Your ancestors survived centuries of floods, wars, famine, slavery, and plagues for you to sit on the toilet and compare your life to people on the internet you’ve never met. Be grateful.
💬 Mark Manson
Many of Trump’s most ardent fans and foes alike believe he is the leader of a political movement with a clear and defined set of principles and goals. They disagree only on whether that agenda is good or bad.
💬 Jonah Goldberg
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Twenty Two Years Ago - give or take - my friend Bob told me to take a listen to an album he has just found called ‘In Abstentia’. Still at the top of my memory banks sees me sitting beside …
💬 I would argue that the thought is far from ‘heretical’. What say you?
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I read this today
in 🔗 Austin Kleon’s Newsletter.
Now let me be clear - I am not so old that I ever used one, BUT
I do know what it is and where it was used … and sadly I am old enough …
I agree. I am increasingly pissed off by the thought police. I have two unpublished posts that I need to get out through the door around this.
I’m not interested in making my opinions “advertiser-friendly,” nor in virtue-signaling to censorious, self-righteous ideologues. It’s popular amongst the simple-minded these days to label people as bigots on the basis of colorful remarks. In so doing, the self-appointed thought police often completely miss the point the writer was trying to make. As a feral Gen Xer, I don’t have the patience to walk on eggshells around thin-skinned people. If I can’t be honest and authentic, then why bother?
💬 Jennifer Devastatia del Gato
The original article on Manu’s website : Jennifer Devastatia del Gato – Manu
Coincidentally I dropped a note on Jennifers guestbook a couple of weeks ago. Her site is something to behold.