On Hinge, a match (liberal) asked, since I was a history guy, what I thought the chances were that we were heading toward fascism. I said I had political concerns but that I thought we were safe from fascism and my main worry was too much polarization. She immediately unmatched.
One cool thing about America is the presence of various monsters, like the alligator snapping turtle. From tiny golf ball seized eggs they can grow to be over 200 pounds and live for a hundred years.
There's little more socially robust a position for a man than identifying the incel crowd on various forums and dismissing them—after all, they're losers who can't get laid! so they're unpopular with women.
But it's intellectually dishonest to do so, most of the time;
Fun Simpsons discussion
People think we intentionally miscolored these shots as meta-joke about cruddy animation. We didn't. They're real mistakes
And a great example of seeing extra jokes/references we didn't intend
Got any more examples/questions if something IS a reference?
In 1977, media prophet Marshall McLuhan discussed CIA and FBI surveillance, and then turned it into one of the most mind-bending riffs on identity in the digital age I've ever heard.
remember in the new year don’t forget to meditate 30 minutes a day, spend an hour going on a walk in the morning, journal for half an hour, read for at least 2 hours, lift for an hour and then do zone 2 cardio for an hour, cook a fresh meal, use the sauna…
alls i’m saying is: if you think of your body as some kind of “envelope” or “sack” with you “inside” it somehow, you’re in the thrall of an egregore that’s well on the way to destroying your species along with most other life on this planet 🤠