I realize what I'm going to say may be a bitter pill for some to swallow, but if your family (or friends) can turn on you because teevee told them to, you are better off without them in your life. You may love them but the feeling isn't mutual and it was highly conditional.
I had a friend who called me "horrible" and "uncaring" because I…
I realize what I'm going to say may be a bitter pill for some to swallow, but if your family (or friends) can turn on you because teevee told them to, you are better off without them in your life. You may love them but the feeling isn't mutual and it was highly conditional.
I had a friend who called me "horrible" and "uncaring" because I refused to get hysterical about this even at the start. As I told her (and she should know with her mother being a doctor in PR, btw) that the last thing you do in am emergency is get hysterical because that's how mistakes are made and people get hurt or die. I speak from experience and she KNOWS that I do. Nah, teevee said anyone not reacting hysterically and literally thinking the world is ending with The Black Death 2.0 is bad and wrong so, I'm bad and wrong. She thought the world was ending and I know it's not. Then she contacts me excitedly 5 months later to announce a pregnancy. I said, "interesting decision for someone who thinks the world is ending." That was the last I heard from her. Good riddance and hopefully that poor child ends up smarter despite their parentage.
Indeed. I find myself *still* unsure what the wreckage will be with the results of "the sorting hat" as a backdrop. Do I just let it go, since propaganda is a mighty powerful tool? Is the fact that I just happened to take the Red Pill this time sufficient reason for me to kick people who believed the propaganda to the curb permanently? Damned if I know!
Yeah I wrestled with that as well. My neighbors, I'll forgive because I'm not THAT close to them and I have no expectations of then beyond basic courtesy. People who are family, close/best friends who should know the kind of person you are and turns on you anyway because an anonymous 3rd party said to do so? Nah, they're treacherous. These disagreements went so far beyond simple difference of opinion to moralizing and witch hunting.
I knew people who voted Trump in 2016. I didn't demand they be burned at the stake as many did (and still are). I asked, "but, why?!" And I listened sincerely. Glad I had an intelligent reaction then too because they haven't turned on me during this Hysteria, even though some of them are vaxxed.
I hear you. As I try to incorporate epistemic humility into my way of life, I find myself thinking, more and more, "there but for the sheer luck that I smelled the bullshit this time, go I!" (Or something like that.)
Got you. On a friends group of maybe 12 and family group of 35 I stopped posting slightly challenging views. And I feel angry. I wonder how I'm going to react if and when they say "Sh1t, you were right!". Part of me does want to reply "Oh just go f*&k yourself! How can such an intelligent and reasonable person like yourself get hooked by this?". But I also know this can't be the way forward. Grace helped me choose the Red Pill.
Which also means they'll be placing a Taboo curse on some words like "breakthrough cases" and "doesn't work" and "this is insanity". Opposite of ol' Voldy, if we *don't* say Hail Fauci multiple times a day, the Snatchers will come to get us.
Okay, let's change the mood. I recommend watching the YouTube channel Academy of Ideas, the video "Individual vs Tyranny" published on January 18, 2017.
Ok, Cat. You’re bright as hell, but I have to ask what life you’re on if you’re referencing Harry Potter? I’m guessing your second life / decade. Certainly no more than your third?
When they lose the next election, and they will, that will be an interesting conundrum for them. The partisans who used this will not give a shit about dropping it and moving on (ala Nate Silver via Defund the Police) but the covidians will not care at all. They will want to keep going down. That will be the best part to watch in all of this madness.
I realize what I'm going to say may be a bitter pill for some to swallow, but if your family (or friends) can turn on you because teevee told them to, you are better off without them in your life. You may love them but the feeling isn't mutual and it was highly conditional.
I had a friend who called me "horrible" and "uncaring" because I refused to get hysterical about this even at the start. As I told her (and she should know with her mother being a doctor in PR, btw) that the last thing you do in am emergency is get hysterical because that's how mistakes are made and people get hurt or die. I speak from experience and she KNOWS that I do. Nah, teevee said anyone not reacting hysterically and literally thinking the world is ending with The Black Death 2.0 is bad and wrong so, I'm bad and wrong. She thought the world was ending and I know it's not. Then she contacts me excitedly 5 months later to announce a pregnancy. I said, "interesting decision for someone who thinks the world is ending." That was the last I heard from her. Good riddance and hopefully that poor child ends up smarter despite their parentage.
2020-1 has been a merciless sorting hat.
so many who thought they were gryffindor turned out to be slitherin.
Also, quite a few who thought they were Ravenclaw turned out to be squibs.
or worse: dudley's parents.
Who knew there were so many Dudley's parents around till the last year exposed them?
Touché.
Indeed. I find myself *still* unsure what the wreckage will be with the results of "the sorting hat" as a backdrop. Do I just let it go, since propaganda is a mighty powerful tool? Is the fact that I just happened to take the Red Pill this time sufficient reason for me to kick people who believed the propaganda to the curb permanently? Damned if I know!
Yeah I wrestled with that as well. My neighbors, I'll forgive because I'm not THAT close to them and I have no expectations of then beyond basic courtesy. People who are family, close/best friends who should know the kind of person you are and turns on you anyway because an anonymous 3rd party said to do so? Nah, they're treacherous. These disagreements went so far beyond simple difference of opinion to moralizing and witch hunting.
I knew people who voted Trump in 2016. I didn't demand they be burned at the stake as many did (and still are). I asked, "but, why?!" And I listened sincerely. Glad I had an intelligent reaction then too because they haven't turned on me during this Hysteria, even though some of them are vaxxed.
I hear you. As I try to incorporate epistemic humility into my way of life, I find myself thinking, more and more, "there but for the sheer luck that I smelled the bullshit this time, go I!" (Or something like that.)
Got you. On a friends group of maybe 12 and family group of 35 I stopped posting slightly challenging views. And I feel angry. I wonder how I'm going to react if and when they say "Sh1t, you were right!". Part of me does want to reply "Oh just go f*&k yourself! How can such an intelligent and reasonable person like yourself get hooked by this?". But I also know this can't be the way forward. Grace helped me choose the Red Pill.
I wonder about that too-- what am I going to say when my sister gives that call to say 'you were right; haha.
I am sure my response will not be what runs through my head right now.
Funny I keep thinking the best analogy for today is Harry Potter. Unfortunately we are at the point where the ministry fell.
Which also means they'll be placing a Taboo curse on some words like "breakthrough cases" and "doesn't work" and "this is insanity". Opposite of ol' Voldy, if we *don't* say Hail Fauci multiple times a day, the Snatchers will come to get us.
Okay, let's change the mood. I recommend watching the YouTube channel Academy of Ideas, the video "Individual vs Tyranny" published on January 18, 2017.
The time of the R's:
Review what you thought about stuff and your relationships
Release some
Restart or Rekindle others
Remember why you are here in the first place
Rejoice in large and small mercies
Agreed. Although I sorted into Slytherin on Pottermore, I'm clearly a Snape-ish Slytherin (our birthdays are only a couple days apart).
Ok, Cat. You’re bright as hell, but I have to ask what life you’re on if you’re referencing Harry Potter? I’m guessing your second life / decade. Certainly no more than your third?
Panic helped win the election. That's what happens when we have such a partisan CDC. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/filings-show-all-but-five-political-donations-from-cdc-employees-since-2015-have-gone-to-democrats
When they lose the next election, and they will, that will be an interesting conundrum for them. The partisans who used this will not give a shit about dropping it and moving on (ala Nate Silver via Defund the Police) but the covidians will not care at all. They will want to keep going down. That will be the best part to watch in all of this madness.
With so many sanctuary (immigration, guns) cities and states popping up, I wonder when the first federal-tax-sanctuaries will be declared.
Or an anti-pharma sanctuary/state. That's already happening to some extent, with the migrations.
I don't think the Left realizes that they have more to loose from people blowing off rules than do get-the-government-off-my-back types.
how can they lose the election? They have already bought it.