Reheated (75)
For newcomers and the nostalgic, some items from the archives:
Living in Glasgow is a work of art. Now hand over your wallet.
Writing in the Guardian, Liam Hainey rushes to defend Ms Harrison’s low-effort art project, denouncing “budget butchers” and asking his readers to “look at the bigger picture.” All while carefully ignoring anything that might trouble the assumptions of the freeloading arts community. Mr Hainey, a former Green councillor, dismisses the widespread mockery of Ms Harrison’s hustle as “predictable.” Yet much of the mockery occurs because hustles of this type are themselves so predictable – and what we’re seeing, once again, is a display of arrogant presumption, one that’s routine among a socially and politically narrow subsidy-seeking caste.
Mr Hainey tells us, triumphantly, that the money spent on Ms Harrison’s project isn’t in fact being wasted because it was already earmarked for art that would probably be unpopular and which nobody asked for. The uncomprehending Mr Hainey instead suggests that the hustlers be given more of the money that someone else had to go out and earn. Because they’re artists, you see, and therefore more deserving of your earnings than you are.
Josefin Hedlund wishes to correct your erotic preferences.
Student demands veer into the absurd – and are hastily deferred to.
You see, being so pious, and so very, very special, they mustn’t endure proximity to the wrong level of melanin, what with the risk of contagion and a loss of specialness. A student organiser of the protests, Daniel Clayton, said, “My main complaint to the University administration… is that we are not taken seriously at all. It is not appropriate to dismiss student concerns as being ludicrous.”
From the pages of Salon, wrenching tales of “water bottle separation anxiety.”
What follows is a catalogue of unobvious woe and amateur dramatics. “Activist Manuela Barón” – whose area of activism is left fashionably unspecified – explains how her ancient, battered water bottle had become a “part of” her, and how the loss of it, at airport security, resulted in a swell of emotional activity: “I cried as I went through the scanner and ran off to my gate; I didn’t realise it would be like saying goodbye to an old friend.” At which point, it occurs to me I may be misusing the word explain.
Also, open thread. Share ye links and bicker.
I have been enjoying the Post Millenial’s coverage of the kafka-trial of BC nurse Amy Hamm, who has committed the unpardonable sin of opining that biology is a real thing.
They repeatedly reference:
LOL
denouncing “budget butchers” and asking his readers to “look at the bigger picture.”
Translation: Don’t look at the bigger picture.
…the unpardonable sin of opining that biology is a real thing.
Not unrelated,
I wasn’t aware “eunuch” could be a “gender”, but I have no doubt Science!™ is involved.
An online peer-support community, well that is an unimpeachable sciency source of info for Healthcare Professionals™.
“Eunuch Archives hosts over 3,000 pieces of fictional child pornography…
Rest easy, there are, in fact, Professionals™ involved, any doubts about this mean, of course, one is a eunuchophobe.
Or, Do Not Notice The Piss-Taking And Total Lack Of Any Aesthetic Qualities.
Or, Just Shut Up And Hand Over Your Wallet, Bitch.
I paraphrase, of course.
One more time.
Ooh. Snow.
[ Turns up heating. ]
The money wasn’t being wasted because they were going to waste it anyway.
*bangs head on desk*
And yet that is the gist of his argument. Evidently, there are some things, some parts of that “bigger picture,” that Mr Hainey and Ms Harrison hope will go unnoticed. Still, where would we be, culturally, as a civilisation, without these heroic endeavours, these feats of self-absorption?
Ms Harrison, inevitably, is now a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee, where she opines on the “absurdity” of “our capitalist system.”
But love and sex are, says Ms Hedlund, unequally “distributed,” with an unfair amount of both going to people who are deemed lovable and attractive by the people loving them. And this is because of capitalism. It’s “obvious,” you see.
That seems to be a common complaint by “neurodivergent” activists: That we must not be allowed to avoid people who are obnoxious and impossible to get along with.
And blaming it all on “capitalism” is amusing, since in primitive cultures obnoxious people tend to be quickly killed or driven into exile.
But these twisted freaks will continue to demand “a radical future that is cripped the fuck out, that is sick and disabled, that is deaf, that is neurodivergent…”
Meanwhile in Cambridge (Massachusetts, not the other one), Sports Night for Girlx!
No, I did not make that up.
I wonder if Stefonknee (50+ year old male six year old girl, featured here many times) will be competing.
I think this Mr. Heney was far more honest. Dory Comstock indeed…
Regarding “Wrong Neighbors,” five years down the road, all student demands appear to have been met. The building are not connected and do appear to be “architecturally distinct.”
https://www.google.com/maps/place/1504+W+University+Ave,+Gainesville,+FL+32603/@29.6523223,-82.3421827,72m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88e8a383ae32d633:0x2d92a8c4fe346485!8m2!3d29.6523237!4d-82.34201
Student demands met
Why has the Institute of Black Studies got a white roof and large white front panel?
Ms Hedlund has taken the universally derided incel philosophy and magically transformed it into something (you guessed it) stunning and brave.
Wrong Neighbours,
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that while the sign outside the Institute of black culture stands proudly the corresponding sign outside the adjacent Institute of Hispanic-Latino cultures seems to have been knocked down.
I can just imagine the earliest grifters: “I can’t go out and hunt Mammoths! I have visions! I see spirits of our ancestors! I keep the eternal fire!”
And it worked even back then.
vetting romantic partners: Sure, don’t vette anyone. Too unfair. Hook up with people with STDs, with tattoos all over and arrest warrants and restraining orders, with no visible means of support. It couldn’t possibly go wrong when you invite them home to cook for them.
Somewhat related – you must overcome your “phobias” – i.e., preferences – and begin lusting after “alternative bodies.” Say, the body of this chap here. It’s your progressive duty.
For some reason, this came to mind:
When you launch a socialists-only dating platform.
What in God’s name is this? And who are the people who have so upset them that they bark like dogs?
Ah, Poland. I had hopes for Poland. Pity. If anyone know of a civilization that hasn’t gone dog-barking insane, please DM me. We need to keep it on the QT as much as possible.
“Activist teacher” says “replace Martin Luther King Day with George Floyd Day”.
lusting after “alternative bodies
Interestingly enough, many people overcome their average or worse looks by dressing nicely, being charming and funny, being generous. There are even actors who are flat out ugly. But all that stuff requires effort.
Poland: And I thought “barking mad” was just an expression. Hard to keep up.
And I thought “barking mad” was just an expression.
I have seen a few instances of American leftists barking at people they dislike–to annoy them and to drown out what they are saying.
“Activist teacher” says “replace Martin Luther King Day with George Floyd Day”.
Is a parody, but as always, hard to tell in these days of troubled times in which we live in.
Is a parody,
If Dr. King were to rise as a political leader today he would probably be derided as a black face of whiteness like Larry Elder
Is a parody,
More from “Luna”…
Meanwhile in Arizona, another obvious transphobe.
Forget it, Jake, it’s California – where even the water is racist.
Which one is the tranny?
Also…For some reason I am frequently (always?) unable to copy text from the comments when viewing this site on my iPad via Chrome. I haven’t noticed this being a problem with other sites on Chrome and if I view via Brave there’s not an issue. Anyone else noticing this?
Heh…It’s tied to blocking popups. If I turn “block popups” on, no problem. Turning “block popups” off, problem. Which itself seems backwards.
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For those of us old enough to remember her:
Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies aged 95
No doubts about her gender.
“Please stay away from me.”
I almost laughed.
That was funny. “Our politics reflect who we are!!!!!”
Well, as I said in the original thread, it’s not an obvious asset:
Needless to say, and within a matter of months, the socialists-only dating platform had collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. And because of the kinds of personalities it was intended to appeal to. It turns out that people who are competitively indignant and quarrelsome, and who declare themselves “neurotic as fuck,” and who boast of frustrating and excluding people simply for being white, aren’t terribly attractive, even to each other.
Ladies and gentlemen, my Congressman.
I am friends with his wife and know the family. If there is one thing Tim delights in, it’s taking the piss, to use a British term.
[ Fetches binoculars, watches skies. ]
Forget it, Jake, it’s California – where even the water is racist.
“As noted, the plan grew from a previous Board resolution – passed unanimously – entitled:
CONDEMNING RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, BIGOTRY, AND RACIAL INJUSTICE AND STRENGTHENING COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ACCESS, AND ANTI-RACISM”
Just how prescient are Kurt Schlichter’s novels?
Today’s words are educator and role-model.
Or preening bint.
Improvisatio par excellance
https://twitter.com/itsmesabita/status/1569371486720503810
Or preening bint.
I don’t know any adults with a Tik Tok account.
[ Slides free napkin, barely used, to Jen. ]
But I bet it was great for gathering recruitment contact details for
Useful Idiotsbroken lonely people who may be of use in the future.On the subject of barking mad teachers I give you the UK Education Secretary whose views would not be out of place on TikTok.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/cabinet-minister-gillian-keegan-goes-off-message-on-gender-identity-rules/ar-AA16qKBY
Ladies and gentlemen, my Congressman.
‘The first chapter of Ezekiel is pretty clear of a UFO sighting.’
Not a new claim: UFO “enthusiasts” were making that specific claim 60 years ago.
What tf is happening here?
It looks like the kind of behaviour that not too long ago would’ve been slapped out of children.
We haven’t had any for a bit, so today, performance art!
It looks like the kind of behaviour that not too long ago would’ve been slapped out of children.
I did see, some time in the last few years, videos of conservatives cleaning up after protests and leftists ostentatiously throwing the trash back on the ground.
But see Theodore Dalrymple’s observations on the behavior of ghetto rats who, when they see a well tended garden, will throw trash into it and destroy the flowers.
For instance:
For instance:
When I was a child, a nearby garden, one that was clearly looked after, was targeted for littering and abuse…
Your experience is very much like what Theodore Dalrymple has reported.
trash dumping: reminds me of the complaints about gentrification. People move in, fix up an area, open shops, and it comes alive–with good jobs. Activists protest about it “displacing” locals. They ignore the jobs entirely. As if the ideal situation were a slum because the rents are low. I guess it is if you assume that minorities can only make a living from welfare.
For instance:
When I was a child, a nearby garden, one that was clearly looked after, was targeted for littering and abuse.
American “community activists” periodically will point to dirty, trash-strewn slum neighborhoods as evidence of “systemic racism” and a conspiracy by government to deny the residents the city services that whiter neighborhoods presumably get. But careful investigations have shown that those slums get more trash and litter removal services.
UK Education secretary
When did the UK go no-taxation-without-representation? A phrase that once made me wonder, since we’ve gone UFO and stuff here, if Jesse Jackson wasn’t a time traveler.
I find this line of reasoning, that because children pay taxes, be they sales taxes or payroll taxes, they should be allowed to vote or do other adult things. I was paying FICA taxes at age 11. Yet no one that I have seen ever cares to suggest that perhaps we shouldn’t be taxing children?
An update of sorts.
From further down that Twit thread. Yet I still have no idea what is happening there.
From further down that Twit thread. Yet I still have no idea what is happening there.
“…a video of him cleaning up after protesters…While many felt Binding’s actions were justified, others argued that he was undermining the context of the protest, which was a call for the insourcing of cleaning staff at the University of the Free State.”
That reminds me: I have seen news items about American cleaning staff unions dumping trash bins on the ground and then re-emptying them when bystanders put the trash back in the bins.
Unexpectedly.
Unexpectedly.
What, you mean people in prison are anti-social? I’m shocked, shocked! at this unexpected development.
Nostalgia for the Paleolithic, when life was soft and easy.
An update of sorts.
well if that isn’t near the top of creepy, he is giving it his best. “wears his dead wife’s clothes” no no no no
How dare you notice the flashing red light.
We haven’t had any for a bit, so today, performance art!
Nice!
Has everyone seen these auto mechanics reenacting Michelangelo’s paintings?
Has everyone seen these auto mechanics reenacting Michelangelo’s paintings?
Ah! I remember those! Thanks for sharing again.
Reminiscent of the annual Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach “tableaux vivants”.
Kids, this is why you don’t do drugs.
This is what DEI is all about.
“Are you from that snowflake brigade, are ya?”
Real womanhood is defined by stress incontinence.
Prior to the plague of trans insanity, I would have assumed that “stress incontinence” meant changing your trousers after surviving a near miss in an artillery barrage. Not merely sneezing. This snowflake is not a functional adult.
San Francisco reparations committee proposes $5 million to each eligible black resident
I think they should go for it. It would be nice to finally solve racism and see San Francisco move forward in peace and harmony to their sunlit utopia.
This snowflake is not a functional adult.
It is more womanface, stress incontinence is more common in women, usually due to childbirth, something that guy will never experience, so basically it seems he is deliberately peeing himself.
Meanwhile, the routine of a journalist in London…
Misconduct hearing for PC David Carrick
Date: Tuesday 17 January 2023
on 13 December 2022 PC Carrick attended the Central Criminal Court and pleaded guilty to the following offences:
The matters set out above … are so serious as to justify dismissal.
Ya think?
San Francisco reparations committee proposes $5 million to each eligible black resident
I think they should go for it. It would be nice to finally solve racism and see San Francisco move forward in peace and harmony to their sunlit utopia.
If they were to actually go forward with that, I have two questions:
How many blacks would move to California to collect their Free Money?
How long until bigger demands would be made?
According to Wikipedia, blacks are about 5.7% of the California population, or 2.234 million. Multiplied by $5 million each, that’s over $11 trillion. Who’s going to pay that bill? How much would it accelerate middle class flight to less insane states?
How much would it accelerate middle class flight to less insane states?
Not sure, but you can bet the price of Air Jordans will go through the roof.
How much would it accelerate middle class flight to less insane states?
We head out March 31st.
We head out March 31st.
Best wishes!
When I was much younger, I strongly liked the idea of living in Southern California with its balmy weather and easy access to beaches and mountains and everything else, but the job opportunities never took me there. That turned out to be very fortunate for me and for my parents.
I’m beginning to think that is a capital idea. Just make it a requirement that they cannot return from whence they came. Spread the payments out monthly sent to local residences without forwarding addresses. Or require them to show up at a local distribution point every couple of weeks to collect. Thus to ensure that the money gets spent to “help” the California economy. A win-win in my book.
Another criminal that deserved to be stopped with a fusillade of bullets.
Anyone want to place bets about his criminal history?
Also this criminal.
Only 22 years in prison for a vicious murder by stomping. By a subhuman thug with a 35-40 year history of violent crime. He should have been killed by a victim or an arresting officer decades ago.
I wonder if those alleged “decades of harm” include all the condescension and exemptions, conjured by progressives, and their neotenous and degrading effects.
Not a new claim: UFO “enthusiasts” were making that specific claim 60 years ago
Well, it’s new to whichever journalist hears it last.
Another criminal … Also this criminal.
Of course the worst monsters are the “progressives” who allow these criminals to run free.
Well, it’s new to whichever journalist hears it last.
Most things are.