Dividers

People who believe there are no substantive differences between generations probably have no friends who don’t remember 9/11.

I do, and I can tell you there are some fucking differences. Only old people who talk to people around their age could believe something so obviously ridiculous. Glad I have friends from 24 to 60+.

Functional

That’s impressive. Those vaccines are working great, but looks like you need about 70% fully vaxxed to get that.

Norway: 70% fully vaccinated

Denmark: 76% fully vaccinated

Sweden: 70% fully vaccinated

By comparison:

USA: 58% fully vaccinated

And importantly, those three countries don’t have tons of anti-vax idiots clustered in groups. The way SARS2 transmits particularly, that grouping of the clueless promotes superspreading clusters.

Cel By Date

This article about inceldom makes a good point.

As commentators have struggled to make sense of this phenomenon over the last few years, two distinct types of responses have emerged. In a strange reversal of the reactions to the September 11 attacks, where the Leftโ€™s attempts to contextualize the historical and political factors were shouted down by the Right as sympathizing with terrorists and โ€œblaming America first,โ€ this time it was the Left which insisted that the only proper response was outrage and denunciation, while any other analysis risked excusing murderers and blaming their victims.

I am definitely not an incel and have no real identification with their movement, but I have a bit of sympathy because I see how I could have easily become one of those poor souls in a world not that different from this one.

Good article, though. Skewers many sacred but obviously wrong beliefs of both the right and the left. Leave no bridge unburned is my motto.