More and more I see echoes of the late '60s, with racial violence, political chaos, and even a youth subculture that the mainstream seems obsessed with (Millenials vs. Hippies). Fortunately there's no draft.
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jul 08, 2016 5:47:17 am PDT #24215 of 30003
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Zenkitty - Jul 08, 2016 5:52:23 am PDT #24216 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Connie, I was thinking about that last night. It feels like history repeating itself, again.
bennett - Jul 08, 2016 5:57:54 am PDT #24217 of 30003
Connie, I was thinking the same. And wondering why, fifty years on, we're still in the same mess. Very depressing.
Connie Neil - Jul 08, 2016 6:24:38 am PDT #24218 of 30003
brillig
1860's--Civil War et al before and after
1910's--major league labor strife derailed by World War I
1960's--civil rights and Vietnam
2010's--racial violence.
I'm not up on what happened in the 1810s, other than the War of 1812. Much shit in between, of course. Perhaps the waves just intersect on a 50-year cycle.
Zenkitty - Jul 08, 2016 6:26:59 am PDT #24219 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Perhaps the waves just intersect on a 50-year cycle.
Maybe that's how long it takes for people to forget.
Dana - Jul 08, 2016 6:29:54 am PDT #24220 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Man, I have no patience for anything today. I would have patience for doughnuts, but there are no doughnuts.
Tom Scola - Jul 08, 2016 6:30:52 am PDT #24221 of 30003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There were riots in the 1990s, too.
msbelle - Jul 08, 2016 6:34:23 am PDT #24222 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Damnit damnit damnit. At least one shooter was black and local. I am not sure what I had hoped for, but that is NOT it. Member of the Armed Forces also. No good very bad. Mac was at least compliant to not go out walking alone today. He did not want to deal with his wreck of a mother this morning though. I am sure you all could hear his eyerolls.
Burrell - Jul 08, 2016 6:46:37 am PDT #24223 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I am heartsick about the events of the past week, especially now with the organized attack on the police during the protest in Dallas. We seem to be racing to get into another civil war and it scares the behooties out of me. And I can't talk about it with my husband because he doesn't want to talk about it. Ugh.
Also? I am sick today, as in actually sick. I have some sort of intestinal bug and will need to plant myself near a bathroom all day. Unfun. I'm glad DH is home right now, but I know he needs to go to work and then it'll just be me and the kids and I hope they won't be too pesty.
SuziQ - Jul 08, 2016 8:30:41 am PDT #24224 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
A friend of my daughter's called her and warned her to be careful as #blacklivesmatter is now targeting white people. I just...what??? I mean, yes, this week has been a mess, but really?
The eyerolls and the heartbreak just don't stop.