Posts by jezza@qoto.org
 (DIR) Post #B0tOHnS0fzzoNM0FkW by jezza@qoto.org
       2025-12-04T03:30:09Z
       
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       @levisan they believe that about walmart as well. People are generally stupid, emotionally driven, and via programming from public schools, allergic to mathematics to the point of mathematical illiteracy and almost complete lack of (literally) rational thinking.Years ago, I lived in a place that had an existing walmart, and a new walmart opening up in a place that made my home the approximate midpoint between them.They were the only stores of the type in the area, so I was there after housewares and similar occasionally.I quickly noticed that the new store had much better prices, and soon learned that walmart sets prices low with many loss-leaders in new stores, and then slowly raises the store over a timeframe that approximates the time it takes to bankrupt existing local stores.I suspect Target, Costco, and others have a similar MO.As to mathematical illiteracy, I was at the gas station this morning and notice that they had 15-packs of coca cola, on the end of them "15 cans - 3 more cans than 12 pack."FFS.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2lCEzDSCXWhSObg7E by jezza@qoto.org
       2026-01-26T23:45:19Z
       
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       @levisan apparently the hollywood sign is such an object. To me, this is absolutely ridiculous, and so laws be damned. If you or I are in public, we're subject to photography without our consent. Seems the same thing should be the case for the crap called public art inflicted on us in a public space without our consent (and usually with our tax money.)🏴‍☠️📸!
       
 (DIR) Post #B2lCF1AKx6DnVJADXE by jezza@qoto.org
       2026-01-28T01:56:49Z
       
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       @levisan there's an "intangible culture heritage" argument, which is as legitimate as your belief in such, like the protections extended to cheese from some particular part of Europe.To me it seems like part of the larger scheme to own and manage culture.It's sort of like how fanfic is a response to the reality that modern mythologies are copyrighted intellectual property.Nanoo nanoo, live long and prosper.
       
 (DIR) Post #B37pcmP3f4t2MIUOsS by jezza@qoto.org
       2026-02-08T02:33:42Z
       
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       @levisan the original olympics were a sort of festival for Zeus. The olympics as reconstituted are a globalist function. They are precisely about nations, founded as the (keyword first:) International Olympic Committee in the late 19th century.As the olympics sweeps through a city, billions are pissed away on athletic facilities that will likely never be used again, and as much again on 1984-ish security architecture that will. It's at least as corrupt as FIFA, and a feeding trough for favored contractors and agencies.By point:1. Not all countries support or organize all the same sports, so the programs of various countries get to play on the world stage so long as they play at the best level of their nation.Olympic standards, in turn, often become national standards (hence 25m and 50m pools around the world.)2. No it wasn't. Judges (and referees) are absolutely necessary to deal with corner cases and close calls. Subjective issues like ice skating performance require the insight of experienced skaters and judges to be ranked. Olympic events resolve in rankings, not participation trophies.3. That defeats the purpose of national representation and the vision of the IOC. It's about globalism, representing nations as participants in a single global platform, like the UN and other global organizations.