You know....for probably 4,000 years....you could ask a thousand people to define a woman, and the thousand folks could do it.
Suddenly in 2022....you ask a thousand people to define a woman, and only about 700 folks can do it.
The more you think about this.....the less advanced of a society you see around you.
What happened? Did 300 folks step off a cliff, or are they just 'bots' created by alien civilizations and dropped off?
If you'd come to me and challenged me to write a piece like this....I would have laughed. It'd take a lot of gin-sours to get me to a 40-line essay on good reasons to move home.
First, it only makes sense if Mom and Dad aren't bad off. Maybe Dad is still working and he wasn't making stupid irrational decisions of borrowing $80,000 for a French literature degree.
This might be the moment where you look at Dad's 24-year old Oldsmobile 88 and wonder why he still drives it, or gazing at Mom's 14-year old Honda Fit....thinking it looks 'old'.
Then you notice that Dad mostly drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR), which is the cheapest beer made in America.
Then you notice that while Dad has cable...it has the basic package only, without Showtime, Netflix, etc.
Then you notice that Mom and Dad only eat out once a month, but grill every Friday evening with cheap meats.
The problem here, if you sit and ponder upon it.....this inflation period might be around for two or three years, and I'm pretty sure Dad's hospitality is only good for about six months. Eventually (just a couple of months into this).....you will be looking for a plan 'B'.
For reference, from 1929 on....it was four consecutive years with inflation (reaching near 10-percent in 1932), and only going to positive numbers in 1934.
So, my advice....if you've dug a pretty deep hole on debt....maybe a one-year stay in 'Hotel-Dad' makes sense. But along about day 60 of this 'hotel' stay.....your enthusiasm will start to evaporate, and you better start to plan on leaving by the sixth month.
Hint: You might improve your stay, if you washed Dad's 88 weekly, or painted the garage during this visit.
Very quickly on this Buffalo, NY shooter....you noticed that he had written a manifesto.
People who write manifestos, in general....are aiming to bring society to a civil war or revolution....through a violent means.
Yes....death is involved.
Charles Manson was that type of nut....Adolph Hitler was that type of nut. The Christchurch shooter, was that type of nut. That Swedish guy, Anders Behring Breivak, was that type.
They believe themselves to be intellectual in nature, and that problems in society can be corrected through a prescribed means....even if this involves violence.
The minute that your friend or associate has said they want to have a beer or two, and discuss this manifesto they wrote.....you can give various excuses and just say 'no'....you got other things on your calendar.
Elon Musk said something to the effect: '...you know, for a lot of 2020 voters, they voted Biden because they wanted less drama'.
Yeah, it was a sarcastic moment, and Elon was making it a blunt statement.
After eight years of the Clinton administration....I kinda felt that way. Between newspapers and news magazines....the eight years were fairly dramatic and chaotic. Some folks probably did vote for Bush II....to get out of the dramatic era, and in eight years time....felt Bush II was too chaotic.
Then came the Obama era, where folks again gauged things and wanted less drama, less theater, less showmanship, less production, less tragedy, and less tear-jerker gimmicks. They also failed to get what they wanted.
The Trump era? No one much disagrees....it was a full-up show, but for 20-odd years....why not a real NY City show?
Now? I'd say at the 1.5 year point....it is a bit overblown on drama. I'd say Elon is correct....it's just a lot of people who want a quiet President who makes makes one or two public appearances per week....golfs three afternoons per week....doesn't know anyone from Hollywood...and has a press spokesperson who never says more than 100 words in their answers.
What happens in 2024? Well.....you will have two candidates to pick from, and the odds are that both are loaded for full-up drama for four years.
Yeah, it's almost like WWE-wrestling now.
