Generation Wuss and related crap
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So there is a shadowy cabal of pedophiles running the government, and climate change isnt real?
Dang. You guys really have been drinking the crank koolaid recently, huh?
Just out of curiosity, evolution and space are still real right? The holocaust happened?
Dang. You guys really have been drinking the crank koolaid recently, huh?
Just out of curiosity, evolution and space are still real right? The holocaust happened?
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As for the holocaust thing, everyone knows that was personally funded by George Soros, in an attempt to influence the results of the 1944 US presidential election.
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No, but those are beliefs which are common to those on the far-right, so stating it seems like a good way to get them riled up.
As for the holocaust thing, everyone knows that was personally funded by George Soros, in an attempt to influence the results of the 1944 US presidential election.
As for the holocaust thing, everyone knows that was personally funded by George Soros, in an attempt to influence the results of the 1944 US presidential election.
On a non-troll note, I recently learned about the "stabbed in the back" myth that was perpetuated in the aftermath of WWI. Its a disturbing example of how a "conspiracy theory" can be weaponized.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth
IIRC there was a bit on it recently in this american life, or radio lab
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You know how some people say "Do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life?" Well, Braineack is like the bizarro-world version of that. Like if Deadpool had a regular 9-5 job working for the US government as a software developer.
On a non-troll note, I recently learned about the "stabbed in the back" myth that was perpetuated in the aftermath of WWI. Its a disturbing example of how a "conspiracy theory" can be weaponized.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth
IIRC there was a bit on it recently in this american life, or radio lab
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth
IIRC there was a bit on it recently in this american life, or radio lab
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Oh, and of course
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/730/the-empty-chair
Highly recommended.
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I was thinking this morning about a happy memory.
Gainesville, FL. The mid 1990s. The University of Florida.
At the northwest corner of Newberry & 13th street, there used to be a little strip mall consisting of nothing but three small take-out restaurants. It was a convenient spot to grab lunch, as it was just across the street from the northern edge of the campus. Today, that strip mall (along with everything else on the block) is gone, replaced by a hotel. But 25 years ago, it was a hoppin' spot.
I can still see (and smell) the place. From left to right, the three restaurants were Falafel King, The Burrito Bros. Taco Company, and Chinee Takee Outee.
That last one, in particular, comes to mind.
The food wasn't very good. I much preferred Falafel King. But can you imagine a restaurant with that name existing in a college town in the present day?
I'd pay money just to see that.
Mmmmmm. Falafel.
Gainesville, FL. The mid 1990s. The University of Florida.
At the northwest corner of Newberry & 13th street, there used to be a little strip mall consisting of nothing but three small take-out restaurants. It was a convenient spot to grab lunch, as it was just across the street from the northern edge of the campus. Today, that strip mall (along with everything else on the block) is gone, replaced by a hotel. But 25 years ago, it was a hoppin' spot.
I can still see (and smell) the place. From left to right, the three restaurants were Falafel King, The Burrito Bros. Taco Company, and Chinee Takee Outee.
That last one, in particular, comes to mind.
The food wasn't very good. I much preferred Falafel King. But can you imagine a restaurant with that name existing in a college town in the present day?
I'd pay money just to see that.
Mmmmmm. Falafel.
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I wish I could remember. Or even find some pictures of the place online.
While the web did (just barely) exist at the time, sites like Instabook did not. Nor was everyone carrying around a high-resolution digital camera / supercomputer in their pocket. I feel a certain sense of loss in that.
We were the generation which had an analog youth and a digital adulthood. And while it was cool to have front row seats to a world-changing paradigm shift in information technology, the downside of that is that we are also the last generation who have very little record of the small, incidental details of our early life. Very few photographs overall, and practically none of trivial and unimportant things, such as what we had for lunch on some random Thursday.
Turns out that Falafel King is still in business. Looks like they relocated to a different strip mall, albeit much further from campus. I can't imagine that they get much foot traffic there.
But pretty much zero sign that Chinee Takee Outee ever existed, save for one small blurb (with no photo) that I found in a 1995 issue of The Independent Florida Alligator.
WAIT! I FOUND A VIDEO!
The strip-mall of interest starts at about :13 in.
Aaaaaah, the Purple Porpoise. Wasn't a gay bar, despite the name. They had a little comedy club in the back called The Blow Hole. Which also wasn't a sex thing in any way.
Good memories.
While the web did (just barely) exist at the time, sites like Instabook did not. Nor was everyone carrying around a high-resolution digital camera / supercomputer in their pocket. I feel a certain sense of loss in that.
We were the generation which had an analog youth and a digital adulthood. And while it was cool to have front row seats to a world-changing paradigm shift in information technology, the downside of that is that we are also the last generation who have very little record of the small, incidental details of our early life. Very few photographs overall, and practically none of trivial and unimportant things, such as what we had for lunch on some random Thursday.
Turns out that Falafel King is still in business. Looks like they relocated to a different strip mall, albeit much further from campus. I can't imagine that they get much foot traffic there.
But pretty much zero sign that Chinee Takee Outee ever existed, save for one small blurb (with no photo) that I found in a 1995 issue of The Independent Florida Alligator.
WAIT! I FOUND A VIDEO!
The strip-mall of interest starts at about :13 in.
Aaaaaah, the Purple Porpoise. Wasn't a gay bar, despite the name. They had a little comedy club in the back called The Blow Hole. Which also wasn't a sex thing in any way.
Good memories.