I actually had someone go back to one of my comment chains explaining that we needed to push Biden to drop and apologize for their negativity and hostility towards the notion.
I think that is an absolute rarity of self awareness from anyone and I'll take the win of knowing there is at least 1 person out there that walked away with a change positive mindset.
....Wish it was more... But taking the win.
This is phenomenal, best shit I've seen all day and now I need a special of just Carl getting transported through all the cartoon network shows.
Right?!
Its all just marketing. We die for whatever reason anyways just let me eat in peace!
Gameification and weird cryptic terms like "high value".
Oh man have you seen that ad that is all about how it's a dating site only for "high value" people called like Elite Singles or some bullshit.
Literally they make it seem everyone is literally some Sherlock type when most people that think they are, are much more likely Lastrade except hyping crypto more.
I think everyone is just looking for a way to pretend harder that nothing is wrong and if they grind their face against the wheel a little harder they will be finally able to be good enough off to not think about it all. It seems miserable.
Well... Yeah that probably checks out. I have met an engineer who was sure 9/11 was planned demolition even though we literally sat and did the math to prove it was essentially a damaged free fall with no outer explosions... And a biologist major who believed in creationism...
People are full of bad takes in shocking hypocrisy. This is definitely just the more public long lasting version of all those.
I like that one because I absolutely don't like it, but it's hard not to like and think that it's worth being a likable conspiracy theory.
And that's the problem with conspiracy theories, you like to like them and then you can't be sure.
It's just like that sometimes.
Damn, a lot of people bought Steam Decks.
You know for all our checks and balances the Supreme Court is surprisingly left out of them. Congress can supposedly tell them they can't hear a case but that's it. But it's fine cause the courts will never be able to change laws or enforce anything right? Right?
Oh wow. That made me feel disgusted... I mean I'm not sure either of those numbers are accurate and I'm not even sure if it's because they are lower or larger considering how fucked war is for communication and clear information.
But just the idea that we can be comparing the 2 makes for (I think) one of the few things to give you the horrors of war into a comprehensible scale since otherwise it's just numbers.
We can see what Gaza and the city centers of dozens and dozens of apartments razed to the ground and think of the loss of life in that. And we know the horrors of a long war in Ukraine across towns and those injured being a logistical nightmare for aid even stretched over time.
Well so here we go, deaths like city being bombed, like a country being invaded, like families suddenly shrinking, like people screaming in pain in hospitals with no supplies.
It looks like war is coming back. Feel this and harden against it. "The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters."
So, there is some interesting studies on the effect that sadness and depression have on music taste and ability to listen to the lyrics.
Quite literally it breaks down to people who are happy tend to just want to hear music and don't comprehend or want lyrically complicated songs. People who are depressed or at high risk for it tend to be more seeking more complex story telling and will be more aware of the lyrics.
Now why that is would probably win you science grant if you could quantify it. I think it comes back around a bit to "ignorance is bliss" a pretty accurate statement of the world that people that just don't know don't and don't care they don't know are already pretty happy or content with how they know existence to be and don't seek out more. While people more depressed are searching for kindred souls and the feeling of belonging and so listen for more of that empathetic response.
Now one of the other really interesting things of these studies is that heavy death metal music is in the same level as like alternative indie prog-rock for depression listeners, which I think really goes back to that desire to feel emotion and joined experience even if it's just rage or anger.
So, all that to say if you went from just hearing the rhythm to really digging the lyrics check in with your mental health cause it might be that you are seeking out more complex emotions and could be at risk for more serious emotional states.
Me personally I've always listened to the lyrics since I was a child.
Comedian just means empathetic person with enough sadness about the topic to make it funny to make it easier to talk about.
It's why conservative comedians don't often work cause their comedy is not aimed at being relatable but about how much it pisses someone else off.