Hannah Arendt (say what you will, but I fucks with her majorly) wrote a great essay called iirc: “Organized Guilt and Collective Responsibility” in which she discusses how the state intentionally drives a wedge between family life and civic duty, so that when the “small man” is finally frustrated by means of unemployment, he will turn to that last stage where he takes up any position — even that of hangman (paraphrased, albeit poorly).

Basically, the state wants you to prioritize your family — women and children first! — over all else, so the state can get away with the shit they do. The most radical thing a person can do is prioritize civic life (organizing) over their desire for family etc., etc.

It’s been a long time since I’ve read her, but all her work is worth a read imo — especially now.

I think libs also fail to understand that having a degree means something entirely different in China than it does in the U.S.

Brussels sprouts fuck so hard. I make a mean ass Brussels sprouts salad and don’t even get me started about roasted Brussels sprouts — Christ! With a little pickled red onion, maple syrup, and chilis?? Fuck my face please

Granny Smiths 4 life

I’m a Haralson gnome, myself. They taste good raw, and they bake/cook well, plus they’re pretty much perfect for my geographic region. There may be tastier apples, but the Haralson is the ‘99 Corolla of the apple world.

Man I unironically miss rehab day trips in the druggy buggy.

My last time in rehab we saw Across the Universe in a dollar theater on Christmas Day lol.

Yes this is a good write up, and you are correct: Immune Globulin is the real expensive piece.

For yall wondering, from what I understand, the immune globulin has a super short shelf life, which means it’s often discarded before use which inflates the price significantly. Further, since so much gets discarded and demand is relatively low, most supplies of the stuff are in more densely populated areas. As I mentioned below, I went to a middle-of-nowhere ER late at night which was a several hours drive away from the nearest available immune globulin which needed to be couriered to my location which also inflated the price tremendously, I’m sure.

And yes, ER is definitely the right call. Rabies is 100% gonna kill you, and the vaccine is 100% gonna save your ass. The sooner you can get to a hospital and get the immune globulin the better. If you can secure and/or dispatch the animal that bit you and have it tested for rabies, that would be ideal but that very often is simply not possible. My understanding is that many major state universities in the U.S. offer rabies testing, but uh, don’t quote me.

While I don’t disagree with the sentiment, a mask won’t really help much for any of the above listed viruses if you’ve come in physical contact with anyone infected.

Nope. The initial shot is exorbitantly expensive — I think my bill said somewhere in the ballpark of $15k, plus the emergency room visit. Plus it’s a series of shots with subsequent shots administered on days 3, 7, and 14 plus you’re paying for those office visits in addition to the vaccine.

Edit: I will say that the more rural you are the more expensive it will be. There’s the obvious reasons, of course, but the big thing is that the immune globulin has a really short shelf life, and basically only major metropolitan areas have it. If you are in a rural area it will need to be couriered in. For me, this happened at around midnight in a super rural area so that really added to my expense.

The last time I needed an emergency rabies shot it was nearly $40k USD. If I hadn’t had absolutely bangin’ insurance through my union I would have been absolutely fucked.

I’m not gonna watch this long ass video, but bicameralism has kind of waxed and waned in popularity over the years. I read Julian Jaynes’s book many many years ago. There are pdfs readily available on the high seas. I believe it was called “the origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind” or something along those lines.

Been a long time since I’ve really looked into this stuff, but if you think of consciousness as existing on a continuum rather than a binary yes/no proposition, then the idea that ancient civilizations weren’t “as conscious” as we are now might hold some water.

I believe most modern cognitive scientists are fairly in agreement that our consciousness is in part defined by language, but not solely by language, and there’s also different kinds of consciousness (phenomenal, access, and so forth). Higher Order Theories (which when I was last into the subject were kind of the prevailing theories) basically are in agreement that higher order consciousness requires being able to have a thought about a thought about an experience.

Actually I’m typing this and realizing I’m way out of my element and maybe someone more knowledgeable than myself can hop in here.

Edit: as I recall, jaynes’s theory was basically derived from writings and whatnot. I think he basically said that consciousness emerged due to mass migrations of people post Bronze Age “collapse” and that the linguistic exchange was largely responsible for forcing the emergence of the self? Maybe? It doesn’t sound too out there to me. If I recall it’s how he arrived at his conclusions that I didn’t like… not that jaynes has a monopoly on bicameralism, he’s just the only one I was ever kinda sorta familiar with.

I was hopeful that this would be a video of the real thing, but it still got me all

I first read that as “start annexing…” and my little accelerationist ass got real fuckin turned on for a minute there. Imagine my disappointment.

I’ve been down and out the other end of the uap rabbit hole and I tell you what… fuck JD Vance

The mighty merganser finally gets to have its day!

You’re definitely right about Maggie Killjoy. I still enjoy much of her work. I don’t know her personally but I have several friends who’ve worked with her and speak highly of her so I take the chance to promote her creative work if and when it comes up.

Edit: yes, also have parasocial crush on Sarah Marshall, but my main parasocial crush is def j loftus. It’s embarrassing honestly.

Honestly, any podcast by Jamie Loftus (My year in Mensa, ghost church, sixteenth minute, bechdel cast, etc).

You’re wrong about, the constant, American hysteria, ologies, cool people who did cool stuff are some of my other faves.

More like “homie’s-‘o’-stasis” am I right??

My high school football locker room had a working theory of gayness wherein “it” is only gay if the balls do indeed touch.

Sorry queer non-ball havers. No gay for you.