I once read this guide from the 1930’s on how to pick out a puppy.

You place the dog gently on its back and then hold it there lightly but firmly.

If it makes no effort to flip itself over it’s a chill/lazy dog who will have a mellow personality.

If it struggles to roll over for a bit and then acquiesces and relaxes this is a dog who will take instruction well and is very trainable.

If it won’t stop fighting you and keeps trying to roll over the whole time this is a high strung dog who will remain high strung. Will be hard to train and needs to be put to work in an active way.

According to ChatGPT this was known as the supine restraint test and it was rooted in dominance theory which is currently debunked.

But I’ve always found it useful as a metaphor.

Are you the dog who fights for a little bit and then gives up? Are you the dog who doesn’t fight? Or are you the dog who will keep fighting until you finally get what you want?

You gotta admit it's at least kinda interesting that this happens to the guy who originally went viral for saying "your body, my choice" lol

Krystal and Emily did a hit piece last week with some D-bag self described "OG" bitcoiner. Was total shit, all the typical uninformed talking points with a sprinkling of "appeals to authority" trust me bro. Very disappointing lack of curiosity or push back from otherwise very well respected journalists on breaking points' ho-show

Krystal is a deranged communist so she probably hates Bitcoin.

Left AND right leaning 🤣 uh huh ok. They are captured and Saagar is just hanging on

Krystal is insufferable. I barely watch BP these days, I think it went downhill after she married Kyle.

A big conservative political podcast (seven figure YouTube subscribers) asked me to come on and talk about bitcoin (sat next to them on the plane out of the May conference in Vegas, which sparked their request).

Last week when I went on the show, they decided to emphasize a talking point of why tariffs are great and will usher in a golden age, and some questions about bitcoin.

When asked about tariffs, I generally disagreed that they would be bullish or usher in a new golden age, mentioned that the past three months of data doesn’t show a decline in import prices which means it has been a tax on Americans, and eventually we moved to discussing bitcoin.

They ended up not airing the talk, and instead ran the clip with someone else who agreed on the tariff points. Waste of time, basically.

It’s a reminder that a big percentage of what you see in heavily politicized media is about narrative framing and talking points rather than genuine attempts to discuss or explore. It reminded me why I normally decline to go on political shows; I had only agreed to this one because the catalyst was in person and so the agreeable side of me was like “sure, why not”.

Well, that’s why not.

We go hard in tha boot

Which podcast do you think the disgraced kiss cam CEO will go on to tell his story? 😂

Communism like fiat is a death cult.

The Expanse is a great TV show