Stupid World

[TheDemonLord]

Musk tried to charge $8.00 for a verification mark. To increase sales he just gave the mark to anybody who payed $8.00 which missed the point of verification.

That significantly depends on what Verification actually is.

If Verification is merely verification, then anybody who can be verified and wants to pay the $8 fee is entirely justified to be verified.

However....

If Verification isn't about verification at all, but instead is a mark of honor to separate the Nobles and Courtiers from the great unwashed peasants... Then opening up verification to anyone who wants to be verified and for $8 is a problem.

And considering before the $8 charge, there has been info released that certain Twitter employees were accepting Bribes to get people verified, figures range from $10K-$15K.

In addition, if you go back far enough, before Wokeness had fully metastasized, there were many high-profile individuals on Twitter that were Verified, Milo Yiannopolous as an example, and when they did something that was a crime against wokeness, they had their Verification removed.

Linking back to the above - did Milo stop being Milo? Of course not, so stripping him of 'Verified' status makes no sense. If however, it's to denote someone of importance, then getting expelled from the court makes a lot more sense.

Elon's move, I doubt it will generate significant revenue, but it does highlight what is underneath the veneer.

[FJRider]

Agree but disagree. "Ranger qualified" means he passed the 61 day course. Currently it seems that virtually every US Infantry officer is expected to have done that.

Yep ... The term is commonly used to include graduates of the US Army Ranger School. Even if they never served in a "Ranger" unit.

The vast majority of Ranger school graduates never serve in Ranger units ... but are considered "Ranger qualified".

By comparison ... The New Zealand SAS run Selection Courses when unit troop numbers are required to be increased. These courses are not so much a training course ... but an assessment course. If you have the ability AND attitude ... you are invited to join the unit. AFTER you join the unit ... the REAL serious training begins. Being a "Badged" member of the Troop comes after you complete that.

[TheDemonLord]

Yep ... The term is commonly used to include graduates of the US Army Ranger School. Even if they never served in a "Ranger" unit.

The vast majority of Ranger school graduates never serve in Ranger units ... but are considered "Ranger qualified".

To most people though, they think US Army Ranger, they are thinking of the 75th SpecOps guys.

Passing Ranger school, although a tough and well regarded school, does not qualify one to be a US Army Ranger.

By comparison ... The New Zealand SAS run Selection Courses when unit troop numbers are required to be increased. These courses are not so much a training course ... but an assessment course. If you have the ability AND attitude ... you are invited to join the unit. AFTER you join the unit ... the REAL serious training begins. Being a "Badged" member of the Troop comes after you complete that.

Same with the US Navy SEALs - you have to pass BUD/s, then you have to go through SQT and then after that (which is when you truly are a Navy SEAL) you have lots of high intensity training. IIRC more SEALs have died in Training than in Combat.

[FJRider]

To most people though, they think US Army Ranger, they are thinking of the 75th SpecOps guys.

Passing Ranger school, although a tough and well regarded school, does not qualify one to be a US Army Ranger.



Same with the US Navy SEALs - you have to pass BUD/s, then you have to go through SQT and then after that (which is when you truly are a Navy SEAL) you have lots of high intensity training. IIRC more SEALs have died in Training than in Combat.

Yep ... all in the wording.

Reality differs ...


Such is life ...

[sugilite:Me]

This is the sort of thing that makes me despise pollies. I would wager at least 90%+ of these youths doing runners, are doing so in stolen vehicles. Just yet another case of pollies saying "Look at us doing things" When it is just a load of shit. It just sets up poor law abiding citizens who have had the misfortune of having their cars stolen having to now jump over pollie mounted hurdles to get their cars back. Fucking pollie wankers.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...rs-of-runaways

[pete376403]

This is the sort of thing that makes me despise pollies. I would wager at least 90%+ of these youths doing runners, are doing so in stolen vehicles. Just yet another case of pollies saying "Look at us doing things" When it is just a load of shit. It just sets up poor law abiding citizens who have had the misfortune of having their cars stolen having to now jump over pollie mounted hurdles to get their cars back. Fucking pollie wankers.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...rs-of-runaways

After the car has been stolen and thrashed, bouncing of anything and everything, it's probably an insurance write-off anyway. Which is going to be tough on those who cannot afford insurance.

[TheDemonLord]

This is the sort of thing that makes me despise pollies. I would wager at least 90%+ of these youths doing runners, are doing so in stolen vehicles. Just yet another case of pollies saying "Look at us doing things" When it is just a load of shit. It just sets up poor law abiding citizens who have had the misfortune of having their cars stolen having to now jump over pollie mounted hurdles to get their cars back. Fucking pollie wankers.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...rs-of-runaways

What an interesting comment.

I can think of another law, in fairly recent memory, where 90+% of the issues were caused by items held illegally, that the Pollies said loudly and vociferously "Look at us doing things', that's proven to be a load of shit, that targeted poor law abiding Citizens who had the misfortune of their property stolen...

Glad to see you are finally coming round to my side of the fence in regards to the 2019 Firearm law changes

[R650R]

I don’t think this policy will last long or be greatly used. Just wait for the cry’s of systemic racism after Johnny uses Aunties car for the next gig....
There’s more holes in that policy wording than a police cordon!
But yes a great display of look we are doing something but in essence it’s a waste of time.
Given the paper work it would generate for cops I think they won’t use it unless they really want to

[sugilite:Me]

What an interesting comment.

I can think of another law, in fairly recent memory, where 90+% of the issues were caused by items held illegally, that the Pollies said loudly and vociferously "Look at us doing things', that's proven to be a load of shit, that targeted poor law abiding Citizens who had the misfortune of their property stolen...

Glad to see you are finally coming round to my side of the fence in regards to the 2019 Firearm law changes

Good to know normal service has resumed. Last week we agreed on two items - I was getting worried, so status quo restored - whew!

[pritch]

Some people of means in the US decided that what the world needed was an anti-woke bank. Mike Pence's former Chief of Staff and Kelly Loeffler former US Senator and alleged insider trader were two of the founders.

Who would have guessed that the world didn't actually need an anti woke bank. The bank has gone bankrupt in what must be record time.

Ah well, we'll probably learn more about this as the forensic accountants investigate.

[TheDemonLord]

Good to know normal service has resumed. Last week we agreed on two items - I was getting worried, so status quo restored - whew!

I dunno...

I agreed with the entire statement of yours...

That would make it 3 items...

[FJRider]

... Same with the US Navy SEALs - you have to pass BUD/s, then you have to go through SQT and then after that (which is when you truly are a Navy SEAL) you have lots of high intensity training. IIRC more SEALs have died in Training than in Combat.

I think it was Patton that said ... if nobody dies in training ... they're not training hard enough.

[TheDemonLord]

I think it was Patton that said ... if nobody dies in training ... they're not training hard enough.

The quote I remember is "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in Combat"

[FJRider]

The quote I remember is "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in Combat"

That quote was from a Richard Marcinko. Ex CO of Seal team Six.

Another quote of his I liked was ... “By the time I left Phnom Penh I could have written a Cambodian cookbook called 50 Ways to Wok Your Dog.”

[pete376403]

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitte...ook-1849837132