Josh Berry

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@ID_AA_Carmack Oddly, I would assume that a rise of non AAA VR games would be more indicative of market success? My mental model being that cheaper games proliferate before AAA is willing to take on that risk?

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@paulg This is misguided and betrayed by its premise? If we can measure the federal budget, then that means those departments can be measured by the dollars already. The question is the non dollar impact of each dollar spent. Which is going to be the same as what is of concern here?

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@br___ian @not_a_hot_girl If it isn't too much, I'd love to hear what you learn rereading.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@not_a_hot_girl I hasten to add that I am not a scholar here! I could very well be wrong. :(

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@not_a_hot_girl I thought the point of Job was a challenge to the devil's idea that only well treated people were virtuous and devout. The devil got to literally pick who was thought to be the most virtuous and devout to prove it was from lack of misfortune.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@thepondering_ Where is, "yes, but it won't work for us?" :(

[Josh Berry @taeric]

Best part of this pod is tough to call, but "is this Portlandia?!" is a strong contender.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Today's pod: @saletan tries to tamper my schadenfreude over the Trump shit show. Plus FBI firings, Beattie's racism, Elon insanity, DNC lunacy, Luka & more.

Then @scottlincicome on all things trade war!

https://t.co/lPUQjNdUsd

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@mattyglesias Well. That and not carrying water for Trump. The number of sincere posts of concern that predictably feed into the derangement of modern right conspiracies is frustrating.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

Crap. Forgot to see how much eggs are.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@tracewoodgrains You are reaping what you actively sowed the other day.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@Noahpinion I confess I am growing more and more of the mind that ketamine is a more powerful explanation for some leader's problems than it should be...

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@HistoryBoomer Hard to ignore it is the literal top level of MAGA driving a ton of the bullshit out there. :(

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@BulwarkOnline Another difficult time where you have to get fringe democrats that were making crappy posts. Or the literal leader of the republicans.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@tracewoodgrains @koolerkeith I'll watch and see how things play out. I have grown very frustrated with what seems like constant sane washing of this admin. Fully acknowledging that that sort of frustration leads to biases.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@tracewoodgrains @bananamoat If you want to respond to that post with this idea, sure? But the comment you picked was between president and former secretary. Not vice president. And the context is directly yesterday's accident. Any attempt at changing that is indistinguishable from sane washing.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@bananamoat @tracewoodgrains That scandal is on nobody's radar. The deflection was literally from blame on this specific crash. Literally a response to unhinged shit from the president which is largely "DEI BAD." To see it met with sanewashing... is frustrating.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@tracewoodgrains That is as may be, but you are still agreeing that it is DEI that responsible for the crash yesterday. Even as someone that isn't a huge fan of DEI, that feels off. At the least, it causes me to reread the room in a way that isn't favorable to the room.

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@justalexoki The notes are an active form of thinking?

[Josh Berry @taeric]

@mattyglesias I recall, at the time, that the biggest thing hurting a lot of this discussion was just how much seemed to be a bunch of misogynists and racists trying to amplify a message. Is a lot like what hurt marijuana when the biggest proponents were largely drug addicts.