Oregon Chatter

 This AM....I read through a piece....Oregon adults have the highest rate of mental illness in the US at 31.6-percent.  Roughly...if you met 20 Oregon adults today....at least six have a 'problem'.  

What I noticed....they were careful not to suggest levels....like crazy-crazy....or OCD-consumed....or hallucinating over aliens/UFOs....or pretending-to-be-Donald-Trump....or pretending to be 'invisible'. 

Most folks in Alabama will swear up and down....that we carry the bulk of the load on mental illness with adults.  This was probably true in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.  Oddly enough....by the 1970s....we were losing the 'race' and the population of crazy folks were on a serious decline.  Alabamians attribute this to three things: Crazies moving to California....drugs becoming available to lessen craziness, and fewer folks bragging or hyping up their level of craziness (mostly to avoid being sent off to the state facility).

Do Oregonian folks realize the level of mental illness?  I'm not that sure about it. Most folks have a daily habit of cannabis/weed, and it probably lessens the shock-value.

Should we (the other 49 states) do anything about this issue?  I'm of the mind....as long as it's staying in the state....don't spread out the problem.  If it goes up to around 50-percent of adults?  That might change my mind.

Attire Trend?

 I watched the Shane Gillis clip from the past weekend's SNL show.....where he got into a comedian-talk over females at the gym....dressing trashy/whorish.

Apparently, it's gotten folks hyped up (well....mostly women).

My thoughts?  In the 1990s....my military days....I used to go over to the gym twice a week.  In those days....everyone (men/women) wore regular gym clothing.  There was nothing trashy/slutty.

Around 2014, in retirement status....my German wife hyped-up that we needed to stay in shape....so we joined a German fitness 'club' (in a upscale neighborhood of Wiesbaden).  

It's a odd membership....I'd say that 60-percent are over the age of 50, with 20-percent in the age 16 to 20.  Men to women?  Maybe 60-percent male.....40-percent female.  

Older gals dressing trashy/slutty?  NO. 

The 16-to-20 gals?  Well....there's probably five or six that I would note as approaching slutty/trashy....but it's not serious.  

Shane isn't wrong....there's just a group of women (probably in the ten-percent range) who flaunt their body/looks.  If guys were dressing this way (trashy/whorish).....women would probably go and say something or openly criticize the 'look'.

Where all of this is leading?  I'll predict that most fitness operations have a women-only night....at least once a week....to help the whorish-attire women feel comfortable.