Not to overanalyze, but I've always seen this type of overworrying as a form of self-centeredness
Comically overestimating the reputational damage that a (supposed) "awkward moment" will have that it's crippling. Sort of main-character syndrome.
Things I've never related to:
- Thinking about which superhero would beat another superhero
- Thinking about gaming the system of a fantasy setting like D&D
- Thinking about not getting tricked by a genie by asking hyper-careful questions
IDK, seems Reddit-brained.
Bob Kauflin is one my favorite people in the whole world. One of my favorite memories is sitting in Bob's living room hearing him tell the stories of how God had humbled him early in his courtship and marriage to Julie.
Send your prayers his way.
Praying for Bob Kauflin, the director of Sovereign Grace Music and pastor at Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, Kentucky, who shared that his wife Julie died suddenly during a date night a couple of days ago.
Praying for Bob Kauflin, the director of Sovereign Grace Music and pastor at Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, Kentucky, who shared that his wife Julie died suddenly during a date night a couple of days ago.
When I was in college, my composition prifessor referred to Percy Grainger as "Wrong-Note Neoclassicism," which was insulting as a band kid, but now I think I understand
Capping unsecured credit card rates at 10% is pure performance. This will never happen.
You cannot profitably lend money with no collateral when charge-offs run 4%+, and fraud + operating costs eat the rest.
Banks will simply stop issuing cards to anyone who isnโt already low-risk and high-income. Result: millions lose access to credit entirely and get pushed into worse alternatives.
Classic โhelp the poorโ policy that does the opposite.
"I am pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, and one of my most trusted advisors, will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026. Susie Wiles, who has done an outstanding job, will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation. I want to thank her for her service as Chief of Staff โย She has done a great job!" - President Donald J. Trump ๐บ๐ธ
Why is it so important that you make a stand against ugly art?
Because ugly art seeks to subvert your very perception of beauty, and your ability to recognize beauty is inseparable from your capacity to recognize the divine.
(It's no coincidence that in the "art" shown below, you'll find a disturbing, twisted corruption of a crucifix).
C.S. Lewis demonstrates how ugly art corrupts a person in his book "That Hideous Strength." As part of his conditioning to remove his emotional responses by the sinister organization "N.I.C.E," protagonist Mark Studdock is forced to get used to a windowless room filled with nonsensical architecture and ugly art.
On the walls are grotesque, creepy images: a hyper-real portrait of a young woman whose mouth is stuffed with hair; a giant mantis playing a fiddle while being eaten by another mantis; and a vile distortion of the Last Supper, with beetles crawling beneath the table.
The ugly art is intended to kill his basic human reactions and erode his ability to make value judgments: to recognize good from bad, virtue from vice, or beautiful from ugly. Spend too much time surrounded by ugliness, and it has a dulling effect on this especially human part of you โ eventually, it erodes your ability to properly recognize anything of value.
Mark ultimately turns against N.I.C.E when he refuses to trample on a crucifix. Not because he's a Christian (he isn't yet), but because it is inherently ugly and evil nonetheless.
The beauty we include in our lives is not neutral, nor is it trivial. Resist ugly art and call it out for what it is.
This woman is absolutely 100% correct. These disgusting pieces of "art" have no purpose but to demoralize. It's so shameful and brazen that one would reasonably conclude either demonic activity or some sort of deep and long CIA-style demoralization campaign to deconstruct civilization.
We've tolerated it for far too long.
These "artists" are completely sinister agents of darkness. Then they have the audacity to couch their ghoulishness in semi-academic-sounding jargon to try and convince you of the legitimacy of their work. "Who are you to say it's not art?" I have a soul, that's why. She's absolutely right. These types of works and galleries are meant to suck the life out of your soul like a Harry Potter villain.
The right wing needs to come up with a new strategy than handing a microphone to your opponent to try and prove points and then they beat you up or shoot you
The left uses institutions to affect real change. The right uses institutions to "have more conversations" and get clicks