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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Well, in essence, propaganda is advertising. And advertising leans on satisfying perceived need.

    So if I’m selling you shoes it’s to satisfy your physiological, social, or self-fulfilment order need. Shoes are functional, make you cool, or make a statement.

    Propaganda is fulfilling some need to be effective - probably fear based in the social, safety, or belongingness orders, and carried via viral channels like word of mouth or social (viral).

    I haven’t really thought about it too much but it’s just a communication or a reinforced message; it’s just advertising. Think about it that way.

    And with regard to Russia, they are all ‘fear the West’ and ‘national pride’ driven, compounded over 3-4 generations. It would be such an easy spin.



  • I’m not. I’m aware of how selfish it is but something in my system of belief that I have (undefined? spiritual? no idea?) says that when I’m dead, I should be ALL dead.

    Like, if there’s any kind of afterlife, will leaving a functioning part me behind hold up the transition? This even sounds fucked up to me because I’m 100% not religious at all.

    I would just prefer all of me to be dead or all of me to be alive. Not fractions of both at the same time.






  • I’m an Aussie and took on my first management role in 2011. In 2012 I was voted best manager of the year and my employer rewarded me with an all-expenses paid trip to America for two weeks to visit San Diego, L.A, and Las Vegas.

    Then in the same job in 2017 I entered my business into a national sales competition and amongst 400-something businesses nationwide, I won it. The prize was an all-expenses paid trip for two weeks to Texas, Kentucky, and Indiana, and they sent me.

    This year; new job, two weeks in, my boss tells me the company want to start sending management to the U.S for integration, so as the first employee to ever go in the company’s 40-year history I was sent all-expenses paid to New York.

    Three trips to America, three completely different, blindside reasons. Six states - east, west, south and mid.


  • Aussie subtleties of the c-word.

    1. “Silly Cunt” = funny person (endearing)

    2. “Stupid Cunt” = complete idiot (serious)

    3. “Dumb Cunt” = a good mate acting stupid (jovial)

    4. “This Cunt” = referring to a good mate who’s done/said something uniquely odd (jovial)

    5. “Acting like a Cunt” = acting terribly (serious)

    6. “Don’t be a Cunt” = stop acting terribly (serious)

    7. “Bunch of Cunts” = all your good mates (endearing)

    8. “Good Cunt” = the best compliment you can receive (endearing)

    9. “Dog Cunt” = the worst insult you can receive (get ready to fight)

    10. “Shit Cunt” = insult (serious)

    11. “Bit of a Cunt” = insult (jovial)