has a label, a trigger, a diagnosis, and a podcast.
No one has a sense of humor.
Personal grace is rarer than Sasquatch.

We replaced confidence with outrage.
Facts with feelings.
And actual problems with performance art.

I do not need a seminar to exist.
I do not need a warning label on jokes.
I do not need a committee to approve my opinions.

I am a woman.
I am independent.
I am emotionally stable.
I like men who act like men.
I like women who do not hate them for it.
And I would like to enjoy my coffee without being educated.

My wish for 2026 is simple:
May woke finally go to sleep.
Put on its little eye mask.
Take a melatonin.
Log off the internet.
And let the rest of us get back to living.

I am not woke.
I am awake.
And I would like my culture back,
preferably without a training session.

Happy New Year friends!
May this be the year we shed the cloak of woke for good and start living our lives as intended... Free.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The 10 most dangerous Logical Fallacies:

(bookmark this)

[Alan Smith @AlanJLSmith]

Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100.

If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.

The fifth would pay £1.

The sixth would pay £3.

The seventh would pay £7.

The eighth would pay £12.

The ninth would pay £18.

And the tenth man (the richest) would pay £59.　

So, that’s what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every week and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until, one day, the owner caused them a little problem.

“Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your weekly beer by £20.”

Drinks for the ten men would now cost just £80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes.

So the first four men were unaffected.

They would still drink for free but what about the other six men?

The paying customers? How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?

They realized that £20 divided by six is £3.33, but if they subtracted that from everybody’s share then not only would the first four men still be drinking for free but the fifth and sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.　

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fairer to reduce each man’s bill by a higher percentage.

They decided to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.

And so, the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (a 100% saving).

The sixth man now paid £2 instead of £3 (a 33% saving).

The seventh man now paid £5 instead of £7 (a 28% saving).

The eighth man now paid £9 instead of £12 (a 25% saving).

The ninth man now paid £14 instead of £18 (a 22% saving).

And the tenth man now paid £49 instead of £59 (a 16% saving).　

Each of the last six was better off than before with the first four continuing to drink for free.　

But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got £1 out of the £20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got £10!“　

“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a £1 too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”　

“That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get £10 back, when I only got £2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”　

“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!”

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.　

The next week the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him.

But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important – they didn’t have enough money between all of them to pay for even half of the bill!　

And that’s how it works.

Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy and they just might not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.　

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.

For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@AlfNeumann @AnalystGus As a big Bok fan I agree with you. Victimhood off the field is just as bad as drama on the field. There's no place for it in rugby.

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@Pierre_B_y @RuggaRugby Using that logic there should have been at least 350 red cards in every rugby game ever played. Maybe try soccer if you want to comment on sport.

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@Padsky @rugby_ap Arm exactly where you'd expect it for a legal tackle.

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@SardieqWP Chest no doubt

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@SizweLo Rampant money printing has sunk many economies. Governments almost always inhibits a productive economy. State spending rarely equates to productivity.

No amount of printing, taxing, spending, spinning helps. Ever heard of capital formation?

[Tyler Todt @tyromper]

My neighbor thinks I'm super poor :)

-Drive an old car.
-Zero flashy toys.
-Zero designer clothes.
-No expensive watches.

Always out walking around shirtless & shoeless during the day.

She's mid 70's & offered to help find me a job the other day :)

"You always are just out walking during the day, I know a couple places hiring!"

Little does she know, I am the richest man on earth not because I HAVE THE MOST, but in part because I AM GRATEFUL for all have & WANT FOR NOTHING.

Walks in the sun & the ability to WORK when I choose, with who I choose, & do it outdoors shirtless & shoeless makes me RICH in my mind. 🙏❤️

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

Wisdom!

[Atlas @DentesLeo]

10 years ago I made the decision to never correct anyone who’s wrong unless I’m paid to do that.

Never been happier.

[Gerrie Butler @GerrieButler]

@jodubo @AustinFriars Brilliant answer! Never confuse what it should mean with what it really means