Does that work? One time I met a guy who honked his horn through every intersection, claiming that this protected him from anything that happened in the intersection being his legal responsibility. Like an invisibility cloak against the law. Popped into my head just now.
Ever since the unfortunate end of the Reply All podcast I’ve been missing the way they were able to capture the total insanity of online discourse in their “Yes, Yes, No” feature (IYKYK). Many Such Takes is the first thing I’ve found since then that fills that gap, love reading this stuff lol
Yes, yes, no was _so great_. In the gap between YYN going away and discovering Many Such Takes I'd just make the millennials in my work slack explain shit to me. They're starting to age out and go "I don't understand kids these days either" though...
Only one race actually smells different on a biological level and that is East Asians. Since East Asians literally don’t have a gene that causes production of a protein in armpit sweat that feeds the bacteria that causes the BO smell. It’s why you have so much trouble finding deodorant in China, Japan, and Korea.
Anything else and it’s all about cultural hygiene standards.
50% or more of the Indian population doesn't have the ABCC11 gene just like east Asians. So ~50% doesn't smell on a "biological level".The whole "Indians stink" discourse is racist as hell. But I keep seeing people trying to justify it.
The Dr. Smells saga really does encapsulate a nice little moment we're in as "wokeness"'s tautological nature continues to eat itself. "Hey guys, can we not with the racist stereotypes?" being shouted down with "stfu yt lady, calling US racist when we spout racist stereotypes isn't part of the deal!" One wonders if Professor McSmells is having an existential moment right now. Turns out some social justice people don't care about your Crit Theory PhD, they just want self-serving narratives.
Obviously, Melania's black outfit + hat was meant to evoke the black spy from "Spy vs. Spy," while Lauren Sanchez's all-white getup was meant to evoke the white spy from "Spy vs. Spy." These two "spies" standing side-by-side at the same event symbolizes the end of the "cold war" between MAGA and the tech elite. Duh!!
Absolutely fascinated with the don't die guy. He's been my favorite internet weirdo to keep tabs on for a few months now. Hadn't paid much attention to the son until the viral boner moment, but the vibes seem to be genetic.
Regarding the saga of Dr. Bowman, I'm at least confused. I don't know how one goes about refusing to treat those that have been vaccinated (Covid, I presume). She may have access to their medical records. I'd like to hear from Dr. Bowman on this one. I understand her lying about being vaccinated. Vaccination mandates encourage such things. OTOH, weren't there official cards that people received when vaccinated, and why wouldn't the hospital require seeing said document?
As for the suit against her, no evidence is provided that she defamed said hospital. I would also suggest that losing her license to practice over her opinion regarding the vaccine is arbitrary, at best, and fascistic at worst. The consensus medical position on the use of the vaccine is that the benefits outweigh the risks. Bear in mind that Covid vaccine is, as far as I know, a brand new kind of vaccine, one that messes with your cellular apparatus directly. Only an idiot who trusts anything a pharmaceutical says for profit or one faced with no other option in the face of a crisis would not have serious pause and concern. As far as we can tell, the gamble has been worth it, but it was a gamble, one that was not, at the time, thoroughly vetted.
I'm so glad that CHH has to wade through this nonsense and not me. I'm disappointed with the Smell-Doctor. I have to presume that she really does have a grasp on the nonverbal and profound significance that smell has. Those who study emotions take disgust as a fundamental emotion. What that means is that it, among others, like anger, serve as the foundation for all other emotions, which are countless in number and variety. Disgust is often associated with smell or odor, as such, is a negative emotion. I'm presuming that others have befriended families from cultures unlike their own. It seems that each of us has a certain sense of familiar odors and smells. Anything that departs from this familiarity strikes us a alien. This doesn't have to be disgust, but we notice it. I'd suggest that these kind of nonverbal, unconscious experiences can influence our experience of others. It behooves us to be aware of these unconscious influences. They can easily take on bigoted or racist characteristics, even without us intending that. I would have hoped that the Smell-Doctor would have used her expertise to inform rather than berate.
I can add anecdotal evidence that the vibe is much the same among my lib social circle. None of us are happy about it, but clearly making a fuss and protesting doesn’t accomplish anything of worth with this admin. One of them said “No matter how much I cared it didn’t help, so I can’t be bothered to care anymore. I’d rather try and be happy despite it.”
They’re all in agreement that they’re going to continue voting in both local and national elections, stay involved in our local communities, etc., but the emotional energy just isn’t there right now. The vibe shift is palpable compared to the first election. I think it’s maybe partially a spite thing; certain conservatives seem to thrive on the whole Liberal Tears thing, so instead, rolling your eyes and not giving them the reaction they want feels better. I would strongly agree it’s a better approach.
I do think a lot of substack pieces, even from the center, are misreading the moment a bit. I do think some of the things we're seeing now will stick (I do believe there's an authentic reevaluation of some social justice rhetoric for example), but it's strange to see how many people are dancing on graves given ~nothing has happened after an election as close as all the others. Not a lot of data to work with!
I will say I do believe in the basic narrative *because* the Trump victory but more specifically the demographic breakdown of it broke the seal on people agreeing with the subset of center left and left wing writers becoming increasingly sour on social justice rhetoric they had previously been alright with. (Idk how to better categorize this… not the David Brookses of the world, more SJ sympathetic folks.)
I’ve seen the term “preference cascade” and idk but I get why it was used - it really feels like everyone wants to get in their version of this take right now, to the point that what was pretty recently kinda bracing (to me) is now really formulaic and boring! So *something* is shifting.
But does “your average writer thinks we should cool it on inventing new words” translate to “your average writer thinks state abuse of trans people is fine”? I’m skeptical. And, whatever happening is definitely amplified by the fact that everyone on the left is kinda quietly resigned right now.
That is what is sustaining me. People are treating an election where the winning candidate still failed to clear 50% as a 1972 Nixon or 1984 (omg just like the book) Reagan victory. I am hopeful that there will be an extremely rude awakening after two years of another shambolic Trump presidency. In the mean time, I am doing what I can locally.
I wish my Facebook friends and local Facebook groups would get the memo that liberal tears are so over 🙄 on my feed, I keep getting quality lib content like: let's boycott Target over halting DEI programs; my favorite local floorer or whatever had a Trump bumper sticker on their vehicle so now I must abandon them; that was obviously a Nazi salute we're in an age of fascism; 1984 quotes, etc. From multiple different people and groups. Ugh.
Andrew said he put Parody sticker on his tweets to decrease the chance he can be sued and suggested everyone should do it too.
Does that work? One time I met a guy who honked his horn through every intersection, claiming that this protected him from anything that happened in the intersection being his legal responsibility. Like an invisibility cloak against the law. Popped into my head just now.
How does one do that?
Ever since the unfortunate end of the Reply All podcast I’ve been missing the way they were able to capture the total insanity of online discourse in their “Yes, Yes, No” feature (IYKYK). Many Such Takes is the first thing I’ve found since then that fills that gap, love reading this stuff lol
What a high honor!
Yes, yes, no was _so great_. In the gap between YYN going away and discovering Many Such Takes I'd just make the millennials in my work slack explain shit to me. They're starting to age out and go "I don't understand kids these days either" though...
I think when Reply All was still on I was more of a PJ and now I’m more of an Alex Blumberg when it comes to knowing about internet crap
Happens to all of us... :-)
Good news, PJ has a very good new podcast called Search Engine now
OK but serious question does anyone know the thought process behind Melania's inauguration day outfit? I just... why???
The most insane Twitter takes either have an America flag and an eagle by them or a little Palestinian flag.
The vampire longevity guy is such a freak.
Honestly the worst part is that he has the money to follow through on some of his least pleasant ideas.
Wouldn't the koi pond leak and cause flooding in the basement?
Honored to have made it into the newsletter ❤️. I'm a certified lib now
Only one race actually smells different on a biological level and that is East Asians. Since East Asians literally don’t have a gene that causes production of a protein in armpit sweat that feeds the bacteria that causes the BO smell. It’s why you have so much trouble finding deodorant in China, Japan, and Korea.
Anything else and it’s all about cultural hygiene standards.
50% or more of the Indian population doesn't have the ABCC11 gene just like east Asians. So ~50% doesn't smell on a "biological level".The whole "Indians stink" discourse is racist as hell. But I keep seeing people trying to justify it.
The Dr. Smells saga really does encapsulate a nice little moment we're in as "wokeness"'s tautological nature continues to eat itself. "Hey guys, can we not with the racist stereotypes?" being shouted down with "stfu yt lady, calling US racist when we spout racist stereotypes isn't part of the deal!" One wonders if Professor McSmells is having an existential moment right now. Turns out some social justice people don't care about your Crit Theory PhD, they just want self-serving narratives.
Obviously, Melania's black outfit + hat was meant to evoke the black spy from "Spy vs. Spy," while Lauren Sanchez's all-white getup was meant to evoke the white spy from "Spy vs. Spy." These two "spies" standing side-by-side at the same event symbolizes the end of the "cold war" between MAGA and the tech elite. Duh!!
Absolutely fascinated with the don't die guy. He's been my favorite internet weirdo to keep tabs on for a few months now. Hadn't paid much attention to the son until the viral boner moment, but the vibes seem to be genetic.
Regarding the saga of Dr. Bowman, I'm at least confused. I don't know how one goes about refusing to treat those that have been vaccinated (Covid, I presume). She may have access to their medical records. I'd like to hear from Dr. Bowman on this one. I understand her lying about being vaccinated. Vaccination mandates encourage such things. OTOH, weren't there official cards that people received when vaccinated, and why wouldn't the hospital require seeing said document?
As for the suit against her, no evidence is provided that she defamed said hospital. I would also suggest that losing her license to practice over her opinion regarding the vaccine is arbitrary, at best, and fascistic at worst. The consensus medical position on the use of the vaccine is that the benefits outweigh the risks. Bear in mind that Covid vaccine is, as far as I know, a brand new kind of vaccine, one that messes with your cellular apparatus directly. Only an idiot who trusts anything a pharmaceutical says for profit or one faced with no other option in the face of a crisis would not have serious pause and concern. As far as we can tell, the gamble has been worth it, but it was a gamble, one that was not, at the time, thoroughly vetted.
I'm so glad that CHH has to wade through this nonsense and not me. I'm disappointed with the Smell-Doctor. I have to presume that she really does have a grasp on the nonverbal and profound significance that smell has. Those who study emotions take disgust as a fundamental emotion. What that means is that it, among others, like anger, serve as the foundation for all other emotions, which are countless in number and variety. Disgust is often associated with smell or odor, as such, is a negative emotion. I'm presuming that others have befriended families from cultures unlike their own. It seems that each of us has a certain sense of familiar odors and smells. Anything that departs from this familiarity strikes us a alien. This doesn't have to be disgust, but we notice it. I'd suggest that these kind of nonverbal, unconscious experiences can influence our experience of others. It behooves us to be aware of these unconscious influences. They can easily take on bigoted or racist characteristics, even without us intending that. I would have hoped that the Smell-Doctor would have used her expertise to inform rather than berate.
Ok for real tho what is it about the word “odious”
I can add anecdotal evidence that the vibe is much the same among my lib social circle. None of us are happy about it, but clearly making a fuss and protesting doesn’t accomplish anything of worth with this admin. One of them said “No matter how much I cared it didn’t help, so I can’t be bothered to care anymore. I’d rather try and be happy despite it.”
They’re all in agreement that they’re going to continue voting in both local and national elections, stay involved in our local communities, etc., but the emotional energy just isn’t there right now. The vibe shift is palpable compared to the first election. I think it’s maybe partially a spite thing; certain conservatives seem to thrive on the whole Liberal Tears thing, so instead, rolling your eyes and not giving them the reaction they want feels better. I would strongly agree it’s a better approach.
I do think a lot of substack pieces, even from the center, are misreading the moment a bit. I do think some of the things we're seeing now will stick (I do believe there's an authentic reevaluation of some social justice rhetoric for example), but it's strange to see how many people are dancing on graves given ~nothing has happened after an election as close as all the others. Not a lot of data to work with!
I will say I do believe in the basic narrative *because* the Trump victory but more specifically the demographic breakdown of it broke the seal on people agreeing with the subset of center left and left wing writers becoming increasingly sour on social justice rhetoric they had previously been alright with. (Idk how to better categorize this… not the David Brookses of the world, more SJ sympathetic folks.)
I’ve seen the term “preference cascade” and idk but I get why it was used - it really feels like everyone wants to get in their version of this take right now, to the point that what was pretty recently kinda bracing (to me) is now really formulaic and boring! So *something* is shifting.
But does “your average writer thinks we should cool it on inventing new words” translate to “your average writer thinks state abuse of trans people is fine”? I’m skeptical. And, whatever happening is definitely amplified by the fact that everyone on the left is kinda quietly resigned right now.
That is what is sustaining me. People are treating an election where the winning candidate still failed to clear 50% as a 1972 Nixon or 1984 (omg just like the book) Reagan victory. I am hopeful that there will be an extremely rude awakening after two years of another shambolic Trump presidency. In the mean time, I am doing what I can locally.
I wish my Facebook friends and local Facebook groups would get the memo that liberal tears are so over 🙄 on my feed, I keep getting quality lib content like: let's boycott Target over halting DEI programs; my favorite local floorer or whatever had a Trump bumper sticker on their vehicle so now I must abandon them; that was obviously a Nazi salute we're in an age of fascism; 1984 quotes, etc. From multiple different people and groups. Ugh.
I think there's still a lot of whiplash and shellshock from November among the liberal base. Things could be far different 6 months from now.