Oct 22

Never Leave Home

Milena was never a proponent of this, but hot damn it sure is a long way from February/March when all the liberals were eager to tell us that Zoom was just as good as in-person get-togethers, and if you said anything else you wanted to kill gramma.

Watching the advocates of this view go completely fucking nuts over the subsequent few months was kind of satisfying, though still sad in its way.

Oct 22

Blog

I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter, don’t want to listen to your podcast.

Just write a fucking blog. Fuck. So much better and easier for everyone.

Oct 22

Shifted

I have been thinking about that a lot lately. The liberals are always on the side of bien-pensant conventionality but do respond to evidence — kind of. But they are terrible at the precautionary principle and have little memory of the past.

Just putting this on the ol’ blog so it’s not completely forgotten only to become another “conspiracy theory.”

Oct 21

Outside Side

I’ve noticed this too and been raging about it on here, of course. I saw someone earlier (whom I’ve already picked on enough, so no link) who was like, “What is there to do other than have my kids stare at screens all day?”

GO. THE FUCK. OUTSIDE. The risks there are very, very minimal. FUCK. Most people have the risk assessment capabilities of a dimwitted diphtheria bacterium. Just be less of a dumbass. I know it’s hard. Just please try.

Oct 21

Cognizant

Most of the time when people think they are telling me things I don’t know, I am just pretending for the sake of social decorum. Took me a while to get used to doing that, and to get good at it.

“Oh, I had no idea.” Yeah, I did. I am a know-it-all, but no one likes a know-it-all. This is one way I realized pervasive lying was a necessary part of the social contract.

Oct 21

Narrowband

Seven TV channels now, were they actually independent, would seem remarkable. We’ve narrowed down to 2-3 platforms now and it shows in all sorts of ways.

Oct 21

Anomie

The largest rebellion possible these days is to be fit, to not be controlled by pervasive propaganda, to command you own body and to own your mind and its capabilities. This will make you an enemy of most but a friend to yourself.

If you think this sounds alt-rightish, there’s a reason. Not because I lean that way, even a little, but because they are correct to be rebelling — they just have the targets and methods wrong. And they are fucking Nazis in all but name.

Be fit, think for yourself, marshal yourself, and you automatically prevail over 90% of people with no other qualifications.

Oct 21

VPN

A lot of VPN software is essentially a spyware tool and should not be trusted. I restrict any VPN software and even conference software to company laptops or virtual machines. It cannot be trusted, and should not be.

Oct 21

Hamburger

Not too long ago, got a $15 hamburger that was significantly worse than a $3 Burger King hamburger. And they forgot to add any of the toppings I requested.

Most expensive restaurants are not worth it.