goosehorse

I'm a little surprised there's no reference to The House on Ash Tree Lane in that wiki article

Maybe you typo'd that description of S-Town, but it was definitely non-fiction/investigative journalism!

Growing up in a rural area and having experienced a period of social isolation in my young adulthood, that story absolutely haunts me.

I had 3 cats who were all siblings born in my house. I didn't want to keep them at first, because I was a broke-ass grad student

but of course, I'm a sucker.

When the ex and I split, I suddenly and unexpectedly became a single cat dad. It was a very fucked up time, but the felines and I made it through. A few years later, when they were around 10 years old, one disappeared, and the other two passed away within a year.

A mouse ran across our floor less than 24 hours after the last brother died, so, even though I felt a little weird about it, my then-housemate and I adopted an awesome little teenage dumpster cat two days later. No more mice.

Housemate and new cat friend moved out ~6 months later, and unfortunately, new kitty died of a heart defect almost a year to the day when we got her.

My friend/former housemate had already been considering adopting a playmate for the dumpster baby, so he got on the local rescue organization website that night, and lo and behold, there was my cat who had disappeared almost exactly two years before.

So, even though it was weird to make a new cat friend so soon after mine had died, the short and very happy life of dumpster kitty led to the return of my boy who had been missing for two years. We just celebrated his 12th birthday a few weeks ago, and I am so, so thankful to have him back in my life.

Tax payment, when he discovered where I grow the catnip a few days ago:

I'm a skinny American, and it's very difficult to find clothes that fit me right---always has been.

Tried on a pair of slim cut jeans the other day in a box store, and the thigh fit like a pair of pantaloons. This is partly due to the trend toward baggier fits (kill me), and even one of my go-to brands sits a little more loosely than I'd like, at the moment.

On one hand, I can still walk into the store I shopped at in high school, pick up my size and cut of pant, and walk out without trying them on, knowing that they will work. On the other hand, I'd like to walk into a store for adults and be able to find my size in a cut that fits.

I knew two years ago when I saw that rich white lady wearing what looked like Jncos for rich white ladies that I was about to get fucked by the resurgence of late 90s fashion styles. Baggy doesn't look good on someone who looks like they were built out of toothpicks.

All this to say: chin up! Your time is coming!

Until they get back to you:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3I-m-xAhTEs&pp=ygUIMTUgYmVlcnM%3D

Clappell Roan

The Spews

Pogs in a Pile

Grizzly Beer

Waylon Wennings

Lmao I really wouldn't mind, and it would maybe give my boss the extra push to enable export to Google calendar where the rest of my life resides, like the business I work for used to use before we switched to this "holistic solution" specific to the industry.

That said, the help desk has been all too kind listening to my unhinged ravings.

You might be interested in Zygmunt Bauman's analysis in his book Modernity and the Holocaust

From the linked wiki summary:

"Rather, he argued, the Holocaust should be seen as deeply connected to modernity and its order-making efforts. Procedural rationality, the division of labour into smaller and smaller tasks, the taxonomic categorisation of different species, and the tendency to view obedience to rules as morally good, all played their role in the Holocaust coming to pass."

A sociologist friend broke it down for me a long time ago, and, basically, rationalizing everything into a number helped to dehumanize people and paved the way for Nazi atrocities.

That said, I don't think "technology" on its own is fascist

technology itself is dependent on how people use it, as others in this thread have pointed to the existence of FOSS as a foil to the use of technology as a method of control by those with power.

It got surprisingly heavy in places, and I didn't realize I had grown so attached to some of those characters!

Campaign 2 was great---I really loved the guest star and secondary plot, and I'm now on C3. Have been binging the hell out of it for the past 6 months or so

You ever get the feelin' that sump'n ain't right at the crick?

In no particular order, I listen to all of them regularly:

• Omnibus - general obscure history hosted by indie rocker John Roderick and Jeopardy's golden boy Ken Jennings

• The Dollop - (mostly) American history with a leftist bent. One comedian reads a story the other hasn't heard before.

• Not Another D&D Podcast - apologies for the first episode, but great world- and character-building. Really shows how great cooperative storytelling can be

• Last Podcast on the Left - comedy/horror. Conspiracies, cults, UFOs, and other weird shit. Their historical deep dives are awesome.

I listen to these regularly, but there's a limited series podcast I like to recommend called S-Town. It's excellent, especially if you're from the southern US or grew up in a rural area. If you aren't from the south or a rural area, it'll probably be an extra-wild ride!