Hallucinations Chatter

 There's a new term being thrown called 'nonconsenus realities'.

Basically, it's the hearing voices crowd, who are having hallucinations.  They are asking for some  type of reform to occur....where mental health folks/clinics.....uses a different approach in handling their 'problem' (they usually avoid saying they've got a problem).

I'm from the old crowd.....if you spoke up that you were seeing dragons flying around the farm, seeing Jesus hanging out at the gas station, or hearing the voice of Hitler through your cellphone.....you got problems.

I'm against folks like this.  If it makes them feel OK to hear George Steinbrenner's voice over the phone (he's been dead for 20 years) or to see a unicorn in the city park....fine, let the guy be.

But I see this 'nonconsenus' chatter leading back to the element of you wanting me to just accept you and trust you enough to be my bus-driver, or to handle my money at the  bank....well....NO, that won't happen.

We are at this odd point in society, where hallucinations occur and some people think that society should 'approve' the hallucination situation and 'nod' our head.  

In some ways, it's remarkable that this topic comes up.   

Just An Observation

 "If they saying they have to control the internet because people can be 'radicalized'.....are they admitting people can be brainwashed?"

-- Uncle Hotep (Twitter)

I sat for a good ten minutes pondering the simplicity of this guy's analysis.

No one ever in the history of newspapers....ever said they needed to be controlled, because people could be brainwashed by reading print-text.

This suggestion is a recent thing....where folks are worried that you might view 'content' X or Y.....then go radical (never saying left radical or right radical).

My problem?  What if the worry-people who want to control the internet....already have been brainwashed?

Can they establish that they are 'pure' and non-radicalized?  No, I'm not talking about some Harvard PhD guy 'blessing' them....I'm talking about an exam where we the public can gauge the guy 'neutral'.

The odd thing?  These control folks are the same things all hyped up to bring high-speed internet to across America....which would send brainwashing worry to the maximum degree.   

I worked with a guy around a decade ago, who had his aunt 'move-in' and over a six-month period....she got attached to C-SP*N for about ten hours a day.  Once he got home.....the aunt would want to chat constantly over political stuff, and he offered up the opinion one day....she'd become radicalized.  I asked how he'd resolve this, and he offered the idea of just dumping his four-star cable package for a marginalized deal.  

It is kinda funny, between cable-TV and the internet....we've got tons of disinformation and propaganda dumped on us daily, and our previous ability to filter out garbage....is simply overwhelmed.  

More Equals Less In The End

 It's not page one news, but it's worth a discussion.  The men's world soccer 'management' sat down and agreed that when it came to the World Cup deal (every four years)....that made tons of money for players who participated....that they would have a even-deal with the women's soccer 'management' folks.

What this amounts to?  Male players before all of this chatter....made around $18k per game (even as a sub on the team) if they got into the final series matches....while women in the female version of the World Cup....only made $3k each. 

So that check to the guys....dropped from the $18k level (per game) to around $10k to $11k?  Yeah.

People accepting of the financial drop?  Well....no one is really saying that.  It was the management folks who arranged this deal.

My grumbling?  If you went to attendance numbers....the women's cup games usually draw around 20k to 25k for the stadium.  In the guy's games....if this were a 90,000 seat stadium......you'd sell every single seat.  I admit....women's games have improved a heck of a lot over the past thirty years.  But there's no evenness to this structure.  

What I'll predict?  I'll suggest that ten-percent of the players will view this World Cup period as a relaxation period, and refuse to participate for their national team.  Some of them will be top-tier players.....which means the games will be less sensational and less interesting to watch or attend.  It might take twelve years, but I think general public interest for male games will lessen.  When this occurs....an interesting affect will occur....where the salary shrinks, and the women ask why. 

As much as they think they are fixing something....it's simply evolving into the next problem.