I’m not a “free thinker.” Whatever that is.
I’m a very restricted thinker. I try to restrict myself to thinking the correct things.
Day: September 17, 2020, 1:36 PM
MiGod
Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets.
Yep, them are MiGs. That’s hilarious.
May Him
@nytimes has a piece today explaining "honor culture." It is amazing, and telling, that in the year 2020 the newspaper of America's literati apparently haven't absorbed the basics of the culture that a ton of Americas were raised in, including me. 1/https://t.co/cEBqnAHBTU
— Christopher Sprigman (@CJSprigman) September 16, 2020
Great thread. I also grew up in an “honor culture,” of course. It’s still very much alive in me, as it is with Christopher. Where I grew up, tolerating disrespect was the ultimate sign of weakness. It was something you did not do if you wanted to have any sort of viable social future. I learned that lesson early, that it was better to fight and lose (which I did, often, before I got good at fighting) than it was to back down or just take it stoically.
To this day there’s still part of me that feels more comfortable with violence than with just letting things slide. To be clear, I don’t resort to my fists now and I haven’t been in a physical fight in two decades. But still…the violent disposition, however small a voice it becomes, is always there; it feels like home in a perverse way.
A friend of mine once asked me how many fights I’ve been in. I literally could not remember, it was so many. That’s how I grew up, and how you experience the world as a child and young adult doesn’t just go away, as convenient as that would be.
Re-field
If by "not correct" you mean "unbelievably crazy and misguided," then yes. The Fed is literally printing money and handing it to asset managers. https://t.co/1cQubjpEFP
— David Dayen (@ddayen) September 16, 2020
My salary is not small but it appears I still went into the wrong field.
Like a Vandal
Those of you who are #WFH. Is there such a thing as a microphone that limits the ambient noises in the background?
— J. Lam (@zengarden17) September 16, 2020
Get yourself a Schoeps CMC64 Set Modular Small-diaphragm Condenser Microphone with Cardioid Capsule.
Good general-purpose and the cardiod capsule suppresses noise from other directions besides (mostly) right in front of the mic. What, you don’t have a spare $1700 lying around to spend on such a mic? Buddy, that’s your problem, not mine. 😉