jozsef:
That's funny. I will confess I didn't solve it without help. I'll leave the glory for someone who does figure it out.
Enjoyed Thor: Love and Thunder, thought Morbius was good (not great but good), loving She-Hulk, felt the Ms. Marvel was amazing (after a rough first episode), not offended by the new Ariel, and thinking that maybe Governors shouldn't conspire to commit kidnapping. I am clearly what's wrong with America.
I think the most depressing thing about Libertarians in that while they clearly did not understand the works of Ayn Rand they are quick to accuse anyone who does of not having read the works of Ayn Rand. That and being advocates of corporate feudalism.
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jozsef:
You put it better than I could. Are you aware of the horrific murder of a child by a sadistic lunatic which she actually praised and celebrated, as he was unconstrained by the expectations and norms of society? This was truly a messed up creature. Some philosopher, some intellectual.
jtelson:
Hickman, yeah, vaguely. I haven't read the Journals so I only know what other people have said about it.
Jesus Christ there are some seriously racist people out there. Not just people denying systemic racism but people people literally saying African Americans are just lazy criminals whose ancestors are lucky to have been brought here.
Just in case there's any confusion the average African American household is worth 13% of the Average white household in America and we did that, on purpose.
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vithen:
and not spoken about nearly enough 😔💖
jozsef:
Well, this one sailed majestically over my head. I guess we can't comprehend 'em all, as the saying goes. That is a saying, isn't it? So that's two things I don't know. This is getting bad.
So just so we're clear if a comedian walks out in black face making jokes about how women belong in the kitchen on their knees or dressed like Mickey Rooney from Breakfast at Tiffany's cracking wise about sneaky greedy Jews and I let people know that I'm offended by that then I'm a whiney woke crybaby who can't take a joke.
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jozsef:
Everything right now is very complicated. All I know is that the world has gone mad, which is deeply troubling considering that it certainly seemed mad before but now it qualifies as mad even if we set twenty years ago as the baseline which we will henceforth consider to be not mad just so that we can have some sort of scale. There has to be an element of this from which we can draw comfort but I can't find it. Maybe after a good night's sleep. Of course, that's not easy to come by either. Like I said, complicated.
jozsef:
BTW, what if you aspire to be a greedy Jew but you're not Jewish. What then? Do you convert or accept your lot in life and go forth , content to be a greedy Protestant or Catholic, or Druid or whatever? I have no idea if there's a right decision or it's dependent on certain variables. Does anyone know? Why does everything have to be so difficult? At least you're not whiny.
jozsef:
Very good. It's never too soon to learn these lessons. If they don't like it, they can take to Twitter.
jozsef:
That's not a little troubling. Keep going like that and the authorities will surely smite thee for such actions are frowned upon.
jozsef:
Apparently in this last case it wouldn't have mattered but society has pretty much fallen off a cliff at this point. You know you're in trouble when reality is too extreme to exaggerate for the purpose of satire. The Honest Government ads from Australia that you can see on YouTube are an excellent attempt at dealing with the situation down there and certainly worth a look. It's hilarious and deeply disturbing at the same time. They did at least one on the US as well. When Margaret Atwood wrote Handmaid's Tale it seemed weird to me and yet here we are, moving toward a repressive, cynical theocracy. I don't know how she saw that coming.