Fat shaming: "the action or practice of humiliating someone judged to be fat or overweight by making mocking or critical comments about their size." On this definition at least, you're fat shaming.

"but I still think that if someone engages in a voluntary transaction, they have to anticipate that it will be beneficial for them." Because of what we know about confabulation, this might not

That's neat, thanks! (Though I wish they'd have contributed captions to the original upload, and not erased the credits screen showing the people who made the production possible :()

Thanks @piedpiper, glad to season your feed!

Can't happen soon enough! All the best for the project.

Thanks! Yes, that's a good one.

That argument is bogus for several reasons: Another reason: Whether or not a person 'turned out okay' is less relevant than: Would the person have been better off (in whatever respect) if they hadn't been

I always begin with the script, record that. Then use the edited narration track as the timing reference for everything else (Occasionally I'll make small timing changes later to facilitate some visual

It seems pretty capable. I'm so used to Ableton Live that it's unlikely I'd switch though, even though it's not perfect for editing. Does Reaper do OMF import do you know?

Yes i think so too. Will pass on the compliment!

“I’m gonna advocate this bad thing—a big, powerful ruling class—because otherwise we would end up with the thing I’m advocating!” That's a mischaracterisation. Not all ruling classes are equal with regard

Sorry to hear it!

I'm enjoying your posts Larken. One thought in response to this: It’s important to note that in most cases, such a reaction from a statist is not because he is intentionally being dishonest, or is consciously

Exciting prospects! I hope it works out for you. I don't know if it's helpful to you, but for finance planning stuff I've recently started using YNAB, it's been very helpful for me to start being able

Well put. I guess the impulse of "better the devil you know than the devil you don't" will be playing a part for many statists. Which i can sympathise with, at least while they haven't yet heard

Hear hear!

Well put. I think it's valuable to try to formulate condensed arguments like these. Maybe they can even be compressed further.

Well put as usual! I entirely agree.

except a country isn't anyone's property, it is a geographical location in which some of the property is owned by private civilians and the other parts are unowned or claimed to be owned by a gang of

The time for justice/voluntary exchange is always right now. Not in the future when you think it's suitable for every party The time for restitution (part of justice) is right now too of course. And state