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Tag: Hero Syndrome

  • PODCAST: Roley Podcast for 1/31/2025

    A Love Letter to Gitmo

    Royal Rumble 2025. Yeah, I like wrestling. Sue me.

    Automating the whole podcast process?

    AI and my external hard drive full of photos

    Against my better judgment, I’ve opened comments on the site.

    Hero Syndrome: I still think that 2.0 will be similar to 1.0 when it comes to astonishing incompetence. Don’t be surprised if they tank everything trying to solve a problem they created. I just wish they could do that without getting people killed.

    Why even have confirmation hearings if they’re just going to perjure themselves with no consequence? End the hearing if you catch them in a lie. End the hearing if they dodge questions, or don’t answer. End the hearing the first time someone doesn’t answer a yes or no question with a yes or no. Just adjourn, clear the room, and let the nominee sit there. As always, this will not happen. Ever. Wouldn’t it be awesome, though?

    Do we point and laugh at the clown show?

    Samsung announced they are working on a non-invasive blood sugar monitor for a wearable.

    Jim Acosta, Journ-A Lister? I hope not.

    “I did that” stickers—Biden’s on gas pumps, Trump’s on eggs. How original. Please jump off a cliff into a pit of rusty razor blades.

    T.F.E. The F@@king Experts. There’s not a thing they don’t know, just ask them.

  • Monday, January 27th, 2025

    • I swear I am nowhere near Maine, this is not my fault.
    • Since eggs are the low-hanging fruit du jour, I suppose this is funny. I’d argue that you can make this about most ‘experts’ about anything on the internet. There’s a joke that goes along the lines of “So, all the folks that were experts about contagious disease are all First Amendment scholars now? Cool, cool.”
    • I can’t express to you how much this won’t happen, but there are certain situations where the only real response should be “You are not a serious person, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Tell me when the adults show up, sit down, and shut the fuck up.” It should be repeated like a mantra—no one will.
    • I was just reminded of an episode of some crime procedural I’ve watched where someone was setting fires, and it turned out that it was a fireman, or ex-fireman, or a wanna-be fireman. They create the disaster, solve it, and get called a hero before everything is revealed. I think we’d do well to remember this storyline for a while. It may be useful. That said, I still think that 2.0 will be similar to 1.0 when it comes to astonishing incompetence. Don’t be surprised if they tank everything trying to solve a problem they created.
    • I realize that I am in a position to do this more easily than others, but laughing at the clusterfuck seems to be the best option for me. It reeks of privilege, I know. All I can tell you is that I’m laughing at them, and waiting for what I think is the inevitable conclusion of this shitshow. I don’t think he lasts the term. Bookmark this so you can laugh at me when I’m proven wrong, but something physical or mental is going to do what no one else has been able to do, and if that’s the only way this ends, I’ll take it. The only downside is what’s on the other side of that ending: A very sticky couch.