Reheated (85)
As I’m pushed for time, some items from the archives:
This Little Red Light Keeps Flashing.
Bewigged pervert takes an interest in the panties of schoolgirls. Progressive women rush to his defence.
At which point, readers may wonder whether such overwhelming support, largely from progressive women, is actually part of the problem.
It’s interesting to see how Mr Yates’ supporters – again, largely progressive women – will merrily elevate themselves with the airing of modish views, their displays of compassion and inclusivity, while in effect screwing over the girls. Girls, who, by disapproving, even politely, become low-status.
They Call It “Queering” History.
Tudor history, as seen through the welding goggles of wokeness.
On sex-swapping Bond and other cultural projects.
Readers are invited to ponder whether similar transitions might enrich the character of, say, Miss Marple, who, via similar logic, could be depicted as male, and as always having been male. Thereby exploring her individuality. Answers on a postcard, please.
On provocation, restraint, and the malice of the activist class.
The dynamic is basically, “You, unlike me, have some self-restraint, which gives me an advantage, therefore I shall test it and see how far I can go.” It’s the psychology of a child unaccustomed to consequences.
Yet Prompt Payment Is Expected.
On chronic tardiness as a progressive credential.
I think we can assume that with some confidence.
Punctuality is, among other things, a gesture of recognition, of empathy. You’re acknowledging the other person as mattering, as someone whose time is as finite as your own and no less valuable. And if someone exempts themselves from such reciprocal expectations – having been encouraged to do so by supposedly grown-up educators – then it seems likely they will do less well in life, whether socially or materially.
To pick a humdrum example – if a schoolfriend’s mom invites you to join them for tea, and you turn up an hour late, unapologetic, and still expecting to be fed, this is not an obvious basis for congratulation. Or a second invitation.
From this childhood example, you can, I think, extrapolate.
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God, I missed the update to that. What the hell is wrong with these people? *bangs head on desk*
If your worldview is premised on reflexively excusing and exonerating Designated Victim Groups – on ostentatious solidarity – then the trajectory is set. It’s all terribly streamlined and convenient. Presumably, innocence and virtue were determined by the wig-wearing, not by what the wig-wearer actually did, repeatedly, and will most likely do again, should the opportunity arise.
Which of course it will.
They’re progressives. If you’re not in a pet group they’ll sell you out in a heartbeat.
[ Slides pickle tray to Mags. ]
You may want to pick out the, er… bits.
On commenting and the insularity of Twitter / X – a blogger’s perspective.
With A.W.F.U.L.s it’s always about status / the pecking order.
“Queering” history:
Heh. Yes, quite.
As I said in the post, regarding the purpose of all this boastful “queering” of museum contents:
The sheer naffness and incongruity of the “queering” on offer is quite boggling – even now, re-reading the thing. But apparently this is the standard. This is good enough.
Bond: there were in fact real female spies in WWII for example….but they were not like Bond. There was the brave woman in Paris who catalogued all the art the Nazis were stealing, at risk of her life (depicted in The Monument Men). But she didn’t leap out of airplanes. Freud was right about penis envy.
Promptness: A job requires you to be there to get the work done. You can’t hold up the assembly line until enough people dribble in nor open your shop whenever your employees feel like showing up. That is how things work in the undeveloped world and they have the incomes that are a consequence of that work ethic.
Well, it shouldn’t be beyond human ingenuity to write an engaging film script about a female character doing daring things. However, as noted in the original post,
The advocates of gender-usurping popular characters, and thereby getting their hands on already-existing lucrative franchises, do seem to value things of that kind. More than, say, devising their own, original crowd-pleasing adventure.
From the subsequent comments:
These are people for whom the terms white and male have, by default, pejorative connotations.
If you can’t find any, make it up.
If you’re in a pet group they’ll sell you out. The operative word is pet.
Long-time lurker here. Have finally stuffed some of those British quids in your tip jar.
history, as seen through the welding goggles of wokeness
Guardian: The Black Death of 1348 Was Really the Sexist White Racist Death
I do like it when lurkers de-lurk. Don’t be shy. The heathen rabble don’t usually bite.
Bless you, sir. When returning to the car after a shopping spree, laden with posh pies, and as you open the car door to deposit your purchases on the back seat, may you not encounter, on the same back seat, a small, bewildered-looking child, prompting a realisation that this is not in fact your car.
#TrueStory
Much. You left off much.
Okay, some biting.
But no tongues.
The pickled eggs, on the other hand….
…may you not encounter, on the same back seat, a small, bewildered-looking child, prompting a realisation that this is not in fact your car.
That made me laugh out loud. Thank you.
That also reminded me of the time I stumbled bleary-eyed into the bright afternoon sun after final exams (and a night spent revising) and wandered in a stupor down an aisle to the back of the parking lot where there was a line of trees and some blessed shade. I went up to my little blue truck and was about to put my key in the lock when I noticed the side of the truck had been smashed in. As I stood there freaking out, I slowly realized that my key wasn’t fitting in the lock, and it dawned on me that this was not, in fact, my little blue truck.
Speaking of things reheated…where were y’all hiding Benny Hill the last 30 years?
No, I think I will in fact call you stupid, too stupid and too lazy to look at a damn map for yourself.
She’s never seen a map of the USA other than that stripped-down map? Good Lord. Lots of printed maps do show Hawaii and Alaska in separate boxes to save space, but in the case of Alaska they also show the adjacent area of Canada, with its name at the border as well as cities, roads and other info.
I hear what you’re saying, but as someone who lives in the Great White North, I can’t tell you the number of maps that end at the 49th parallel and the great lakes. And while many native born Canadians would know the significance of the 49th parallel, damn few Americans would.
54-40 or fight, I say!
…Canadians would know the significance of the 49th parallel, damn few Americans would.
54° 40′ or Fight!
She’s never seen a map of the USA other than that stripped-down map?
TBF, I guess, all the formerly ubiquitous Nat Geo North America and World maps have probably been taken down to make room for BLM posters and “pride” flags. OTOH, it doesn’t excuse her utter indifference about trying to learn something on her own rather than being spoon fed.
54° 40′ or Fight!
Also, see the Alaska Panhandle dispute.
it doesn’t excuse her utter indifference about trying to learn something on her own rather than being spoon fed.
True enough. The number of times my own 20-something kids ask me a general knowledge question while tapping away on a phone, a tablet or a laptop…
Judging from her attire, makeup, and eyebrows, her family could afford a globe and / or an atlas.
Justified mistrust of public schools has a long long history.
Justified mistrust of public schools has a long long history.
No argument there, but how the hell someone can look at what they think is an island and not wonder about the long perfectly straight side enough to look it up is still a sure sign of stupidity and abject lack of any semblance of intellectual curiosity.
That post is very good. Bookmarked.
Thanks. It does, I think, illustrate the pathology in play, the cultivated malevolence, and the expectation of impunity.
It also conveys the way in which many not-unhinged students, and presumably many staff, are obliged to pretend that the dysfunction around them is somehow okay, or not happening, or something one shouldn’t register, at least not out loud. I mean, if you wanted to create a pathological environment, one in which probity and realism are rapidly corrupted, the modern, woke campus would be a pretty good template.
And all true. Luckily, the owner of the car did see the funny side of it. And in my defence, the two cars were very similar.
Female spies.
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Miss Hilda Pierce in Foyle’s War comes to mind.
In other cinema news:
Given the context – i.e., of colossal failure, in a piece featuring the words “bombed in every way possible” – and given that Ms DaCosta was shortlisted for the job precisely because of her sex and skin colour, and despite her limited experience and seemingly limited ability, it’s not an entirely compelling claim.
“21 miles away.“
I come for the British understatement.
Well, if you’re going to imply that the film industry needs more affirmative action, i.e., racial favouritism in hiring, it’s probably best not to do so in a piece that lists all of the ways in which the latest example of that approach has burnt up the atmosphere, to the tune of around a quarter of a billion dollars.
There is, shall we say, a tonal dissonance.
Maps: it is like the stuff taught in schools (such as it is) did not stick past the exam day. Some wag went around the US and asked young people questions about history, like when was WWII and with whom, civil war, etc. Young women flunked almost completely while young men at least got the war questions right. An amazing number of both did not know who their own governor was and could not read a map. Not surprising that you get these kids to vote for impossible things (free money for example).
Movies: I know that critics are disgusted with the fast and furious franchise, but it hits what guys want to watch. Every F&F movie has made money. Do people want to be lectured to by woke movies? No. The MCU movies ALL made a ton of money. They even had female super heroes (in Guardians, in X-men, black widow, even Pepper got her own ironman suit). There was no reason to mess with it. But they did and ruined it.
I have a couple of fairly based acquaintances under 20 and their biggest problem is that they don’t know what they don’t know. They’re slowly realizing their entire education was worthless and they’re starting to panic because they don’t know which of what they were taught was trustworthy and which was bollocks or outright incorrect. One of them is aghast that she can’t write cursive, tell time on an analog clock or do even simple math because she’s just now realizing that these are skills everyone else has. So as far as
it doesn’t excuse her utter indifference about trying to learn something on her own
I can see where she and others like her are coming from, because where the hell do you even start? The one I just mentioned was ecstatic when I found her a Christian home schooling site in the US that sells cursive writing workbooks.
With A.W.F.U.L.s it’s always about status / the pecking order.
I like to recommend Judy Blume’s Blubber to people to explain the mentality, because the whole point/plot twist at the end is that if the mean girls can’t find anything obvious to mock you for, they’ll just make something up. The ostracism and social cutting is their entire motivation.
Not nearly far enough.
Oh, this. This, this, this. This is a BIG problem I have in trusting a lot of smart…”smart” women. Many men as well but I found it to be rather thicker with women. I would be puzzled when subjects would come up in discussion among girls/women whom I went to school with who got better grades in subjects like history or English (literature) or the softer sciences. Even into biology. Girls/women would say something bloody stupid or not understand something that we had clearly studied in school. Thinking here specifically about the constitution but some biology subjects as well. I would be stunned and point out that we studied this very thing in school, that you (she) even got better grades than I did. How can you not know this? Invariably I was told, quite proudly in fact, that they could cram these things into their heads pour it out on the test, and forget it a week later. Now with old age and many years down the road, I am well aware of how much I used to understand that I have forgotten but the important stuff is still there.
I am also somewhat amazed that given the many women whom I know who like to travel, most have very little understanding/perception about geography. Even geography in “culturally superior” Europe.
…and furthermore, whatever iOS upgrade was just done to this iPad has f*** up the editing/highlighting functionality. Frustrating as hell fixing any errors above so…apologies if I missed/messed something.
“Take that, corporations!“
Somewhat related to the above, this item here:
Assets that, once lost, are very difficult to retrieve.
Moar education fail.
I have no idea if it’s sincere, but I laughed and I’m not sorry.
Shall we strike a match and find out?
I dunno. She’s says it’s why they “need to move out of America.” Smells like an education success to me. Doubt she’ll follow through tho.
Begs a question that I gotta…axe…after accounting for socioeconomic background, do black Americans have a disproportionate problem with dyslexia? Probably raysis to do or even think about such a study but maybe someone did one in the before times.
21 miles, you say?
An easy shot for modern artillery. No need to wait for it to close the range.
Moar education fail.
Emily Litella, after that kind of boneheaded mistake: “Never mind.”
This one: Never a mind.
A rabbi “demands” a ceasefire.
The word “rabbi” needs scare quotes too.
The word “rabbi” needs scare quotes too.
Good point.