“A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent."
the 2000 election was the first one where I paid attention. I remember years later I read up on early internet history I was *shocked* to learn Al Gore really was centrally involved in the whole thingthe 2000 election was the first one where I paid attention. I remember years later I read up on early internet history I was *shocked* to learn Al Gore really was centrally involved in the whole thing
But not getting into an endless cycle of reinforcing one's ideological priors (with a bit of proxy trauma for good measure) is HARD!
Who can forget that iconic moment when the Mandalorian fought the terrible Medium Peri-Peri Sauce?
This is true of all democracy, though.
The best thing about being unemployed is that I had a dream about a nonexistent right wing comedy event and I had the time to make the flyer exactly according to the specifications of the dream
Does it count as stealing valor if absolutely nobody in their right mind would think you served in WWII?
"I will keep you here in formation until four."
"Man speaks in perfect Saville."
This is far worse than the way the NYT reported it.
"Their conversation was preceded with a presentation: a video montage of tweets that could have been sent to spread information about the Holocaust if it were taking place in the time of social media, concluding that X could have saved lives." what. what. why. forward.com/opinion/5769...
If remembrance is to not only remember that something happened but how and why it happened, then Musk's Auschwitz visit abjectly failed.