ecarney.bsky.social
I am here to complain about a crumbling society and occasionally distract myself with memes and discussions of pop culture.
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FWIW, these interactions go both ways. I once attended a concert where a food vendor gave me a free soda because she liked how I was dressed. I still think about it some 15 years later.
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I am forever haunted by an awareness that society could be like 1,000% more pleasant if everybody made just a tiny bit of effort to avoid creating problems for others.
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I recall reading once that they did studies which showed that eating ice cream for breakfast corresponded to weight loss, but the scientists ignored the results just based on "no, that can't be right."
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I've never understood how someone can be over seven years old and be *offended* by the presence of raisins in a cookie.
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Some Dems did. Arguably the bigger problem is that the media stopped acknowledging it.
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What about when you ginger nut in her pink wafer while she gives you the Cadbury finger?
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I was trying to make #PhysicalMediaFriday a thing back when the DVD Netflix still existed and was active on an app that hadn't yet been taken over by Nazis. It was like two years ago but it feels like a lifetime.
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Dumbasses who don't pay attention aren't monsters, but it's a genuine moral failing of the same variety as not picking up your own trash. It's a duty to a shared society.
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Lift Every Voice and Sing
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I expect that would make it more infuriating for them. These people desperately want control over not just political institutions but culture. Being the butt of a joke AND not understanding it is surely among their greatest nightmares.
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If anyone's going to attend in protest, I ask that they practice singing La Marseillaise.
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I hear that some of them may even bring their children on stage.
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Better than The Frighteners?
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"Hmm. I don't agree with their CEO killing policy... but I do agree with their everyone else killing policy."
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Mm, just thinking about -that- sweet can--.
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Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
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Yeah, okay, even granting the assumption that they're powerless on Capitol Hill, the fact remains that it's a LOT less likely that the general public is going to rise up as long as the "opposition" is doing book tours and focusing on the price of eggs and generally acting like everything is normal!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa... Is there any evidence for that? I've been in a coma for the past decade.
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A constant deluge of constitutional crises means you're never stuck writing filler.
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It will always be darkly funny that Democrats and the media looked at the imminent death of the republic and said, "Eh... well leave it up to the voters whether they want to continue living in a nation of laws."
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Democratic plan for responsibly wielding power:
Step 1: Strictly obey the letter of the law.
Step 2: When opponents violate the law, don't get too involved in holding them accountable. Trust the process.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: ??????????
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I think we can all agree that there would be *no problem* if Elon Musk wanted to gather a literal mountain of amphetamines on a private island and frolick among sycophants juggling chainsaws until his heart explodes. He could very easily do that! He doesn't have to make his addiction OUR problem.
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A lot of reporters seem to exhibit the same tendency toward Republicans as the currently-regretful Trump voters apparently take toward Trump's statements: assuming they're lying to other people and telling you the truth.
It's a weird and bad assumption!
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in general the people in politics & media who have spent the last couple decades getting to know Republicans personally have been far more surprised by their actions than the people who avoided them like the plague and just watched what they did and assessed them based on it.
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The only solace I find in watching these people wreck the country is knowing that it won't stop them being utterly miserable.
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Starting to think this Elon Musk guy is kind of an asshole.