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I got into a fight with a good friend over the fact that NPR -- esp. This American Life--is a pacifying tube of intellectual lube, with the occasional exception. "It's the only thing I can tune to that doesnt make me angry . . . ." they said. "Including TV."

What's wrong with being angry?

Then I realized: It's just public radio. Of course it's gonna appeal to the lowest common denominator.

Then I remembered -- public radio is the only thing that doesn't have to.
That's why I turn it on sometimes, hoping to be surprised by an original thought, as opposed to the constant pop culture promos they string togetther from minute to minute.

Then I realized. I need to keep my mouth shut around people. I come off as harsh. I come off as brutal. And anyone who takes it that way is already way too far gone for me to even bother reasoning with.


Sometimes, looking at people watching the Oscars who call me judgemental while at the same time calling an actor a "piece of meat", I wish I could leave this country. I wish so much I wasn't surrounded by people who think they think but really just take it up their cranial assholes without even realizing it.

Newsflash (pun very much intended):

Talking about why people do/don't do porn on this site is really boring.

Update: The friend with whom I had the fight turns out to be worth fighting. She is not too far gone to reason with. We reasoned. She doesn't think I'm harsh and brutal. She thinks I'm in need of serious mood stabilizers. And J, you keep sending me those ego-checks. Keep giving me this feedback, and I promise to keep airing our private affairs all over Smutsville. It's healthier that way.