Your Kind Round Here

It’s a curious series of statements, almost none of which are true. The claim that, given sufficient withdrawal into cartoonish tribalism, “you can literally forget that cis straight people exist” is obviously unconvincing. Likewise, Mr Gregory’s claim that he mistook all of the straight couples for trans couples (“t4t”) is, shall we say, rather doubtful. Unless, of course, one assumes that “coming out” as “cis and straight” is the only way that our “trans lesbian” (pronouns: “she/her”) would be able to tell.
It’s not terribly surprising that many trans people, and trans activists in particular, might have a reservoir of resentment to draw upon, and may subsequently delight in vaguely spiteful games, including rather grandiose conditions on any personal interaction. Which circles back to the conceit that such people will somehow find happiness, and live their lives right, by associating exclusively with those very much like themselves, many of whom will be equally resentful and equally dishonest.
It’s perhaps worth mentioning that our TikToker’s interests include astrology, hair care, and antidepressants.

Mrs. Oik and self thought that Bosch ended with something of a whimper, although one suspects that the advent of the Wu-Flu curtailed filming and the script had to be revised rather hurriedly
Yes, I’ve been getting a “season six all over again” vibe. So far, the writing just seems slightly underwhelming. Not as sharp as it has been. And as I said recently, it would be nice if they could give Grace Billets something to do that didn’t entirely revolve around her being a woman and/or lesbian. I mean, if almost every narrative reason for the character to be there involves the supposed woe and injustice of being female and gay, what you end up with is a dull, rather miserable character.
Also, in TV dramas, you get accustomed to actors being unusually close to each other for purposes of framing or to heighten dramatic import, but I’m now finding it hard not to notice just how often the characters are standing at some slightly conspicuous distance.
But I’ve three episodes still to watch, so no spoilers.

…cartoonish tribalism
Absolutely, because my first reaction on watching the video (with the sound turned down) was “that’s Joey Ramone!”, with the eponymous band being simultaneously the epitome and a brilliant satire of such a phenomenon.

But I’ve three episodes still to watch
Season 7. Isn’t that the one where Bosch dies?
What?

some modifications to the bush-whumping machine?

Aside from the low register voice, it’s a shame that its Adam’s Apple is more an Adam’s Broomstick.

…so no spoilers.
Fine, I won’t tell you about how Bosch uses a sharknado to beat the alien spaceship that has beamed up Maddie and J Edgar while hovering over Nakatomi Towers.
In a subplot, the antigravity drive of the aliens causes a Level 10 earthquake which causes the Pacific to create massive tsunami flooding and LT Billets files a complaint with LAPD IA when she hears the captain of the emergency response team say something about needing a dike.
Meanwhile a secret vault under Nakatomi cracks open and Bosch finds papers hidden there by Chandler that proves he is the grandson of Robert Bosch and inherits the entire Bosch GmbH fortune. However, PTSD from finding all his jazz records have been destroyed in the earthquake drives him mad and he uses his new-found fortune to build an underground lair on Santa Cruz island which has somehow avoided being inundated during the earthquake.
The show ends with a teaser of Bosch sending a teletype to the secret Nazi base under Antarctica.
Other than that, it kind of drags.

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It’s perhaps worth mentioning that our TikToker’s interests include astrology, hair care, and antidepressants.
Conforming to stereotype. 😐

Conforming to stereotype. 😐
Speaking of which, a two part lesson on transphobia.

a two part lesson on transphobia

3 minutes & 11 seconds of psychosis on display.

if you, a straight person – or worse, a straight couple – attend a Pride event
I am unclear why anyone would do this. My gay friends tend to dismiss Pride as a freak show for exhibitionists, which isn’t much of a vote of confidence. Every shitbag corporation you can think of rainbowed its logo for Pride month, which tells you its real status. And, in the UK of course, the public sector is all over it, like they haven’t wasted enough of our time and money.

a two part lesson on transphobia.
I’ve been told forever that one is born with their sexual orientation — one can’t “pray the gay away” and such.
How comforting to know that was all wrong.
What?

I’ve been told forever that one is born with their sexual orientation — one can’t “pray the gay away” and such.
You can trans the gay away though! And with approval from BLTQWERTYG++ Inc. too.
Good grief – these people are really pushing the envelope to see how far they can go. They must be confident that the first ones to crack will be devoured by the mob. It’s the old “don’t be the first to stop clapping” all over again.

I thought we had been over this and over this and over this again…Refusal to participate in other people’s psychosis is racist, homophobic, transphobic, LBGTQWERTY-phobic, furry-phobic, nudist-phobic, BDSM-phobic, and most importantly Emperors-New-Clothes-phobic. That last one being itself a degree of Narrative-phobic. Any…let alone all…of these phobias is a basis for being socially ostracized unless/until one satisfactorily completes Prostration Before The Truth training. Do not be afraid. This training will rid you of whatever fragility from which you suffer and set you free. You are fragile, understand? Our genuine desire is to make you stronger. It may sound oppressive at first but it is only because we care about you. You have nothing to lose but your chains.

nudist-phobic
I vaguely recall hearing that when nudism became a fad in Europe (particularly Germany) in the early/mid 20th Century, it was accompanied by various mystical justifications for its health-giving virtues. Cannot remember any of them, but they had nothing to do with anything that could be construed as relating to the fact that sunlight is needed to make vitamin D. But then, the “natural foods” faddists I met in food coops had their own litany of oddball claims.

Must make for an interesting Mother’s Day celebration.
That is a totally transphobic statement. Don’t you realise that, according to the NHS, mothers no longer exist? They’re now ‘parenting people’, as men can give birth with no problems at all, apart from the psychological trauma they have to go through from all you haters out there.* /s
*https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/2020/03/13/pregnant-men-best-care/

However, PTSD from finding all his jazz records have been destroyed .
That’s understandable, IMHO.
Harry has good taste- looks like he tends towards “West Coast cool”, such as Art Pepper and Chet Baker and Frank Morgan. I’m also halfway sure that Charles Mingus’ version of Duke Ellington’s “Perdido”* was being played in the background during one episode.**
*My hearing aid plays funny tricks sometimes.
**Yes, I know. But if you do set fire to my coat, I will freeze my bollocks off whilst I wait for a cab to take me to the railway station, from where I will have to share the guard’s wagon with three sheep. I also know-“credit note only- no refunds”. OK- I’ll try and thumb a lift. Like that works, these days. Has anybody got a spare face mask? Only, I’ve got a hole in my shoe and…

For some reason this reminds me of the bench lesbians play fighting.
https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1412212561462759425?s=20

Yes, but the house eats his spirit so it’s okay.
Thrilling TV Viewing Update: Episode six was better, or livelier, anyway. Things seemed to be aligning. Except for the ham-fisted Billets subplot, which still feels like it belongs in a different show.

Glass houses etc.
“Your vibe attracts your tribe.”

Mystery
Mystery solved

A spokesman for the BBC denied the cost of the new logo was ‘significant’.
I interpret not significant to the BBC in two ways:
– We didn’t pay for it: you license-paying morons did.
– It’s soooo much less money than you license-paying morons pay us that we would barely notice the expense.

My hearing isn’t great but did seaweed-head actually say Mxself?

Meanwhile, the current crop of Hollywood dreck explained.

Listening to Glenn Greenwald tear into TYT “news” skank Ana Kasparian is pretty fun!

They become a caricature, a cartoon of a woman.
So, just like the impression I got when I first saw drag queens many years ago? I do encounter claims that trans women’s brains are wired just like real women’s, but discount it having a vanishingly small likelihood of being true but an enormously high likelihood of appealing to those who like to pose as being trendily more wise and clever than ordinary folks.

Lest we assume that all people with gender dysphoria are insufferably woke, this video may be of interest.
Thanks for sharing that, David.

More white supremacy spotted.

…this video may be of interest.
That was infuriating.

Given we’ve already toboggan’d the slippery slopes of gays in the military, gay marriage, gender confusion, and all the flavors of hypergamous man-bashing grrrl power into places that nobody in good faith wished them to go, is it reasonable to assume pedophilia is next? Readers of this blog no doubt have come across academics and other lunatics arguing for pedo acceptance, but if we’re honest we could find a defense for literally any horrible behavior assuming the perpetrator and defender are both sufficiently marxist.
Make your bets now – is kiddie diddling really the next frontier in grievance-mongering or (a) it’s a smokescreen for other slightly less horrendous apologia/grifting, (2) the boogaloo will kick off before pedos reach sainted status, or (D) other?

is it reasonable to assume pedophilia is next?
One of the issues raised in Sinead’s detransitioning video, above, is the attempt, largely by trans activists and assorted leftists, to blur customary boundaries between childhood and the adult world. (Hence the reference to Laurie Penny as an “arsehole.”) That a very high percentage of transgender people report being victims of sexual abuse, and childhood sexual abuse in particular, doesn’t add much in the way of reassurance on that front.

some modifications to the bush-whumping machine?
What are those silhouettes supposed to be? Shepherds? Hay harvesters? Druids?

Hundreds of Scots who tell ‘offensive jokes’ on social media are being secretly logged on police database
Just to save the Scottish Gestapo time, I like Monty Python’s The Poet McTeagle. And I laugh at jokes about incompetent Scottish police officers molesting farm animals.

er, what?
Didn’t you know – Bosch dies at the end?
[ sound of heavy whumping approaches… ]

Why?
The, at best, complete intellectual and moral failure of so-called authorities and so-called professionals.

This was a bad week to give up drinking.

I do encounter claims that trans women’s brains are wired just like real women’s
It’s a grotesque and quite deliberate misreading of the fact that MtF dysmorphics show amygdala sensitivity that’s closer to women than men. Given that a hypersensitive amygdala is one of the effects of Complex PTSD this shouldn’t be terribly surprising.

It’s a grotesque and quite deliberate misreading of the fact that MtF dysmorphics show amygdala sensitivity that’s closer to women than men…
Oh, but the people who are telling me this are oh so smart. Mensa even, donchaknow. /sarcasm
They get so tiresome that it makes life more pleasant to steer clear of them and get my daily dose of Pseudo Intellectual Bollocks here at David’s fine establishment.