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The Opinion Machine???

The Opinion Machine???

Written by: merkley???
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You definitely need another opinion, and this is it.merkley??? Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • #300 No Amount Of Fame Is Healthy For A Child & That Probably Goes Double For Adults
    Jan 24 2026


    Wherein I make some proposals on how we might rid the world of the disease called “Fame” or at least mitigate some of it’s most harmful effects, using some new tools that some like to classify as AI.


    I also use the word Parasocial for the first time, as I just learned it from someone commenting on one of my recordings which is awkward considering how I claim that All Media Is Porn.


    I’m going out on multiple limbs here.


    I might come crashing down at any moment.


    Dramatic.


    Gay.


    No refunds.

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    57 mins
  • #299 Bill Maher Is Almost As Annoying As Me, But At Least I’m Not Holding Anyone Hostage
    Jan 22 2026


    Wherein I once again describe how someone I don’t like reminds me of me.


    It’s always about me, isn’t it?


    For Bill, it’s about Bill.


    He and & have a lot in common and I hate it.


    I’m better than him though, because, well, this is a problem that is pretty easy to figure out.


    Anyway, all I wanted was to hear what Woody Allen & Billy Joel had to say, but Bill didn’t let him get a word in edgewise.


    Sad state of affairs.


    Jews.


    No refunds.


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    42 mins
  • #298 Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Not My Real Mom & I Shouldn’t Be Subject To Her Bullsh!t
    Jan 22 2026


    Wherein I recount my experience listening to SCOTUS yesterday, talking about gun shenanigans & how that lead me down another road of tribalism, sexism, racism etc.


    More specifically, race mixing, tribe mixing & the worst of all, vote mixing.


    Interracial marriages? Yeah, I talk about that too.


    Weirdly, I have pretty direct experience with all of it.


    So do you.


    Brady Bunch stuff.


    No refunds.

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    53 mins
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