Mar 18

Radio Voice

I like listening to radio people in French! They speak so clearly compared to others that I don’t have to rewind constantly to catch something.

Mar 17

Gun Comp

I wonder if one of the reasons guns became the go-to badass weapon in the minds of insecure American (mostly) men is that you can be obese and out of shape and still fire a gun? Guns as a sort of Fat Acceptance weapon for inadequate men.

Being a real badass would involve practicing an actual martial art, or archery, or even learning how to build something. Guns are easy; even a 400 pound complete uncoordinated moron can fire a Glock. (Usually not well, but the thing will go “bang bang” for anyone.) I bet that’s a huge part of their appeal — they allow the mediocre to have some cachet of their power.

Reminds me, as soon as I am vaccinated, I am going to try my hand at archery. Should be fun if nothing else.

Mar 17

No Pan

I’m so tired of articles like, “Electric cars won’t solve climate change” or “Wind power won’t solve climate change,” etc.

YA FUCKIN’ THINK?

None of those things alone will solve climate change. There is no magic bullet, no singular miracle cure, for climate change or its ills. It will take concerted effort across all sectors of industry and society to deal with such a global-scale problem. Of course we should concentrate on both the easiest and most high-impacts areas and efforts, but even with that it’ll take hundreds or thousands of tweaks and alterations to all parts of how we do things.

Why the press insists on writing articles about how one thing or some other thing will not solve climate change, I haven’t a clue. But it’s a complete waste of space and of brain cycles.