Life IS an experiment, via evolution, to propagate our DNA. We’re doing pretty great! Colonised loads of land, even at extremes of temperature. Sure, we haven’t made it to living underwater just yet, and the poles, mountainous regions and deserts are logistically tricky, and there’s only a handfulbof us in space at any one time, but we’re getting there!
I kind disagree. I admit that e.g. growing your own veg will never be cheaper than buying it at a supermarket - it would make financial sense to spend a few more hours working instead, and just buy the veg, but that kind of misses the point. Gardening, cooking, DIY… they all have a certain satisfaction and self-sufficient pride to them that money can’t buy
I don’t mind vagina talk, but I do always feel like I’m hearing something I’m not meant to hear, becoming automatically shameful like I’m some kind of eavesdropping creepy perv.
It’s been educational though.
special mention to Richard Herring, who I think has the longest-running daily updated blog on the Internet - he’s written every day for like… 15+ years now. The blog has moved to substack recently though
I like Ecosophia.net - an occultist writes about all kinds of stuff
craigmurray.org.uk - an ex ambassador explains domestic and international politics with an insiders view.
and the blog at disappointment.com - sadly he only posts once every couple of years nowadays, but it’s just… very silly, often very gay humour.
I’d recommend the video I posted. He gives some branches of feminism the drubbing they deserve, but also identifies some examples of intersectional feminism that do include men as victims of patriarchy, deserving of help from feminists.
Bell Hooks gets quoted in the video FWIW
This YouTuber has created 4 astoundingly insightful videos about men. Patriarchal society fucks us up, either turning us into monsters or demanding a facade that runs so deep most of us forget it’s a facade. Even just articulating our feelings and mental health is a massive struggle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pm5gX_wgic
Worth a watch by men and anyone who cares about men. And if you don’t care about men… well, that’s pretty typical of society at large, so don’t feel too guilty, but maybe you should start caring.
Irrelevant, yeah, but I’ve never been wrong about anything. Purple monkey dishwasher.
“Short” in universal terms, I guess
I always figured ads were inevitable, but as long as there’s no algorithm for me feed and no shadowbanning, I’m happy
This is it. If all my needs were met by the state, I’d happily pay 90% tax with 10% on luxuries, which is about what I spend anyhow
Ordered a pizza, it came with a garlic dip in a transparent tub. My sister tried to dip the crust in the dip about 4 times to no avail, each time my buddy saying “the lids on, Jess. The lids still on, Jess. The lids still on, Jess. The lid, Jess, is still on” until the words finally got to her brain. She and I collapsed in giggles for a solid minute. It was the perfect representation of “this is your brain on weed”.
The ability to turn lead into gold just by touching it and saying a short incantation.
I’d say the same about reddit, comparing 8 years ago when I joined to 2/3 years later. Again, political divisiveness partially to blame, but also, early adopters of tech tend to be more intelligent. The more it filters into the mainstream, the dumber the general discourse gets. Eventually, that has the effect of putting off the smart folk who were there first, even further lowering the tone.
Going to disagree with your second point. In the UK at least, there’s a lot of friendly “no, after you” type activity. If the road narrows due to an overhead railway bridge or parked cars etc. generally speaking one or both will pull over, flash their lights to signal the other one can go first, and get a friendly wave of thanks when they pass. Letting people in at junctions isn’t uncommon either, though tends to be more the exception than the rule.
There is anger too of course, but usually only aimed at people who aren’t following the rules of the road, have done something stupid/dangerous, or are hesitating for far too long.
This happened to me a couple of weeks ago; neighbor texted me to say all my car windows were open. I had to put the key in to wind them back up. Neighbor said he once had a car that kept doing that - some controller unit had somehow gotten water/moisture in, so he had the part replaced and that fixed it.
I wonder if it was actually a satellite rather than a plane? If, rather than speeding away, it actually halted its orbit, then what you saw was the earth’s rotation spinning away from it
One of the saddest things was a blog by a nanny to a little girl who was born without a face. She had eyes and a mouth, but that was about it other than random folds of skin. The nanny was so sweet, talking about all the operations the girl had had to slowly, over time, build her something resembling a face. The girl herself was apparently really sweet and loving too, but everyone who saw her would react as you might expect.
It just struck me how cruel nature can be sometimes. At least she was born to very wealthy parents, but that was the only perk.
I wonder how she’s getting on now. Must be 18 or so I imagine.