DagwoodIII
@DagwoodIII@piefed.social
- Comment on America continues to fall behind the rest of the world 1 day ago:
The two party system worked for a long time because both sides were committed to the idea that a functional government was a good thing.
A multiple party system didn’t save Germany from Fascists. When enough citizens decide their fellow citizens are the problem decent government becomes impossible.
- Comment on molly for better socials 2 days ago:
I tried to watch the Denzel version and gave up about 20 minutes in.
Trust me, the original will blow you away.
- Comment on What Happens When Scientists Work With Unexpected Experts | MinuteEarth [3:56] 2 days ago:
I don’t think I said that arts alone are the be all and end all of civilization.
I was speaking more to the idea of education creating ‘the whole man.’
I was taught that da Vinci was the perfect Renaissance Man because he was skilled in arts, music, and engineering.
Take the first case cited in the tape; how many NASA engineers were weavers? Probably not many, but I’d bet a lot of them had grandmothers who used looms. Or maybe they’d heard about they’d ‘programmed’ looms back in the day.
- Comment on What Happens When Scientists Work With Unexpected Experts | MinuteEarth [3:56] 2 days ago:
You know what actually helps people overcome cultural biases? The arts.
Back in the day, a ‘Liberal’ education meant the the engineers were forced to study things like history, music, and literature.
These days, it’s focus on your core field and ignore the ‘artsy-craftsy’ stuff
- Comment on molly for better socials 2 days ago:
The best movie ever made about New York City.
Frank Costanza is the quiet voice of intelligence and compassion.
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
- Comment on Yes, yes they are 2 days ago:
Read “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”
Plenty of Black people were ready to accept the situation.
Calling someone ‘African’ used to be a huge insult.
- Comment on Turns out Boomers did have participation trophies 6 days ago:
How To Do Nothing With No One All Alone By Yourself.
Great book for a kid.
- Comment on Turns out Boomers did have participation trophies 6 days ago:
Heard a teacher talking about fifth graders [about 11 years old] who were asking her to tie their shoes.
- Comment on Is Apple One worth it for the content offered? 6 days ago:
I am a huge fan of the Apple TV shows.
“Pluribus” and “Widow’s Bay” are two of the best shows I’ve ever seen. “Slow Horses” is another great one.
You can always get it for a month and record what you want.
- Comment on How come Nurses are not bound by the same rule is a lawyer is to a defendant or a wife to a husband or a priest? If someone says something on their death bed why are we suppose to report? 1 week ago:
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Usually I accept and move on.
But this seemed beyond stupid, so I searched.
When will I learn??
When??
When??
- Comment on It's the information superhighway! 1 week ago:
Jim didn’t need drugs to get freaky. Look at his work on the early Saturday Night Live shows.
- Comment on Why do doctors not seem to give a fuck about pain? Is this just an American doctor thing, or is it universal? 1 week ago:
Not all junkies are homeless.
Plenty of high earners get addicted to pills of one sort or another.
Michael Jackson died after being shot up by his private MD.
- Comment on Why do doctors not seem to give a fuck about pain? Is this just an American doctor thing, or is it universal? 1 week ago:
Junkies know everything about getting meds.
A doctor would rather have someone in discomfort than deal with being investigated for over prescribing.
I heard a talk by a doctor who specialized in end of life hospice care.
New interns at the facility are averse to giving out pain meds to people who are literally dying because that’s what they were taught.
- Comment on It's the information superhighway! 1 week ago:
This happened today.
I posted that a cup of coffee cost a dime in 1960.
Someone else corrected me and told me his AI told him that it was 36 cents.
I posted a copy of a McDonald’s menu.
- Comment on If I went to a mechanic for my car and told them I had a problem with the aft starboard tire would they think I'm a dork? 1 week ago:
Yes.
Life Pro Tip. Don’t play stupid games with people when they are working.
At best it’s rude, and at worst it might get you thrown out of the shop
- Comment on Idiocracy is here. 1 week ago:
I’ve been reading political fiction since I was in grade school.
Including Lex Luthor, the President on “24” who was being controlled by a cabal, and the one who goes insane* Trump is still the worst of them all.
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_Camp_David Night of Camp David.
- Comment on Men against bush 1 week ago:
But it’s kind of like saying Elvis or The Beatles didn’t invent their signature hair styles.
What Ms. Daniels said [and I agree with] is that a lot of porn stars started shaving around the same time and that filtered into the mainstream.
- Comment on Men against bush 1 week ago:
Think about it.
Those laws were written long before VHS was a thing. Back in the day they were policing burlesque shows where the ladies might go down to G-string and pasties. The pubic hair thing was a simple test to see if they’d gone too far.
Also, in the bars the dancers might have to keep their G-strings on [laws vary by state] A lot of dancers travel, so it makes sense to be ready for the strictest enforcement
- Comment on Men against bush 1 week ago:
What’s even funnier is that the question that prompted the story was something like ‘have you seen porn behavior filtering into the mainstream?’
I think the interviewer was expecting something about clothes…
- Comment on Men against bush 1 week ago:
Funny thing. Heard Stormy Daniels run down how the shaved look happened.
Back in DVD days, a porn star could hit the road and tour a lot of strip clubs. She could sell a lot of merchandise and make herself well known. The problem was that a lot of these clubs were in small towns where the cops loved harassing the dancers. A lot of places had laws that said that visible pubic hair was illegal, so a lot of dancers shaved, and they encouraged the porn stars to do the same.
When the shaven ladies got back to shooting, they kept on shaving. Pretty soon that became the standard look in movies and magazines.
- Comment on Supermarkets destroy food if it doesn't sell. We can always feed the world. We just don't. 1 week ago:
- Comment on Japanese man tries to reminisce with his brothers 1 week ago:
[off topic and a dad joke]
The FBI rounds up spies on December 8, 1941.
They throw a German, a Japanese, and an Italian into a cell and handcuff them all.
They drag the German into the interrogation room first. They sweat him for three hours and he finally breaks and tells everything he knows.
Next they grab the Japanese spy. He tries to hold out, but after five hours he cracks and tells them everything he knows.
Last they take the Italian. The other two think he’ll break quickly, but he doesn’t come back for ten hours.
“Did you tell them anything?”
“No.”
“How did you manage to hold out?”
“They never took off my handcuffs.”
- Comment on A FYI from Skeletor 1 week ago:
Stock manipulation has been a thing for a long, long time.
Look at Mel Brooks’ ‘The Producers’
The plot there is to raise $20 million and use $50,000 to put on a play that closes the first night.
- Comment on A FYI from Skeletor 1 week ago:
There was a 1950’s Superman where a guy convinces Superman that he has to buy insurance.
Back in the day, readers knew they wouldn’t actually kill Supes, so they had to come up with wilder and wilder story lines…
- Comment on A FYI from Skeletor 1 week ago:
That’s literally the plot of ‘Casino Royale.’
- Comment on Truth 1 week ago:
If you don’t have a good sized freezer, buy one. It’ll pay for itself pretty quickly.
I have a five quart pot.
Every once in a while I’ll whip up a big mess of chili [or lentil soup or stew…] and freeze it in pint size containers.
- Comment on What they say to me after an interview. 1 week ago:
Yeah, like I said.
The one from Black Swamp with the girl from The Simpsons
- Comment on What they say to me after an interview. 1 week ago:
Who dat?
Asking for a friend
- Comment on Supermarkets destroy food if it doesn't sell. We can always feed the world. We just don't. 1 week ago:
I like the cut of your jib, indeed I do!