Re: Busy, busy, busy

From	umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com>
Newsgroups	alt.polyamory
Subject	Re: Busy, busy, busy
Date	2021-11-01 19:40 +0000
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<slrnso0gln.a88.866013149e@python.interpring.com> (permalink)
References	(4 earlier) <slrnsl45ne.ol8.866013149e@python.interpring.com> <W6ednSQdwN5dls78nZ2dnUU7-U2dnZ2d@supernews.com> <slrnslm84e.f7q.866013149e@python.interpring.com> <eLGdne38cOa4eMH8nZ2dnUU7-VfNnZ2d@supernews.com> <sc043i-dq7.ln1@anthive.com>

Show all headers | View raw

On 2021-10-07, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:

> i think it would be very disheartening when so many people are not 
> taking very good care of themselves or following the recommendations 
> given.

They are getting it all through the media, and the media are no longer
trusted, mostly because they have become untrustworthy. As a broadcaster,
I'm a part of that problem. 

I thought I could make a difference as a radio station owner. But, in fact,
to stay in business you have to play the hits. And in news/talk, that
means telling people what they want to hear, as opposed to what they 
need to know. Is it any wonder no one trusts the media?

No, they don't understand that viruses evolve. The concept of biological 
evolution in general is not generally understood. When someone tells 
them they don't need to wear a mask, and two months later tells them 
differently, they see it as just another example of the media lying to
them. They think it's like diet fads: eggs are bad for you; no, they're
good for you; wine drinkers live longer; no, they don't. And so on.

They remember the fable about the boy who cried "wolf", but don't 
remember the bit where there really was a wolf and no one believed
him.

> i've certainly become a lot less charitable myself during this 
> pandemic and the past election cycle sure didn't help either.  i feel 
> like as a nation we've squandered trillions of dollars for education 
> and still ended up with a nation of people who don't even understand 
> basic math or reason let alone many other things

Over the weekend, I was looking through one of my old course catalogs 
from my college days, looking at the descriptions of all the courses I 
could have taken but didn't. I could have taken courses in history from 
Doris Kearns Goodwin -- she was just Doris Kearns back then -- or in 
evolution from Stephen Jay Gould and Edward O. Wilson. And it was only 
$5,000 a year back then. It costs more than ten times that now.

People go to college not to learn but to get a piece of paper. I had a 
conversation a few years ago with someone considering pursuing a 
master's degree at the [mumble] School of Education. I opined that I 
hoped the [mumble] School of Education's reputation was better these 
days than it had been in my youth, but zie said zie didn't care. Zie 
only wanted a master's degree, any master's degree, because that was the 
key that opened doors in the field of non-profit management.

It's just another example of the subtle corruption I call "social 
entropy". Money is being spent and work being more to enrich the 
caretakers than to provide actual care.

umar

 - but then don't
> get me started...  "Get off my lawn!"  <-- joke, we don't 
> really have much of a lawn any more.  :)
>
>
>   songbird

Thread

Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-20 16:39 +0000
  Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-21 10:05 -0400
    Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-22 15:17 +0000
      Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-22 18:17 -0400
        Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:07 +0000
          Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-28 00:06 -0400
            Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-10-04 15:36 +0000
              Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-07 15:59 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 18:36 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 16:49 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 12:52 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 12:43 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:56 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:21 -0500
    Re: Busy, busy, busy steve pope <spope384@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 20:18 -0700
      Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-09-27 00:01 -0700
        Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:09 +0000
          Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-09-28 05:34 -0700
            Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-10-04 15:41 +0000
              Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-05 16:52 -0700
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-07 16:03 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-09 15:13 -0700
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-12 08:39 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-14 15:51 -0700
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-14 22:17 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:46 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:36 -0700
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 13:18 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 06:20 -0800
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:07 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:04 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 12:46 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:15 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:06 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-23 20:16 -0800
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:32 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:23 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-29 22:48 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:52 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:44 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:42 -0700
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:06 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:05 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:07 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:40 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:04 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:07 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:50 -0700
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-03 15:22 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 16:58 -0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:37 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 13:00 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 06:34 -0800
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:52 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:17 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 20:08 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:47 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:38 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-12-08 15:04 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:14 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-16 10:58 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 07:06 -0800
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:30 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-23 10:58 -0800
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:59 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:56 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:36 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:22 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:52 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-29 12:29 -0800
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:35 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:21 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-12-08 14:54 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-13 15:38 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:08 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:54 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2021-11-27 20:08 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:57 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2022-01-28 10:17 +0400
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:25 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:50 -0500
                Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:47 +0000
                Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:41 -0500
      Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:08 +0000
      Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-27 13:35 -0400
      Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 12:53 +0000

csiph-web