Friday Ephemera (762)
Mongolian rave scene. || Not sure if it’s the shoes. || What… are you? || Just a few weeks. || “Why does he have no pants on?” || She’s certain that’s what he’s doing. Or, when your opinions are determined by status, not reality. || “Ecolesbianism asks: what if our interspecies relationships are lesbian too?” Related: Situated bodies and a butch dyke Earth. (h/t, Muldoon) || Wiglessness. || When you’re determined to make things worse. || Chadd is a grown man. || Attention, menfolk of pallor – new instructions have been uploaded. || Professor at Stanford, an expert, is mystified. || She’s going to assume you’re racist. || Best not to waste your pity. || What’s up, party people. || He did not wash his hands. || The gods, they mock us. || Escaped dental patient. || And finally, in a jam, helpfulness.
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That’s really a relief to all us White males. I mean, if this woman is going to go out of her way to avoid us, I can’t see a downside.
How lefties help the working class.
It’s like someone bottled the very essence of woke psychology. Its go-to unpleasantness.
I laughed and I’m not sorry.
The unpreparedness for even polite dissent, the bewilderment, is a common enough experience. As, for that matter, is the fixed, resentful smile.
Again, my recent conversation about Net Zero comes to mind. By mentioning some second-order effects, some weirdly and implausibly unconsidered variables, I somehow, immediately, became A Bad Person. Someone Who Isn’t Nice. No attempt was made to address the points I raised and offers of supporting evidence were hastily declined.
And when imaginary piety has been staked on the affirmation of error, things that are clearly untrue or downright perverse, there’s a lot of resistance to overcome.
I would guess that any factual correction, even polite enquiry, is taken as an attack on the other person’s identity, on their self-image as An Ostentatiously Good Person. By disagreeing – and worse, by presenting contrary evidence – you’re kicking at the footing of their persona, their in-group standing.
And you won’t generally be thanked for that.
The machine didn’t lie.
Again with the aging hippie demographic. Grey hair, possibly grandchildren, and the maturity of toddlers.
Send the meteor, Lord. Send it soon.
Heh. Oh I dunno, though. The maroon-haired woman randomly screeching “NAZI! NAZI! NAZI!” totally disproved the retardation reading.
And then there’s the lady with the blue hat, the one whose first response, her go-to impulse, is to lash out physically.
Because HOW VERY DARE YOU.
I’ll express that as a certainty.
the very essence of woke
psychologypsychopathy.In terms of my Net Zero exchange, I’d summarise the dynamic as:
I paraphrase, of course. But not, I think, unfairly.
The left never abandons a lie, no matter how thoroughly it is refuted.
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Dundus: Father defends his killer son. Far too many blacks in America have zero self-control, zero discipline, and infinite entitlement.
As you can imagine, it’s difficult to have a realistic discussion on a topic that the other person initiates and claims to care about, if any attempt to do so is met with indignation and a refusal to consider unfamiliar information. Along with a sense that any future attempt to discuss the matter will not be at all welcome.
Because what matters is being heard SAYING ALL THE THINGS.
I only “have a conversation” with such people if there are others present who may be persuaded. At all other times I shun them as the poisonous snakes that they are.
Thing is, these tendencies can be found in otherwise respectable people. Ladies who volunteer for good causes, give to charity, and are fastidious about their recycling, etc. People who very much value being nice.
Which, if anything, makes the experience more peculiar.
I still shun them.
Our intellectual betters bring us art.
The Talk: Nonblack Version, by John Derbyshire
Somewhat describes my sister-in-law and a very nice young (well in my sweet memory back when I knew her) and intelligent woman with whom I worked 35-40 years ago. Both of whom are losing their minds over what is going on regarding immigration, DOGE, tariffs, etc. They are convinced that this is not what we voted for and when we reply back that yes, this is exactly what we voted for it’s “OMG OMG how could you?” I notice my wife more and more disappearing into deep text messages with her sister since the stock market has taken a serious downturn*. It’s “See! See! I told you so!” When I, mostly via my wife who is getting a tad nervous, reply back that it’s pretty much what we and that we’re fine with it she’s incredulous. I understand she’s headed to some big protest this weekend. I don’t think she would engage in violent behavior and I’m guessing in the Real Housewives of Atlanta bubble she lives in that isn’t likely to happen, I am real curious how things may turn.
*As for this market turmoil…conservatives, and even conservatives, will be missing a huge opportunity to take back some power from corporate America if they do not jump on this buying opportunity. I would bet that virtually every share being sold over the previous two days has been sold by leftists. Likely bought by conservatives though I can see where a few savvy leftists who don’t actually believe what they say might be on the buying side. Either way, the left is surrendering a considerable amount of power here. It’s not as much about supporting the market as it is about taking some power from them.
Also…time for a dog pic. We’re having a houseguest for a week. Abby is a sweet girl but she’s no Rocky Dog.
Social media comment threads:
Arches National Park Eye of Sauron
Phlegmatic.
Houseguest dogs are the best dogs.
So that’s what happened to the couch cushions!
Aaaaaand here you go. Justice for…Karmelo. Raised $12K so far.
TIL that the French, yes the French(!), advertised the great Smash Up Derby set. Don’t know how “Everything you need righ’ ‘cher” translates into French but…
https://youtu.be/A41aV4LqP40?si=CntwRJ-sAVkVjLP9
GoFundMe seems to . . . selectively . . . enforce its policy on raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime.
‘I don’t want you ladies to get your bollocks in a twist . . .’
One for the file marked “It’s definitely not happening and it’s a good thing that it is.“
The word “lady” is doing heavy lifting there.
As a student and now at work, I have to use metric, and knowing freezing, boiling, and STP has helped me translate temps when reported from across the pond. But in the spirit of share ye things and bicker, I like this rationalization for good ol Fahrenheit. (Came from Powerline week in pics, linked at Insty.)
Like the English system, it is very human-based.
Sorry, you’ll have to come up with something else to provoke me into bickering. 😃
IIRC, the camera is facing southeast. I don’t know if the moon actually lines up that way, or if it ever looks that big sans telephoto lens. But it’s a cool photo.
Reminds me of one of my fave Far Sides.
Deleted.
Because science is inherently speciesist, denying the experiences of other species and privileging white male human experience.
So many favorites to choose from!
And why the French were so determined to replace it.
After the tariffs bring back factories, what will YOUR state manufacture?
Latrina is a comical name to give your daughter.
“Progressive” Christianity.
Laughed and not sorry: “retard detector” hahahaha grown ass white people with signs about Musk. For what crime? For finding waste and fraud in government. Seriously? That is the hill you choose to dei on?
Physically grown but still children.
Why can’t they ban him from Earth?
Not surprising that she supports the genocidal paleostinians.
“She”