Thursday Ephemeraren’t

Pecking order established.

The photos are amazing.
They’re a Grimm’s Fairy Tale waiting to happen.

More than one in three students report having a mental-health disorder. Student use of therapy nationally rose almost 40 percent from 2009 to 2015, while enrolment increased by only 5 percent, according to the Centre for Collegiate Mental Health at Pennsylvania State University. At smaller colleges, 40 percent or more of the student body has gone for treatment; at Yale, over 50 percent of undergraduates seek therapy.

Got woke, mind broke.

Got woke, mind broke.

Yale’s dorm counselors readily refer freshmen to treatment, she says, because most have been in treatment themselves. Indeed, they are selected because they have had an “adversity experience” at Yale, she asserts.

I am going to go out on a limb and guess that the “adversity experiences” were for the first time in their lives hearing the word “no”, being expected to produce something on their own, and/or generally discovering the sun doesn’t really rise and set on their fundaments.

I think Rudyard Kipling won the caption contest a long time ago:
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

the retro pleasures
Not completely unrelated and not completely retro, I give you Tiki Bar TV.

“Got woke, mind broke.”
Perhaps honest, non-malicious individuals cannot function properly under so much cognitive dissonance.

Close enough.

Another upvote for Poolside FM. How many hours I stared at that Mac screen doesn’t bear counting.

Do they have the same number not during lockdown, or did they just get rid of them because of the lockdown ?

An exchange with a Karen on the Stupid Nextdoor (I sort of have to because of my HOA responsibilities, but that’s likely about to change):
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K (to someone else): Or, you can trust the scientific/medical community who are trying their best to keep us safe and who are the experts. Reading the internet and forming conclusions that are simply personal opinions, is not always wise. Look at Sweden; look at Wuhan beginning a second wave. “Fundamental Freedoms” do not include endangering the public.
Me: Do you know of ANY significantly credentialed scientists who disagree with the overriding narrative regarding the effectiveness of lockdowns, herd immunity, etc.?
K: No. There are a couple of non-top tier with a difference of opinion, and they are entitled. I listen to the top tier with the most experience. Personally, my opinion is that cavalier attempts at herd immunity, with a NOVA is not unlike playing Russian roulette. Not a chance I’m willing to take.
Me: So doctors from Stanford University are not “top tier” enough for you? Even perhaps those with Nobel prizes in say, chemistry, not good enough for your pantheon? Any thoughts on scientists who believe things like science being the belief in the ignorance of experts?
K: What is your issue with me? And why do you apparently feel that being rude elevates you? It doesn’t.
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Because SCIENCE!

WTP,
Sounds like your karen has a paycheck or other sources of income to cushion her belief in national house arrest. Guess she figures those other deaths are not worthy enough for her consideration.

@WTP, if you want to get out of those HOA responsibilities, then point out that the personal opinions of ignorant people such as K are even less wise.
Maybe point out the differences between Florida and New York.

a chap who made poor choices;
Meth?

Morning, all.
Meth?
Or bad wiring, or both. Though I do like the term used in the comments to describe Mr Medlin’s choice of adornments: Everlasting Jobstoppers.
Oh, come on. That’s quality.

An interview with Douglas Murray.

Quick thinking neighbour.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gjyg0s/woman_saves_her_choking_neighbour_after_a_piece/

My take on Karen’s attitude is “I’m staying safe until all you peasants have risked your lives to achieve herd immunity.”

You lot up there in The Great White North should kiss the ground Trudeau walks on, with his new gun ban diktat you no longer have to fear roving gangs of hooligans armed with bazookas and Russian anti-tank artillery.

Here’s a good one.
Police in Florida (natch) are looking for two NFL players, and a third man in a red mask, who held up guests at a house party at gunpoint, stole $12,000 in cash and $25,000 worth of watches, and got away in a BMW, a Mercedes and a Lambourghini.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52675230?fbclid=IwAR3x75aMWgsJaoj7aYDX007esjLAbAH1HKoW8h3pyv2fAmWcnNGPQGslZao

Foxes that go hehehe
Jordan Peterson mentioned in one of his U of Toronto class lectures (Maps of Meaning, I think) that rats laugh–but the sound is ultrasonic so we cannot hear it.

My wife showed that story to me today, as one player is a Georgia Bulldog and the older one, ashamedly, an ex-Gator. What also struck me was ho held up guests at a house party at gunpoint. This was at a house party in Miami, well technically Miramar west of Miami in Dade County, where the lockdowns are (supposedly) still a thing.

As this is a rather well informed and clear-thinking group, I’m curious as to anyone’s thoughts on this.
I would be interested in seeing the number of total deaths over the year. As Farnsworth points out, if 80% of the deaths are elderly with pre-existing conditions, it may have shortened their lives by months, maybe a year or more.
As Scott Adams pointed out, there’s two lines to trace: the number of Wuhan Virus deaths, and the number of deaths / amount of damage caused by the shutdown. Where those two lines intersect means that, in total, the cure becomes worse than the disease.
Where’s that point? As Adams points out: “No one fucking knows.” And he doesn’t want some government parasite determining what he should do with his life.

As Scott Adams pointed out, . . .
. . . . where?

Oh god…
I was reading the comments to this
https://marker.medium.com/the-office-is-dead-16be89f25d01
(Caution: their comment app is way suckier than discus)
And someone mentioned companies being required (hypothetically) to ensure OSHA compliance for their employee’s home offices. (What’s the UK equivalent for workplace health and safety?)
Can you imagine?
“Hello, sir. You employer, BigCorp, has authorized us to inspect and require changes to your home. This won’t take a moment…”
“Uh-oh. Bob, you see that?”
” Yep. That cat is in violation of Reg. 21.3/7, for sure. “

“Parody of note.”
Crying real tears of mirth here!

Visitors need to keep it moving, and not sunbathe or put down a beach chair. Swimming is still off limits. Fishing and surfing are permitted.
Err, how do you “keep it moving” if you’re fishing?

No, no we don’t.

Has anyone ever determined the actual dates when certain “media outlets” began actively insulting, alienating and provoking their audiences?

Ignore for a moment that this person is a health minister but I need some clarification.
Which activities of three are more are essential, and how are you checking ? Asking for a friend.

As Scott Adams says
Where?
https://youtu.be/ljj7sW7pI94

“…a fantastic cultural experience…”
I feel cured already.

“(Caution: their comment app is way suckier than discus)”
Guido Fawkes moved from Disqus to something called Vuukle earlier this year. It can’t possibly be worse than Vuukle.
“And someone mentioned companies being required (hypothetically) to ensure OSHA compliance for their employee’s home offices. (What’s the UK equivalent for workplace health and safety?)”
It’s the Health and Safety Executive, although people generally just talk about “health and safety compliance”, rather than invoking the dread name itself.
But I remember this coming up when they banned smoking: there was talk of people whose cars were provided by their employer not being permitted to smoke in them even in non-work hours, and the same for people who worked from home. I don’t know whether that was ever resolved.
I can just see the coppers Zoom-bombing conferences. “’Ello, ‘ello, ‘ello… Is that a fag I see burnin’ in the background there? You’re nicked, sunshine. Virtually, that is. So to speak, as it were. Um. ‘Oo’s in charge here? Give me that villain’s name and address, or… er…”
“Crying real tears of mirth here!”
Rather appropriately, it was the surfing cop that cracked me up. 🙂
“Belgium health minister puts ban on non-essential sexual activities of persons 3 or greater in indoor areas”
Presumably outdoor fornication is still permitted, then? Good to see Belgium has its priorities in order. (Although I can’t help suspecting a parody here. It’s so hard to tell these days.)

How this penniless ketamine dealer is queering homelessness through slam poetry.
Lessee . . .
A) How this elephantine 80386 surgeon is traveling arrival through kihon happo.
Hmmm. Looks the same to me. Who else wants to play mad libs?
B) Actually no:
If she’s a dealer, she not penniless, otherwise she’s a variety of mere distributor with no profit.
Queering? Insisting on gay only? How discriminatory, she must be denounced.
Queering? Giving something an interesting twist? (1) Actually, solutions rather tend to be needed with homelessness, not some mere shifting of terms. (2) Actually, deliberately being nomadic or taking up long term camping, or so, is not being “homeless”, such already has its own names—Considered Paul Erdos as an example of homeless.
Slam poetry What? Mere reciting gets nothing. Reciting in a context may get something.—Courtesy of listening through a stream of assorted BeatlesIsh, a first thought is of the time that George Harrison set up a concert. In turn the reason for the concert was right there in the concert’s name, Concert For Bangladesh.
Etc.

I see Batty Grandma wasn’t being noticed. . . . Somewhat related.

. . . when Conservative politician Boris Johnson became London’s mayor. . . . Ms Westwood expressed her indignation in suitably colourful terms:

Boris as mayor? Unthinkable. It just exposes democracy as a sham, especially if people don’t vote for [leftwing rival] Ken [Livingstone].

Could be worse, lassie. Just think if he decided to be Prime Minister.

This would be classified as a sexual assault.

Today’s word is incident.

At the time, the Left openly advocated the continuation of “war socialism” into peacetime.
Did you know that some American leftists are using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to demand the nationalization of industries?

Great idea right.
The only thing leftists should be in charge of is shipboard maintenance on the Golgafrincham Space Ark B. I’d say dirt farming in the Sudan, but it would be wrong to wish them on the Sudanese.

Ooooo…. let me all introduce you all to Virginia Tech’s Asst. Prof Cara Daggett who has written
Drone Disorientations HOW “UNMANNED” WEAPONS QUEER THE EXPERIENCE OF KILLING IN WAR —

Killing with drones produces queer moments of disorientation. Drawing on queer phenomenology, I show how militarized masculinities function as spatiotemporal landmarks that give killing in war its “orientation” and make it morally intelligible. These bearings no longer make sense for drone warfare, which radically deviates from two of its main axes: the home–combat and distance–intimacy binaries. Through a narrative methodology, I show how descriptions of drone warfare are rife with symptoms of an unresolved disorientation, often expressed as gender anxiety over the failure of the distance–intimacy and home–combat axes to orient killing with drones. The resulting vertigo sparks a frenzy of reorientation attempts, but disorientation can lead in multiple and sometimes surprising directions – including, but not exclusively, more violent ones. With drones, the point is that none have yet been reliably secured, and I conclude by arguing that, in the midst of this confusion, it is important not to lose sight of the possibility of new paths, and the “hope of new directions.”

AND, least you call “Poe’s Law” and believe this is a parody paper, here is a wonderful Cara in 2018
Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire

As the planet warms, new authoritarian movements in the West are embracing a toxic combination of climate denial, racism and misogyny. Rather than consider these resentments separately, this article interrogates their relationship through the concept of petro-masculinity, which appreciates the historic role of fossil fuel systems in buttressing white patriarchal rule. Petro-masculinity is helpful to understanding how the anxieties aroused by the Anthropocene can augment desires for authoritarianism. The concept of petro-masculinity suggests that fossil fuels mean more than profit; fossil fuels also contribute to making identities, which poses risks for post-carbon energy politics. Moreover, through a psycho-political reading of authoritarianism, I show how fossil fuel use can function as a violent compensatory practice in reaction to gender and climate trouble.

Now, if you’ll all excuse me, there’s a couch, a tv remote and a bottle of tequila awaiting me.

“Today’s word is incident.”
Interestingly, despite initially defending their Tweet, Derbyshire Police have since deleted it and the responses. As well as the incident appeal from the force’s website:
“‘The social media post drew a significant number of comments that were counterproductive to the nature of the appeal and as a result, the decision was made to remove it.
‘It is important to note that people with information related to the incident can still get in touch with us if they can help.'”
So….was it a potential crime, or wasn’t it? Does public reaction now determine whether the police treat an alleged sexual assault seriously or not?

Heathens…
My wife and son have been binge watching a Chinese historical fiction called “Nothing gold can stay”.
Main character is a young woman, very feisty and rule-flouting.
The English subtitles had a patriarch type guy call her a “hoyden”.
Hoyden probably derives from “heathen”.
Fine, but curious, old word, for certain types, Handy, even.

Courtesy of listening through a stream of assorted BeatlesIsh, a first thought is of the time that George Harrison set up a concert. In turn the reason for the concert was right there in the concert’s name, Concert For Bangladesh.
Relevant

Were you planning to go somewhere?
I was planning to be all absent and mysterious, a figure of intrigue.

I was planning to be all absent and mysterious, a figure of intrigue.
It was Colonel Mustard in the pantry with a sock full of wet sand.

There’s a grain of truth in Prof Daggett’s essay. Turns out, no surprise, that the mental and physical stresses associated with being a drone pilot are very different from the in-the-field pilot. The U.S. Air force is still adapting to the differences.

Wrt Professor Dagget’s thesis, B-52 Pilots were 6+ miles above Hanoi when they dropped their bombs and could neither see nor hear the effect on the target. The missions were even planned at SAC headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.