Friday Ephemera (708)
The robot did my lash extensions. || Transgender head-tilt, level nine. || When your local stores start closing because of looting, excusing the looters is the progressive thing to do. || Today’s word is mentor. || Modernity is a helluva thing. || Nostalgic coffee table of note. || Bach’s Coffee Cantata, 1735. || Identify birds and mammals with smart binoculars. || Be careful who you let in. || Canine dispute. || For the disabled, a tongue-operated trackpad. || Sheep relocation. || He is, I’m told, an associate professor of psychiatry. || The perils of dining on squid. || Own a piece of history, they said. || Whatever happened to the Hitlers? || Timing is important. || Probably best not to, I think. || Not unfair. || Fool me once. || And finally, in sports news, she’s the women’s world champion, you know.
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P.D.Q. Bach’s Sanka Cantata.
Hey, I was going to post that! [ Pouts. ]
Competitive madness. But . . . how do you tell the winner?
[ Looks for local furniture dealers ]
she’s the women’s world champion
At least we can reasonably be sure that she’s a woman. How long before some xy T-girl steals the title.
Shut up and take my mon—
Yikes
Birds of America can be had for $99.95.
“Identify birds and mammals with smart binoculars.“
It’s not a flying car or personal jetpack but well done, inventors, for once!
He’s using his stronger male neck muscles.
Morning, all. Everyone calm down. I’m here now.
Heh. I’m assuming the titillating sense of womanhood increases in proportion to the risk of spinal injury.
[ Slurps coffee, tries to focus. ]
“Israel is a made-up place.”
So basically two men are arguing about which one of them is a real woman.
I suppose once you’ve insisted that we must all stop noticing objective reality and that instead everyone must pretend, it’s a little tricky to then start complaining about other, bolder pretenders indulging in much the same make-believe.
I mean, once you kick down the door, this is what you get.
Friday Ephemera! Friday Ephemera! I haven’t even started in on the links and already my morning is happier! (Okay, this and the fact it is unseasonably mild and walking my dogs in the dark woods under a full moon was exceptionally lovely – nut I do look forward to this weekly treat)
excusing the looters is the progressive thing to do
Nothing abnegates a person’s previous statement more than a sudden heavy emphasis on the word “however” as demonstrated by the gentleman in the clip.
Nostalgic coffee table of note
In the advent of digital photography, I owned a DSLR that used those as “film.” And by “advent” we are only looking back to 2001. The technology of photography as evolved in a rapid place (and as a photographer, no, I do not think AI will replace us).
Canine dispute
A fine visualization of an argument on social media.
I’m not sure whether to be flattered, or just dismayed that you’re so easily pleased.
Going to go with the flattery thing.
Things like this are incredibly cringe (as the kids would say) but banal, no? If you’re going to do a one take lip synch, go big or go home.
I see your Sheep relocation, and raise you camel relocation.
https://twitter.com/Keemo2010____/status/1750619975591575805
Oh well played, sir.
“Medical fandoms”… “the eunuch community…” But we’re not supposed to call it a fetish?
I see your Sheep relocation, and raise you camel relocation.
I’ll bump you beaver relocation.
“Fandom” is no more complimentary than “fetishist”. At least for those with eyes to see.
The lumberjacks were appreciative, but it was too late.
Note the clustering of delusions on the left: If you believe one crazy idea, you probably believe all or nearly all the others.
From what I can make out, you’re supposed to just stand there, silently but affirmingly, while nodding at pretty much anything such creatures say. Because they’re so valid, you see.
And from the comments following the link above, this.
That must have been frustrating for Geronimo unless his name came from really enjoying parachuting.
I’m now waiting for someone to suggest The Hitlers as a band name.
Vic Hitler the Narcoleptic Comic appeared in a few episodes of Hill Street Blues.
Oh no! A 15 year old kid is working the cash register at Burger King!
–Communist, pretending to be horrified at exploitative child labor caused by “late stage capitalism”, conveniently forgetting that for nearly all of human history children began working as soon as they were able.
Debut album – Reichin’ ‘n’ Rollin’
When I was fifteen, I was spending three evenings a week stacking shelves and flattening cardboard boxes in an unglamorous supermarket. I don’t recall feeling oppressed. Though I was glad to have the extra pocket money.
Paid for my first drum machine, as I recall. And among things, some hideous boots.
Oh no! A 15 year old kid is working the cash register at Burger King!
Why, that rather implies there are those older and able to work full time who don’t…
Such as spoiled rich kids, communists, psychopaths and hood rats.
This is the same lie contained in Hillary Clinton’s “It takes a village to raise a child”, in which words are manipulated to mean “it’s the government’s business, not parents’.”
“You had to admire the way perfectly innocent words were mugged, ravished, stripped of all true meaning and decency, and then sent to walk the gutter for
Reacher GiltProgressive Minded People.” –Terry PratchettDebut album – Reichin’ ‘n’ Rollin’
Cult American art rock band The Residents beat you to it in 1976 with their second album, Third Reich ‘n Roll
Sheep relocation: notice that the sides are open except for a bar about 5 inches high. Sheep don’t like obstacles. I guess they are clumsy. Farmers in New England would make stone walls just a foot high and it would mostly keep the sheep in. We now might look at such a wall and wonder WTH because it seems too low to be useful. But it works for sheep.
Head tilt: eye bleach alert!!
The border: used to be US criminals would head to Mexico to get away from the law. Now criminals from all over the world head to Mexico….to cross into the US. Of course open border advocates don’t believe in criminals or terrorists, so…
And yet I noticed a stone wall was not enough to confine Jeremy Clarkson’s sheep. Maybe the key word is “mostly” and Clarkson only filmed the one time they jumped over. Shrug.
But they do believe that you and I are criminal terrorists.
Ah yes, the famed Future Lower Back Problems…
*reads more… oh, no no no no…..*
But surely all women walk around with their heads tilted at 72 degrees?
Kids working: progs don’t like the idea of work at all. Many of them reach their mid-twenties without ever having had a job. Work clears the mind and gives a sense of pride. At 15 I took the bus all the way across Atlanta to work at my uncle’s small manufacturing shop (summer, no AC, dusty). At 16 I worked at McDonald’s. I am glad my parents were cheap (not poor mind you) because I learned you could get a job and save for stuff you need.
Car jackers: in many cases it is just a joy-ride (if ever there was a misnomer…) where they just dump the car. How the hell is that financial desperation?
They’re quite happy for you to work.
[ Obligatory Richard Corben illustration from Heavy Metal magazine ]
–often leaving the car damaged or destroyed.
And in many other cases the purpose is to commit crimes.
“Liberalism is a disease.”–should have been said by Sylvester Stallone.
For those who missed it.
Apropos description of liberal rhetoric:
“the demonic buzzing of the ideologically possessed”
–Jordan Peterson
Laid-Off Journalist Trying To Learn To Code Horrified To Discover The Code Is Binary
Beef Wellington, sort of.
Really brings out the squareness and masculinity of his jawline.
Related, the first thing I thought when I saw the fetish/fandom psychiatrist bloke in pearls and twinset was “Man hands!!”
Further related – who is that Spanish politician guy to get mad at the Spanish soldier bloke for doing exactly what the Spanish law requires, a law I am pretty sure the same politician was all in favor of. I thought we were all supposed to submit to whatever feelings these people had at any given moment – self-identification, right? Doesn’t matter what you actually are, or how badly you come off in your trying to pretend to be something you’re not.
Retractions and corrections sought after errors found in over three dozen papers by top scientists at Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
“Top men. Top. Men.”
doing exactly what the Spanish law requires
I’m getting a bit of a whiff of piss-taking from the second bloke.
There was a fellow in Calgary not long ago who changed his gender to female on his driver’s license in accordance with the law solely to save 25% on his car insurance.
Umm…well, kinda…
The situation is sufficiently farcical to invite mischief.
Very possibly it is intended to invite mischief.
I laughed and I’m not sorry.
In the somewhat similar band names department in the 90’s people, usually tourists, usually Germans, were getting shot during robberies at Florida highway rest stops. Like dead shot. So a bunch of idiots friendly with local central Florida radio DJs (so called) formed a band calling themselves Dead German Tourists. Oh, they had great fun tweaking the noses of the state tourism bureau and bitching about how much they hated their maintenance jobs that depend on the tourism business. It was all big laughs. My professional friends at work would all share big laughs about what was said each morning and afternoon. Same professional friends who today are bewildered by what is going on in this country.
Everything one would need to know about the degeneracy direction and general stupidity regarding where this country was inevitably headed one could learn simply by listening to drive-time radio in the early 1990’s, especially as it was gradually pushing out music and celebrating the shock jocks. Speaking of which, haven’t heard from Howard Stern lately. Not that that’s a bad thing.
Were Germans more likely than other tourists to get shot? Shot dead? Was there something about Germans that made them more vulnerable? Or were they just a noticeable segment of the frequent victims? (I do recall how, at that time, criminals were targeting tourists leaving the Miami airport car rental facilities, figuring that they were more vulnerable than most.)
This man has a billion dollars but still underestimates the stupidity of the American public. H.L. Mencken had no idea.
Does it matter? They were dead, they were German, the news reported it, people believed it. While I can think of a number of reasons for this, especially upon observing the often confused behavior of such people in tourist settings in Florida, I don’t think at this point 30 years later a statistical analysis is necessary relevant to the comment.
For some reason, regarding Biden, the word treason popped into my head.
I am curious: Maybe they somehow made themselves more vulnerable. Such matters are always relevant.
But I’m sorry you seem a little peeved at my innocent question.
Also, let me be the first (last?) to say, Vive le France! In keeping with my prejudices though, I won’t be using the diacritics.
It pops into my head ever damned day.
Nowt to be sorry of.
Peeved? No. Just couldn’t see where that was at all relevant. If I misunderstood, I apologize. If I didn’t, well f*** you. Either way, we’re good.
To your specific question, as I alluded, and you kinda needed to see it for yourself to get the full effect, watching Germans order a beer or park a car, or even walk down the street back then, they gave off a vibe of being confused and maybe even afraid that whatever they were doing, they might be doing it wrong. This was bound to attract trouble outside of a safe environment. Additionally I believe, I could be wrong in my recollection, that Florida was pushing their tourism in Germany. I think they were promoting it there in the summertime as well. Summer being the slow-ish season in central and south Florida generally only locals (like us) were doing weekend trips to other towns. I remember upon observing so many Germans at a resort we were staying at in Sarasota area one summer weekend, I thought Germans were somehow susceptible to being suckered into flying all the way over here to broil in the humidity and heat. Even when they weren’t noticeable for their confusion or accented English, they were easy to spot by their lobster complexions.
Ah, but watch how the conservativey conservatives…”conservatives” (looking at you Patterico along with your legionous ilk) will jump to accuse Governor Abbot (who somehow is conveeeeniently in India right now) of “treason” by “defying the Supreme Court”! Which of course he isn’t but the conservatives…”conservatives” will play it out that way.
Regrettably it seems the same could be said of Sunak.
It seems a bit odd, given how well the whole ‘outsource our energy production’ has worked for Europe, that the various national governments would be so determined to outsource their food production.
I would say nothing of importance.
It’s an environment in which one would not reasonably expect much thinking to be going on. Odd that. Not that much of my SW experience was done in a much better environment but at least we had some sort of cube walls to keep the noise down a little. Still, looking back from a few years of privacy, quiet, and sanityI am amazed that we got as much done as we did.
David, have you considered playing P.D.Q. Bach’s Pervertimento in the correction booth? It’s like sandpaper on the soul.
Very possibly it is intended to invite mischief.
I tend to agree, but not sure whose mischief was invited. At first glance it seems it would be mischief against the “norms” (and to gain access to females or accolades unattainable as men) – like Mr. Girls Tennis Coach in Breezy Frock and Bad Wig, Mr. Middle Aged Bloke who Identifies as 15 year old Girl Swimmer, every male sex offender trying to get into a woman’s prison, and all those beefy blokes beating women in the female sports categories.
I can see a [possibly] unintended invitation for the guys who seem to be doing piss-takes on this fad and exploiting it – Mr. Giant Rubber Boobs, Mr. Soldier Bloke in today’s Ephemera, Mr. I Want to Save Money on my Car Insurance but not with GEICO. I still say 50% of male CEOs should just start ticking the female box on forms, and in countries with ridiculous self-identify laws, get a legal document, and viola – the gender gap in management goes away.
Heh. A woman with NFTG gets her own show and blows The View out of the water. Or so they say.
Also, regarding treason…
“[…] more than 13 points ahead of ABC’s totals for The View on April 6th of last year.”
So, 20 points higher than the author’s IQ.
Yeah, that part should have tripped my warning lite but it was a bit too-good-to-check. It came from what looked like a reliable source but now upon re-verification, the source seems to be all over the place on posts, mostly legitimate pro-Trumpish pieces but I just noticed a more definitive rainbow-y piece so…also, the dunning-kruger url should have been a give away. Anyhow…can’t find any other reference to a show called “Barr None” but damn, that’s a pretty good name for a Roseanne show. When I read the lineup mentioned in the piece to my wife I said that I wondered who she would get for more than a week or two after using those guys up. My bad.
‘Will Call You Racist For Food’–LA Times reporter on street corner
He’s a n00b in the red-pilled space, so cut the man slack. He seems bright enough, overall. Full credit to him for finally noticing the stench. He was prolly too busy Being Productive to notice until now.
At last, after all these years “virginity” is defined.
Presionas dos para español.
I remember the cop lip sync challenge from when it came out a few years ago. It had some quality entries.
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Another progressive educational triumph.
Over a quarter of Gen Z now identify as ovine.
I may have rephrased the headline a bit.
Two young scholars shot dead while leaving high school for “troubled youth”.
It is a certainty that both they and their killers had gang affiliations.
This is the heart of the Chicago Loop downtown, in the middle of the day. It used to be that violence was only to be feared at night when walking alone. Now, thanks to “progressive” politicians and activists and lawyers, risk of deadly violence is 24/7/365.
Your guest’s idea of hell: people like this walking the streets.
Pairs nicely with
But it’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive deadly violence.
I am reminded that Dante put traitors in the Ninth Circle of Hell.
Encased in ice.
Except for the three that were in Satan’s mouths, being chewed for eternity.
Yet were it not for the actions of one of those “traitors”, all the world would not be saved.
[ Returns from lengthy volunteer service task. ]
Your guest’s idea of purgatory: nobody has commented in 3 hours.
A bit of wartime correspondence to relieve your tedium.
Well, my excuse is that it’s Saturday night and I’m at a super-glamorous celebrity party. On a yacht, obviously.
[ Sounds of music, laughter, upscale sexiness. ]