tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post7384904567241214044..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Kony 2012 guy as Grizzly ManUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37181175304794350462012-03-20T18:49:58.321-07:002012-03-20T18:49:58.321-07:00At 3/19/12 7:29 p.m., I wrote, "That would be...At 3/19/12 7:29 p.m., I wrote, <i>"That would be true[that Treadwell was courageous] only if he realized the danger in which he habitually placed himself."</i><br /><br />Then at 3/10/12 8:18 a.m., I wrote, <i>"I read recently that researchers have discovered that when drunk, people do in fact realize the consequences of their actions, they just don't care*."</i><br /><br />I realized (!) right after I submitted the second comment that it doesn't seem consistent with the first.<br /><br />I meant that addicts realize in a detached or disengaged sense when something is dangerous. But they don't seem to realize in a normal way that refusing to avoid danger will have real-life, possibly lethal consequences <i>for them.</i> There's some sort of disconnect between their perception of danger and their response to it.<br /><br />Whether that's the result of long-term chemical abuse or whether people hard-wired not to respond to danger the way the rest of us do are more likely to become long-term chemical abusers, I couldn't say. And how that ties in--if it does--with being an adrenaline junkie, I don't know.<br /><br />In any case, I still think Treadwell was an addict who'd substituted one high-risk addiction for another, rather than a man courageously seeking to improve the lot of Mr. Chocolate and his other ursine buddies.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44036489059781176242012-03-20T08:18:03.803-07:002012-03-20T08:18:03.803-07:00"I would agree with this except for the fact ...<i>"I would agree with this except for the fact that if you watch some of his vids, he goes on at a lot of length about how most people would get killed during their first outing doing what he did. Yeah, it is all boastful ranting, but he knew quite well that it was dangerous, he just didn't seem to care for some reason and had confidence in his abilities."</i><br /><br />I freely admit not watching his video past the "Hi, Mr. Chocolate!" part. But I did read his Wikipedia entry. The guy was a recovering alcoholic and heroin addict. So yes, he "knew quite well that it was dangerous" just like a drunk knows quite well it's dangerous to drink Sterno or a junkie knows quite well it's dangerous to use a dirty needle.<br /><br /><i>"...he just didn't seem to care for some reason and had confidence in his abilities."</i><br /><br />The reason was the trait or traits you'll typically find in addicts. I read recently that researchers have discovered that when drunk, people do in fact realize the consequences of their actions, they just don't care*. What you see as courage and bravado is nothing more than the craziness of a typical drunk and/or junkie. When I lived in a crappy neighborhood with a lot of them, it was not uncommon for them to be hit by cars and killed. This was not because the drivers were careless or the drunks fell into the street. They thought they could walk out in traffic and not get hit. They knew very well the dangers to pedestrians of oncoming vehicular traffic. Like Treadwell, they just didn't care. <br /><br />And while he may no longer have been drinking or using heroin, he wasn't what recovering addicts and counselors have told me is what it means to be clean and sober. He'd just replaced a couple of addictions with another one. Why do I say that? Because he repeatedly and needlessly put himself in serious and unnecessary danger for no good reason. That's what addicts do. <br /><br />I don't consider the recklessness of the typical addict to be courageous any more than I would consider the hallucinations of a delirious person to be creative.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Treadwell" rel="nofollow">Timothy Treadwell</a> <br /> <br /><br />*Damn Google seems to have changed its search function so I can't find a link.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83969814610218132722012-03-19T21:57:46.264-07:002012-03-19T21:57:46.264-07:00@Marlowe: IN his new film, Not being Steve Sailer,...@Marlowe: <i>IN his new film, Not being Steve Sailer, Charlie Kaufman presents the story of Steve Sailer a middle aged LA resident and cancer survivor who awakens every morning to discover that he has become someone he is not - a Mexican illegal immigrant working in a peanut packing plant, an activist lesbian lawyer undergoing a difficult relationship breakdown, a Likud supporting successful Jewish political columnist</i><br /><br />LOL! Sounds like a lot of fun. This could be an ultimate artistic treatment of nature vs nurture. Someone please call Spike Jonze. Oh, and get Christian Bale to play Steve Sailer part.Nanonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48452609828861509192012-03-19T20:10:54.561-07:002012-03-19T20:10:54.561-07:00That would be true only if he realized the danger ...<i>That would be true only if he realized the danger in which he habitually placed himself. There is no indication that he did, until the very last moments of his ridiculous life.</i><br /><br />I would agree with this except for the fact that if you watch some of his vids, he goes on at a lot of length about how most people would get killed during their first outing doing what he did. Yeah, it is all boastful ranting, but he knew quite well that it was dangerous, he just didn't seem to care for some reason and had confidence in his abilities.<br /><br />I'd also submit that this confidence was not without basis - I don't think you get away with this for 13 years on luck alone. And when he did get whacked, it was in an oddball, later than the end of his normal season, when his usual habituated bears had gone into hibernation and unfamiliar bears from the interior had moved into the area.<br /><br />Like with many things, you get comfortable with a situation, fail to appreciate and adjust accordingly when the operating envelope changes, and disaster ensures. This happens all the time in aviation/maritime activities and it would seem in bear spiritual communing.<br /><br />This all doesn't mean I think the guy wasn't a wackaloon from the word go, though. But it also doesn't mean that he was like some 3 year old kid walking up to a vicious dog totally unaware of the danger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17887334076598161492012-03-19T20:00:44.640-07:002012-03-19T20:00:44.640-07:00Doctrinaire American anthropologists don't arg...Doctrinaire American anthropologists don't argue that "race does not exit." Rather, there is no biological basis for race -- it is a social construct. It's an absurd position literally on its face.Mark Caplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157338755022593966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31422842100853935672012-03-19T19:29:07.035-07:002012-03-19T19:29:07.035-07:00"Say what you will about Timothy Treadwell, t...<i>"Say what you will about Timothy Treadwell, the guy had amazing brass balls."</i><br /><br />That would be true only if he realized the danger in which he habitually placed himself. There is no indication that he did, until the very last moments of his ridiculous life.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50764742831372387102012-03-19T18:23:50.217-07:002012-03-19T18:23:50.217-07:00"Say what you will about Timothy Treadwell, t..."Say what you will about Timothy Treadwell, the guy had amazing brass balls."<br /><br /><br />but they lost their bearingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26412735719068419032012-03-19T18:22:44.224-07:002012-03-19T18:22:44.224-07:00"Say what you will about Timothy Treadwell, t..."Say what you will about Timothy Treadwell, the guy had amazing brass balls."<br /><br />more like nuts and loose ones tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32898337563027301642012-03-19T16:10:34.355-07:002012-03-19T16:10:34.355-07:00Say what you will about Timothy Treadwell, the guy...Say what you will about Timothy Treadwell, the guy had amazing brass balls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66717763243999141112012-03-19T14:18:23.898-07:002012-03-19T14:18:23.898-07:00IN his new film, Not being Steve Sailer, Charlie K...IN his new film, <b>Not being Steve Sailer</b>, Charlie Kaufman presents the story of Steve Sailer, a middle aged LA resident and cancer survivor who awakens every morning to discover that he has become someone he is not - a Mexican illegal immigrant working in a peanut packing plant, an activist lesbian lawyer undergoing a difficult relationship breakdown, a Likud supporting successful Jewish political columnist - eventually, Steve had to live out the lives of the entire population of LA, experiencing the mundane, hopeless, trivial exigencies of life viewed from a million different viewpoints - all right, it sounds like <b>Quantum Leap</b>, doesn't it?Marlowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29835057165449108542012-03-19T13:39:42.739-07:002012-03-19T13:39:42.739-07:00if Bono or Lennon weren't musically gifted, th...<i> if Bono or Lennon weren't musically gifted, their pet causes would have been laughable too</i><br />neither were gifted, sweetheart, the culture just sunk to their level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-35751581180104994142012-03-19T12:52:29.623-07:002012-03-19T12:52:29.623-07:00Maybe these guys are really bisexual and not strai...Maybe these guys are really bisexual and not straight, hence the gay voice?Shawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78672591364018573432012-03-19T11:40:57.641-07:002012-03-19T11:40:57.641-07:00"But what about using homeless black people a..."<i>But what about using homeless black people as voodoo relays?</i>"<br /><br />You can't be serious! Don't you know it's all ball bearings nowadays?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm30l8sqlQw<br /><br />;-)Mel Tormenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14392147446444651812012-03-19T11:03:24.447-07:002012-03-19T11:03:24.447-07:00spain... we want pay movement flamenco flashmobs...<a href="http://youtu.be/Of4q6gT5ays" rel="nofollow">spain... we want pay movement flamenco flashmobs what silliness</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54782997192956616502012-03-19T10:43:00.976-07:002012-03-19T10:43:00.976-07:00Manic episode?
Or, you know, drugs.Manic episode?<br /><br />Or, you know, drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68839915421380420892012-03-19T10:36:27.176-07:002012-03-19T10:36:27.176-07:00I'm glad sometimes that I pay no attention to ...I'm glad sometimes that I pay no attention to pop culture. It means I never have to pay attention to things like Kony 2012, which is apparently very important for some reason. I can't see any way that never having heard of this thing has negatively impacted me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83982650852835225902012-03-19T10:14:11.680-07:002012-03-19T10:14:11.680-07:00OT
Could it be black politics isn't as import...OT<br /><br />Could it be black politics isn't as important as it used to be since so many blacks are in the Deep South? Since whites outnumber blacks in the Deep South and vote as a racial bloc, all the electoral votes in the Deep South go to GOP, and so black Democratic votes in the South don't amount to much. They go to waste(unless we were to go from an electoral college system to popular vote system). <br />In contrast, the surge in Hispanic numbers have tipped the balance in CA and will do so in Texas. This owes largely to massive brown immigration. And so Dems seem to be more energized about politicizing the browns. <br />There are some northern states with large number of blacks, but most blue states are blue in the north cuz of white liberal vote, and so blacks don't matter so much. Of course, most white liberals prolly prefer to keep blacks in the Deep South. If all those blacks moved up north, it could be white northerners will gradually become more conservative while white southerners will become more liberal. <br /><br />Anyway, white liberals prolly want browns for another reason: cheap help or HEP. Because of the history of black servitude--as maids and servants even after end of slavery--, white liberals don't feel comfy using blacks in such roles. 'White guilt' thing. So, it's better to hand such lowly servile jobs to short Mexicans. As for blacks, there's either welfare or gubment jobs with nice wages, benefits, and etc. <br />So, according to the ideal liberal orders, whites are the business elites who pay taxes, blacks are the bureaucratic workers who absorb taxes, and Mexicans are the menial labor who do a lot of shitty work without complaint... unless they're born here and turn into rap music listening fools... in which case more bunch of Mexicans(and other immigrants)must be brought to fill in the menial jobs.gumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47764871981004017852012-03-19T10:02:25.785-07:002012-03-19T10:02:25.785-07:00This is what happens when a would-be rock star has...This is what happens when a would-be rock star has no musical talent. Indeed, if Bono or Lennon weren't musically gifted, their pet causes would have been laughable too. Bed In for Peace indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10044185552132233512012-03-19T09:49:20.826-07:002012-03-19T09:49:20.826-07:00"I think he's an Evangelical Christian ac..."I think he's an Evangelical Christian actually. I was surprised because he seems too SWPL to be an Evangelical, but perhaps there is some overlap now."<br /><br />There definitely is. My nephew is a college freshman evangelical and his girlfriend spends a good chunk of her vacation time doing mission work in the third world. They dress like that annoying Tom's Shoes guy and are worried about the down-trodden. Leah Ann Tuhoy is the local cause-celeb among evangelicals, and she is pushing Christians to out-compassion the liberals. <br /><br />My sister/his mother brought up this "Invisible Children" thing up to me and my girlfriend, and she was stunned at our lack of concern. We commented that it was business as usual for the African continent and that the US and Western nations should stay out of it and should allow them to resolve this matter themselves.Marc Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526121114466617234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66944311953299335892012-03-19T09:34:41.241-07:002012-03-19T09:34:41.241-07:00"Don't you people ever get tired of not b...<i>"Don't you people ever get tired of not being Steve Sailer?"</i><br /><br />Don't you ever get tired of being you?<br /><br />I get tired of just seeing your name and realizing that once again, the moderator's notion of whimsical is not only antithetical but inimical to mine.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72317963541818449892012-03-19T09:24:54.199-07:002012-03-19T09:24:54.199-07:00Black people cause white people to do the stranges...Black people cause white people to do the strangest things.Haciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51507863381080401462012-03-19T05:02:27.366-07:002012-03-19T05:02:27.366-07:00Timothy Treadwell is one of the reasons that most ...Timothy Treadwell is one of the reasons that most Hollywood actors today are Jewish, British, Irish, Canadians and Australians. Americans males seems to becoming more mentally unstable each passig year.Braziliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74879700953769255712012-03-19T03:58:10.378-07:002012-03-19T03:58:10.378-07:00That's not possible. Voodoo is not good for mo...<i>That's not possible. Voodoo is not good for more than 10 - 15 miles, depending on atmospheric conditions</i><br /><br />But what about using homeless black people as voodoo relays?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61278959587848409292012-03-19T03:53:11.424-07:002012-03-19T03:53:11.424-07:00First there was Bono. Now, there's Boner.
Fir...<i>First there was Bono. Now, there's Boner.<br /><br />First there was Geldoff. Hopefully, next will be Gelded.</i><br /><br />Brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80759332117171219162012-03-19T03:16:58.502-07:002012-03-19T03:16:58.502-07:00OT, maybe.
Last week, 3 soldiers were shot dead i...OT, maybe.<br /><br />Last week, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/15/three-soldiers-shot-dead-france" rel="nofollow">3 soldiers were shot dead</a> in south France. <br /><br />Did you hear about it?<br /><br />A shooter with a similar weapon and modus operandi has <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17426313" rel="nofollow">done it again</a> today.<br /><br />Will you -and the rest of the world- ignore it, this time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com