Friday Ephemera (810)
Robo-bike. || Place your bets. || Come, see her box and the base of her tongue. || Suboptimal. || Modernity, baby. || On asymmetrical multiculturalism, a short thread. See also. || The machine uprising, day 12. || Getaway car. || A guide to chopstick gaffes. || She’s energising her genitals. || More joys of public transport. || Newcomerliness. || A lively altercation. || But not enormously versatile. || A Night in a Soho Jazz Club, 1959. || Onions on a burger. || Shadow of note. Some climbing required. || Quality control, I’m guessing. || Hey, it’s a collection, like bubble-gum cards or stamps. || The progressive retail experience, parts 711, 712, 713, 714 and 715. || Plenty, you hear. || Plot twist. || Ladies of effortless grace. || When you could use some extra legs. || Phone hell, it turns out, is a real place.
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The Progressive Concert Experience.
Can a woman even listen to “Drip Too Hard” without being objectified? More questions for our white supremacist patriarchy.
Got it. And somehow that seems like a very likely role reversal ploy to generate comedy. Speaking of which, I recall a classicist mentioning that Roman comedies resembled modern sitcoms, with hapless fathers, rebellious kids, and clever domestic slaves.
Forget it, Jake, it’s Frisco.
I’m tempted to picture Ms Colfax, the liberal judge in question, and her peers, being horsewhipped on live television.
Re chopstick gaffes:
Sooo…when I was in Japan our corporate etiquette guides said that this was proper behavior. Improper when using reusable/washable chopsticks but expected behavior when using…waribashi. So who’s lying to me? Not that I really care unless by some accident I find myself back in Japan, but…
Discourse was attempted.
A barbaric culture that needs to be excluded from civilization.
Long video but the raccoon’s stage entrance starts at about 8:30.
Or forced to live around gangbangers who will repeatedly assault and terrorize.
Segregation seems more attractive with every passing day.
Tar and feathers for all the “civil rights” lawyers who make it impossible to evict bad tenants.