very insteresting. the formation of in- and out-groups also has to do with want, or need, when demand is bigger than supply. and as kids my parents taught us not to blindly follow others if they'd do silly stuff and they used the example of lemmings jumping off a cliff to make us understand. although the bit about the lemmings apparently isn't true, we (sort of) got the message and learnt how to recognise manipulation.
yup, always have been (similar to my brother, while my sister's a brunette). we had long hair, which, by the way, made great entanglements ;-)) apparently the expression was first used in the 1920s, although there seem to be older sources - https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/dumb-blonde.html
Tis been a pleasure making your acquaintance Ms. Mary-Lou!
I didn't want to read about this experiment from the past today, but I guess it was fate!
BK
ok, seriously, to bring this to closure, maybe the word "dumb" is misunderstood? Or rather, possible confused with "natural". I mean you got natural blonds and you have dumb ones.....which type are you or are you a dumb natural blond or a natural dumb one?
~~~~~
I seriously hope you know I'm just joking around, but if not, being we just met, then no real harm!
likewise BK. it's a bit like the moniker 'deplorables', which backfired spectacularly at the time and might actually point to the opposite of what was initially insinuated by the term. we're talking badge of honour here! also blondes have more fun (wasn't that Marilyn Monroe?). conclusively I'd say it's very healthy to rattle people's prejudice every now and then. which is probably why we enjoy reading these substack authors and the comments they elicit :-))
The 'establishment' initially used their (supposed) AUTHORITY as a pretence of 'knowledge & care' for their communities. The public accepted the scaremongering over something, no more dangerous than Flu. Made Covid into 'Armageddon' and used the fear they generated to control, imprison and mask up the population (those that couldn't join dots). LIABILITY used to discipline the safety of drugs and medicines, but BIG PHARMA negotiated a 'truce' in 1976. 46 years ago, it was a 'TEMPORARY' solution to a previous exaggerated 'Swine Flu' but after the 'EXPERIMENTAL' Swine Flu Vax killed 50+ Americans, the project was shut down for being "TOO DANGEROUS". This time Big Pharma still pretend they have IMMUNITY from thousands of Vax DEATHS caused by their injected poison. LIABILITY MUST RETURN IMMEDIATELY! Mick from Hooe (UK) - Unjabbed to fight on!
as sad as it is exactly the same way science works, including the best universities.... Two postdocs get the same topic not knowing about it, except for the boss, who takes the best from each of them and 'directs' the outcome, all what counts is who is the fastest... That's why science is so divided, so limited, so hated..
I think the ones who came up with this experiment ought face Lady Libra because she holds the scales.
I think the ones who came up with the latest experiment, just on a larger scale, ought face justice one way or the other.
Be it a court of law or the law of the jungle.
~
I suspect Jesus might say, turn the other cheek, but I think that was intended on an individual level. I suspect Jesus would be offended by these psychologic experiments especially being they gone large-scale lately. I suspect Justified Retribution is on the way......but I could be wrong.
~
Had I been one of the boys at the camp, I would said "fuck it" right off and then went into town to find a perty girl to talk some smack to.....that is how I would like to imagine it....but you know this kids, at that age, they are very permeable in mind. Truly saddened me to read this and thanks for that....I'll read the rest later maybe....
You know or maybe you don't, I will read the rest or maybe I won't, but what bugs me the most about the experiment conducted on the kids - the kids were innocent and this is unfair on such a deep level it speaks to how sometimes the ones making the measurements are actually the ones being tested.
That is the kind of thing a wrap-around kid might say after going through this effed up experiment....
So - take that CIA and cohorts....eff you and all u stupid tests...
very insteresting. the formation of in- and out-groups also has to do with want, or need, when demand is bigger than supply. and as kids my parents taught us not to blindly follow others if they'd do silly stuff and they used the example of lemmings jumping off a cliff to make us understand. although the bit about the lemmings apparently isn't true, we (sort of) got the message and learnt how to recognise manipulation.
Hey - tis only cause of you I posted below - are you really a "natural blonde"
(ha, ha....
BK
yup, always have been (similar to my brother, while my sister's a brunette). we had long hair, which, by the way, made great entanglements ;-)) apparently the expression was first used in the 1920s, although there seem to be older sources - https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/dumb-blonde.html
thnx for the chuckle Buffalo_Ken!
Tis been a pleasure making your acquaintance Ms. Mary-Lou!
I didn't want to read about this experiment from the past today, but I guess it was fate!
BK
ok, seriously, to bring this to closure, maybe the word "dumb" is misunderstood? Or rather, possible confused with "natural". I mean you got natural blonds and you have dumb ones.....which type are you or are you a dumb natural blond or a natural dumb one?
~~~~~
I seriously hope you know I'm just joking around, but if not, being we just met, then no real harm!
BK
likewise BK. it's a bit like the moniker 'deplorables', which backfired spectacularly at the time and might actually point to the opposite of what was initially insinuated by the term. we're talking badge of honour here! also blondes have more fun (wasn't that Marilyn Monroe?). conclusively I'd say it's very healthy to rattle people's prejudice every now and then. which is probably why we enjoy reading these substack authors and the comments they elicit :-))
This is an excellent teaching tool for all people.
The 'establishment' initially used their (supposed) AUTHORITY as a pretence of 'knowledge & care' for their communities. The public accepted the scaremongering over something, no more dangerous than Flu. Made Covid into 'Armageddon' and used the fear they generated to control, imprison and mask up the population (those that couldn't join dots). LIABILITY used to discipline the safety of drugs and medicines, but BIG PHARMA negotiated a 'truce' in 1976. 46 years ago, it was a 'TEMPORARY' solution to a previous exaggerated 'Swine Flu' but after the 'EXPERIMENTAL' Swine Flu Vax killed 50+ Americans, the project was shut down for being "TOO DANGEROUS". This time Big Pharma still pretend they have IMMUNITY from thousands of Vax DEATHS caused by their injected poison. LIABILITY MUST RETURN IMMEDIATELY! Mick from Hooe (UK) - Unjabbed to fight on!
Shared this with the young adults in my life. Thank you.
Great writing!
as sad as it is exactly the same way science works, including the best universities.... Two postdocs get the same topic not knowing about it, except for the boss, who takes the best from each of them and 'directs' the outcome, all what counts is who is the fastest... That's why science is so divided, so limited, so hated..
Btw. Moderna's manufacturing facility now works with military, or maybe it always did: https://www.jpeocbrnd.osd.mil/Media/News/Article/3607443/enduring-capability-jpeo-cbrnd-evolves-publicprivate-partnership-with-national/
2024 on Substack is off to a cracking start! Great essay, Underdog!
Excellent! One of my favorites from your stack.
"How To Be Perfect" (and a little extra)
I sent this to one of my last remaining friends the other day. I say friend because he is, but we've never met in "real life".
Anyway...
He responded. He always does. Eventually.
Told me he cried.
https://www.faena.com/aleph/how-to-be-perfect-lifes-essentials-in-a-poem-by-ron-padgett
By the way Beagle? This post made me go find it.
Thank you. đŸ’–
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
I'll be adding this lovely poem into my "discovery" library now:
> DiscoveryNow.net
I think the ones who came up with this experiment ought face Lady Libra because she holds the scales.
I think the ones who came up with the latest experiment, just on a larger scale, ought face justice one way or the other.
Be it a court of law or the law of the jungle.
~
I suspect Jesus might say, turn the other cheek, but I think that was intended on an individual level. I suspect Jesus would be offended by these psychologic experiments especially being they gone large-scale lately. I suspect Justified Retribution is on the way......but I could be wrong.
~
Had I been one of the boys at the camp, I would said "fuck it" right off and then went into town to find a perty girl to talk some smack to.....that is how I would like to imagine it....but you know this kids, at that age, they are very permeable in mind. Truly saddened me to read this and thanks for that....I'll read the rest later maybe....
BK
You know or maybe you don't, I will read the rest or maybe I won't, but what bugs me the most about the experiment conducted on the kids - the kids were innocent and this is unfair on such a deep level it speaks to how sometimes the ones making the measurements are actually the ones being tested.
That is the kind of thing a wrap-around kid might say after going through this effed up experiment....
So - take that CIA and cohorts....eff you and all u stupid tests...
we are coming to get you - one at a time!
Peace,
Ken