I wrote this a year and a half before the pandemic began:

I wonder when meeting in person and bonding over shared interests is going to become socially verboten. Probably not far away. We are already moving away from the world-that-was. These days, meeting not in an online meat market is becoming rarer, and having something “fraudulent” like a shared interest that prompts a connection and a relationship is becoming suspicious…because what if he (or she) only developed that interest to be a better person, and thus more attractive to others? Isn’t that deception? That’s deceit and dupery, right? One should only be judged on how one appears and nothing else. This is the world we are moving to, try to deny it all you want.

The incels are not completely wrong in their ideas — just that blaming and harming women won’t help in any way, and is morally corrupt.

The future really isn’t going to be cooler.

God, was I right or was I right?

The Gobbler is not only back but has stolen all my women.

The Gobbler cannot be stopped.

When I said that liberals were going to go full anti-hugging, anti-touch Demolition Man after the pandemic, I was not joking. It was inevitable.

These people will be lining up for the pods willingly.

"More lockdowns are coming, but this time, we could prioritize children over bars, restaurants, working out, sports and socializing in our homes. Keep schools and daycares open — and shut almost everything else down." New @CNN.

PLEASE READ AND SHARE.https://t.co/BCzocYSmw0

— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) November 16, 2020

No more fucking absurd lockdowns. Need to resist this hard.

How many staffers did it take to curate this? And this is obviously phony, as most who love popular music are particulary taken by songs that appeared when they were 15-25 years of age. That would be 1976-1986 in your case. Not many from that period here https://t.co/65ejRB6f8R

— Kevin Michael Grace🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪⚜🇳🇴 (@KMGVictoria) November 17, 2020

Not everyone is stuck in the past. My top ten favorite songs would maybe only include one from when I was 15-25.

Most of my favorites would be from the past 10 years, many from the last five. Obama is worthy of much derision for his poor performance in office and his post-presidential money grab, but this is just moronic.

What Is Lens Flare, and Why Does It Make Photos Look Weird?

I think you spelled “awesome” wrong, dude.

Profoundly accurate observation. https://t.co/tmpzIIKIAD

— William Gibson (@GreatDismal) November 17, 2020

Not all of them, but enough of them. More than enough.

It was also AM radio and Rush Limbaugh, which of course led to Fox News. But hilarious and disheartening observation that is alas true.

I did not know that Charlize Theron spoke Afrikaans. Huh. That is a cool language.

The Gobbler is back.

You call tell we’re still in the prude era because everyone covers the boring Red Hot Chili Peppers songs like “Under the Bridge” and “Californication” and no one covers the great ones like “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” or “Breaking the Girl.”

Georgia Weber playing the stand-up bass is both really good and looks like she stepped out of a 1950s car ad. Good fucking work on the wardrobe. Nice cover.