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October 2026

  1. The Million Dollar Off-Grid Cabin

September 2026

  1. You’re Not Doomscrolling. You’re Using Your Sentinel Intelligence.
  2. Welcome to The Collapse. Grab a Cookie. Get to Work. Or Don’t.
  3. It’s The End of The World As We Know It. Could You Still Make Medicine?

July 2023

  1. Women Are Giving Up on Men and Retreating from Public Spaces

June 2023

  1. More Than 50 Percent of Men Are Scared Women Will Find Them Creepy
  2. Maybe You Don’t Have to Be Likable

May 2023

  1. You Don’t Have to Smile. You Don’t Have to Feel Happy.
  2. Millions of Lonely Young Men Are About to Get AI Girlfriends

April 2023

  1. Maybe You Don’t Need a Friend. Maybe You Need Something Else.

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Undated 2062

  1. This makes me feel good c2153c971324
  2. Exactly im 100 percent into learning skills at this point f39dbaabb709
  3. Heres to hoping that they come around who knows what might trigger a sudden acceptance ce8302fb8776
  4. The raccoon really does add a lot to the illustrations b32a02202778
  5. Rendering its a new kind of therapy although sometimes it also requires therapy f0da224ec04f
  6. Excellent i hope it helps d50994d5e327
  7. Welcome to the collapse grab a cookie get to work or dont 6855a0530c31
  8. Since everyone with an opinion wants to be on substack now ive learned that i m always going to d2a0e2532416
  9. Its the end of the world as we know it could you still make medicine 1bf839991189
  10. Correct no bunkers for us d10f5f62a4df
  11. Yep im just going to try and move forward dca28885ea9a
  12. I thought id switch things up and see what would happen if i tried writing more and waking up at 5e3a997f3e0f
  13. Very true we live in a world that doesnt give you much of a way to make an honest living 8fd6078c21ff
  14. Sure is its funny until you realize how many people get led into that trap and then wind up f845bdf111e
  15. I guess theyre raised in a conservative family and then instead of maturing into adulthood and 69ae188324d4
  16. Thanks for not reading the rest of my article failing to notice that i read and clapped for yours cd2cadadafac
  17. Thanks and yes its basically a story of people being convinced to vote against their own ea27ed84fd05
  18. What i remember about the last ten years is that the far left got impatient and abandoned the 59e6916f72aa
  19. Bright orange turtle on his back wouldve been funnier especially since those actually exist da36b141e819
  20. Yeah ive always been like can you just be honest and tell me that if you could replace me with 10a85a29fa5f
  21. The self discovery never ends 6ceb50f7e520
  22. Yep those tropes dont just go away forever they keep coming back in new outfits 46dc2959fa51
  23. Thats fascinating it fits with what i ve been hearing 7aa1a9ccae16
  24. Yes we sure are 3b30688a3273
  25. Oh yes and the people who say why do you make things so complicated 70cd8729b9
  26. I think this can happen to pretty much anyone and theres probably a lot of confusion and hurt out 5ed653769834
  27. Yep theres a huge difference between reading about conversation and relationships because you re 48e136cbbcf6
  28. Theres a couple people out there i can t stand who publish literally nothing but how i make b90052e22c52
  29. Joe biden is bland thats his job e462bea4ee45
  30. Someone out there knows what youre going through 344d9cc3245f
  31. I think its always both 2d6295fb3dcd
  32. Chance in action 58a999d33b22
  33. You got it come here anytime to feel stupid 3c39ac742a3f
  34. If you love someone you must be stupid b4615eed4a3f
  35. Yeah its ridiculous e77416de73d3
  36. Operation warp speed has already failed were on our own 4f998123ba30
  37. Exactly ive been working on sustainable packaging and local slower shipping whenever possible 43aa097c629
  38. This year has been an eye opener for a lot of amazon buyers i think 5b2ef2443e6e
  39. I think the best case scenario is that self sufficient pockets or islands will emerge in society 400eaf71b1d9
  40. Yes definitely d846657e390a
  41. Agreed its an easy trap to fall into even if you don t watch the news 9d5d5e995c9e
  42. Donald trump doesnt want or deserve a pardon b179fa893395
  43. Funny how they never say that about all the barbie fascists that worked for trump even when fox dbf1e99a4f07
  44. Donald trump has left the room now what a48f9f0dc45b
  45. Your son is right 46b005f16024
  46. Thanks it was hard to work this into the article but i see boomerism as a mindset more than an 69f25b5814be
  47. Yeah our refusals to compromise are leaving us with a whole bunch of nothing a9555b9a2b0d
  48. Just looked it up 329759678a4d
  49. Donald trump just dragged us all closer to a second civil war 78e7b3650334
  50. Well by snob i guess i mean highly idiosyncratic f17c46cc6cdd
  51. I go to bed with some pretty dark thoughts about the next generations future but i keep going f6cf23015ca4
  52. Its true i think there s mainstream porn which is pretty bad and then there s the idea of 80d38acd515
  53. I had a lot of friends in high school and college who just overreacted to everything they grew up 6715892fa91
  54. Absolutely 100 percent a62147f2d617
  55. Cool glad it could help 1a498747cd77
  56. Yes developing the vaccine was a bright spot 99dd1b27fc1e
  57. When you have beloved teachers dying in hospitals without insurance you know society has devolved 2c78406249c7
  58. Definitely were having to live with an eye to a number of different futures right now including b16c7d83594c
  59. As a party democrats need to get a lot smarter about how to get their message out 2f85bf99cc14
  60. What makes donald trump the most admired man in america 94d6ae01e297
  61. Think i missed that one ill have to queue it up weird al never fails 7fa152fc72a
  62. 4 simple things men i know wish more women understood e706b377b28a
  63. Thanks yes i definitely think the problem lies in the stigma that pointless things earn along 6280029d75e3
  64. Yep perfect example c99b2bb5dd40
  65. Yes and i also love all the people who assume that because you dont try to stuff quotes from 2f6d98de5e4
  66. Our marriage was falling apart heres how we saved it 677e4d6622d3
  67. The psychological term is defensive pessimism but its a little bit of a mouthful for a blog post c3a9b6ca7eec
  68. 500 000 people will be dead in the u s e567436c8a62
  69. Yeah you seem like a happy well adjusted person spewing all this in a comment section 1dc9b216095d
  70. Im glad it helped f4d307cc44cc
  71. Cambridge university just released a study comparing bitcoins c02 emissions to countries like new aef070f40d09
  72. You might want to go check on your precious bitcoin lol 9ae87d1666d7
  73. Thanks its going to be really strange potentially living through the end of a civilization c2cb6d86d281
  74. Yeah the environmental impact concerns me dbaf29f3db1f
  75. If youd actually finished the article then you would ve seen that i m not endorsing this future 78a2511e40b0
  76. Ive got my shot and i m not going to waste it 6d5ca1a8ace4
  77. Read the sentence again and while youre at it maybe try finishing the article 6a4dccf6a991
  78. Indeed i do just published about it 3cbb675f7e5a
  79. You planning to buy a tesla anytime soon im not 5958a41992d9
  80. Yep i agree 9859d90145cf
  81. Yes ive come across that research d8fa5b53a014
  82. 2021 is going to be absolute madness with the bubbles 30e4b584eedc
  83. How much bitcoin do you own im curious 1086ebd56e51
  84. I could see investing in some dogecoin or penny cryptos for the fun of it a8d215723f9e
  85. Thanks i think we agree that the big piece missing from the crypto enthusiasts is that you really ef503e0b50f9
  86. Yes theres definitely the emotional component to consider 1d34c69b27db
  87. Thanks theres quite a few comments from people who like to bash the anti crypto stance 389db0b94b05
  88. Yeah i like that comeback e6a14073d237
  89. Please read the article before you comment 88c9b2619fa8
  90. You can destroy yourself with a single bad investment 755b28e68915
  91. You see things differently because you grew up in a completely different world try reading more e96bd648bd0c
  92. Yes im so tired of people preaching the stock market and asset game as the only reasonable path 495bff05d48c
  93. You have to adjust for inflation 6058879279fa
  94. What does your son do for a living and how much does he make 1aa53bb0d94
  95. So then you have no excuse for not understanding that most people your sons age barely make 50k a 99cab8938074
  96. Exactly this happens everywhere now and its just a way of ticking boxes and covering their dd306edf3ca5
  97. The reasoning here is exactly the problem im talking about 62ed19b06175
  98. Thanks im hoping it resonates with people because like you what i ve seen over the last few 64ff492459ae
  99. Yeah self help is destructive when its based on privileged people s perceptions of what makes 765889116653
  100. Personally that sounds more appealing than dating 1606486ad68f
  101. Yes luckily i dont foresee needing to ever get back into the dating pool either 5fdb0e678df5
  102. Yeah no d dbbefded11ac
  103. Im not wild about it either 1a49472e2e3f
  104. I personally think medium should hire someone to go after sites and platforms that appropriate 3247b9a35817
  105. Thanks i thought this piece summed up a lot of thoughts and observations from the past several ef9da270f9b6
  106. Yep our far right has so much more in common with islamic extremists than theyll ever want to 415a418afc94
  107. Yeah dress codes in schools are seriously messed up 50e5d0eae747
  108. I was trying to hit some big nails so thats good to hear 8ccf9cb7ed06
  109. Thanks i see what youre saying about victim signaling and it s a great term to describe how c555a4915ace
  110. Yeah its puzzled me as well until i read kurt anderson and heather richardson cox and that s cd1232450fd0
  111. And also its a lot easier to just find a safe outlet for all your temptation and try to 8c180feacb37
  112. Sadly youre right 49ade1a2e9c5
  113. Unfortunately i think what happens is that people dont allow themselves to understand that a 707aea912d79
  114. Same here and yes i hope we can keep pushing back against all this toxicity 57cf5afb99d7
  115. Because right now theres a debate raging about whether robert aaron long was targeting women or a5115807bb29
  116. Well said a73e41493000
  117. Yeah those articles are everywhere and i was getting pretty tired of the willful ignorance they e68dd635fbbf
  118. Yes elon musk is one of the most overrated billionaire philantrophists and researching writing bfde680eb1bd
  119. Authentic spirituality respecting nature taking care of your environment thinking about other 92cf821ee34e
  120. No kidding fd3cab4e7acf
  121. Thanks occasionally im impressed by some of the articles i see in forbes 73a6c27cbba7
  122. I agree what bothers me the most is our culturla need to white wash someones flaws and elevate 389bfd3b0147
  123. You just demonstrated the exact brand of close mindedness that inspires me to write pieces like d7958e8a1bf4
  124. Did you offer a different opinion 2a82cf5a6661
  125. A police officer has never once made me feel any safer caaaf288c372
  126. I think youve nailed it 9d3ccb39dc67
  127. There was a time when i didnt want to believe this but yeah it s been pretty thoroughly 511ba38146e5
  128. I just love how the very first comment on this article written by a woman blames the ongoing 5f302c2419aa
  129. Sadly thats the secret attitude of about half the country 40ac3d0ecd18
  130. Thats why you need unions supported by federal laws to continuously make sure people get paid c6b6c888a94f
  131. Thanks for sharing i think you just decided my next topic e31d2f91e03d
  132. I completely agree especially politicians ab997a001dbd
  133. Im a big fan of elizabeth warren you had me until bitcoin 6704cd737ffb
  134. I agree crowd sourced real estate might be an interesting thing to explore 74954785be5e
  135. By the end of this month 600 000 people will be dead because of people like you d500ffe0236a
  136. Ive definitely been floored by their aparthy on many occasions d52b28e4456d
  137. Makes me think of this https www nytimes com 2021 01 20 well mind masks men manspreading html 98b7ce324bbb
  138. Thats where i m leaning 4367d59b924f
  139. Things they go through like coming up with ways to cheat employees out of tips or strip them of 1752ff4b7d75
  140. Dont blame economists they ve been telling the truth for ages blame predatory bankers da3330db3e90
  141. Bitcoin is going to bankrupt the global economy 6f7e03c98ae5
  142. Thanks and no kidding eb16e15f6258
  143. It is i was uplifted and amused to see cruz say theres not much i could do while aoc sweeps in 9a702aeb91ce
  144. That sounds terrible i missed your post but ive got it pulled up now 56df269c19ca
  145. All the evidence is bullshit e0fc91ac4350
  146. Yep or the person who keeps talking about how theyre the breadwinner and using it as an excuse to 3c08ce8e03c8
  147. Not at all 8cc284d03a43
  148. Thats true a6dc48a3ea5e
  149. No kidding 6967aa4c06c0
  150. Id say money is something you can t ignore in a relationship 45400cc8ec46
  151. Its been a long time since i ve read any vonnegut this is a good suggestion a5719bca81a
  152. Its all of them including bezos cfc6a9967f43
  153. Yeah thats basically where my head s at right now 53240f53675
  154. Yep and honestly im happier here than at my office anyway fb1964adc7af
  155. Yep and its so sad i ve seen a huge decline in my long path from student to professor afda5cc13aea
  156. I love those snarky op eds they sometimes publish 3e48b0f981c1
  157. Youre exactly right 3bd8be7d421b
  158. Thats a good prediction 14b7a4005286
  159. It definitely is fd067179c212
  160. Meh i think ill be fine it s sure worth writing about though f0b5257b27bc
  161. Maybe i should write one just for fun and see how many heads explode 4446eb0d2ba6
  162. Im on the autism spectrum and i ve been writing about that for years 8e3916780db0
  163. Interesting one day maybe the squirrels will wise up dbf989ac4e6a
  164. True teaching has gotten a lot better but universities as a whole have gotten worse 990538cf7262
  165. Exactly what i say in the post is that having a clean house is important to me but ive had 32629dd8439c
  166. Yes i think some people did 898bd42d8376
  167. Thanks and no kidding about taxing the rich 5e2877f02e79
  168. Yikes this is similar to what ive read aa957a96e08f
  169. Its a much smarter path d9fec03f662
  170. Nail on head 8548b9d6cd51
  171. I completely agree 76b6c8266266
  172. Im glad people seem to be starting to see 749695886827
  173. True i guess thats why they call it a bubble 1673d5a26a14
  174. Yes absolutely 9ac3f6611ca2
  175. No i would never give up mine either 50c092a10f6
  176. Yeah the u s 71f423b2faba
  177. I wonder the same thing 4f98bbe9c2d8
  178. With you 100 percent 6a85eddcaf15
  179. I think it goes just a tad beyond weird boy stuff but like some other people have pointed out its bba13461cf14
  180. Thanks yes and my fingers are crossed that labor unions will see some renewed energy under this e3a3363c2cda
  181. Yep him and ann coulter sitting together stroking their cats 855161d828ce
  182. Im from rural america ebeaceaf2a3
  183. My entire family hails from the rural south and i went to school in areas that straddled rural and 418fbef09303
  184. Well now im going to have to go digging for the stuff that bill gates doesn t want us to know 93ba8f4d3c53
  185. True its something i m wrestling with ec8c4e4106f6
  186. Your comment just made me envision a rain of hellfire pouring down on all those nz mansions in a e58c34b7eb72
  187. Yeah its a pretty weak response their last move when they have to justify their worship of d7293f1cd092
  188. I like the sound of your 10 percent rule e55c10ce52a8
  189. I think were on the same page consume less waste less try to become more sustainable be36baef22ed
  190. Oh yes ive been sorta trying to push back on those types of articles lately 1e0d9c3d5ee6
  191. Thanks yes i have to admit it was fascinating to read about from a purely objective standpoint a5c31985d723
  192. Did you click on a single link in the article 32e1399f9649
  193. Thanks yeah i think having sufficiently explored personal growth and relationships it only 9a4737ef0e38
  194. It certainly does and one thing we dont seem to talk about is that sexists tend to practice 7b282221ee56
  195. So much for the healing power of laughter huh b611b74698fa
  196. True true da186cde12
  197. And then tell them to smile 7b9266a4f8e7
  198. Hah how appropriate 143f554b99f5
  199. Yep minding your own business is a lesson we should preach way more than we do e4485f85d5a5
  200. Yes its where i got the idea behind philanthropy theater da9188d505e
  201. No kidding theres dozens of pieces floating around that show just what the world s billionaires b2588755b16
  202. Not really 4f565c75f7e5
  203. Well if nothing else its going to be interesting to see how they stay relevant over the next b4eb54b1e516
  204. I have aspergers and he s not a hero to me i ve learned how to treat people like human beings a3545520050f
  205. I thought there must be something to all those articles i read 25e174d6108d
  206. If i cant stop elon musk by god i can write a mock elegy of him a62045a09397
  207. You shouldve unfollowed me years ago because my stance on musk has been consistent 9e6a475504c4
  208. If people have never worked a job like that they dont understand how much abuse minimum wage f614bb980d3f
  209. Oh come on f2ca4a60fff3
  210. Thanks its good to know that people appreciate a break from all the fake positivity e275b3825ec2
  211. Ive recently been reading about this and i think they re called genuinfluencers 89dfc21b89b9
  212. Go contact your abusive drug addict father whose love you crave im sure it ll turn out great b15c2af9d733
  213. Im a negative b word and i love my life for the most part c31007f423bb
  214. If a woman can make an enemy out of you with a blog post then you were never an ally in the 390fffed88e1
  215. Its true that s one reason i ve been coming down espedially hard on that myth lately 1529392cd6d3
  216. You lumped yourself in with the bad guys and you clearly didnt read the article a7370e65302e
  217. You read a list of behaviors and unlike many male readers you assumed i was talking about you 72fcf16b90e7
  218. Its a powerful force for sure 8134a792060
  219. If your money is locked up in stocks then its locked away 863bf5f87dfa
  220. For what its worth i ve never considered you sexist 94241e2621f5
  221. And when a celebrity man or woman says its time for me be quiet and listen what they really 15f4cb6e43d8
  222. Rich asshole how dare you buy cookies with the tax money that i didnt pay 967bc1d9342b
  223. Yes and thats one reason i keep writing these articles fb57a124c176
  224. Heres one reason i keep mentioning race https www federalreserve gov econres notes feds notes di 7b9f5c9bed23
  225. As someone whos right at the edge of gen x millennial i m 100 percent in agreement 34664ef1f1ec
  226. Exactly so while i think theres some use for stories about how people found unconventional ways 5301bb5842ee
  227. Thanks yeah i think a lot of things are coming to a head this year 4da506874f19
  228. Theres plenty of white males who don t feel threatened by my articles i wonder why you are af6201c36629
  229. Yes quite a few f37f7526fb82
  230. Im glad you re doing better ede7e7b7471d
  231. I guess you missed the whole part where the vaccine developers did trials with control groups and a2f569b6ffa
  232. Is harvard university good enough for you 781c28b7e427
  233. Yeah its really concerning 8593a1d03f37
  234. You can take care of yourself and get a vaccine 893610fc18af
  235. Heres why we can t have nice things but we could 94efa0075174
  236. Https www bbc com news uk england 55672901 9893f9ce81c
  237. Well said 16fd35a5983c
  238. Definitely adding this to my list 2d4a533e0268
  239. He gets stage time because he represents and reinforces the hatred and violence half the country 1106602c4d56
  240. Ill look at yemen c0c674d686b5
  241. Thats exactly what i intend to do vote meanwhile i can keep speaking up against the myths 84b8ca42fe07
  242. I know people whove lived through terrorist bombings 778f7509d8a9
  243. Yes taleb nails it i wish more people read him 802adca6da62
  244. Thats sad ac53857962b7
  245. Https bluewatercredit com americans now working hours country world 4d1cf7f37ba6
  246. Same here 8e2a4571a9e0
  247. The startling thing is that they dont even try that hard to hide what they re up to bc636ecd35f3
  248. The pandemic isnt over yet 51c3b647bbc8
  249. Good point aa1f0127e3dd
  250. Well crap 2241d845b46e
  251. Thats a pretty dark future 3bb3ec2bb62b
  252. Thats absolutely true 7b9a07749fac
  253. I love your comment abe22cb9a2c9
  254. The world would be a way better place if more people did that 43c7a65d43b9
  255. Yeah its a real mess both in k 12 and in higher education b4bd01e137d8
  256. Well the system isnt broken everywhere i guess 7907c8532ba7
  257. Thats good to know if i see a soda can in the rubble i ll know to avoid it 6b5f6f28180e
  258. I remember years ago hearing on the radio how my state was spending millions of dollars on a e8f6d8719f8d
  259. I love that advice we need more people on board with this view 1c6a791889b0
  260. I agree and its beyond time for us to just start being honest 9ee157887684
  261. Its really nice to hear some of us are on the same page 363163a4bb06
  262. Yes totaly agree 4265c40b3f8a
  263. Thanks and i love that term as well 9201db624d60
  264. Https www vox com policy and politics 21473579 millennials great recession burnout anne helen pete 34800c1322df
  265. I know its just nuts 7099af237119
  266. There are lots of sensible ways with returns around 8 10 percent 7847060232d
  267. Thanks and well thats kind of the point of the article that the world would be just fine 1a020ce3d1e0
  268. Am i an influencer a4c638ddba6b
  269. Sure why not bb7426e0d7ba
  270. If you disliked my article so much why didnt you just ignore it e26708885061
  271. Youd think so right ea76e5d189d
  272. No kidding theres a difference between being an influencer and being an influential person 1923e2f4b220
  273. Nobody will ever give a flying f ck what teachers think so heres some photos of women bathing f1aaa4335b95
  274. It certainly does 87aefd25df2d
  275. Good article c9adbef3a3fe
  276. Thanks a little transparency on their part would go a long way d05b7de935c6
  277. I hope you like it though i have to admit i thought id de listed those books from amazon 8f07dde113da
  278. Yeah i think its the final straw 1b50caabc987
  279. Im going to have to start seriously rereading him because it all seems to relevant to what we re 4967bc9d775c
  280. Every year seems to bring a new lesson on that front thanks for reading 346f2b869bc1
  281. Yeah these are hard times which is exactly why i keep writing 10c8598f01e3
  282. Indie bloggers deserve more respect than were getting 80daa40cab59
  283. Nope and i kinda figured it wouldnt 2952428c884c
  284. I think its more about what she represents and what she nurtures in the rest of us a constant 7aad73fe78ca
  285. Thats harsh but i hope you re in a better position now 6a75a413548d
  286. Thats true especially when we start moving into lego block territory d499edd46690
  287. You deserve something when you earn it 2b9c5629834c
  288. Speaking up and demanding change does a lot 1ed9db20efc
  289. Its a relief to keep hearing that many people are skeptical and it definitely looks like we re 5f2b222df512
  290. Theres definitely a lot of value to managing your emotions and trying to cultivate a sense of f58b261352eb
  291. Were tired of all the productivity advice it s not helping e8aa815fc431
  292. Cult is a great word to describe it because no amount of reasoning or evidence seems to shake them a39d4ddf6a7
  293. I think its important to be honest but also to enjoy what we ve got and fight to keep it b3fcb55435eb
  294. Maybe i should change that to we wont enjoy the same security nets our parents and grandparents c3f1e9d5ea22
  295. Yes i think we have to prepare to live in a diminished world while fighting for a better one e3f6c4deb9ae
  296. Sadly i only got to see the tail end of what sounds like a great era in history and youre 5ea04593a87c
  297. You should read nomadland by jessica bruder 8a7020f1221b
  298. Thats a good point 2acef4a5dc0
  299. There are plenty of wealthy boomers who hop on my timeline bragging about their bloated 401ks 3d4291c5f128
  300. I agree its just downright arrogant for someone to assume they ll never be completely broke or 5c745180808c
  301. Everyone likes to brag about their 401k and slow long term investments or their stock picks until 3cfe97f571db
  302. I guess instead of spending the last 15 years of my life in education working with at risk d0af9cedf4ab
  303. Some people have noticed and i think more people are finally started to fab570f8a4bc
  304. Ive got brian alexander on my list now 2e5799ebc36d
  305. Well that pretty much sums up my ongoing internal monologue lately 4ad12f12f29a
  306. Its remarkable how men like this use women to plaster over their enormous defecits as human beings d72c69284d29
  307. Agreed well i did think bill gates might turn out to be the one exception b5fa4ece343f
  308. I think it must be a little bit of both d166dbd983c
  309. The cdc has really screwed this up partly thanks to political meddling c4cdc2b4854e
  310. I used to think empathy involved feeling someone elses emotions but the cognitive approach is a e0f3f0ea0d9c
  311. Theres zero excuses for what he s done to this planet and to society 732a7096946f
  312. I didnt say empathy had to be emotional c54503671bbe
  313. Ugh we all wear seatbelts but that doesnt mean we should all go all out fast and furious on the 2ffc6b4f8103
  314. The part where this woman talks about intentionally creating echo chambers around representatives af7f8a433bb3
  315. A lot of people still dont get it empathy was and still is an evolutionary advantage de0643aec392
  316. I tend to think the same way 94bc466b93a5
  317. Exactly under 40k cases a day only sounds good now because we broke through all the worst 7de9d050a5e8
  318. Yep sadly this is the conversation were having with friends and relatives 6adda79b3e95
  319. No kidding 1367f104127d
  320. Same here vaccinated masked up distanced waiting to see what happens next bee0ad44fcb9
  321. The good news is that i still see most people wearing masks so its looking like a lot of us don t 7bd46642a266
  322. Alas i think youre right c4f234caa57d
  323. Same here b1e65bab5a7e
  324. We have a lot of common interests where these things are concerned 74b0e5345722
  325. The silver lining is that im starting to see a lot more resistance and pushback to these kinds of 2f06989305b6
  326. Yes keep driving down the cost of labor and pissing off 90 percent of the world with your cbedc925eec6
  327. You sound just like goldman sachs who are now on a pr tear releasing commercials about how we d4b85e99e31d
  328. Same here c0dd487c42a1
  329. I actually do get some messages from people who say its making them think about the world in a e1d4bb708243
  330. Yes and im so tired of hearing the bootstraps argument like we should all just quit the jobs c5a9c4e92fe
  331. Thank i think theres something to be said for countering the constant barrage of tucker 695a4ae7faee
  332. Yes if we even stand a chance weve got to start holding people accountable again 9cadc1bd9dfc
  333. And to think those of us who can work our asses off realize were the lucky ones aba6907c9239
  334. Thats exactly how we should see it to understand the lengths that one person has to go to just to 4749505b8552
  335. For a while i thought universities were starting to correct course on administrative bloat but 87010971922e
  336. It just floored me to finally watch clips of tucker carlson and see what that man gets away with on 21b27c894771
  337. And to think a decade or two ago we thought we were living in a post history society e960d1b0b240
  338. Thanks thats the plan 8d5071f145e7
  339. Yep and its not that hard 727848c202ae
  340. I think certain people who gravitate to these positions just get hooked on raking in more money 3e17d6a60fe6
  341. And as universities go increasingly corporate thats the stance i ve adopted ef439bf5a5bf
  342. My core problem with the stock market is that its constantly presented as the only and or best e633ed3360ed
  343. I hope so too and that its not quite too late we re definitely running out of time d72ea0cc1765
  344. Were tired of celebrities apologizing for their terrible behavior and being rewarded for it 3ba27d747a41
  345. I started to get tired of reading and writing self help for the same reasons 958fe2431926
  346. Jeff bezos is the poster child for moral bankrupsy and proof of what happens when we celebrate 80ca3a355916
  347. Yes and we also have to start paying teachers better if nothing else so we can be more selective a8363798e0c9
  348. Does your comment do anything different from what youve accused me of doing bc0547d68903
  349. Like trump said i love the poorly educated 598ba37044ae
  350. Yeah im starting to doubt that showing respect for ignorance and intolerance is doing us any dd5c8de136fe
  351. Point taken 240857c57fe1
  352. It seems like one of the big consequences of our toxic individualism and selfishness is to expect d4df58862f9f
  353. Thanks ill check it out 53721e38d95c
  354. Gotcha e7b5939403ef
  355. Yeah i smell a meme coming with her photoshopped into various photos reacting to ridiculous 84ffd1245a30
  356. True though its disappointing that so many people seem to be choosing a story to explain their 5ae9f4221e06
  357. Explain to me how the republican party of late has used the scientific method or fact based dba6309a155c
  358. Indeed i honestly dont care what we call it as long as it works 7f05fc45ac6b
  359. The democracy is a work in progress has been used to excuse the status quo for decades now 87597aade5b6
  360. Hell yeah 25aadd49edd
  361. Thanks i obviously cant fix all the problems with a blog but to put thoughts out there and 132f382af2ec
  362. I like this idea a lot its probably the most logical thing i ve heard in years d606ba45d1fc
  363. If you worked a job where your boss wouldnt give you a day off to vote and then you had to stand b3598ed0f21b
  364. Wow thats perfect 7f3d5fa0d03
  365. Ancient greeks practiced a form of culture superiority that laid the foundation for modern racism fa45f9d6861d
  366. I think it depends on what we consider lots of money and how we get there aee4849325ce
  367. Its also nice to see that so many people agree on the problems at work in this weird weird 4efe9516e31e
  368. Yeah im so tired of the i m just an average guy who went to princeton routine b5e546a684
  369. Theres a few good points in the book that i think could ve been turned into the bedrock of a more ee0001a0d22d
  370. Yeah thats made me pretty angry 605f67e302ce
  371. Smug white guys guide to capitalism 4af9fcd68661
  372. Absolutely 998be6b06a46
  373. Yeah i read an article the other day that bragged about the ability to replace teachers with ae64354c033c
  374. Goop for people with more money than they know how to spend 6189ce410eee
  375. Its time to ditch the abundance mindset it paves the way to inequality e00d3300af20
  376. Indeed and worthy of exposure 36b5e01629a7
  377. The mansion story was been contested possibly debunked by ferriss himself 28917fb14dc
  378. In all fairness the waterfront mansion story was debunked so i updated the intro 8a7dbefdfdfe
  379. Exactly a lot of people dont even know how much time you lose if you don t have a washer and b312b45dc31d
  380. Ive found that nurses zookeepers librarians teachers and service workers tend to listen to 7ec53286b8f1
  381. Yes its so easy to outsource personal responsibility and pretend like it doesn t matter if i act 2873804f05a6
  382. Theres a small chance we can avoid that but you re right 3c3651c84e32
  383. He seems to be doing better still no smell or taste 8c8bfa8117f4
  384. Same here 2d3e0518e233
  385. It seemed really strange to me as well e891dbd52e50
  386. That sounds like a good move e0aa70af41ec
  387. Yes and nurses have even harder jobs than teachers 68de263092f3
  388. No we cant just leave assholes alone anymore 79d37816a3da
  389. The weird part is that joe rogan used to come off as a pretty reasonable guy who seemed concerned f1b67f672a50
  390. We all get things wrong but theres no excuse for routinely spreading misinformation with ulterior d3698ccacc2a
  391. That seems to be the problem we keep running into b198bc8de2a4
  392. And of course the fans of whatever celebrity love to point out that were just jealous right 491866daf308
  393. Blaming crazy bitches for driving a man so crazy he becomes transgender thats a pretty awful 989fb9811ed0
  394. You dont have to stop listening to joe rogan eaf3665558e6
  395. Yep hitting the ignore button is basically dudeism which is the whole problem 8549add70b3d
  396. Yep nobody thinks about toilets in the long term plumbing relies on power and or water towers a40607cd4b0
  397. Ive come to the conclusion that there s a lot of problems 7c14e0f9bb3d
  398. Oh okay we should just ignore someone who undermines public health and spreads hateful myths 81db33faddef
  399. Dudes like joe rogan celebrate male mediocrity better than anyone 147aca2084a4
  400. It really is a sad situation 82fdd7ca79e5
  401. Exactly if they wanted a true preview of apocalypse then they could just imagine the entire world 97010c6bdd02
  402. Yep thats basically it 76d0501e86e
  403. Yeah the more you dig into the bunker people and doomsday preppers the more you realize how e722bd316a38
  404. No kidding being prepared for a disaster good being prepared for an apocalypse not worth it 73b31621363f
  405. Agreed simple is better f5ebf573acde
  406. Keep doing everything i talk about in the article youre making my point for me 1b40171afb87
  407. Wow youre off to a great start being a tolerant open minded person who considers differences of ae54362963da
  408. Maybe you didnt read the part where i point out that your actions have consequences for other 499aa31e452
  409. Yeah even some of my own relatives think theyre reall gritty 9f1d142d0ac3
  410. Shutting down tucker carlson and expelling marjorie taylor greene etc would be a great start 2a3b603391c1
  411. Wow im just reading about china 5dcdae8bc3c5
  412. We cant afford for everyone to have their own opinion anymore 1ef575b22540
  413. It sounds grim but im actually very glad to hear i m not the only person thinking about these 999a0cd9af8e
  414. Of course they stayed in shape lol f8ed21cbbb54
  415. This nails it 85e2342580d2
  416. Most of us just want half a chance 131eb1c212af
  417. No kidding cd0aa5c30b99
  418. Exactly theres nothing wrong with making a lot of money just the entitled attitude that 24f0939e8d4b
  419. Youre right and we have to resist the tendency of people to dismiss that necessary work as d775ae50e15e
  420. Wow this makes a lot of sense 9315b2affb47
  421. Youre right and i think the more we press on the wealthy the more we start to see their true face b1e74beaf7bc
  422. The constructive solution is to pay people fairly and this argument is made over and over again 34dcf063d83
  423. Thats well put and i definitely agree there s a lot of people out there who over identify with fe63bcb8a46e
  424. Yeah i cant believe we find ourselves longing for the day when mitt romney might ve been 33e35ca2bd74
  425. Yeah the only truly difficult or complicated thing seems to be getting everyone to realize just b041e389b3bb
  426. There are a lot of people whod like to move outside the u s d0d7fc22faaa
  427. It would be nice if we could wise up and stop sabotaging ourselves bcdc786c6bc7
  428. Yeah same here its a heavy read isn t it a006e0b7e849
  429. Its a daily struggle for sure f5433137c7c1
  430. Well if you look at the comment from the boomer on this post there are plenty of high paying jobs afa6f803bfd6
  431. Yeah ive been seeing more of that narrative too that it s good to keep working because caaece7aaf07
  432. Well i hope so 545ace824047
  433. Its ironic that republicans keep talking about protecting small businesses when they re exactly d2fa8f94f469
  434. George carlin was way ahead of his time i should re watch his standup at some point fe992bc78b5
  435. Ive got bad news 53004d2ab497
  436. Yep i love my kid but good god has it made life more complicated a803bcc91f26
  437. Heres why you re broke according to wealthy americans who skim my articles e44c05673d0d
  438. Well i think a lot of us are on the same page and we really just want to know were not alone in 95208de6d649
  439. Say goodbye to the american dream 2ac178fa8428
  440. Ive actually been receiving more emails and messages that some of this is starting to break be21185822f1
  441. True i sense another article coming about how hollywood basically took the end of the world and 38f0edc03690
  442. The pessimistic side of me sees the same kind of hopeless behavior 43252360596d
  443. Yeah sustainable agriculture is a big part of the solution 806aaa1cf6d1
  444. I literally sat down with the intent to scare the hell out of people because thats been b748bcf6ca2e
  445. Oh just flip back and forth between tucker carlson and wolf blitzer 42705a3fd77a
  446. It really is nuts 549db6a7320c
  447. Yep it really is a thing 4319cb6c1c6f
  448. Absolutely dbd066d7df5d
  449. Its definitely going to be a tough couple of years 731ead976a2d
  450. True you dont have to go very far right to meet the crazies whereas you have to go pretty far 21a9a64e9ccf
  451. Ranked choice voting would work f35be801cdcb
  452. Exactly its the politics of a failed state not a democracy b698bc0b5f71
  453. True 25708c9f1234
  454. Our politicians are losing their minds d9e554da2949
  455. Just read the scott piece thats exactly what we need more of thanks c3fe25f13ad7
  456. This article finally explains what i never understood about incels 7fc83e1ccfb4
  457. Nah theres always overlap 68b7011b688
  458. The war on brains d7895694d9b9
  459. I wish george carlin would come back and run for president 4ec7c5f9a6fc
  460. Yeah jan 6 was a violent celebration of willfull stupidity and hate several decades in the making 1f002d717e3e
  461. And of course the new trend is to pretend youre a genius who reads a lot when you re really a f2f6c73aa51
  462. Ive certainly got my pessimistic thoughts but until stupid kills me i guess i have to keep b84f37275820
  463. Yes i do literature film art nonfiction music science 1c655cf78d54
  464. Yeah that makes a sad kind of sense f2b05fc869bd
  465. Billionaires dont belong in space 4deaeaea3c3f
  466. Or at least the half that wont get vaccinated or wear a mask 51b5d9b70b5c
  467. If you respected my writing then you wouldnt accuse me of hatred venom while jeff bezos plans to 689d27515f71
  468. I like mckenzie scotts approach 64788446c985
  469. Yeah drought and heat waves are killing hundreds of people and upending our ecosystems 380abcd2a1e9
  470. One billionaires private jet alone wipes out the individual efforts of a thousand climate 92ff1d711ab7
  471. Space x blue origin and virgin galactic all get billions of dollars in grants from agencies dca1517ad559
  472. Yep and ill be surprised if we get anything passed by the end of the year 752b598de8e1
  473. Nothing feels right about this 5d0dd55dd205
  474. Yes and yes especially about the collapse of the healthcare system 220ae25f9097
  475. This is turning out to be even worse than last summer e1f621ecca31
  476. Thats exactly what i m thinking and it s an ironic relief to hear someone else say it out aloud 7a948fd6d7b4
  477. Its sad how the early impulse to transform society has eroded all because dirtbag bosses want to 10ba9e8922fd
  478. Tucker carlson is literally on tv every day spreading fake science and misinformation telling 6b9a98d12fa
  479. I guess well see how the rest of this year plays out a6cf7d77de72
  480. Countless articles explain this i guess you dont know how to read d68269b8eab9
  481. Well yeah i agree with you thats where the ignorance comes in db795d346cee
  482. Thanks i also think reading the less than positive news helps 8c9e2b33e5ce
  483. Very well said its just as dangerous as pessimism maybe more so 2a1faef96994
  484. Yeah its trump central 78652ca806f1
  485. Its enough to make me want to quit teaching b58b5088d95d
  486. Armed and stupid its a problem for sure fc0feddbca78
  487. Its an exhausting thing to keep going through over and over again and you described it perfectly 2ef1e3d2dbcb
  488. Oh yes ive read it took us 200 years to stop looking for cities filled with gold bee3d51da413
  489. Maybe you should concentrate on the people spreading information that vaccines make you magnetic 6f5707b6caa1
  490. Yeah ive seen people shoot each other with roman candles for fun 571b1194bb3c
  491. Thats true it s righteous stupidity that makes it even worse 83ba8d612ea0
  492. Immature and stupid arent mutually exclusive c8ea0ea175dd
  493. Whether or not we live in a democracy depends on who you ask these days and whos doing well 65d2a122a90b
  494. Call them out from a safe position bc52d8b5a1cc
  495. Yeah though i suspect a couple of months from now this is going to blow up in everyones face 734e064964e2
  496. Go ahead open up lets see what happens dee2bb08ec8a
  497. Yeah i think this is a case of deciding which assholes to call out dc77df6f2df5
  498. Yeah same here 39188a48271a
  499. Heres what it s like to live in stupid america 9d19942a0e84
  500. Every little bit makes a difference practically and psychologically 524f48de2244
  501. You can help the ones in front of you 7562daeb9baa
  502. Youre right i think individual action is the foundation for demanding action 666438c9a540
  503. The data is overwhelming at this point 55bc341295a6
  504. Every piece of information ive found makes it clear that vegetables consume far less water than 45327cf16370
  505. Yeah its a major problem and not a hard one to fix except that our ideologies capitalism make a2ddb76043ab
  506. Well trying do people really upgrade their screens and phones every year 49ac3ecc515f
  507. Its also nice to know these articles are appreciated 1c74dcecce1d
  508. Here i am with the same screen ive been using for 10 years 5a9fb6144f5a
  509. 100 percent in agreement 235d55699670
  510. I dont mind umair so much 51b10204fb9f
  511. It has become so abundantly clear that you never actually read my articles 5636e59ff8f3
  512. Yeah lots of assholes in very powerful positions obviously power attracts them 2983c4e96dd5
  513. Everything ive read observed and experienced firsthand as a teacher has shown that our education 5fc5e5564bad
  514. Yes weve suffered way too many fools for far too long now a17fb0cd1c1c
  515. I just hope we didnt wait too late to start the process of calling out assholes 3853e2cde23a
  516. Yeah invaders is a great word to use in their case dbd3c222451b
  517. On a personal level i think youre right it gets harder each level you scale up 4d29896ba8e9
  518. Thats good but we need to make sure we keep recruiting non assholes be194deea18
  519. The hatred and greed spewed here speaks for itself f94a4694e088
  520. I did its about time and a little late 1b963c0776a
  521. True i think so much good advice about emotional intelligence and growth mindset via writers like 6e46a0dff2dd
  522. Yep its definitely political 4443c84181be
  523. You didnt read the essay she s not helpless maybe you want her to be acba5c488377
  524. Yep downright ubiquitous ac234285037
  525. Yeah and im also starting to see the centrists who keep exhorting us to show understanding to 94df73c22223
  526. Definitely f7a93b572767
  527. Ah thats a great term de47da62caa3
  528. Same here 9e25794da55
  529. The silver lining is that you dont have to worry quite so much about surfaces now 466e0cb7e4d3
  530. Ive noticed many of the people who complain about advocacy and social criticism don t listen when af48b2fb5eb8
  531. Exactly watching mtg burst out laughing when confronted with covid facts was somehow revealing 3cf4f6acd8cd
  532. Indeed this last year has been such an eye opener for some of us 972b40cdbb27
  533. I appreciate that dbb636d5b16c
  534. Shes also one of my favorite writers some of her stuff you just want to read over and over ffc86e709163
  535. Yeah after a certain point you just have to speak up and give your counter truth 7d4c51144b80
  536. A lot of men do nothing 6004698631e4
  537. Oh i dont know bf62a7ec454e
  538. Im wondering if you ve ever actually listened to malcolm x or greta thunberg or cori bush 510ea7d4f90e
  539. Yep thats a nice compliment i always shoot for relevance 8d9a86748893
  540. Good to know being appreciated is what keeps writers at their keyboards fd6bb8c6e521
  541. And thanks for reading edf4c4ac5929
  542. Thanks its a strange position to be in 4df40850a0b4
  543. Yeah its tough to let go of people in so much pain but sometimes you have to 15620a201440
  544. Thanks the goal is to write something that resonates without sounding whiny or condescending da9458ae72ac
  545. That sounds like a great way to spend your final days ee07957377a7
  546. Our moms definitely had overlapping issues and youre right i wouldn t wish them on anyone ff611736ed74
  547. I agree we need a different system 56f3c6b52ab4
  548. I agree its even worse when you consider that out of those 100 an unknown number of them maybe bbac4a88920f
  549. Mental illness isnt selfish and you don t cure it with life hacks d0955259e233
  550. It was a revealing piece thats for sure c6984335565
  551. I appreciate that d8c8c41ba470
  552. I think the sad but simple reason is that our lawmakers and police dont want to deal with the 46afc7ff452a
  553. Hes referring to the article i wrote about not my blog post 490401d1f409
  554. Thank you a6e5bacd6780
  555. From yale law 9a53e7bbb87e
  556. Maybe focus on the headline and the main point it doesnt matter f55b54e40b6c
  557. As for your other claims ea232a117dc
  558. I think thats enough 164842ad3d34
  559. I think thats pretty on point e9f9989828eb
  560. A summary of things anti vaxxers have told me this week d04e535c4519
  561. There was definitely a lot of marketing 818afc1bd51e
  562. Theres a plague indefinite noun and then there s the plague definite noun 4b7e1cb0c211
  563. Its an interesting way to flip the entitlement argument back on people 8a601e56e623
  564. Youre right it s mostly one sided 12168076966a
  565. Im glad you eventually recovered f314f1db9ee8
  566. Well youre right 8da7d149c4e9
  567. Fact 1 vaccinated people now spread the latest variant 7b38a0af55f2
  568. Yeah throwing a big ass party sort of undermines the notion that we should be taking delta 1e4356aa4e4b
  569. Thanks thats good to hear 129c922242b2
  570. Its been a tough month of realizations in terms of how long we re going to be stuck with this and 5f20581f4969
  571. Youre talking about the law of declining virulence and it s been debunked ce7edb4ed991
  572. Someone else on here told me their sister now believes that the vaccines are made from dead babies 7e393f0d51bb
  573. The pandemic will end the only way it can the hard way 9770f003da9
  574. Yep and i wish some of these joe rogan types would listen to stories like yours 904ba6fb2332
  575. True ill read the piece and update the info d71afb5b915d
  576. Stating facts in a blunt manner doesnt cast hate it probably bruises your ego a little though d56f777edda2
  577. True the chance was uneven in terms of vaccines c753f267d1c3
  578. Yeah i hadnt heard this one yet 26740a823d1b
  579. It really does suck millions of doses in the u s are going to complete waste 4cbbe6e21cf4
  580. I was in the trenches for a long time and it burned me out 86c22f8379ab
  581. It was awesome to watch 257350fa5a97
  582. Theres little hope of persuading the worst of them but sometimes i just can t let it slide when d0ed0c6d91d3
  583. This is a sad feature of red states 23a032dd1bc1
  584. Look im glad you got vaccinated but this is nowhere near chicken pox 11a0dcdd87fc
  585. I can sort of see where people are coming from who did take this seriously for 18 months now and 9bffdcbb65da
  586. No kidding e41f9c1a6d9c
  587. Yes its tragic 67d6b03e79b8
  588. It still breaks my mind that joel osteen has a garage full of sports cars and his following 63d7fcef8d7d
  589. Why youre a brainwashed little sheep according to anti vaxxers and covidiots 3bce8786f6b4
  590. Sure you can share the link 35871a3b6817
  591. I think thats a good assessment and we re sort of talking about the best case scenario where a 6d6981e76dd
  592. I think youre one of the types of people i write for 5f9f2df0e6bf
  593. I think a lot of us are feeling the same way 8138429a4640
  594. Its true i think we ll try to resume something like our normal lives eventually but a lot of us c7b557e547a7
  595. Yep same here ce2ba6d51abe
  596. Its sad and hard to believe 1bbf7c06d49
  597. I have to agree with charles barkley 42f74ecf4bc0
  598. Do you have their profile name eff3a9cbec11
  599. Thanks a wakeup call is definitely the intention here a3c8c20a61b5
  600. Almost every state is facing teacher shortages this year 647e1fe48bb9
  601. I remember a story at the start of the pandemic about a woman my age in good health who felt e94b9fb7cc7d
  602. And the weird thing is that it feels good to say that db0d239932b9
  603. Yeah its that bad b0ad06ba91d6
  604. Give it a shot b26ce76f13dc
  605. Im down with this 9757f4bcfed7
  606. How to keep dead cats in your freezer 24afabc2ffdb
  607. Yeah it never ceases to amaze how conspiracy theorists all seem to think theyre jason bourne 7ba923f9b896
  608. Yep meanwhile heres a very real article with a quote from an actual doctor at a children s 498b8ceaf813
  609. Youre probably right and i ve written on that topic but thought i d at least try to put together 3291674b7dc0
  610. If you dont want the vaccines currently available then you should continue masking and social cc31301edb4
  611. Thats a smart chilling perspective 646af945c1ed
  612. I still think people should be shamed for selfishly endangering lives 52ce0fad2e95
  613. Also i wonder how someone does hundreds of hours of research without a lab a research team 7b5aa47717b6
  614. Let me know when you publish in the new england journal of medicine or jama dde373ccefc7
  615. True in some ways they do profit indirectly from anti vaxxers and anti maskers because it bfce157bab8a
  616. Yeah we really should never have stopped masking back in may 3c3780332f8b
  617. The cdc could be better at messaging thats for sure e5187b13914b
  618. I cant understand it either but i ve come across some articles on here that explore how it 48c8098a4fbb
  619. Oh this part almost made me burst out laughing a0a175aefcca
  620. Doesnt germany outlaw hate speech and holocaust denial bc4c55802864
  621. Youre absolutely right we stopped at one that s more than enough to handle fdffa1d5c6e7
  622. Hey i agree 3f36a602e8df
  623. Im doing my best steering clear of them is a full time job b27a4ad2a822
  624. Youre right and that s sad 86177d34db43
  625. Youre right ff3be1bf3a5d
  626. A final plea to vaccine refusers 28ec4d6db264
  627. Thanks for catching that 2a0412009a13
  628. Weve tired of being the reasonable ones e0bc3d66f50d
  629. It works except in some cases the institution steps in and makes the process harder c74bd82a4bed
  630. You missed the point of the article and did exactly what the media does you blame the teachers f65bc4a229df
  631. My experience at universities definitely conflicts with the narrative you see in popular books and d1b40820ebd5
  632. Imagine if these people devoted as much energy to education as they do policing d8990e3f21bc
  633. Its really sad how these issues are causing rifts in families but these are views we can t just c0216e9d990c
  634. Yep if youre a teacher spotting logical fallacies comes easy doesn t it e3e939c48f36
  635. No kidding all they do is echo talking points from their favorite shock jock 80f6caed7c89
  636. Both sides are not at fault 6cbae96d856a
  637. Thats my plan it s good to hear that from people who appreciate my work 50e612d210a5
  638. Thats true i agree the constant chronic anger we re feeling is exhausting us and leading to some 1f9036e5b1bf
  639. Heres why we can t have nice conversations anymore ba47b65b48c1
  640. Yes its a truly deadly combination 962091f00776
  641. Weve been accused of moral outrage and virtue signaling so much it helped when i stumbled 5f4745e4ee5b
  642. Yeah i think its a different scenario here in the south because we re seeing such a huge spike in cbcc998df06a
  643. All true though i think the empathetic anger covers the moral outrage because in this case their 214914e966ee
  644. For billionaires life is so unfair e2b6d3c3f0a8
  645. Yep complete with our own homegrown version of the taliban d9a5fd2c8ee5
  646. No kidding 1c7728076f41
  647. Indeed ive certainly noticed how one group will get very upset and vocal about perceived harm c96e78ff5369
  648. Its not moral outrage what you re feeling is empathetic anger 9507f20cd8bf
  649. Its definitely getting hard to draw the line 59a49f461944
  650. If anyone is looking for an example of moral outrage heres a good one a54a355e7347
  651. Its going to be a hard hard reckoning 6f97e4038d5e
  652. Thanks and i think anything we do now will at least help conserve what weve got left and help us 3fb34f5314e3
  653. Youre allowed to be angry 9a512834bb94
  654. True and i think reducing our consumption and going local is part of how we adapt to life on a 4debb5886ee5
  655. Exactly i dont relish what s happening 3804483ebfe
  656. Yeah realistic assessments of our future are pretty bleak 38798ef22a4c
  657. The pandemic is not over aad2c72f247c
  658. She and everyone like her are utter sociopaths and theyre nurturing it in their own constituents 1db6e0145f1d
  659. This year has completely reconfigured my views on humanity 7c1d44cbf4e0
  660. Yep of course the latest news on the vaccines suggests we still wouldve had high transmission 5f37721518a0
  661. Ive just seen demonstrations etc 44f85cebe990
  662. Yeah we screwed up pretty bad 812ee9f17f8b
  663. Wow thats just about the worst i could imagine a government that encourages people with covid 92d6b6efced8
  664. No its amazing how many people want to pretend this is over or different when here in the 176e5e1f45df
  665. I guess when you feel like youre gonna die then you ll do anything to stop it f8f046ca58a3
  666. I wrote an entire piece about weinstein and bossche e0070fd6494f
  667. Theres something to be said for articulating how other people feel and letting them know they re e02df504d6a5
  668. Well depending on where you live it might not be a bad idea fadb815a2b63
  669. Well probably never be post covid 44fa0bc7326b
  670. Id say what we call optimism is subjective dedf9b7ea10a
  671. Yep and i think ive finally said everything i need to about all this at least for now 37d9c0a96ca2
  672. Yep at this point i guess im just writing the covid chroncicles this week trying to articulate 7e36278b048e
  673. Welcome to covid pandemonium 43355295c7ff
  674. Weve reached the final phase of the pandemic self preservation a2f4eca394b5
  675. Thats very true 6841fcffa150
  676. It does add up cd6ecb3a4924
  677. Johns work and mine are very much on the same frequency when it comes to the platform and other 439f1d867ec2
  678. Yes everything snapped into focus for me today 27371d1b4b3
  679. Were tired of being the only hope or the last whatever 52c0192ce20e
  680. Thats highly disturbing behavior 5aa3e01e3f2
  681. A lot of people would be happy if they could just meet their basic needs e5caf08cad56
  682. On the one hand yes 557e9149ca83
  683. I remember when i found out that turbotax lobbies the government to keep the tax system complicated 2dcc6a0e71a1
  684. Theres at least four definitions of this word d3e6547f68b1
  685. Its not your job to be happy d3a9e2e55bfa
  686. Im starting to think about this in terms of education too 351a0d226f38
  687. Yes way too much 6b0ce5b80aa3
  688. No but im definitely adding that to my list c7e4752ce0e3
  689. Yes stay home 61106d1bc7da
  690. 100 percent agreed d3fc6543f1c8
  691. Theres definitely been a backlash against the weaponized self care and mindfulness that s being 95dce34824f4
  692. Imagine finding some kind of middle ground between toxic perfectionism and slackerdom d2572dd2992e
  693. All this work were doing seems to be making everything worse 845140c34d95
  694. Yes theres a lot of power in quitting giving up and staying home 31bc63cfe46a
  695. At the start of the pandemic i had to wipe down my entire kitchen before i go to bed e37c715c4cd9
  696. Its a nice way to live 96f7e7dad5d6
  697. Yep less flair much less 8f02cd45e346
  698. Youre not lazy you re exhausted db64e51bb062
  699. People ask me why i dont quit the job i ve got 26f3f24cbb32
  700. If we keep going in this direction it wont matter how hard we work 6e6da78556eb
  701. They definitely did a1f0a94073d2
  702. Yeah a wild one indeed 19dad7d33d20
  703. I really wish things had gone differently 15ae1c0e6c06
  704. The real way to find out how smart someone is a621389e540c
  705. I love bourbon but theres definitely an element of diminishing return 4c5f426b8078
  706. Thats exactly the reasoning fab3ab0b36cc
  707. Yep thats the kind of guy who brags about where they went to school e19e15764269
  708. In the most practical sense i go into the classroom now knowing that im going to help the ones d47776c558fc
  709. Yep fake libs are the worst 636447dec081
  710. I remember the time someone used the word polyvalent in a conversation and then define it for me 525e9ac4f82d
  711. Our leaders have completely failed us again 13b68ea897c8
  712. Im a teacher i m about to quit f7afd11109dd
  713. These are the kinds of things that frustrate the hell out of me d3360625ab05
  714. Thanks i this is exactly what i wanted to convey 8a59690c8b0b
  715. Yeah couldnt vote 775bf03a6051
  716. Nailed it 7b1b137cbb11
  717. True and i think a lot of writers and philosophers out of the era talk more about how to keep a 5e11cf151a4f
  718. Show me one passage where i say we should ignore stoicism completely fc3ae203e150
  719. Thats a good point c9033456fd7c
  720. Sometimes the obstacle isnt the way and your ego isn t the enemy e8d0bc599691
  721. Bertrand russell once wrote that people dont want knowledge they want certainty eac910a84619
  722. Rule no 1 of being an influencer dont complain openly about how nobody is being influenced by db0093d546a4
  723. Nobody gives you anything for being a decent human being 9d52ad8a6f6c
  724. I definitely appreciate your writing 80a93fa3cd84
  725. Im not sure either bed3dcd3b39
  726. Yeah i figured there would be some slow uptake and resistance acba96bfc65d
  727. It took a minute to come up with the right phrases but yeah this is it bd535984f3fe
  728. Ive see that study but i ve also seen a study that vaccine immunity produces more dynamic 17a3a0d0110f
  729. Yeah or since joe rogan took ivermectin plus every other possible treatment for covid that must 3a03413c79cf
  730. Ive been very glad to see nurses and doctors on social media explaining what it s like 15c86dd98d86
  731. Never give up is actually terrible advice 991fca41ea2c
  732. Indeed its the willful refusal to acknowledge the impact their decisions have that puts it over 8e6bba35e089
  733. I hope so and i just wish the darwin rejects werent dragging so many others down with them e56e91a57f9c
  734. Ive had people respond to evidence with where s your evidence d4f31fb369c9
  735. Ive read that hospitals are moving this way and i agree 30af1c0c0116
  736. No kidding 62ccd41c2ea3
  737. You can only ask for what youre willing to give a234c4f1f2ac
  738. Yes but thats a technicality used to excuse abortion laws like this one 8be45863ca6
  739. R i p hustle culture 112f4d8d0f49
  740. People like you never finish the article 241414533f81
  741. Oh that sounds nice 479b9f40527d
  742. Yeah reading that one now 5584a6834264
  743. Hey dont worry i try to respond but i don t always see in time c89d494dd191
  744. Exactly the education system wants marytyrs 62a9669e4965
  745. This comment hits hard 602a9e29f2fe
  746. Same here 8aa987b29cbf
  747. Hahaha yep i get the occasional note of appreciation at least theres that df1c5cebd324
  748. Yes were definitely planning for some kind of alternative to public school 6d2842c09535
  749. Because if we dont nobody will advocate for us we ll just get fired 154caf5794f
  750. Yeah same here 8238bd6b5adf
  751. As if its so much more comfortable to walk around with a mask dangling from your ear lol 6a701412b696
  752. Yep and i love how anti maskers are like see 33bb5fec5afa
  753. If you only count the people who are properly wearing their masks i wonder what percentage of ac2b62af9a6
  754. Not with you aaf4ebe0b420
  755. We have gratitude all wrong and its making us a bunch of pricks 976dc1a708ad
  756. Thanks yes bullseye b5a5fe726a89
  757. Good decision f5646db9108d
  758. And just think we long for the days of stupid tiktok challenges 6f2d448e34f
  759. Lets talk about everyone who still kinda wears a mask 1477d732175c
  760. At least im online the teachers having to work f2f they ve got it super rough right now 3d23055283fb
  761. I looked up to most of my teachers in high school and college fb402a3a1956
  762. True i think its important to remember the positive moments 372c31ed738d
  763. Yes its definitely on purpose at the level of politics 5151a5c18fac
  764. Oh yes im working on it 69abd7164360
  765. I bet he does 33d8d25a0cdd
  766. From what i read europe and other countries generally do a much better job training teachers 18fc980769d0
  767. Hah yeah i seriously doubt my kid will go into teaching bafd54c228e1
  768. I agree debates are getting animating now because more of us are no longer willing to let idiots 9bd0508f1a11
  769. And they wonder why teachers say they arent paid enough it s one of the hardest jobs around 69118cc1665c
  770. Yes and unfortunately were seeing a spike in that kind of thinking 43e6f79f4542
  771. Lives matter more than opinions e93bc4b27ed8
  772. I agree regarding afghanistan 4d2148228e42
  773. True but theyre also killing lots of other people in the process 6074795bf904
  774. You and i are both sick of our states c768f8a6c6c8
  775. The constant refrain your risk is minimal 985d58d81ab0
  776. Classic behavior and yet theyll be the first to whine if anyone ever holds them accountable bc63a1c1a945
  777. Im afraid of americans 18ced009fe29
  778. The worst kind bullies play victim the second we stand up to them d0f16278a064
  779. Oh yes every word here is what i wrestle with daily 59044dc80911
  780. It takes a village parents know theyre not getting one 8b99b6cca25d
  781. Yeah its going to be a bumpy ride and nothing like the movies they ve been watching or the 2780889a1ae9
  782. Thanks ive started seeing more articles about shortages c409a01ff0fa
  783. Yeah i remember that guy his brother or cousin or someone made him famous on twitter lol 1acdf92fecfe
  784. True ill update my spellchecker 420cedc95cc9
  785. This is good info 191851758560
  786. Yeah i suspect they expect the 30 and 40 somethings to have figured out a part of their life cc5670694ead
  787. True though well have to anticipate the karens and kens having absolute meltdowns and 33c31265cdcd
  788. Thats a good plan 48e41fe8e6dc
  789. Ive been convinced of this for a while d7fdda7d8e71
  790. Yes i think this year is going to be a preview of permanent supply issues 2b3c2f8f5a30
  791. Its looking like accidental reductions in consumption and shortages are the only way we re going 9fb73df1afa9
  792. 5 ways to radically transform your life starting now 66d598a4c4f3
  793. Yeah thats the exact show i was referencing too a03acc4e9246
  794. Yes my kid spent the last two hours demanding sugar cookies in varying levels of tantrum 9f98b6991e1d
  795. The real conspiracies are staring us all right in the face b551c7bc95e2
  796. Youre not kidding about that half a million dollars dd8a9883d3ee
  797. I really wish we could adopt a healthier attitude like that 796b7226572f
  798. Ive got friends and relatives in this situation 84496655e5e5
  799. Yeah i think so too b8b8ddb38b06
  800. Yes and all of them have so much money they can send their kids to private schools pay for 9ddf14685dcc
  801. Its a tough life and people really should be more aware of the issues you face cb03bc32a1c5
  802. Sometimes we even think i could do this if people would just shut up and stop making life ccd3936d9a2
  803. Yes a part of your mind is always thinking about your kids even when theyre not around f74e3f1ec635
  804. True the way things are headed i guess i would be surprised if theres anyone left who can do the 3df41220618f
  805. Whats happening in alaska and other places is almost unreal 7f634fcb4986
  806. Yes indeed 2c107e357c0d
  807. Its got real kick for a philosophical essay written in the 1940s 42f78babff53
  808. Im not an expert in housing but i ve been reading a lot about how airbnb and investing firms are fa8d8037a8f5
  809. Same here 331346f1a17
  810. Glad it helped 8b143032e22e
  811. Ill have to add that to my list a967d8be4ba3
  812. I think it cuts right through a lot of b s 192a5c5a21e7
  813. I did the same thing with a leadership position wound up being a pretty good decision d41e93f0e4e9
  814. Living is the hardest thing youll ever do an anti motivational speech 25d472108004
  815. And when someone gets all tweaked out about productivity he reminds them look it doesnt matter e31b22cc89d6
  816. Heres how they re going to make america great again f4dd9ea26cb9
  817. Get all the good eggs out first 9109db71716c
  818. Indeed were told to walk on eggshells around them while they stomp around screaming about their bf13093e4243
  819. Stop coddling covidiots its making everything worse 9356930faa32
  820. Yeah maybe i need to go back and read up on the dark ages 9a429fd322f9
  821. Exactly they act like were asking for their blood 5c905e976018
  822. I just saw an older story about a video where she straight up calls joe biden a piece of shit a 76e85a2310f6
  823. The amount of time and energy it would take not to mention the risk of injury certainly makes it ce0d9d581f32
  824. Oh yes and of course the very next day i read about a driver slamming his monster truck into a 5ad5531547a8
  825. Yep im so tired of calls for better discourse that completely ignore the violent ignorance we 921d35b90b16
  826. Im looking into something similar but it s tricky 2be7395daf18
  827. Im in the same boat reconciling to a new reality 5ff8b4bb1f0f
  828. Good points d1e6fbaace4b
  829. Thats it exactly e8b4e050aa9c
  830. This is one of the best comments someone has ever left on my work 2aab66571ea6
  831. The definition of arrogance is assuming everyones reality has to conform to yours 80b65ed566de
  832. Absolutely f5636f4f7690
  833. The best way to learn anything according to a tenured professor fb9d93f90d31
  834. Thats because you re probably giving off the sean connery vibes 32c9521a6934
  835. Its a thought that s on a lot of people s minds right now that s how bad the system has gotten 94c8f09f4680
  836. Every time we try to collectively do something about this we wind up with traitors like manchin 1dc2a72631f8
  837. Yes all of this definitely falls under protecting our wealth its slowly moving up on my list 4ae008c0bc03
  838. Theres nothing but greedy billionaires holding us back over here 78d34af88585
  839. No kidding a265260034ed
  840. Thats exactly the problem 66cc778458c2
  841. It would help a lot rank choice voting is starting to catch on i just hope its fast enough a8c6d81a38f6
  842. Yep were in a real mess c2db449a13d7
  843. Its so nuts to see what some of these maga heads do e895752d4921
  844. Yes indeed 897e564ca386
  845. What a horrible thing to hear from someone right after you lose someone that the minute you die a1e0498d6001
  846. Fingers crossed fa13b9b08849
  847. There has been a ton of research and development in sustainable living that includes micro farming 6d5d4aa3cf5b
  848. The future currency of earth isnt going to be digital 26987fbff8cf
  849. Its a big racket e97c3cd2716f
  850. I think this is just the direction more people are headed as we get deeper into supply chain and 16d8c936c03a
  851. My fingers are crossed thats for sure ceb2d96bdc0b
  852. Grim and yet its hard not to laugh at that image cbccde53890c
  853. I was just thinking that the other day 3ddb4ae28efd
  854. I think a lot of people know the feeling f3ea88c6001
  855. True im remembering parts of nomadland now where the van dwellers talk about that 6d56a368f335
  856. Perfectly said e00536f77074
  857. And now we finally realize the point of capitalism to keep us climbing the ladder forever and ever 2830704386b9
  858. Trump didnt start that discussion e3954706c74b
  859. This is exactly what im thinking 8c909ad4913
  860. Yes the idea is off the grid as much as possible 30cbeef50e99
  861. Yeah its a concept more than a literal plan a4311674e243
  862. Working on it im ready to relax with less and keep what i have so are a lot of people d7376199329d
  863. I wish i could say i was surprised 613babc87309
  864. I just added them to my list thanks f509bbee971b
  865. Thats the kind of preparing i think younger people are getting involved in learning skills and b6d0f473ceb3
  866. Thanks i think were going to have to strike a balance between preparing and taking care of 8311136e0ca1
  867. Thats the philosophy i m trying to keep in mind everything you do counts right up until the end bf99e4674f22
  868. I sure hope so 60db902d1626
  869. Thats exactly how i see toxic positivity 5ac747f9f950
  870. Yep my big complaint is that i too did everything right i got tons of stuff accomplished i got 9c419af44cff
  871. I enjoy your takes on the world and agree with everything you just said 50081a9b8cdf
  872. The problem is that even if we turn off the hype the inequalities remain and their content be583b7fb521
  873. Yeah we got to a point where we had to move several years ago 23c3ac982379
  874. I like your rants c436484f1f56
  875. It seems like the key thing is that yeah if everyone followed this advice about productivity 42c891d048de
  876. You should definitely write your own take on this we need more people to speak up 10d7540c934a
  877. Its worth pointing out that the word boomer and the angst of younger generations like mine was a d075e20eac60
  878. Thats a great metaphor 1a6a1ecc15fb
  879. I think what theyre especially tone deaf about is how their advice gets picked up and used to 37e6ab802a6b
  880. Im not happy with medium either 6b306d2cdde
  881. I think this is what people dont get c5f17f55c6e2
  882. Yeah thats my view 493aca95730e
  883. Yep kurt andersens latest book evil geniuses lays it out in a pretty clear history aa9bd7734584
  884. True we have to cut energy use and to do that we have to consume less 9785868d880b
  885. Yeah i have a couple friends in virginia b27c5041e089
  886. Thank you c259f4a2f479
  887. This one https onetreeplanted org products plant trees utm source google search utm medium pdmr u 895fc03fc083
  888. Yes definitely thats on our list cremation uses tons of energy 2e93e01364d3
  889. I wasnt exactly sure how to phrase what you said but i just tweaked the ending 4016141bd516
  890. Theres no more road 2c96f964351a
  891. Thanks thats good to hear f2fb26574106
  892. Thanks yeah ive definitely been writing something of a series tackling a lot of these myths 4effe3c1aea2
  893. Yeah it takes a lot out of you 356cf92ab4e1
  894. Thats funny d9a560dd3888
  895. Its especially easy to fall for once you start imagining yourself becoming one of the gurus which 459e08e91529
  896. I think weve reached a political and economic tipping point where the cal newport james clear 8d27cf741c6
  897. Yep i worked in restaurants where people were coked out of their minds fee266b02a0
  898. Thanks i think its a much needed antidote especially around the holidays when the corporate edd6bcf9d556
  899. This kind of fragility seems to exist around anything they dont want to talk about sexism taxes 115668b40358
  900. Unfortunately this attitude has seeped into education as well 5b56d84d0ddd
  901. Translation its so horrible being me d8a100b3e86
  902. Thanks you really cant underestimate the value of a helping hand c12dabb4e4ab
  903. The last couple of years including today with the rittenhouse verdict is a pretty crushing lesson b95d65cd541c
  904. Yeah everyone deals with trolls but for women theres an extra layer of vindictivenss for sure 499cb408f710
  905. Ladies and gentlemen exhibit a 5f3efda5daf2
  906. What im specifically trying to say is that earth won t mourn the loss of humans 4ac0cc332f71
  907. Ugh exactly f1e447cf6fce
  908. True theres a certain lack of surprise for people who pay attention 4d53a5398423
  909. True this gives me some hope https www nature com articles d41586 021 02854 3 cd6399c0bc65
  910. Yeah and how sad is that tries to laugh 9d29af976b22
  911. Theres definitely lessons to be learned from previous pandemics fd20d46519bd
  912. A lot of people will pretend though and theyll be using up precious resources in doing so 47477af41040
  913. Yeah rationing wouldnt fly too well these days and there would be no reasoning by historical a4d932d07b6f
  914. Exactly they dont have time or energy and their working conditions often degrade them f691cfa72581
  915. If you think advocating for living wages is disturbing theres something deeply wrong with you 394208e3eac3
  916. The one thing i still like about social media is that you can get a very good sense of where 7fd2f5ac4544
  917. I think thats exactly what tragic optimism is enjoying what we can and hoping planning for a 5435675ce705
  918. This decade is going to be weird a2e876d95792
  919. True i think theres a lot of value on catharsis and sharing your sense of the world 1e409377ed6a
  920. I think youre right dddafb138c39
  921. Nice this had a very swiftian feel 2d9fe9b11fc1
  922. Absolutely ac693f993459
  923. Yes i think a lot of people would read it not just because its cathartic but also informative 1ff1afd50f28
  924. No kidding 1a0d28b78d01
  925. Yeah dual income families and side gigs are the norm 8fc049d0650b
  926. That kind of lazy advice isnt just useless it adds to the problem aa69c24fa746
  927. Yeah i definitely vote democrat even when im disgruntled 46a4fbb7f699
  928. Yeah thats what my dad did that era is long gone for most people 9fd9c72ffed6
  929. Whoops yes thanks for catching that 231f6651d68e
  930. Yes 100 percent on this and then sit there and watch them enjoy the pancakes you cooked df21a5d76bb0
  931. Yep and in america it goes back centuries 79ac68d6b436
  932. No being silent and accepting that propaganda always wins is what keeps people in the dark and 4ab291158555
  933. Yeah so when people say just move somewhere cheaper they have absolutely no idea what theyre b2af8ea547ef
  934. Yeah it is 362165e070b3
  935. It has definitely crossed my mind a594abdab7c9
  936. Yeah im not complaining about them cd7735f679c6
  937. I think medium blew their cash on high profile editors branding contests too many official 5874f018553c
  938. They keep falling into this whole where they think the problem is popular writers and clickbait 2cd25c6778cf
  939. Yes i think theres undeniable widespread discontent ed9149b39266
  940. Oh im joining that thread and making popcorn 45ca3ca0b823
  941. Same here 9f18f1699471
  942. The exact same thing has been happening to me and others its a shitty way to treat writers a564a63a60dc
  943. Its not terrible in a browser but the fact that you ll see this and not gerard is just an 47ac426a822f
  944. Mine sleeps around 4f32704fffc7
  945. Most of us are enduring relentless financial trauma f0239a69a8c8
  946. Yeah that referral page they give us is super awkward ba39ef28b21b
  947. True and people wonder why those of us who pay attention are currently bracing for impact d6461165c1f4
  948. My first few years as a teacher i wouldve woken her up because that s how we re trained right d13274c959f6
  949. As professional writers we walk a very fine line between entitled complaining and advocating for 74611b98ed8e
  950. Thank you and ive seen a lot of posts from writers i follow on here having the same problems 951cd375de7
  951. Thats a good attitude 622034818943
  952. Yeah outrage isnt the right response lampoon maybe a little light ridicule sure why not a094795b3613
  953. Now that its cold season we thought it was perfect timing to drop our mask mandate ugh c19f6bf3d2a6
  954. Yes for sure 5c6c2c09bf70
  955. Your mother in law sounds smart 74c154ce2d22
  956. True you know i guess more and more people want empathy but they dont want to give it and 701471571cc8
  957. Yeah it never ceases to surprise me how people talk about caution until they actually need to be 3a4183b882f1
  958. At the end of the day one side is right aa73759e0cdb
  959. Its amazing what mental gymnastics some people will do to avoid facing the truth but you re 1e8371963095
  960. Yeah theres a big step from here s a fun essay about some problems we all face to i m going d0989be318c9
  961. Its pretty undeniable at this point 4de977edc45d
  962. I think theyre the lucky people who bought bitcoin ten years ago 240796957613
  963. True its another way of saying but if we show them real history they ll want to change the d1c321e8c044
  964. It definitely could lead to a more empathetic society 59107bd1a0ee
  965. Thanks i just followed her 147f4d7f3400
  966. I love a well written essay that talks about mental health trauma etc but a lot of this stuff 9fe616a6be73
  967. Nope i dont think so d5bd72330959
  968. The magical thinking law of attraction stuff is especially harmful 7b29f0f04172
  969. That michael hobbes piece in particular is fantastic i love the graphics fa576ae5b1f2
  970. Thats a sadly accurate analogy 748bdba02c1d
  971. True and of course we also cant go guns blazing on social justice 24 7 eb3b46e4f08
  972. Were heading that way da7fabe5d900
  973. Late stage capitalism continues destroying lives deb75d0dedc7
  974. Wow i guess youre happy now 58785e35b85c
  975. I know some people who switched it seems to be allowed b3bf745c280b
  976. Spot on ive seen this advice before and i heard it back in my mfa program 295fcbe6e7ca
  977. Im 100 percent with you here 98fb37c62b18
  978. Reusable mask with inserts that block up to 97 percent of particles https www honeywellstore com f1627ca7bbb1
  979. Yikes yeah its smart to be vaccinated but i think the hard truth is that we re still in a very b1b05d8589cd
  980. Wow the billionaires have fooled you good 473c899c7145
  981. I like getting it all out there it helps f851aca28c4c
  982. By the time enough people notice im afraid it s going to be too late a6458ba8ddd5
  983. Yes its one of the key reasons i m voting democrat in 2022 681a8f851b38
  984. I think this is what a lot of people dont get that you explain so well 445e9efe5af
  985. Yes more and more these days unfortunately 230c9fee38f6
  986. Its going to be a rough few weeks for sure cd8925e1b41b
  987. Thanks at least we dont feel like ghosts all the time but enough of the time 3a0c945e062
  988. Based on what im reading it really seems like we re going to cross the threshold by 2030 or 783a664cdd24
  989. True and the only way out now is the very long and painful process of people either getting c3dfbc6fb114
  990. Exactly what a bully would say 5008605a4728
  991. Does he feel bad for the unknown number of people he infected who could also be very sick with f8af2158d92b
  992. Thats terrible news cfd4d741a282
  993. Yeah its really something to listen to tucker carlson say christmas is under assault and then 6128f2c664b0
  994. Exactly and it doesnt help when moderate christians come out and try to reassure us that not b189b5c53a51
  995. Just imagine if everyone could just get vaccinated and wear a really good mask c05c42221900
  996. I think we agree you have to produce a range of content in different styles and try to be very 9bb8bc2daaa
  997. Its true the world is complicated and it s always hard to know what exactly is going on 24af903c1f1a
  998. True the midlife crisis seems to be alive and well after all at least for some people f2b8cdaf9606
  999. I get what youre saying 9af9eac94083
  1000. Yes all too often platforms and social media networks will punish women and men for writing 68afcd3bc070
  1001. No kidding d0e81c47509c
  1002. Yeah i felt like it deserved a response 854b2a39ba54
  1003. Wow thats a whole new level of creepy i d never considered before 4176ccafc76d
  1004. Yeah ive certainly wrestled with the fine line around clickbait but that was just egregious and 83e24da4333e
  1005. They know exactly what theyre doing when they do it b056dd9d4b6a
  1006. Yep its almost hard to believe that the stuff we ve been trying to warn people about for years is 72d2a71000f4
  1007. No kidding e63216d35958
  1008. Yeah and imagine the moderates whod come to his defense and say if he wants to put his coffee d66ee9b6a058
  1009. Yep its going to be sad when this happens fb794cea87ba
  1010. I think part of the problem is that the dr 42a3894f5362
  1011. Yes exactly 42f36f696a47
  1012. Just add it to the list of things that make us go ugh 88deab22a0b5
  1013. It could work 28e9c197b635
  1014. I sort of stopped with voting but id say collective action like strikes etc are also important 72404b9f1609
  1015. I know people act like its letting blood or something to just wear a decent mask and get a shot 74405e1d07b7
  1016. I hope you stay safe too ea4db3bdab5f
  1017. 14 deaths in uk youre not very good at googling ee02b84134af
  1018. Were making a mistake that s going to haunt us forever 4291d7f1ef50
  1019. The problem is that this info will be used to strong arm teachers and other essential workers 719cf07b8913
  1020. Its hard to describe what s about to happen in america 4663fd19cbcb
  1021. Right there with you and its one of the reasons i write to put it out there for people who need c7c5241a1f53
  1022. My family is not fully vaccinated 3b5d885f2765
  1023. I hope he pulls through and weve decided to put off preschool again because people seem to be f27af8661d1a
  1024. Ladies and gentlemen we have a super virus f53083a60bfe
  1025. Yes every single word of this is on point 88b4d7727919
  1026. It seems like so many of the failures were seeing now stem from a refusal to look at common sense 18827486b228
  1027. It feels awful but i think even the best of us are just hunkering down and or hiding out if we d980581a3904
  1028. Ill tell you exactly why nobody s having kids anymore 7e77f701379d
  1029. At least that sounds better than bringing them back letting them all get each other sick and 4fcb4a90e247
  1030. I think you pretty much nailed it b14b73f91c52
  1031. Shaming doomsayers has also become its own form of clickbait 33bb2c82f60c
  1032. My only point is that if we keep waiting for the bat signal everyone is going to slowly lose 3991bb3caee5
  1033. I agree with you on that and probably didnt articulate it clearly enough f321ccf8b4e
  1034. We definitely relied way too much on data from sa which they even told us not to extrapolate too 5b8d2cef7421
  1035. Germany has their shit together 550b41ab9464
  1036. Spot on with the joan didion reference 55ed808bcac9
  1037. Absolutely aa45502a4d98
  1038. Thats true 24a9e712edee
  1039. Im glad you bailed c4b3054272c0
  1040. Yeah these people dont seem to get that less severe is still going to require hospitals which e54380d6f1d2
  1041. This is exactly what so many people willfully overlook and why it disturbs some of us 25521ba0e359
  1042. Yes that 33 percent has screwed up everything 2c6b2652c64a
  1043. I know i know its hard to believe isn t it 98e748e3361
  1044. So when a man writes hes showing the world a different way f3c3f858c615
  1045. Indeed and i think theres every reason to void that dissatisfaction and disappointment c628dad4ff77
  1046. Yes exactly 48c3e9381e02
  1047. Thanks for clarifying 7c97345b96e3
  1048. Wow state workers and national guard as substitute teachers 78abb7908e73
  1049. Yes and all because they think itll move them up the ladder e29017e263ea
  1050. Im no doctor but i m pretty sure 104 fever is firm grounds for some kind of admittance or triage 6d481bf9ae8d
  1051. Yes definitely a new paradigm 90df71cccd22
  1052. Ugh that figures a20638d1489
  1053. I think youre spot on d2fbf9a26694
  1054. Yeah everyone sold out wicked fast we got some from honeywell but they sold out in a day 526f172c07dd
  1055. Its such a terrible situation and you re right c54a8209b56c
  1056. Yep im lucky enough to teach online but lots of universities are going back in person with 468a754de903
  1057. Yes its a crucial distinction 9c52679f5818
  1058. Im glad it helps cbc8e3e3650
  1059. Thanks for reading e269793a13b9
  1060. Theres no harder job that s for sure c73d696e7667
  1061. Yes its highly hypocritical for these people in positions of power who preside over such 5cdb9c936fe6
  1062. Absolutely 5c2e99765cbe
  1063. 100 percent 6e88787dce2a
  1064. Indeed parents depend on second incomes and side hustles now just to get by 9dd81cb30d90
  1065. If we could just get a vaccine for under fives and then go a single month without wondering if d066cdb8307e
  1066. Its hard to know for sure but i think the one certain thing is that our government has completely 51ef800af93b
  1067. Yes especially those days where every single thing is hard fb6326006027
  1068. The media political gaslighting makes it so much worse of course 2cc137b817cc
  1069. Yeah thats been our life too 5a156600e5d2
  1070. Oh poor you having to pay the same taxes everyone else does 45f107239e0
  1071. Very much its hard for 1 2 people to be a village d37985969ece
  1072. True though its gotten progressively worse since the 90s a1cab291092
  1073. If you had read the article you wouldve seen the links to credible articles d702bcc1f0ae
  1074. Thanks despite everything its been pretty encouraging to see more attention to long covid 8f220a6d774a
  1075. Yeah ill get back to beating up billionaires shortly f8d5995d7198
  1076. Yes and its so irritating because their lives really haven t been that different since many 360ef706126f
  1077. Absolutely e349281300c3
  1078. On a fundamental level i dont think we ll ever truly understand what the problem is with just 86c0fb6bacd5
  1079. Yes its been very tough for those of us living in places where nobody ever took the pandemic very 133328a696d6
  1080. Exactly im done with people who are done with covid 796cb85ad3d7
  1081. I wouldnt be surprised at all if a handful of people somehow scooped them up to sell or just to 2cc765eef56a
  1082. The worst part is that now a lot of fickle liberals are spouting some of the same nonsense the 1ede6dd86f0e
  1083. Not to mention the reinfection rate is going up as new variants come at us faster and faster 9821214e0b78
  1084. Yes its exhausting 9fef212c43a8
  1085. Youre exactly right 801e1fd5c846
  1086. Yes the denial is appalling 5521e0a59491
  1087. Im really glad these posts are finding the people who need to read them so they know they re not a33b3545bb4a
  1088. I think a lot of us have to keep speaking up so we dont lose our fortitude in the face of all 299922a2dab1
  1089. Its called sarcasm f0171e4e3b6d
  1090. Yeah its a tedious cycle coming home to roost 78694ec38ba4
  1091. Its about time to think about saving your own skin dc641841a142
  1092. Thanks i agree it feels like the significant power we might have left is to survive and pass down e4349471c236
  1093. Thats good to hear bc57bb39a86b
  1094. So sad so true nobody just wants to buy less or travel less 9241e7d4dfa6
  1095. I think a lot of people are experiencing long covid and having a hard time getting doctors to 713aadde72fb
  1096. Im right with you acba2bb86eee
  1097. Yes thats pretty much life now 1e6f2363f992
  1098. Not that particular moment but it will live on in memory forever b0611246658a
  1099. I agree and its sad to see but impossible to keep quiet about 9e971f1dae13
  1100. Yeah figures do you happen to have a link even an outdated one f9e315a35347
  1101. And in your case i would say it rings true 6f3d31217c43
  1102. This statement wins the internet today i wish id written it 4cd8cb5031d7
  1103. Of the 200 people you follow less than 30 are women 58f6bebd48b2
  1104. Your tone here is better a499c34a740a
  1105. Yes exactly c1374efce683
  1106. I think youre right as the old structures breakdown we ve got to come up with new ones a533cc721bb1
  1107. I think theres a big difference between shaming anti vaxxers and being vocal about the damage b6241f2c36ba
  1108. Ive got my fingers crossed on that one 4ba5ac0b7ea5
  1109. Exactly its now up to us to rebuild the communities we lost from the ground up and ditch this e86b9f2292f9
  1110. Yes even as the mainstream media does this weird about face and works extra hard to assure us 84fde7f43496
  1111. Sounds like youve got your bases covered then 72e80d54689a
  1112. Its definitely not and i m not even sure we want the cavalry to come anymore 60b0d96f1814
  1113. Its hard to predict exactly how things will go but i think a lot of people are trying to live 155f21d5f63a
  1114. Its true and we re learning right now as the stuff we ve tried to start growing just got hit by df50f11ca2b1
  1115. True and of course some will wind up accidentally killing themselves in the process because they 655a3dd38fe1
  1116. I think thats my next post 466958c6c5a
  1117. I think we agree that real prepping is about the long term and also about reducing the comforts de27ac690eab
  1118. There will always be people who just want to go to olive garden 32ae187ee477
  1119. Thanks for the link 2e10cbfa414b
  1120. Vladimir putin has already won but nobody wants to admit it 523a776c5388
  1121. My optimism is that well wise up and realize that we re getting wrecked too and probably just as ce11b30c002b
  1122. Thank you its nice to read this after a batch of hateful comments d102b484fa57
  1123. Yeah we certainly have a way of making all of our problems worse aa74ec481737
  1124. Indeed i dont think we ll make progress until we can all acknowledge that these great powers c157eee83df3
  1125. Backatcha 830a06aeb8dd
  1126. We must love each other or die 7d537231c7c0
  1127. You didnt read the piece ed3b57e1aba7
  1128. Yes it does e22baffb5d69
  1129. Its a brutal sobering assessment of what could lie ahead 77c1451c9e2a
  1130. World war iii has already started and youre fighting it e33776836755
  1131. Thanks caught it f921764462ed
  1132. You didnt read the article 45fb23027b97
  1133. When you put all those pieces together it makes such sad sense 90194d658a5f
  1134. Yep the people who need to wear masks roll their eyes and ridicule feaa9a317964
  1135. Its not a good point 421bc6b876d8
  1136. Indeed theres no urgent need to depopulate unless you re a greedy oligarchic billionaire warlord e8d72f462c75
  1137. Yep theyre definitely trying to kill us but only if our death drives profit or lowers the e682d0ee3432
  1138. Well they need us now but theyre actively working on robots and ai to replace as many of us as 799f0993f4ba
  1139. Yes ive been thinking a lot about the purge lately afcc02d42ac3
  1140. All true and if we really wanted to deal with overpopulation we could pass some laws or at least a576634874d5
  1141. Early on i think there was an earnest belief we could contain this with a few weeks of lockdown f00fddbbc11e
  1142. Yes it looks like politicians and health agencies basically let people get hooked on prescription 1a43c8d7ea9f
  1143. I guess eugenics is the missing puzzle piece ea14ed191a0a
  1144. Yes and at this point i think theres a lot of value in telling the truth d07d1ba874df
  1145. True theres a lot of people out there who are letting them kill us and it s feeding back into 2984ffeccb5
  1146. True although when someone opens their entitled mouth as loud as she does i think it deserves a 638542ad0118
  1147. This attitude right here is the entire goddam problem 33219eb1b84f
  1148. This with argument is a load of horseshit thats been debunked by plenty of experts 17c2fb8b1943
  1149. In theory yes transition towns caab913556dc
  1150. Thanks yeah im not subtle at all 5a0f94ba2b23
  1151. Youre not following the science 3706d3524e20
  1152. Yes definitely the theme 381c932189e8
  1153. The war in ukraine is creating the greatest global food crisis since wwii the un says adb5c29e6ed0
  1154. Yeah this is not how to win back someone who feels betrayed by the party they once supported acd5a725d6ed
  1155. Making excuses for leaders and telling us we cant demand any better that it s our job to quietly 11ea343a8805
  1156. This is not some ideological gripe 4c7a97b97da6
  1157. Well maybe in a hundred years democrats will acknowledge long covid 7b9a085c3736
  1158. Yes im feeling the disappointment especially deeply today as we begin another wave which 603ad1e1689
  1159. It would be nice if instead of explaining to disillusioned progressives why they should keep voting 5e8d1f277830
  1160. I hadnt heard yet about jailing people with medical debt but that s such a sadly predictable 20c82ace1392
  1161. Because its pretty clear that biden is going to sacrifice us on the altar of democracy and i m 73e7331abb7d
  1162. Putin is playing a dumb game thats going to get us all killed but so is biden and everyone else 4a9f72aa1f1c
  1163. China will invade taiwan and theres nothing we can do 78d4187e7a51
  1164. Its readers like you who help me keep going we keep each other sane bad309607e09
  1165. It sounds like were in exactly the same situation 482e2726e546
  1166. Rich people are mindful poor people are lazy 81dd7bc8b4aa
  1167. Where do you think we get all the stuff to make our solar panels 9feb5c3727a2
  1168. I think putin has too many trump cards 43129d4ea180
  1169. I work in education fa7457d5760b
  1170. Canada just finally admitted theyre in a sixth surge c62eaa322c00
  1171. I know a few guys whove said the same thing 53901b6b50db
  1172. True i think media has given people a warped perception of our involvement in wwii and im aacf469fa4f4
  1173. Biden is not just imperfect 6f924d794fdf
  1174. This is such a lazy criticism ab9bccc25018
  1175. Same here 141c99e885b0
  1176. Its really interesting how people criticized my stance on anti maskers and anti vaxxers saying it 2c2f45e7cfac
  1177. Im saying when you shoot your mouth off and escalate you should stop and reflect 229b7a2f195b
  1178. True it didnt help that even the liberal media kept calling it a big spending bill and now the 1ac6aa435140
  1179. Im 100 percent on board with that 9e33d58323b7
  1180. Yes we are fatally behind 8c5adb66bef
  1181. Its being written about a lot this week fa75d89bc626
  1182. Indeed i cut it out of this post but i recently read an article by someone who said theyre f58b87be827
  1183. Yes it would be nice youd do it responsibly not hopping on a jet every few weeks d41c99159b95
  1184. Great phrasing ive watched so many optimists fall apart because they don t have a plan b or c 58d986cc9f17
  1185. If youve actually watched the film you see there s an elite class who does everything you re cf30393f1964
  1186. I actually just wrote this in response to this piece https jessicalexicus medium com 7374f40dd993 51b6d812d663
  1187. Yep ill go back and read them 8029a4d2cc42
  1188. Great points and history ebb9d51cd092
  1189. And to think were asking them for more oil so we can boycott the fossil fuels of a different 56704ac64153
  1190. Scapegoating doomsayers isnt going to solve anything https jessicalexicus medium com 7374f40dd99 2c8c213f0949
  1191. Yes its one of the few things we can always do fb26c0574491
  1192. For the record ive read plenty of black writers who say they re fed up with democrats and don t 4132e28912c1
  1193. Yes its all true 2b80250912b8
  1194. Its really good to hear that people are getting what i intend to articulate our problems and how f97156ab2970
  1195. I think once you get into the territory of condemning 20 million people to starvation thats a 51d721766722
  1196. Thank you were hanging tight you too 721b631f3e49
  1197. Heres how democrats responded when i criticized joe biden 618555db94c6
  1198. I know it might be hard for you to understand but i write things for me and will speak my mind 8373054e9543
  1199. Thats really good to hear c2b2e6ff8774
  1200. Thank you ce3df4c878fb
  1201. The bulb in one of our projectors went out a couple of years ago 4afd3e0d1af5
  1202. Yep im certainly not going to judge anyone this time around e2ce0aa1d8b3
  1203. If youre tired of it then you can leave any time eff726b0b33e
  1204. What do you think ive been doing ded2fb5a47d5
  1205. Thank you 796f6207ad7c
  1206. Thats interesting i hadn t considered covert narcissism in biden but it s making more sense 8c05e0499e30
  1207. Yep im finally seeing it 92acc3142422
  1208. I have a three year old bae1c14c926c
  1209. I think you nailed it and i think what were starting to see is democrat politicians actually 5cf4ce282765
  1210. Yeah theres no making excuses for this 45e584acc0e1
  1211. Thank you 360a7506b2d2
  1212. Maybe you should direct your rage at the politicians who have condemned my 3 year old to a future 761b1056115d
  1213. True theyre missing the fact that endemic covid 6th 7th 8th waves is going to give them a f184ca76f10d
  1214. Yes i think thats the biggest slap e8377fb00d15
  1215. Yes i voted differently in the primaries and then reluctantly went biden because trump was very d432aa9a90cf
  1216. Yes exactly 166512f4a223
  1217. True but unfortunately many democrats arent boosted many are disabled and vulnerable vaccines 619a9d2b5489
  1218. Exactly we cant accomplish anything until we re honest ad64fd76fc61
  1219. In fact america did intend to let hitler roll all over europe until japan attacked pearl harbor 7c02336136e7
  1220. Its a little poetic that they wore masks to get us to vote for them and now they re literally f6cdfb3cc21
  1221. Yes were the worst 72a9240620d7
  1222. If you look at drought and everything else i just cant shake the notion that billionaires realize 13f6df150632
  1223. Indeed hospitalizations in ny and florida are surging 3aa7931561dc
  1224. Unfortunately so bf92c682bebd
  1225. Yes and even more frustrating to see such hypocritical support for these people c5e472536aa1
  1226. Id tend to agree 1c55863fe0f7
  1227. I hope it picks up steam 2f7e8f0b2c2
  1228. Im adding that to my reading list thanks df136ff9c898
  1229. Yes if we cant tell the truth then we ve got nothing d9a96f27955c
  1230. Yes and he will do the exact same thing on every other issue we find crucial to our survival 32044f0147b7
  1231. Yep its so sad how that movie was supposed to be a critique of capitalism but so many saw it as 74e97c3443c8
  1232. Yes and the irony is that we have pockets of poverty about as bad as these regimes we constantly e432cd619df
  1233. Thanks i wish we didnt have all this to deal with that we could just live our lives 8e1f507efe1e
  1234. Dont question my intelligence by asking me to support an administration that s actively doing 1532a5c9d468
  1235. Thats a really good point and it explains why there seems to be such a split message different 76ec70df9846
  1236. Yep cities everywhere are currently bulldozing homeless camps b3c4d164ec4
  1237. Yes you can blame joe biden for our pathetic pandemic response 5404219f75df
  1238. Joe biden is driving us straight off a cliff a7beebe08819
  1239. Billionaires are buying everything including free speech 9fd95a697b2c
  1240. Spot on all of it 27fe46b8c5c4
  1241. Not individual karma systemic karma 83e07dc86eec
  1242. Im still going to clap back at some of the nonsense i see but i think now is the time to start 7ba3f69b45be
  1243. Thats probably because you ve been intuitively practicing rational compassion and a lot of other f9cdb424fe5a
  1244. No its not e56b612e74b8
  1245. Im with you 100 percent 483f6e49778
  1246. Yep we can issue calls for action and solidarity while acting and while also preparing ourselves d82016e94df3
  1247. Im getting sick of pieces like this e04ad39e0a3d
  1248. Yes the people who dont understand sustainability won t last very long 8f7f8d5b270e
  1249. Yes theyre delaying the inevitable cfd5520456b0
  1250. They did and unfortunately were heading into a scenario where there won t be anywhere for the 5806c4a85403
  1251. There was even a story in the atlantic i think about someone who tried to build their own private 1649f6a1671e
  1252. The latest news from india pakistan by itself shows that the world is quite capable of killing us c42d33c50652
  1253. Thats a good idea afba14891c9f
  1254. Ive already written 5 pieces since then on more specific solutions and i ve written others on b628eca57b90
  1255. Exactly right e0ee05296a86
  1256. What were doing now as a society definitely won t last much longer and there s going to be a lot ddb1d594f33c
  1257. I agree we can have nice things but its getting really out of control e0efb0861078
  1258. Thanks im trying to lay out my thoughts over a series of blog posts and then put it all together e6c39cda8b1f
  1259. Yeah its a really infuriating cycle efee20772dc0
  1260. Seems like we just cant let go of normal 6bc164941934
  1261. I remember that line too it sums up end state capitalism perfectly death is profitable caf4d70d1178
  1262. I explained very clearly that unplanned recessions are bad but they result from the unsustainable ca591a6d513c
  1263. Yes balance is key for sure so many people live in complete denial df63e96c1808
  1264. I think its getting to the point where we all have to lie to ourselves a little to make it through 425c58a4e2c2
  1265. You sound like a good parent 94359aa18b8a
  1266. You didnt read the essay and you re looking for an excuse to beat up on someone 64cfbc191174
  1267. Yes the people with bunkers and dog drones probably have a good deal in their control b7961c27260f
  1268. Yep researchers have already linked liver failure to covid infection ce314dc10546
  1269. Very good points especially about the unboxing videos 3cfd8fd57466
  1270. Thank you 63760163291f
  1271. Yes thats a great idea 7a6e895050a9
  1272. Youve got a homestead though so you ll last longer than most a43cb7670d6c
  1273. Definitely weve got a small rain catchment system and planning to expand 9a07cd230799
  1274. Thanks i think this is a fair characterization of the work that i and so many others are doing on 18c8234ba402
  1275. Absolutely 904864a75664
  1276. Sadly true 28565ac2a220
  1277. So often americans seem to dive right in the opposite direction of what would make us healthier 75534f5b5988
  1278. Youre absolutely right 8833da57d65c
  1279. That sounds about right ca39d567ada7
  1280. Neither one of the clintons are examples of progressive ideas e37d445fd668
  1281. Yep i had this thought right after posting b3d2607ea025
  1282. Definitely 81c3b58c271b
  1283. I agree basically we should be cubanizing our suburbs and greening our cities building solutions 11d5b3ed8d1c
  1284. Someones child is going to be taking care of you and running what s left of society when you re c612a927e414
  1285. You dont feel for parents d7310a907383
  1286. Yes good point 938417420318
  1287. Yep and so many people dont even like working in their yards apparently dd7203e8e918
  1288. Esper was fired in november and he sat on that information for almost two years cced639eb94c
  1289. Youre definitely doing a lot 40fcd79ea0b5
  1290. That will take a while is the exact kind of reasoning that has brought us to this point and 5b8c9cc12a89
  1291. Good men and women are doing nothing and it shows 8579c1cf43d6
  1292. American cities could be growing their food indoors by 2030 14b7c6ad9ffd
  1293. It reminds me of how american politicians often blamed disasters on wickedness before the 20th d7d9d4db0a93
  1294. And yet learning to think like them is useful we should do it more often a48489e57406
  1295. Normally yes 88f3c45e834c
  1296. Exactly most of the gun nuts in america have zero training and no common sense at all b00b38c79f37
  1297. Indeed look at the nra convention no guns allowed utter hypocrisy b6d8949001a3
  1298. Thanks ive tried to ignore these attacks d61d9a05a9d4
  1299. My point is that men like rogan get away with far more than they should because theyre men who 4e6c67e41ca0
  1300. Yes and his predominantly white male audience will continue to eat it up and learn his horrible c0b078f55fd1
  1301. 1 these women offer extremely popular opinions usually in outright support of patriarchy e0e38870c76a
  1302. I think so fedd76567e6a
  1303. Almost every single one of them underpays their workers and routinely lobbies against increases in 78600f8aca21
  1304. The baby formula shortage reveals our terrible attitude toward science bd351a39a5f9
  1305. I used to write satire all the time b3b028cc28a2
  1306. Its about to catch up with a vengeance c2b604a84f64
  1307. America might have to go through what germany did before it even begins to get its heads straight 161e22ed94e7
  1308. Great point bc9a9b6c576c
  1309. Thats one of the reasons i ve been writing about growing and storing food cc6eea25594d
  1310. Sadly i think youre right 3540cb24948d
  1311. The infuriating thing is that the solutions are so simple and yet so many people are choosing to 1d06c56da5d3
  1312. Some of us have indeed da160225b008
  1313. Youd think they would put 2 and 2 together and realize the same conclusions we seem to reach 58d25ae1463f
  1314. Yeah this definitely feels like corporate punishment 9065c9ccdc34
  1315. Agreed and that info on the empty fields is really unsettling because it means the global food 913b07c4d626
  1316. Yes youre exactly on point 38b4b1bfdf21
  1317. Oh that lewis carroll 8b372c0f41e1
  1318. The word great means the opposite now 85d51c42a83e
  1319. The point is that weve consistently chosen words like great because of their ambiguity in f893942d7c4a
  1320. Thank you i definitely think theres times to be reserved and there s times to be honest 3d7a569d81fb
  1321. I keep thinking about paul hawken and others who so clearly show how we could solve almost all of fcdaf25525c7
  1322. Yes i see so many people lapse into the belief that we should just let everyone do what they want db680c6a00fa
  1323. No kidding the pandemic not only officially killed a million people but led a huge excess b462ebf0d6aa
  1324. Yeah i read about doctors refusing declining to even test people with monkeypox symptoms and it cec4ad103ec2
  1325. Same here 2bc6c219fcaa
  1326. Mask mandates are making a very slow combat in some places b916a6a77138
  1327. Yes its critical nothing changes until the values change 10beeaa66724
  1328. Its not just the trumpublicans though 1e47a12b2b59
  1329. Thats not what sir patrick sanders said 321012f06353
  1330. Same here a0afd5847c31
  1331. No doubt and theyre getting more and more expensive 4a3b71245b7b
  1332. Thats a good question they might want us to keep eating hot dogs 9140c2b04929
  1333. Yeah i mean the colorado river is literally one year away from drying up 35eb70b42139
  1334. Well said this is one of those posts where i just try to focus on one problem 6f6bdabb0d45
  1335. I hope you get better 56a1311514e
  1336. Im planting some this week too a few different varieties 3bfb80b8b7e7
  1337. Same here d054984e1fde
  1338. False https www bloomberg com news newsletters 2022 06 03 coronavirus daily covid is more lethal c4b7826a9f30
  1339. Lol yeah i can see the dirt argument 49fd1db5da7e
  1340. Youre probably right 53bfe1d70d79
  1341. Amaranth chips a21ae896daad
  1342. Theres a super plant that could solve the food crisis 7a7b1b19c453
  1343. That is absolutely false c74a4158bb25
  1344. Definitely adding this to my list 98da0e529dbf
  1345. Yes and it seems to be the most outrageously misinformed people who are so confident were under 2043ab86daf
  1346. Yeah the 4th is just another day now 4b33fa25f6b0
  1347. I agree 100 percent structural violence explains so much of what goes on in america 4fd6133aebed
  1348. That makes sense to me bbe88f683afb
  1349. Yep imagine the look on their faces when they finally realize why everyones so terrified of a 634d28bb4f9a
  1350. Yes and when you look at the data and see that our crops have already started failing a little ef0e2aae2a41
  1351. There was nothing stopping you from joining women with pussyhats except your own sexist attitude 95f29e1ad839
  1352. Yep they spend all our tax money on bombs and tax breaks for billionaires then they dont even aedd5e402e1e
  1353. It seems to be the inevitable end result of capitalism fda16feca02a
  1354. Its uniquely american isn t it e17896eaec36
  1355. We should be building homes to survive the climate apocalypse f36122720d93
  1356. States are definitely going to need to tighten down on that kind of water waste especially these 274e66dfdbfd
  1357. Very good point 39c7fdab185e
  1358. The logic of privilege is so infuriating and so dangerous 5f0f4ae7b68b
  1359. More and more britain and the u s af65db3447e1
  1360. Yes and the worst part is how they convince themselves theyre such nice people and anyone who e683731bd451
  1361. Eventually privilege has nothing left to eat but itself 7ea87707785a
  1362. Humans are so horrible to each other and for the pettiest reasons 25816d96bff9
  1363. Absolutely and its going to be interesting to watch what americans are willing to do to keep a fa116ff01333
  1364. True they only want universal healthcare for themselves 1cf518843888
  1365. We sent 60 billion to a country for weapons 1c2086c9a0cc
  1366. No kidding like youve written we re in for hard times mainly because of very bad decisions 9ef8e9ce063c
  1367. There was a study a little while ago showing a direct inverse correlation between what a profession 68856b3e91b
  1368. Yes theyre a gang of sociopaths 755aa56c62a2
  1369. Its bad enough to have a large faction in the u s 6a517a84bd9
  1370. Same here 80e27e7282dd
  1371. Im with you 100 percent 908d840a3112
  1372. Yes history tells us that america just cant shake its radical puritanical roots and their belief ebef03b92991
  1373. Except according to heather cox richardson thats the right s actual worldview they believe 39493fc5a2b4
  1374. Theyre talking about it in broad daylight now 45b405738949
  1375. That sounds horrible 293a36babad5
  1376. Its hard to talk about the weather with someone when you know they want to take away all of your 5497d6067692
  1377. Yep and its not so far fetched when you realize places around the world are already like both 421bc84f37d0
  1378. Yes i never forget that ted cruz was caught liking a porn video 5160f93ed1bf
  1379. Yep it always starts off nice then gets weird fast 34697027b1a7
  1380. I suggest you check your attitude d771f840da72
  1381. The other day i read a line in an article that resonated talking about how desperate millennials 380058556305
  1382. Its hella difficult to get paxlovid unless you re rich famous d7a0e6577b2a
  1383. Oh the irony of getting covid from an annual checkup c481c7443a73
  1384. Yes a country full of people who think theyre free when the only way to cope is to live in 7111373f4bf7
  1385. Unfortunately its not just the anti maskers anymore 1a3b3b00f313
  1386. Indeed and we have solutions up to our eyeballs 399eccf8b6f8
  1387. True i neglected the q sludge f925290d03cb
  1388. I remember that piece 6e7765901e02
  1389. Oh give me a break fe32dfe6194e
  1390. Im sick with covid and the zombie apocalypse has started 9155b0e5cc19
  1391. Same here bdc7af1f7b9
  1392. Yeah its a little hard to build back when you barely grow food and that part s just getting 91ad3836730a
  1393. Its better to know and be prepared cb2a795c945e
  1394. I just added this book to my list e2d9314655dc
  1395. The interesting thing is that all the doombashing seems to have ground to a halt lately e74ce7b3ec36
  1396. Indeed and life experience so far is showing just how hard it is to even trust immediate friends 2d73c646dfef
  1397. Thanks good to hear despite the grim topic 3b67315d264
  1398. I agree with this 100 percent and even wrote a piece on the idea of water as the future form of 4325982bc313
  1399. Exactly the media has routinely failed to acknowledge that cases were only higher in lgbt because 19f56c7466f9
  1400. Yes not only are we facing a vaccine cliff but i just read that we let 27 million doses expire c668241cd91c
  1401. The word mild is now just a red flag for gaslighting 31837cd82843
  1402. I think so too d6fa5c2b2790
  1403. You have no idea what the actual infection rate is because our testing capacity is shit right now ec2918082d47
  1404. Youre arrogantly wrong b98dee34f9e0
  1405. Do you not see the links shared throughout the story 37fdb6bddfbb
  1406. If people wanted you to write warmly about them they should have behaved better anne lamott 322455efe0da
  1407. My point was to fix the system so that women arent persecuted by coming forward against their ac8f2fcf3505
  1408. Ugh 8d602e2388ad
  1409. A cave in the middle of nowhere is looking awfully good right about now a67c8ca90c8e
  1410. Hah hah but the point im getting at is we have to start thinking beyond pretty people have it b2f9761aedb9
  1411. Who decides which struggles are easier you a8a7f5d0111a
  1412. Spot on but apparently if youre good looking you can get free tacos at your favorite bar so 6fc1a2a0c4a2
  1413. Heres something i didn t go into but have in other pieces i ve met plenty of women who adcf9e5b22a2
  1414. Exactly theres such a toxic discourse around appearance and attraction and it s limiting how we f8b446f11d92
  1415. Yes i think theyre very much related and these attitudes come from the same place an aggrieved f75cfdd7fc8b
  1416. And you are wrong about all of that and thats the point of the piece 4d38f77cb31
  1417. I agree 100 percent 26501e872b73
  1418. Definitely f8975d87c8ab
  1419. No she just explained how anytime she got a promotion thats what she was accused of 5a6311c1ea31
  1420. Privilege is a set of advantages that come with no cost and take nothing to maintain 3dc33f253af7
  1421. All of that sounds awful but it speaks to what my mom went through as well mental c884b82071a1
  1422. Theres a more intellectual objective empathy where you can recognize another person s perspective 55f40e36977d
  1423. Except were talking soylent green quality of life by the mid 2030s 24d3ba5feed8
  1424. Yes its worth remembering for a lot of us that these are probably the good times 45aab4b5aee1
  1425. Hah thats a cool way to see it fine has a rich set of meanings 6107b78ba8d9
  1426. Its one of those movies you think is awesome when you re 12 and then later in life you realize c53dbe9b8c1
  1427. At least at universities its all public information and you can look up what every dean vice dd0ffe530920
  1428. Yes ive got quite a few stories from essential workers about how much they re shamed and guilted 5d60d2741804
  1429. Wow some people know how to solve the problems thumbs up f224cd124e2e
  1430. Same here 3b4c8c3d060c
  1431. Yes and after some further thought i even think we throw the word out as an insult to teachers a717b4cb5f2c
  1432. Imagine if we elected teachers 2db8a812e9fb
  1433. Not even an ice pop f92e984baf6
  1434. And to a teacher theres no such thing as a mere 178k although i m sure it feels like chump ecae875a9155
  1435. Indeed you can tell by all the op eds encouraging teens to get shitty jobs to make up for labor 96706456182d
  1436. Ugh so many offices and classrooms are like this including some at my own university 4f55c36c8307
  1437. No kidding a9f5bb8cffb
  1438. If nothing else it does feel like a lot of people are finally starting to wake up and see where cc890cb82e96
  1439. Yep it looks like public education is going the way of public health f12a551ea61d
  1440. Oh rich boys are the worst 6d55d63816b4
  1441. Especially now that theyre all getting covid ed dd26955e1e16
  1442. Youre right e43de6613228
  1443. Thats quite a compliment 3e084555ae9b
  1444. One day when its too late they ll realize you can t eat money and you actually do need other 9594ec9dd95f
  1445. Yes great point c859267ae60b
  1446. Im ready to retire right now e7d69762964a
  1447. The way we equate wealth health intelligence etc is all highly toxic and winds up hurting c719b5838664
  1448. I will surround myself with beautiful women because i know im not enough to look at by myself 87fbf6741dde
  1449. Yeah its feeling like genius has become bro code for anyone who achieves the toxic lifestyle fbfc11ac5b15
  1450. Nope all these wealthy people did was appropriate and or steal advances made from actual aebec07333bb
  1451. Pressure from spouse after 2 years of child not seeing relatives 2c4aad3e6ee6
  1452. Nobody wants to teach anymore 66f09b877b11
  1453. Yes exactly 119f7742be81
  1454. At least it seems like he had to shut it down d4650fe90f1c
  1455. Yep its like if some guy came up to you and said hey wouldn t it be funny if i murdered you b5d2e632954e
  1456. Thank you ed736e156d42
  1457. Completely 244132664631
  1458. True neurodivergence and mental health complicate the lines of privilege for a lot of us e60188a4052a
  1459. Yes its the difference between some random loser saying something hateful and someone with a accd6e9645c1
  1460. I think youre right people are turning to fascism and superstition as they live in fear and 6a3bd3b6997a
  1461. Thanks and yes the greed and exploitation of these types dumps more work and obligation on the 8819c1f6b964
  1462. This seems to be a pattern with humanity 3bd0e42d1602
  1463. And of course he was clearly miserable in his quest for attention and fame they always are 4a0805b8f660
  1464. Nope so many of the differences are things humans made up and then forced on each other b344448910a8
  1465. True i think the fact that hed never gotten in trouble and had a reputation for being a nerd 4e70c1b9c12
  1466. A life of hobbies is looking pretty fantastic right about now f3b6eb750cf1
  1467. The fact that even brad pitt has drinking relationship problems should clue us into the fact that 56e83c16adcb
  1468. Yes we certainly do b9826edc1bbc
  1469. Nobody wants to have kids anymore and i dont blame them c210fac9ddf0
  1470. True i wonder if you combine all those how much taxpayers wind up paying for all those stadiums 9d7a26f8ff49
  1471. I agree i love some sports including track but a lot of them have become predatory money making 3d41d3ea6ccd
  1472. Thats a fantastic teardown 5f4f54134606
  1473. Yes and based on what im reading the director of that nonprofit is probably going to jail or at 17afc5708bff
  1474. Thanks for reading ed79e4bcac74
  1475. I saw him speak a while back 2c853c76bc5d
  1476. Yep and on top of that dont seem to realize that around 2 3 of americans actually don t meet 7818a3cf6bf1
  1477. I agree 100 percent dbe5465f9c1
  1478. Thanks yes talking about it is a fundamental beginning 3261216b1a0f
  1479. I agree its hard to talk about it with someone people 72ca53be745f
  1480. Indeed people dont seem to realize until it s too late that when you create a world devoid of 29fe843e5b73
  1481. Were practicing social murder and it s highly profitable 8473de2c03f8
  1482. Thanks for the last couple of years the political and social writing has felt a lot more 1f636a967c1
  1483. Yes and in fact theres already been reports that the rich are wasting huge amounts of water and f05a52d00a79
  1484. I agree i had to cut my mom out of my life and she had a mental illness but its a really b4d112e3095b
  1485. Indeed its very difficult and full of backslides ad4cf5412046
  1486. No kidding 9536c6fca410
  1487. Its true there s a particular form of niceness where someone still has to maintain some kind of 6c1542060c9d
  1488. Yeah 100 percent agreed 6c6a18d9db04
  1489. Pee for the garden youre a step ahead of me for sure 8aa1c9487a15
  1490. Thank you i appreciate the apology and the reflection 53561dd42606
  1491. You called my writing garbage in one of your posts claimed i did no research for my writing and 9d51a995e634
  1492. Noted i got worked up and conflated internet bro stoicism with actual stoicism db5ca56d74
  1493. Correction 90a221803569
  1494. Thanks for reading 717c05965c2c
  1495. Yes you spend the rest of your life dealing with it 50d1402f223d
  1496. Yes your life is yours 489d193710b8
  1497. Thatll be the day when they finally feel bad when they can t watch pretty little girls on tiktok 3d7cb81dca44
  1498. Above all hes a rich asshole who has absolutely nothing and nobody to care about so there s no 54f44061d676
  1499. Excellent point 407df030df3b
  1500. I hope we can 13e0d1ee732b
  1501. Of course because everyone knows its condoms and vaccines that cause disease right 21614c290368
  1502. Fortunately i think americans mightve finally started to wake up 6fd1edca1389
  1503. Thats the spirit resist all the way to the end 43ac01614c73
  1504. Youre spot on 5ef4f3539fe3
  1505. I think with the awakening of dark brandon americans are finally starting to climb out of the 1452530300fc
  1506. I agree 100 percent 6f6c689cbbee
  1507. Yes evangelicals and white supremacists seem to believe in forced parenthood as a viable way to 76b7e8f7edcd
  1508. Yes its always surprising to see how many women actively support and enable the oppression of 767a49711e78
  1509. The industry needs regulation just like the firearms industry needs regulation 130e1efa131d
  1510. Women werent allowed to take out business loans in their own names until 1988 fcf6585225cf
  1511. Ugh what a jerk d2197bf4da32
  1512. Thats true not much of a chance bezos will listen at this point df3cecd55be0
  1513. Shes not incorrect c2d210078b27
  1514. Slacker from the 90s right i was a kid then but i remember office space 13910aece87d
  1515. I agree the great resignation a5c3ad214c0a
  1516. Yep i know about corporate towns and starvation wages but a history piece on that would be 7fe561c0962f
  1517. Agreed you have no idea where i wanted to shove that candy bar or maybe you do 18e4af61252c
  1518. No kidding d1e73358139e
  1519. Youre right and america is depopulating as we speak dab406be40d9
  1520. My bosses gave me a chocolate bar for a raise so i sorta quit 402e7c79be3a
  1521. True i think theres a big difference between you have to protect yourself because society is cdd8914c70ff
  1522. Thats an excellent point c7dfdfdb04f8
  1523. Youre looking at the very broad view 4fbd35e8ea70
  1524. Exactly at least you can buy oats and beans in bulk and they last a year without special b4676bc150e7
  1525. Exactly right it sounds really cool to talk about grit but doing it takes a lot out of you c672ca587248
  1526. Same here and same hope for the rest of us b725de017a16
  1527. Thanks for reading cee4469fe8da
  1528. 50 claps gladly accepted f13963b3c040
  1529. Im glad to hear some people are still masking d57204da90f9
  1530. I support your strike d8e2fe3cd5ca
  1531. Thats a perfect analogy orwell nailed it pretty much every single time 7aa338c24da5
  1532. Thanks yes terms like grit are useful for us but they also definitely give the elites a tool 2ec1f25207e9
  1533. Spot on the more of our ugly history comes to light the clearer it becomes that we were never 9181509cbde2
  1534. I certainly hope we dont go back to the days of morning routines and hustle porn c9f897487fb3
  1535. It certainly has and as youve pointed out i don t think the western mainstream media has the aa28efbd4b05
  1536. Amen taiwan aside it often feels like theyre the only adults in the room these days f08ce37a0890
  1537. Yes the water wars are going to be absolutely demoralizing dark brandon isnt prepared for this b44e1e4f519
  1538. Thanks yes our politicians work for the oil gun drug and war industries 235bc3dee3c2
  1539. Same here and given the 60 30 day drop i bet the real death rate is at least double the official 67138c97cca6
  1540. Im sorry to hear this you deserved much better from everyone 38b6068a474
  1541. I never ever shamed anyone for opting to stay masked and distanced if they were hesitant about 69c14747bbb7
  1542. Yep were on the brink of war with china over microchips while pretending it s about everything 3d47e759535f
  1543. Your last comment on one of my pieces seemed to do a 180 on what weve both been writing about 317a67a50a3b
  1544. I added that link to my post for you since you seem to be trying to refocus this conversation on 33aaf9e96c36
  1545. How about hugh jackman explains climate change while doing hot yoga 16a79baef3b4
  1546. Too true fitness centers are important but every university ive worked for was investing e62dbe69c17b
  1547. I think youd do pretty well there 538aff45774b
  1548. Thats a profound story and something i think would resonate with a lot of guys 4564caf1a15e
  1549. Thanks ill keep you informed e3dfb47f8a28
  1550. It can be hard to get started there but im doing well now that i m posting more b2de94a7860
  1551. Same to you 7fa73264b719
  1552. Yes in my experience observations practical skills and job market skills are sorely lacking in a a59fcc110818
  1553. Agreed if our personal writing takes off its a problem that has to be corrected 4c78b6a00c6c
  1554. Thanks im thinking through a way to stay here while investing more of my time on substack etc ca9ec191dd72
  1555. Thanks katie youre a force b2d9cb1a27b6
  1556. I think im going to stay here but invest more time on substack 6e0d7cfa46f8
  1557. Youre probably right depending on the university ee7a491fadfe
  1558. Thanks bourbon strong 345a4ceb160f
  1559. Theres a lot because you said you were going to make private comments on my first post then 567ee2ee5169
  1560. The writers and artists i admire the most are the ones who shake things up and introduce some 1fb59e452d25
  1561. Yes i was just reading about gen z and mental health 948ea6695599
  1562. He has yet to explain why decisions to curate and feature my work have been mysteriously reversed 45a4ff2b0294
  1563. I remember a story on here a while back by a freelancer about how hard it was to get paid on time 7e9e63b61e89
  1564. Thanks but there has been a very clear and vocal contingent of self help writers who consider my 876c5e5ee324
  1565. I know i love the interesting views as long as its not soft praising new age chauvinists 21021ecc9b6
  1566. Thanks yes i try to cut to the bone 83fb59f8ded
  1567. Absolutely 688fc8e5c035
  1568. Yes that last part definitely helps 61ca7f3d463a
  1569. Im building up an alt presence it s good to be out on multiple platforms anyway dfd92e98e1ad
  1570. Yeah and he was only sort of friends with jeffrey epstein and it only indirectly blew up his dbe4be826812
  1571. This is not a good faith response daec5990afb9
  1572. Yes it was an imposter account you seriously think i go around hawking crypto i hate that crap cee82dd2e616
  1573. Ooof thanks for the reminder what a horrible way to go for someone who contributed so much d377874bb532
  1574. Ray dalio i think china will invade taiwan 8fdb0b41bf44
  1575. True in a true doomsday scenario their money will mean squat ecac402592c7
  1576. I think giving a dann here sort of includes getting other people to give a damn 82e847b15327
  1577. I dont consider you a plebe though 9ef8e353749f
  1578. I just managed to finish before college got really bad 73e9ed0fbe59
  1579. International students play a big role at a lot of universities here too fa65edba3ef1
  1580. Next up cheerleaders explain climate change 98c32476edce
  1581. Sure thing i have my own bitcoin trust and non fungible token 9e31aeb3d31
  1582. As the student loan problem shows a lot of people dont turn to compassion 83a756310a91
  1583. Girls in yoga pants are going to explain the higher education apocalypse to you 1aec4cecd7f8
  1584. Isnt it always 524fc7de437e
  1585. Its reassuring to hear that some smart people are taking it seriously ff9adfabc97e
  1586. True my silence couples with my quiet quitting etc 29b32e1cc4d
  1587. Thanks yes im trying to moderate my doomer tone but you don t mess around with something like 1590f9d3dbd8
  1588. That definitely aligns with my own experience 857d4d04b39e
  1589. Im silent during pointless meetings but not silent at all other times 3a7fecdeb7af
  1590. Yes gratitude is important but i think the way gratitude is often presented is superficial 37baaa5eeb14
  1591. Id have to check the bylaws etc but yeah it s basically required since we vote on stuff fc86bf91202e
  1592. Yes i meant us voting for politicians and policies that would actually benefit them but i 256e7b33a49
  1593. How i finally ditched every phrase that was making me sound weak at my job f84f358f9fa5
  1594. Agreed ill check out your review 61cb5d5f733a
  1595. The worst part is how it filters out into the brosphere f8c53b681657
  1596. Very much the tech bros live in awe of the tech billionaires its a love affair that never ends bc4980a1a64d
  1597. Ah yes that guy b40102021abd
  1598. Ah yes the buy gold crowd 39bca6ca6ff7
  1599. Its like fish in a barrel with them f20f7ae80a6b
  1600. True lawyers with souls corporate lawyers over 40 are doing just fine 77ab493a3dde
  1601. Im glad my thing is sardonic sarcastic anger very rarely actual anger 88306ed29322
  1602. Back atchya 2b4e9bb08474
  1603. I agree american consumption drives pollution around the world 9c189404597c
  1604. Thanks after the last week i especially wanted to convey that a lot of men see whats going on 6fb69a22998b
  1605. Anytime af5826328bad
  1606. If i engaged in the kind of behavior thats frequently directed at me on this platform i d most 4f34c6aba8bd
  1607. A few years of public military service would do them some good 3ee2eec185cb
  1608. Agreed speaking your mind isnt bullying 375f6ad6765c
  1609. The user did not engage in criticism 538dbd3c3208
  1610. Thank you 4430fa3ddd2
  1611. Indeed bullies cause most of the worlds pain 631bbfe1482e
  1612. Thank you and youre absolutely right 2cc5921d040b
  1613. Every little bit of resistance counts for something i hope baf0a25ecb70
  1614. Thanks yes its good to hear b710a25566b1
  1615. Yes were all vulnerable at times but we don t pretend to be made out of 12 inch steel 2841da504002
  1616. No kidding the amount of people who throw umairs name or someone else s in their title only to d93f308cd881
  1617. Thats the thing though 975a8ae5c980
  1618. I love it when your brain catches up with your gut 49f967c88b95
  1619. What doesnt kill us other than covid makes us stronger right 7355b1b27167
  1620. Of course it doesnt have to be property taxes maybe it should be a straight up school tax 42e642e97bb9
  1621. Following up jobs had a much less aggressive form of pancreatic cancer e38a03edcd0c
  1622. Indeed and the ironic thing is that a lot of patriots will immediately whine and complain about 356db2f932c5
  1623. Yes id say that s a fair term 49fc565013b2
  1624. Andrew tate is not wrong d83022b69ef0
  1625. Yep if medium wants to be unique it doesnt need to be a newspaper a magazine or a coaching 35f90d550f7f
  1626. Yes please do ac73bd29a769
  1627. I plan to be here and open whatever else happens https jessicawildfire substack com 38a1d50fe06f
  1628. Very well said and candid i think a3c14b71f35d
  1629. This comment is very helpful and its really nice to hear 95d26e9deaa6
  1630. That seems to be the new vibe for sure 35d5821d008f
  1631. I know right a0fa34369b06
  1632. I guess its hard to fight sexism if you re too busy spreading it 927a957ee6d2
  1633. True i think in terms of pure energy and time investment though i need to put substack first and 88c22074fe76
  1634. Thank you its validating to hear from someone with deep experience c719e011764e
  1635. Thanks im glad you liked that little book 17b8b99dd940
  1636. Thanks here you go https jessicawildfire substack com ff95bb5ba66b
  1637. What i read is that steve jobs actually got diagnosed early on but he refused treatment and c520630a2f74
  1638. Not a fan just a reader 1d2b4d627529
  1639. Thanks i saw it 205b539d5157
  1640. Yes and i used to love that kind of writing on here regardless of whether it was political or 2383462171b5
  1641. Yes i think thats going to be my new strategy 2574b5eb4d4
  1642. Or make them come crawling back b0ab3cc67761
  1643. Thanks you can always find me here and i plan to keep posting a lot of open content 9f707a019eaf
  1644. Thanks i think im gravitating this way https jessicawildfire substack com 8e31c6e63f41
  1645. Thank you i wouldnt expect anyone to cancel but it means a lot to hear this kind of support ca02df26bbb0
  1646. What you dont recognize or won t admit is that the who and cdc have for going on three years now 7200e0c44260
  1647. It is true and has been documented by scores of journalists historians and human rights 5d32e15683fe
  1648. It was declared an international public health emergency 14333e82d24
  1649. Yes its endemic or very much on the way to becoming endemic https www cnbc com 2022 10 01 monke a38584b661a4
  1650. My first response was on how severe the situation is but i think you get it b04073e260dd
  1651. Yes our politicians arent going to wake up unless we make it impossible for them to ignore d229ba6094a6
  1652. Things like that are such a red flag we should all be frightened into action for sure 1a9c0f433a66
  1653. Overwhelmed is the perfect word 787149cc6f4a
  1654. So much for the people who thought they were going to escape climate change by moving there a0f2aa396fbb
  1655. Exactly these things arent binary b28812090d1c
  1656. Yes it is deeply terrifying 86f691196685
  1657. Yes for someone anyone who has driven across that exact bridge dozens of times and seen how full c15bc6448790
  1658. Thanks i just read that the shipping problems alone caused from this dry up are going to cost 20 e582cf59dfb2
  1659. Yeah its deeply sad but i d say it sure beats hiding from your emotions and lying to yourself 6af0cfb537f4
  1660. Yes my driving has dropped way off the last few years 8137a510446e
  1661. What im reading is that it was a population collapse 4d6fb198814
  1662. I think im going to keep beating this drum until they start 78ab32081077
  1663. Yes exactly being honest feels a lot better than lying to yourself regardless of the issue 5e9e489a8952
  1664. Writing and reading about it has definitely helped me figure out what i can should do 136aee77939b
  1665. Ill add that to my list making a super list of books to recommend dca9507a1380
  1666. 100 percent 7cc7bc2c1eee
  1667. Yes the movie presented the whole issue in a reductive way d0d061e219a7
  1668. Tis true my dad finally admitted he probably buys too much stuff from amazon major breakthrough f442b2f939cc
  1669. Yes i think ownership is a big part of what were talking about here dd91e24838e3
  1670. You can quibble with him but hes speaking the fundamental truth 46d2357ebb0e
  1671. But that wouldnt be a very fun movie to watch lol c454722bf26b
  1672. Very good point and definitely operating in the background c2f8c8f6d861
  1673. Ive got the pogue book too aa181b2e7c20
  1674. Absolutely b4c9efc8c22a
  1675. Yeah i read your post on florida and agree 3770c1430726
  1676. Yeah very much so 1d23127b19ff
  1677. Ill have to watch that again 86f7d60635e1
  1678. Thanks anyone who actually reads knows were not doomers in the sense of wanting to give up 1343ae5b242a
  1679. Thanks looking forward to it 4684cae5dc8d
  1680. Thanks will do a984967a533e
  1681. Avengers one child policy 17163789cf16
  1682. No kidding 2e0dda32f275
  1683. Exactly she goes on to say we have almost everything we need for a massive climate emergency 8d5e5ddd2b0a
  1684. It is not the same story ed09457ad04c
  1685. Thank you a84ba6b9830e
  1686. My thoughts on tony stark have evolved a lot over the years 3467ddbfc004
  1687. I just got a note about your piece i read it and ill promote it e63cc1857cf1
  1688. Im not suggesting we cull half the population d41a50b230eb
  1689. Ill add that to the list 156f2b60d266
  1690. You completely missed the point of the article 5a541658d062
  1691. You completely missed the point of the article 36cb5797f80c
  1692. Hes certainly not the villain the movie seems to want him to be f7443ac5f4de
  1693. P s thanos was right was also subtly placed in the background of hawkeye dc1f5744c40c
  1694. I agree consumption and mindset is the biggest problem 9725574d26a4
  1695. Thats true f42bd7d86002
  1696. Nope and it certainly cant support 300 million entitled americans d4dfef960af8
  1697. I agree people read my thanos piece as an endorsement of population degrowth c00ecbf75684
  1698. Thanks yes what i like about bright green lies is that they address the elephant in the room for 5dfdda548d46
  1699. They describe your attitude perfectly a41c31c7888d
  1700. Yep rich peoples charities are one of the biggest hustles on the planet and it s been plenty d80026f576df
  1701. While this is true 50 percent of carbon emissions come from the wealthiest 10 percent 3b770f291b78
  1702. Very well said bc0c5143f155
  1703. You got it 1e14041fe442
  1704. I think before we start talking about getting rid of laptops or phones completely lets talk about f308a3764f96
  1705. If there can be endless listicles on how to be a millionaire then there can be endless listicles 11ccf78c7140
  1706. Yeah we keep talking about minimalism etc but the ones who talk about it the most seem to be the 2d70b9c9a250
  1707. I find their style refreshing 46ddf48da74b
  1708. I absolutely agree b30a75295ada
  1709. They sure do a calm productive electorate that consumes cheap goods and carries a load of debt 5509229b7826
  1710. Thanks yeah people call umair negative f0d81096c42e
  1711. I appreciate that eb865396e424
  1712. Yes its really something to see the architects of pyramid schemes try to accuse real writers and d51f4d957601
  1713. Yes i think the current leadership spent a little too much time listening to bitter writers who 910607b7ab05
  1714. Yeah the last couple of years showed us a lot of peoples true inner workings 43fb4038eccf
  1715. Yes corporations get a lot of their power from consumer demand 17104e0c8371
  1716. I think evs are fine if its just one part of what we re doing a1540452a0f3
  1717. I agree completely d04ce8f1456f
  1718. Same here especially when theyre on hiking trails and parks etc like you say bff52812c7fa
  1719. Awesome i think its cool you re installing them yourself 785eea48bf9f
  1720. They definitely made my list 53af71f4b20e
  1721. Thanks its good to hear these feel like the real solutions ce15c29c6fa5
  1722. Exactly less is more b6f296d56025
  1723. Thanks ill consider that 56afa74bc19
  1724. Yes i think the practical way to see it is slowing down the destruction while we try to push the d85314605013
  1725. 100 percent 644dbb3179d1
  1726. Every time you buy plastic god kills a kitten 281911bff377
  1727. Absolutely ba9d4af86c38
  1728. You couldve looked it up and had the answer by now 4488e49e9f77
  1729. Oh yes that bugs me 7bb76dbff69b
  1730. True and youre living the kind of life i think more people should aspire to 3255c36413aa
  1731. Thanks im doing this one piece and then moving on to more important things fa591cb3d5b8
  1732. I always try to repair it first fc1b096f879c
  1733. Oh i totally forgot communists what was i thinking yep gold mine 9a0679fe997
  1734. Look it up aad472cb8cae
  1735. Yep theres been several ed2df1da997
  1736. Definitely eb6f6fa1865b
  1737. That sounds awesome bd52b02d0b75
  1738. Immigrant families live in my neighborhood 30c9357a3ae7
  1739. Yep thats the going attitude that s what we have to push against 99e7e5c1f8a8
  1740. Same here as the 10 percent get more stuff as they get older ill be getting rid of stuff abc4525cced1
  1741. Thanks yes i dont know exactly what gates is up to but if you own all the farmland i imagine it e41aecc1d739
  1742. Yep the top 10 percent are the ones who need change the most and the most resistant to change c98d394ae5b5
  1743. Thanks readers like you help keep writers like me and umair going e7590f3abcb6
  1744. Thanks honesty is the starting point for everything thats worth doing c8d03459cc5d
  1745. Shes better ed692de1c8c3
  1746. Yes losing a parent is hard it helps a lot when youve got other family you can count on c5554cbf7af
  1747. Orphans who grow up to be parents probably have a unique perspective 27e31bccb10c
  1748. Very much so dc4a9599ff8
  1749. Yes this is what so many people dont get when they say oh people have been predicting climate bdc6f5ccc9a5
  1750. Its gearing up to be worse for sure 88d3bc6cd1d6
  1751. The fire hasnt engulfed the entire building yet 176a1d0e8e39
  1752. Nope civil engineers are currently rushing to build an underground levee to keep the sea from ee3bdd11700d
  1753. Yep the amazon rainforest is on the fast track to becoming a savanna 44c79acf0a41
  1754. The first sentence of your comment shouldve been it s extremely troubling 2594963b8a9f
  1755. Yes its fitting f77cff4924fb
  1756. Yes it leads to ruin 620ac6f987c7
  1757. I think theres cause for some relief but i m really disheartened to see the gloating a65a6e6a674a
  1758. He was spot on 35454981edbc
  1759. Nancy mitch chuck they all need to step down 26cd7f0e7cbb
  1760. If democrats would stay on a consistent message instead of throwing spaghetti at the wall they 949f412db57f
  1761. You can start to fix it by no longer accepting or excusing this behavior or stating that it comes 8a620debe41f
  1762. I agree with you ea87cea8c86b
  1763. Exactly i know democrats are in a stalemate 858ae5d07edb
  1764. I still voted for many of the reasons you mention here 5706130a5ade
  1765. Youre the one who doesn t understand this country s politics abd559368707
  1766. You and i are definitely on the same page here 7739c2a0068e
  1767. I dont think i missed the point i just held back my inner doomer this time 750a60cc3fa4
  1768. Yes american capitalism has been encouraging selfish individualism for a few decades now 94444fdd3564
  1769. Yes i dont understand why nobody s talking about ohio it s a major bat signal going ignored f33128ffb0e5
  1770. What election were you watching i watched mediocre performances in ohio nevada and georgia dbdd2886e6bb
  1771. More and more im bewildered by how their habits got where they were in the first place b8120871b6f6
  1772. Ill tell you what election i was watching f763518b20f4
  1773. It would be nice 496e72bd2af
  1774. Yes the jennies of the world play a crucial role in reinforcing all these horrible attitudes 9bc097a75915
  1775. I agree 100 percent b238c37ec6bc
  1776. Yes that is the perfect phrase 8946beb95df6
  1777. Good point and who can blame them a864055606a8
  1778. Yeah elon musk embodies american morality perfectly right down to his 50k hair transplant 9fa928f1ef02
  1779. Wow the smile is the real icing on the cake here 343016ac261f
  1780. Thanks da513a9f7f1c
  1781. 7 things rich people say that are complete bu11 h t bd7e7d5297d3
  1782. Thats why i talked about thiel and his saudi backers which is looking like the tip of the iceberg 254b3edac445
  1783. To musk putin and their free market absolutist collaborators thats exactly what they intend to ee27adbf7151
  1784. Yes and it all lines up 287a23dbb7dd
  1785. I think its a mix bb91376b4fda
  1786. Thank you i appreciate that 2b7b45605142
  1787. Yes i think things are moving in that direction fingers crossed for mastodon 9e107358a921
  1788. Right on i do think theres an element of performing incompetence to mask more sinister intentions a36bc78f19f2
  1789. Yes and the ones at the top are by far the worst 4073897f9831
  1790. Maybe killing twitter was the point 51eda25774a8
  1791. This is the exact kind of smug dismissal that i talk about in the article 35b2b5330deb
  1792. Ive only been able to watch the joker once 357a3f4452f3
  1793. Yes hes a perfect example of the lesser evil paradigm 754947428c38
  1794. Thank you 152f6bb06c11
  1795. I think youre under informed about who covid is killing ac2c0d249887
  1796. Yeah lets be nice to people telling women to kill their vulnerable children to attend a meeting d4932ed269d8
  1797. Yes and i think its necessary to tell the truth in a range of tones f576345739f8
  1798. Seems like the strategy is to make everyone dependent on some kind of prescription drug and try to eae8401bb376
  1799. Thats a good point 36e6bbc0a144
  1800. I did a deep dive on my substack dbdb75f525d7
  1801. I think you should tackle it i might cover something else next like your stuff 1f5e7c574742
  1802. I know right f2b63210c6ed
  1803. On it saving the planet is going to take truly tough decisions at this point and i think more 6df2453fc1ed
  1804. Yes karen and todd want us to know theyre doing their part to fight global warming by driving an b8fbfe9859c0
  1805. No kidding aad6419d7d7f
  1806. Youre not a fool at all if you eat the rice and beans and use your solar battery 1c408da73c5b
  1807. Yes thats a perfect picture ba3794b0c33f
  1808. I did a deep dive on this on my substack 8f7dd2a6edc9
  1809. Yes good point c781da56ea46
  1810. I agree its important for people to know the reality to keep speaking up adc4bb206721
  1811. We definitely agree on a lot 20b129f49921
  1812. I mean at least according to fox news right 84b71eae8925
  1813. How you can make 19 000 on a single article bd9a4831bfd0
  1814. Not likely but i appreciate the endorsement f9d3115a322e
  1815. Thanks ill get to work on that a1111bc551c9
  1816. Yep her tweets hit home because i think a lot of us have lived through this kind of disrespect 248e4b8cf1db
  1817. Yes great recommendation b956bf740b0
  1818. Id say it s a mix a6ce3d673728
  1819. Yes its a balance f2ac606131c3
  1820. Thats very true 310f76c5652c
  1821. Were definitely on the decline 641a64b8d816
  1822. Yes and to think just after publishing this like the next day a fascist militia attacks power dd0378289ac9
  1823. Yes theres a lot of kids dying now from strep complications of flu etc and it s really 5e909a5150e9
  1824. Yep and talking heads isnt going to save us this time e84450a94348
  1825. Trust me i think about it c8fb1e8fdb1d
  1826. Ill check out her work 4a8af6e4a1a1
  1827. 7 bad habits that could make you highly successful 90e59eb8dbfe
  1828. A little sarcasm helps it go down a little easier cfa3bffefd1f
  1829. Yes theres a lot of reasons for the rise of incel culture but i think we have to admit that 459a06de98c4
  1830. Lol yes as someone who very briefly dated someone who did recreational cocaine i have to agree 344df277c176
  1831. Thanks for the heads up theres days a writer needs to hear this f80fe8253f82
  1832. If a guy asks you on a date doing anything other than what you envisioned in your head its a red 53b49a05f1c7
  1833. Nope i love good stories about dating and relationships with observations etc but thats far 8fcd0247126a
  1834. Yes i hear the dating scene is horrific and i suspect its because it s just saturated with 96e00e9342ae
  1835. Im a coffee lover so it s always been my favorite 21a40b387ed4
  1836. Indeed i think if someone snubs a date because they consider it cheap then theyre the one ee43f1325b4
  1837. Yep like many of the comments said if youre not attracted to someone anymore you don t have to 9ea916a9c79
  1838. Sadly its the same with me ed8d2fbaf0b9
  1839. Just curious about specific comments if you have them 38f15ecc2ffc
  1840. Ive been thinking more about context over the last day 715efb41883d
  1841. Ive actually seen some people explain why they admire elon musk types despite everything 16b255a51fbd
  1842. Well said 45501f1202ff
  1843. I agree i dont want to knock vets cc17402ab87
  1844. I have mixed feelings about your comment because ive been working in education almost as long as 30cf266b8585
  1845. 100 percent 523c0facd4d4
  1846. Oh yes were heading into the neo feudal age 776c956687e6
  1847. Yes normalcy bias among other things has a firm grip on americans these days 2cc7857a6648
  1848. Yes over at substack i write in more detail about how covid has shot our immune systems and now 1f3aeef4c447
  1849. Thank you i think a lot of people need to hear this and its a reason to keep writing talking 7c009a7483c
  1850. Thank you 7a5d496438b0
  1851. Thank you it felt good to read this ed8d05452c93
  1852. Well said definitely been feeling that lately a876e9ac4a43
  1853. The 7 deadly secrets of being weird and unlikable 9b41b2a99904
  1854. Yes its hard to believe people are still writing how to get people to like you articles when 2d324cfed39b
  1855. I know it irks a lot of people but i have to say that people on the spectrum find it especially 8329dabd41b0
  1856. Of course some of us are masters of invisibility c7eec113125d
  1857. Covid related f7ffdf9507d
  1858. Those 123k followers werent handed to me because i had a winning smile and a firm handshake 8b94c6e21202
  1859. Your articles have been awesome a5df23684eb9
  1860. Im mostly on substack now fb856a4a7794
  1861. Great piece cf8de8253855
  1862. If i had 2 years to live id live as simply as possible with as much meaning as possible 5f5b5ecbf67f
  1863. Like you i take care of the people in my orbit 4cd400d6b49c
  1864. Not nearly as well as alpha male garbage f92efc42cc7b
  1865. The top 3 reasons why youre not that successful 23b7cf5f93a3
  1866. Guys like that say those things then they turn around and complain about women sleeping their way c9bb5f64473b
  1867. It was cathartic fbcf9e4e39ce
  1868. The simple trick to getting a great nights sleep 8df00f727771
  1869. It started in the 60s but got going in the 70s with earth day and key pieces of legislation in ab850807f0bb
  1870. Youre being intentionally obstinate 6850fd07f23a
  1871. I agree 100 percent 26271f7c7c2f
  1872. Yep some of us just have different needs and thats perfectly fine c8d06b2e35c2
  1873. Yeah who knows 4d1d223b1bf6
  1874. Cats and dogs offer a lot of warmth and companionship 9fffca97075f
  1875. Id say so 49f6050c1a83
  1876. Thats true a lot of them really think they re going to get raptured up into heaven as long as f5b501787d90
  1877. Thank you for proving my point and doing exactly what i talk about in the article without a shred 2765ac12c089
  1878. Yep good to be back pointing out the insanity e11329a28205
  1879. Yep sex work is only inherently demeaning when someone doesnt have a choice fc19cdde0b3b
  1880. I love a little sacred cow smashing 11330df8259e
  1881. True ive been suspicious of the you need friends argument for a few years now facdf4424ed2
  1882. Yep i think im back 84b93fbee658
  1883. I appreciate that cb807ba6585
  1884. Thanks yeah especially now that the semester is winding down why not 382ea77de04e
  1885. Yep intentional understatement there 29ec25bd182d
  1886. Yes you have a bad relationship with money is the ultimate nonstatement b39005861ffe
  1887. P s thanks for reading and supporting my work for the past few years 2332c7963027
  1888. Its terrifying stuff b5e25a3a6404
  1889. February and march were tough for a number of reasons f46e74b6a8e9
  1890. I agree 100 percent 9c12a0770b9b
  1891. Thats a perfect example 63c6493c2307
  1892. He means deal with bullshit right if so i agree 3ff76051d416
  1893. Reading this sort of drives home the point that climate fatalists really dont get the true stakes 1b321948d25
  1894. I was shocked too 1e2994ef01f5
  1895. It looks like were in uncharted territory on a lot of fronts ranging from ai to climate change 24d99c0d84d4
  1896. And someone else on here just said that some people are getting paid by corporations to promote 485c110533ec
  1897. You actually cant i published them under another name f99e9243af78
  1898. I agree 100 percent c44547f9c737
  1899. Ive read some stories where the real spouse did know about the ai wife and was uncomfortable with 582b05bcd129
  1900. Ai and profit dont belong together 33ba73797d90
  1901. Its sad that so many ceos and editors will believe a robot instead of an experienced writer now dc0dbf21b553
  1902. I think its understandable to express a genuine sense of despair and hopelessness 614286644162
  1903. Can you tell me the name of the company cfe1dbc5499a
  1904. The entire point of my article was to stop judging other people for quitting b08421180f9c
  1905. Holy shit so ai can lie now good lord 2b6f7e8f3e33
  1906. Yeah good point no sentient sex dolls just regular sex dolls 40184decece2
  1907. Uh i dont know what essay you read but that s the exact point that i made that ai isn t the 15a5fc34add
  1908. Yes the world is broken e32bf707e9f4
  1909. Thanks for the links its not lame since i already keep an eye out for your writing 1ba312b8fd75
  1910. I made it very clear that maybe some kind of ai companion would be good for some men but there was 6abc1470e606
  1911. You dont have to smile you don t have to feel happy e952116f8215
  1912. To give a genuine answer to your question 22e69b59023a
  1913. Women arent shooting up schools and screaming all day long on fox news though are they 1743e48646a6
  1914. Agreed its really sad to watch every bankrupt ideology from the last hundred years funnel right 52b55f778467
  1915. I discussed this in the article that some people will always will always have wanted an artificial af4b3896ba33
  1916. I agree this topic warrants a follow up piece i think 5cad982370ad
  1917. Like i said in the article theres a lot worse things they could be doing than spending time with 20fcb863a76c
  1918. Yes very much 4ec9693e2867
  1919. I think ai and robot companions would be great for a lot of people 57708620c27a
  1920. That makes perfect sense 41e7406f3d9f
  1921. I didnt say any of these things a1c253e1681b
  1922. No look at what you just did febbe7e052c3
  1923. This comment is a prime example of why we cant move forward 4425a94d2054
  1924. Yeah its no wonder a lot of people just want to tune out and ignore what s going on dfc7d7b4b07e
  1925. Yeah i remember those as a kid 969b926887f8
  1926. Ugh i shoulda been a data scientist 2b6a8ee3c4e3
  1927. Great minds d0934b5fb0c6
  1928. In bladerunner 2047 they really do have holographic girlfriends that live inside your personal 43b014fc919
  1929. Yep i understand were all just trying to survive these days and some people will always just 8e820b87ac80
  1930. I understand your point and i did say this is why republicans have declared war on education 54594191808f
  1931. Yep theres a lot of affluent people who think they re liberal when they re kind of not 96f7064df2f9
  1932. Or they get called doomers and peddlers of divisive clickbait f3b959693d39
  1933. Id say social media plays a role but the vast amounts of corporate greed and political e2d3d13281ab
  1934. Its naive simply to voice the expectation for better governance 31762409445
  1935. Yep the 1 percent seem to think theyre going to live in harmony with each other in their bunkers d6e36e08591c
  1936. Black holes can be beautiful its nice to just sit and exist without having to perform for people 4b81725578da
  1937. I think autistics black sheep and misfits have a lot in common 3a9489504e
  1938. That was one of my favorite shows mainly because it was the first character i ever saw who openly a70a1a1046b4
  1939. Its nice to hear from other people who ve dealt with the same thing e964af33e151
  1940. Thats a great way to put it d3ed7fa93b01
  1941. Sounds like weve worked through different versions of a problem that resulted in similar solutions 5835cbf0d9d
  1942. Maybe you dont have to be likable 3fa846f129d4
  1943. Yeah looking back on high school thats why i never got along with the cool kids 637f3fd8e5b1
  1944. Thanks for reading d7da0066430d
  1945. I didnt know that about ralph nader but he s 100 percent correct a8251d42f438
  1946. And lets be real 43057c144e39
  1947. Absolutely e3713927667c
  1948. This reminds me of behavioral sinks 622aa3aa52bf
  1949. Only some 2dec61d5e907
  1950. Thats really nice to hear 531b354d2989
  1951. Yep its always you re exaggerating that didn t really happen 100b1e4f284b
  1952. Next dating article if shes wearing a ring there s a 50 percent chance it s not real 834e4766389a
  1953. Yep even some of the comments just blow right past any reasonable discussion and straight into 8aa0a784c616
  1954. Yeah self reporting dd6fbf60e433
  1955. More than 50 percent of men are scared women will find them creepy d9b2e03588de
  1956. This dude has already written about three times as much as i did and he still hasnt made a single cf746c86e394
  1957. Yes and i should probably do a piece soon on how a number of women do uphold these attitudes and f2288610b2fb
  1958. Rust is real 60b0aebceea0
  1959. Women are giving up on men and retreating from public spaces 8fe11a23a8b4
  1960. Its a great glimpse at the future that awaits all these rich preppers 5a64dd9481ff
  1961. Yep when you piece it all together you get one helluva a shakespearean tragedy f36f49d36848
  1962. I think a lot of genuine preppers are exactly like that and theyre mostly interested in sharing f9aae1cafe87
  1963. Indeed the guy had enough money to support an entire town but he squandered it on that bunker bc13aee4bb81
  1964. It doesnt sound like you do anything to help except go around looking for reasons to lecture 4fd7308c080d
  1965. Thank you its good to hear that some people get it c254f0d942d2
  1966. Good point its essentially a straw man argument e15530fe4334
  1967. A while back i managed to stomach a full interview with andrew tate and yes according to the 16e855843f2b
  1968. Nope and its easy to see why gen z is feeling especially hopeless 64d182c6fa70
  1969. Ill have to see if i can replicate this study f42cd29bb880
  1970. Yeah the tiny house laws and hoas are a great example bccfd1e2812e
  1971. Indeed theyre not even coming up with new stereotypes for zoomers just throwing the exact same 915742ea8858
  1972. So you stopped reading the minute you heard something you didnt like and therefore chose to a182a018a94d
  1973. Im pretty sure you haven t read any articles or books about the systemic ageism racism and 35e167ec3e6c
  1974. Fury is the right emotion and i think dealing with it head on has helped me way more than slapping 1645d4a3752
  1975. Absolutely perfect im glad you shared that link 901e2acd5acb
  1976. Thank you 15ee0c7a1324
  1977. Indeed its 110 percent projection 7812f3078fb1
  1978. Yeah and while some people know what theyre doing others are just repeating what they hear and 60079f9be680
  1979. Yeah it looks like a bunch of adult babies folding deck chairs 93e0649b0c40
  1980. Thats true 543f1a2f154a
  1981. Agreed some call it a conspiracy theory d4dd365fd605
  1982. True theres a few good eggs out there ca7322ee3df8
  1983. Thumbs up to this a5e36b47603
  1984. Thats the key issue here now employees should be allowed to wear a mask if they want 370c0ab8773a
  1985. Wow best buy too 14a1150c0757
  1986. It would be hard to track down all the employers who have unwritten unspoken anti mask policies a6f5a9457338
  1987. Exactly and just as predicted the crew who were saying my body my choice back in 2020 have ca8c3d5f8a8d
  1988. No kidding its always about their rights and freedoms elevated above everyone else s bc47e6b78b73
  1989. Agreed i sometimes wonder if that one parents kid was having memory lapses due to all the stress a8526deba77e
  1990. Absolutely f265fedf687c
  1991. Yep and the parenting materials i see now encourage us not to praise our kids for any kind of 4a2848fef20f
  1992. Yeah i really had no idea that affluent parents were following their kids around on all these 98c3e31ceaf1
  1993. Nope it sure doesnt 26720b908ac8
  1994. I know such a relief that only the kids with mr dbc87bc37058
  1995. I wonder what would happen if thurston howell met jeff bezos fa344c3f9c22
  1996. A big portion of them for sure 9595a27ec822
  1997. Its nuts how many times iq and intelligence tests have been debunked as culturally biased 60ca575c9760
  1998. Perfection 696fd683ced0
  1999. I had a similar experience when a college advisor said why are you in such a hurry to graduate a1a295752325
  2000. Truth unfortunately we see to be living in a very different world now where those kinds of jobs 608f4239b4ea
  2001. Yes i would agree that in the information age degrees are becoming more of a status symbol even f656d5918b80
  2002. You cant dismiss 85 percent of americans as fools and you can t ignore them 54459d9d470a
  2003. So what youre saying is that i should just stop posting articles about climate change a24b512c0281
  2004. Yeah imagine calling the nyt liberal especially these days sheesh 92c362cc17c
  2005. Yes ive thought about exploring this topic e29bc285608c
  2006. They certainly have f3b44a9d3907
  2007. Indeed men often do ruin it for other men 60b3331ba6fd
  2008. Its appreciated 31086b4134a6
  2009. Thank you thats nice to hear these days 25505a335b32
  2010. Agreed its often the mindset attitude and behavior that turns women off not their appearance f892e4dc4bdb
  2011. I agree with everything up until the last paragraph about sex dolls df32c2726d54
  2012. Yeah the rat utopia experiment was definitely on my mind when i wrote this e7cdff46584a
  2013. Occasionally i see stuff like that on here and always write a piece dismantling the attitude a33a318b889e
  2014. It seems to get more dangerous out there every day b35ed1f670e9
  2015. That would deserve a standing ovation b55b385154ef
  2016. Yes im frequently torn between my oft expressed sense of commitment to society versus a deep and f2d55ec23b07
  2017. Yep were long term trying to get less reliant on electricity b48984b425e4
  2018. The media silence is deafening 77c21f719828
  2019. Its sad and it looks like the worse things get so will the denial 4e468423d4be
  2020. I think so 1e7525ee245e
  2021. Yeah i used to think it was so implausible but now i completely understand and believe the f9818f16dcca
  2022. Well some of them are realizing at least 46a137eff186
  2023. Same here although if i make it into my 60s given the current circumstances i think ill be d969ea1ce60c
  2024. It really is because true stoicism is what this era calls for more than anything accf955d1222
  2025. Yeah if nothing else well get some pretty thunderstorms out of all this 9854bfc8d2ab
  2026. Yep its like i know you don t have the money or circumstances to do this but let s pretend so 8f1531492083
  2027. I hope i provide some level of sanity thats what people tell me 221c4598b694
  2028. I was referring to amazon and ups workers working without ac but that too 1b98727bec3f
  2029. Its probably pretty similar 8a23886bd52a
  2030. Agreed our housing situation gets more predatory every year ae8f8ee5afce
  2031. Indeed like most of our problems the solutions are very straightforward 94e7bf52cdd1
  2032. Agreed its incredibly difficult to get zoning laws changed and between them and hoas they re 1ca817a63c52
  2033. Id say so 5b867ffae923
  2034. Yet another person telling me what i should be happy with b76684acf269
  2035. It delivers for a tiny few but not for anyone else bad469cc69c0
  2036. Ah yes satire might not change the world immediately but it sure has a way of distilling eb9a0a1a595f
  2037. Oh but he doesnt need to he just needs to hire a kale expert 3a637cff0b39
  2038. The mississippi dried up last year nearly completely 9da93293bb1
  2039. Yeah a little humor for a change 634f4dbdd4a2
  2040. Good to know ill plan to clutter your inbox at least twice a week 904456efaf9a
  2041. Youll still get emails from my substack 91acd4eb2ec7
  2042. True words 9de1d312eeee
  2043. Yeah ill be surprised if they squeeze out five more years e0fbfce65fa9
  2044. Ive read quotes from it don t know if i can stomach the whole thing i might need to 202031bf899f
  2045. Its like they sit around trying to think up ways to be more cruel 10b9d8a98bb9
  2046. Absolutely c1a096faf729
  2047. I think steinbeck showed us what well do with our climate refugees 1644081be80d
  2048. Yeah were seeing our worst traits come out in full this summer all pointed to the intense desire 698ce5980ac4
  2049. I like that phrasing our trauma defines us but it doesnt control us f77283edb399
  2050. Excellent ce6e04eb0dc4
  2051. You dont know the difference unless you ve had both cf9e540a63fb
  2052. Just read the lyrics that song hits hard its a good reminder too bc4b8eb57b70
  2053. Yeah you seem like a very mature stable person capable of showing respect for people and their c92661125783
  2054. No im not going to do that 278661999aa8
  2055. True for some people the dynamic is reversed f97a0b1f9fbb
  2056. This response deserves to be framed youre the kind of parent i m trying to be for my own kid 19c0591663a6
  2057. Thank you ca13ed0b4743
  2058. Yeah substack is the home of crazies like robert malone but they also have your local aceeac931a8a
  2059. Good questions 1a9c668b1493
  2060. Thank you i try 62ef8481b2c6
  2061. Youre not doomscrolling you re using your sentinel intelligence db5fe963ee42
  2062. The million dollar off grid cabin 47db60dc9394