got distracted from granting boons momentarily and started reading old Bloom County cartoons
society has become stagnant since the 80s
discourse is closed
here are some comics that were nationally syndicated in the 80s
see how far we have fallen
on Christmas:
race and politic's
corporate wokeness
treatment of donald trump that was marginally funny. almost. almost.
gender wars
i think everyone ends up owned
@nitguptaa won a pulitzer in 87
thoughtful treatment of the aids crisis
if you want a touchpoint for how free you are, go look at media that existed thirty or forty years ago and compare how expressive it is relative to what exists today
how much is permitted now that wasn't then? and, vice versa
in this specific case the exercise is depressing
have a related exercise in mind for this gem which @selentelechia picked up for me for Christmas which was probably $3 used and is one of the best things I got this year
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i have seen a Lot of shit like this including from longtime mutuals and its pretty depressing
eyeballing it seems more common from first gen than second gen which suggests some combination of integration is working and newer immigrant waves are different (worse)
im reluctantly coming around to broad and aggressive immigration restrictions for a generation just to let the people already here integrate and for all this shit to settle out into a new ethnic detente because the status quo is just not working
i have to say i do not regularly interact with any business that exhibits greater nor more systematic contempt for its customers than does medicine
normal businesses: yes we would love to take your money. how can we help you
medicine: oh you probably have pneumonia? this 50yo battleaxe will menace you, lecture you about the proper procedure for scheduling. no she won't help you. no you can't do that here. get fucked lmao
i am going to sit, sick, in an empty lobby for 180min or more
there are three administrators at a desk doing nothing as far as i can tell
this entire industry needs to be cobalt nuked
praying for everyone with a healthcare degree to be summarily fired and replaced by robots