Tort reform put a stop to all of that in the nineties

We’re pretty conditioned to obey. Like, you can be a rebel and insult people or be racist or sexist or “anti-social,” but you go to work and pay your bills. We’re also, mostly, in debt up to our eyeballs the stress of which gives a powerful myopia. Average Americans are way poorer than tv would have you think.

Thirty percent of the population doesn’t even bother to vote as they’ve basically given up, maybe for one of the reasons above or maybe because the government has little to do with day to day life, or maybe something else.

There’s also like a third of the population that is super happy about these developments. It the most amazing thing to have a king again and get back to how things are supposed to be.

There’s also a sort of general American optimism that is super persistent: if you do good, then it’ll be ok. We’re hyper individualized. Do the best you can with what you have. Don’t put anyone out, or depend on anyone else.

Unfortunately, things will have to get a lot worse to motivate us.

Earth tone plain button ups and jeans, loafers.

But, I can’t think what would possess anyone to wear something vaguely threatening to the general population.

Like do they look themselves in the mirror and think: decent?

I couldn’t imagine wearing something like this. Honestly, shirts that say anything are kind of out there for me.

The article has a little throw away reference to one of the coolest things ever if you’ve never heard of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)?wprov=sfla1

Airport bathroom wine mixer!

I choose to see this as a positive.

Fucking Georgia

Yeah, so was second world because of Russia or because of communism? We need to redraw some stuff. Maybe use something other than number ranking for our definitions. I think we’re ultimately too attached to calling countries with brown people third, but this is a fight I can get behind.