Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the comparison and contrast between "based" happening in conservatives and "woke" that occurs to progressives? Rick Rosner: The way I understand "based" is that it's being aware of and upset about things that matter to conservatives or conservative pundits. It's buying into what they talk about on Glenn Beck, Alex …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What do you make of "woke," wokeism, wokeness, wokeology? Claims about it; facts about it. Rick Rosner: Most of the talk about it is garbage. There's a thing on the right that I guess is the right-wing version of "woke," which is "based." It's an interesting question. A congressman calls himself "Based …
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Rick Rosner: I showed my wife clips from The Daily Show for the first time. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: And what did she think? Rosner: She's not much of a fan of late-night monologue jokes, which sucks for me because my job was writing those. But she liked The Daily Show because it doesn't just tell …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Are the Alien movies good or bad? What do you think? Rick Rosner: It was good. The first one I also thought the second one was good. I have yet to see any of the subsequent ones. I had high hopes for Prometheus throughout it, but it was not very pleasant, too. …
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[Insert extensive pre-talk rambling by Scott and Rick.] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Rick, could you explain why you decided to leave or quit the Boy Scouts? Rick Rosner: I assume the Canadian Boy Scouts operate similarly. Were you ever involved in the Boy Scouts? Jacobsen: Not that I recall. Rosner: Well, the progression typically involves Cub …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This would be a follow-up, perhaps even the most recent one. Did you ever feel like you discovered any new community, particularly one with a high intellectual acuity, like Mensa or Mega? Rick Rosner: Not really. I joined Mensa around 1980 or 1985—I cannot recall exactly. Playboy Magazine once featured an article …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Even if you are smart and know a way to live life, you will be wrong sometimes. Rick Rosner: I was most famously wrong on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Jacobsen: What was your big lesson from that? Rosner: They were wronger than I was because if they can’t get the …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is your assessment of the Kursk Oblast incursion by Ukrainian forces into Russian Federation territory? Rick Rosner: It appears that they have seized approximately 400 square miles of Russian land, which is relatively minor given the vast expanse of Russia, the largest country in the world. The territories captured hold no …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I just returned from travelling and networking in Vancouver. Regardless, I sent you two topics for tonight. The first is the future of the commodification of human beings and the human body. It would be smart to split the definitions of a human being and the human body, where the first incorporates …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What do you think of Walz and his record on governing, especially on abortion rights, free lunches for kids, and LGBTQ rights? Is he strong on those issues? Rick Rosner: He’s fine. But is he weak on anything that he should be stronger on? No. When I first read about him, I …
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