I dont wanna be a hijabi anymore.
Huh. I was told wearing a hijab or burqa was always feminist. No? LOL.
Day: August 20, 2022, 11:50 PM
CoLost
The Covidians lost. Nothing would’ve ever been enough for them. We shouldn’t celebrate — after all, more than a million people died — but it’s still a good thing they didn’t cripple society for the next decade or more. Still, we should’ve pushed for better ventilation and air filtering — but the ZeroCovid nonsense made that a difficult sell, too.
1992
obviously there’s the confound of having been young. but i’d say no, despite some material improvements, life was broadly better in 1992, it was a calmer, more hopeful, more directly sociable time. (i might weigh things differently if i were eg trans, though.)
what do you think? https://t.co/XVij8YFsSi
— Steve Randy Waldman (@interfluidity) August 17, 2022
Agreed. Life was better in 1992, for most people, even black people. Exceptions are gay and trans people, depending on location.
Reasons:
1) People were more open/sociable generally.
2) Prudishness was far lower; the left had not moved to sex-hating Puritanism.
3) Welfare had not yet been eviscerated.
4) Republicans had not gone full fascist ghoul.
5) Identity politics had not yet destroyed any possibility of factional unification.
6) Riot Grrrls!
7) Surveillance was still extremely minimal.
8) Corporate monopolies didn’t exist to the same extent.
9) Computers still did what you told them to do.
10) It was a time of very high optimimism that pervaded the entire culture; much more pleasant to live that way.
Not that everything was perfect then. But many things were a lot better, and are continuing to worsen even now.
Should Do
this is fucking cool design. actually interesting!! what a concept! https://t.co/XT9hauVSI5
— Amy Hoy (@amyhoy) August 20, 2022
Whoa. I love it. Yeah, we don’t really do any interesting or innovative design any longer. We have so much potential power and we’re told every single thing must the be the least-useful, most lame-brained piece of worthless shit ever so that some meth-addled douchebag with the IQ of a rutabaga can use it — or that all features must be removed for “security.” That latter lie never fails to delude the average bozo and even the “smart” people.
More of this, less shit-for-brains clowns dictating a computer must work like a Speak & Spell so their 87-year-old gramma won’t send her life savings to Nigeria for the fifth time this year.
We can do better. We should do better.
Sex-Phobic
Overall not a very thoughtful column, but the below is heinous.
But it is a retrograde step. Dating apps are prone to abuse, particularly by young men craving sex, but they also have considerable benefits.
This is in itself retrograde. There is nothing wrong with young men (or young women, or old women, or old men) craving sex. What the fuck is up with these idiot mooks?
Why is it automatically “abuse” to crave sex? Keep me away from these fucking non-fucking people.
Does It Work?
Assuming you're single, how much would you pay to find the perfect long-term partner?
— Misha – Visiting the bay area Nov 19 – Jan 3 (@drethelin) August 19, 2022
I am not single and my partner is great, but I’d pay more than 100K. It improves life so much. If paying for it would work (iffy proposition), I’d do it.
Switch
I wish Millennials/Gen Z were as terrified of climate change as they are of sex.