Jon Bon Jovi praised for helping distressed woman off edge of Nashville bridge.
She was on the Edge of a Broken Heart and wanted to go out in a Blaze of Glory but now she’s Livin’ on a Prayer. It was clear she was on the “alive” side of Wanted Dead or Alive. I hope Jon said, “Have a Nice Day” as he was leaving.
At the hands of the CIA, many prisoners endure all sorts of unimaginable torture without cracking. These fate-cursed people withstand the most vile torments you don’t even want to think about. They resist the urge to cry out to their torturers what is demanded and instead retreat into the hardened redoubts of their minds. Each of them stands firm as pain wracks their bodies from all the shattered kneecaps and fingernails extracted slowly by rusty pliers.
But every single one of them breaks when the vegan food is wheeled into the dimly-lit room of suffering. Not a soul among them is able to abide the smell nor sight of this fresh new abomination that rises above all other misfortunes. It takes merely a glance at the desiccated vegan cheese, the wretched vegan hamburger and worst of all, the clabbered vegan fish and the prisoners start chirping like birds. They spill it all. They leave nothing on the table — except the vegan food.
My most controversial opinion is that hardly anyone should own dogs and if they do, it should only be under these circumstances:
None of this would never be made into a law or regulation anywhere because of all the dog-obsessed people. But should be.
Yeah, I used to believe that too. But it’s not true; American workers are shockingly productive compared to European ones, even when you take hours worked into account. And having worked for a German company in the past, I can see exactly why (too long to go into here).
Today at work, people have promoted themselves from Major Clownery to Major General Clownery.
All y’all know I don’t really need to work anymore, right?
Dang women treat me so differently since I got hot.
Who knew it was like this? Life on easy mode. Fuck.
I’ve been playing with Windows 11 a bit in a secured VM. God it’s trash. Just a terrible OS that’s obviously created to steal data and control you with little else being of any concern.
We are definitely in the dystopian timeline.
The Coming Wave of Sex Negativity.
This was written in 2021, so the sex-negative trend had already been firmly in place by that time. But she is still correct. And she (as I do) thinks it’s going to get worse. Much, much worse.
If there’s one drum I’ve been beating for a minute now, it’s that I believe the pendulum with sexuality is going to swing, big time. And seriously, if you guys remember me for anything, have it be this.
Mark my words: Next financial crisis, we’re diving headlong into something that’s been simmering in the background since 2013-2014… sex negativity.
Younger millennials and Gen Z are already extremely sex-negative, even a lot of the men and boys. I also think she’s gotten closer to the core of the real problem with this than anyone else; I’ve been having similar thoughts.
This will be as much a rebellion against the pod as it is anything else. People do not want to be atomized. They do not want to be neutered. Sex dolls are unsustainable. Nobody wants this dystopia. It WILL be painted as anti-tech but it is not necessarily “about” tech. THIS IS THE REAL CULTURE WAR.
I disagree with her about sex work and that her overall tone suggests that, like many women, she sees women as just larger children a bit but I believe she’s got the gist of what is happening and what is about to happen.
The only good part of this mess is that I expect tattoos to get much, much less popular as a result. That won’t make up for this insanity, but even the worst things have some benefits.
Obviously not everyone in the younger generations has embraced extreme prudishness and non-sensuality. The people in the below videos have not abandoned all that makes life good, obviously, and they are all in their 20s. But it is the dominant strain now.
So I do wonder what was it that happened to cause this enormous change in so many to make it a generation-defining social alteration? Was it social media? The internet? Just natural churn and change, explained by nothing (I don’t believe this, but offering it as a hypothesis)? Reduction in social mobility? What?
Whatever the cause, it’s horrible to see; I feel like people are becoming puritan hikikomori because they cannot imagine anything else. Perhaps it’s all simply because they make better, more pliant consumers that way.
God, such fucking talent. I love them and I am envious.
They’re great live! And that’s some outfit.
It was predicted by the Covidians that US would experience economic collapse and that civilization would end due to Long Covid. I still see me some civilization around here and here’s how the US economy is doing:
Whoa that’s a mega-crash! Ok, not. It was all a lie.
Got hold of 4K transfer of The Fourth Kind and people, it’s beautiful. (And yes, I do have a monitor that can view 4K content correctly.)
Isn’t that some weird shit? To younger millennials and Gen Z, anything to do with a romantic context for meeting is invalid and “harassment.” It’s no wonder they don’t have kids; they don’t understand romance, don’t have sex, and think being attracted to the person you’re with is some sort of insult.
That’s some screwed up stuff there.
US Median Household Income by Characteristics (2023).
Intel Has Only Tough Options After Its Long and Stinging Fall From Grace. Sad to see.
Increasing Indications Storm Shadow Missiles Will Be Cleared For Use Inside Russia. Nice. About time.
The Bitter 17-Year Saga to Build a Power Line Critical to US Climate Action.
What More Do You People Want from Kamala Harris?
How Trumpism Rots a Small City.
Why Isn’t the Whole World Rich?
The Case for Public Nuclear Power.
The critical window of shadow libraries.
Age gap relationships are not just for ‘creeps’ and ‘cougars’ I briefly dated a man in his late fifties when I was in my late thirties, and I didn’t think there was anything unequal about it. People should have more age gap relationships; it’s good for them as long as they’re both legal.
