George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
The things you lean on / are things that don't last
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George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
18d ago
You may (or may not) appreciate Walker Percy's The Loss of the Creature.
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George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
19d ago
Where the acquisition of Greenland fits in. I get the idea that having access to Greenland would be strategically advantageous for the United States, it just seems a weird drum to bang on. And no, there is no military action in Greenland as there is in Iran and Venezuela, but it is a sovereign country and Trump has made noises about how "We need Greenland." How does that fit in the "Donroe" Doctrine?
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
I react differently to this kind of statement, as myself an expatriate (immigrant) living in Japan as a permanent resident. I sympathize with those here (in Japan) who grumble generally about foreigners, though I realize many of them are grumbling specifically about non-Japanese inability or failure to grasp basic politeness, cultural norms of quietude, humility, cleanliness, or language, etc. It's not that they despise anyone not-Japanese, it's that they're growing frustrated with the ever-increasing number of foreigners noisily crowding the bus, or smoking in the street, or spreading their giant suitcases all over the train aisle, or whatever. To say nothing of the occasional foreigner criminal.
What I am less sympathetic to is the straightforward contempt for anything that isn't 100% Japanese (forget that defining what qualifies as such is likely impossible) and the occasional stated desire to kick out all the foreigners. The 尊王攘夷 (sonno jooi)/"Revere the emperor, expel the foreigners!" type racism of late Edo. This is simply an unworkable, even bizarrely emotionally immature way of perceiving the world.
Copypaste this into America and say it's sovereignty; that's odd to me. I may be misunderstanding you.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
25d ago
Superman: The Movie. Lot of nostalgia there-- the night I went to see it, the era, everything.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
26d ago
It's me but the reconstruction blurred my face grotesquely. Both those dudes were the actors I knew growing up so maybe I was channeling unknowingly. Or something.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
26d ago
Well I happen to be a dude from Alabama so my hand warmth advice may be less than compelling. Good to hear you've pushed through some preparatory climbs.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
26d ago
You have to get into my head and free associate emoji to image to website.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
26d ago
This makes me wonder what will happen when I use the image tab. This is a ChatGPT "rework to look like a modern photo" of me in a 1966 Sunbeam Alpine, circa 1987. What will we see when I post?
Edit: Nothing interesting happened.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
26d ago
but women feel colder more easily
I thought this sounded fishy but looked it up and you're right! So I guess all the Japanese high school girls showing far too much leg in 34F temperatures are just slaves for fashion. Or for something.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
27d ago
As far as I know the research suggests that humans, at least, can become very used to cold.
The original L'enfant sauvage Victor of Aveyron (one among several documented feral children) was reported to like the snow, even when wearing very little clothing:
Bonnaterre reported that one morning, after a particularly heavy snow storm, Victor of Aveyron looked out his bedroom window and with a cry of joy, ran half-dressed into the garden, where “giving vent to his delight by the most piercing cries, he ran, rolled in the snow, and gathered it up by the handful, devoured it with incredible eagerness."
Acclimatization to cold weather is probably the first step @SkookumTree should take if he ever does the Hock. From a brief bit of research on the issue, apparently a German Shepherd is more likely to have a problem with heat than with cold.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
28d ago
Well Billy Squier will never be rid of that music video.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
28d ago
I had never seen interstitial used in this way, well done.
Well, whatever we're doing I look forward to all the photos from 2016. To some of us that feels like yesterday.
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