PrimeMinisterKeyes

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[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

As you might remember, it used to be called "information superhighway." As it turns out, not only does it make information flow faster from A to B, it also divides people that lie to either side of the road, in a metaphorical sense.
Required reading See especially figure 3b. TLDR: Increased information access and increased connections lead to more echo chambers.

In a very traditional Afghan restaurant I used to frequent, if you ordered something really spicy, they'd bring you these small mint drops afterwards to chew on, no extra charge. Worked very well for me.

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Excerpts from a short piece, called "Back to the Wall," by a famous writer; abridged:

The individual soul is under attack...
Ten years ago it may have been inconceivable that the great sweet "cassaba melon" as it was called of "American Century" prosperity was really a great psychic hoax a mirage of electronic mass-hypnosis...
The choice given - or CHOSEN? by us between an oldfashioned politician..., which is to say conservative, and an outright Authoritarian rightwinger? We never had a choice between middle and left, we were always stuck between middle and right. Finally it becomes too much to fight. But the stakes are too great to lose...
To live in a country which supposedly dominates the entire planet and to be responsible for the outrages of ones Own country! Woe to the Germans silent under Hitler woe to the Americans silent now.
Not a matter of Policy, rational discourse etc.
Things no longer merely out of proportion, things are UNREAL. Manipulating the unreal from centers of power - how can the soul endure?
Movie blather, news broadcast blather ... social blather of a totally maladjusted tribe engaged in struggle to retain power-dominance and control over an entire planet (nay an entire solar system!)

He also mentions a "synchronistic putch." The writer is called Allen Ginsberg and this piece was published 1966.
Which is to say, the Overton window has been shifting for a long time and Nazism has never been truly defeated, only forced to hibernate. And certainly not just in the US. At least that's my pessimistic conclusion at this point.

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I remember this type of discussions and the exact same arguments on Reddit, or was it Digg, way back when. Classic rock then was Phish or Grateful Dead.
Well, as a result, I've never gotten into these two particular bands, but I did start listening to music that's like 10 or 20 years older than the stuff I grew up with. In fact, only recently, I've gotten a record player and some vinyl records. Works great for lo-fi rock which is imperfect by design.

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"I am a fox," said the fox.
"Please - tame me!"

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Empower the White, Christian, Sexually Aggressive/Frustrated Misogynists.

Only as much and for as long as he deems necessary. Should they become a liability after getting him ~~elected~~ into power, they'd be dealt with swiftly. Remember Henry Hill in "GoodFellas"?

If you're part of a crew, nobody ever tells you that they're going to kill you, doesn't happen that way. There weren't any arguments or curses like in the movies. See, your murderers come with smiles, they come as your friends, the people who've cared for you all of your life. And they always seem to come at a time that you're at your weakest and most in need of their help.

Yeah, I've had a realization a few days ago when I checked out about a dozen songs that had north of 10 million views on YT, but I've never heard of them, at all, or of the artists behind them. And all of those were from some 10 years ago. So I guess my taste in music is kind of frozen in time and I've been trying for a while to complete collections of "old" artists rather than getting to know new ones.
I do get occasional inspiration from the folks at I Love Music, though.

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't know much about history... Don't know much palaeontology...

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