Ever since 2020 started it has been ever more clear that this is going to be a hell of a decade. Four years in and we're already becoming quite comfortable with a world in absolute chaos. Old farts like to say that this is the "glass generation" (or something like that idk), but I think we're getting pretty good at facing wave after wave of absolutely batshit events. There's a global market collapse looming around the corner? Well, bring it fucking on, what else is there? The threat of a third world war? Ecological collapse? A new pandemic!? We laugh in the face of everything they're throwing at us, the absolute deranged madmen. Who was it that gave them the reins of the world anyway? A looney shot the Trump (probably at the orders of someone in the military-industrial complex tbh) and Biden dies, isn't it ironic? I would have liked him to live a little longer, to really soak himself in the humilliation of having lost the race before it even started, not just that but he successfully managed to take the whole empire down with him! Oh wait, he's not dead yet? He's dead to me lol!

Who cares about the US anyway? They keep showing up in the news, I would think by now Somalia is a far more interesting and relevant country. In fact, I have made a new resolution, that I will no longer consume anything coming from that gerontocratic, no, senile-o-cratic third world shithole. It should not be too hard, they hardly produce anything at all! Of course I am mostly talking about "culture", not that they have much of that either, it's all entertainment industry, and it has devolved into a bunch of youtube critics going apeshit about the skin colour of the lead in the latest remake of a 50 year old movie.

In a way I regret being still a mostly english speaker and being stuck in the internet anglosphere, where I still get to talk about all of this. But fret not, as ol' Jim used to say... this is the end, my friend :-)

To be honest, I am very amused looking at the absolutely devastating collapse of the whole illusion that they have built through their declining "propaganda machine" and the loss of confidence and belief in everything that they say have said or will ever say again. I am nothing but happy to see every aspect of their global hegemony being wiped in the face of a new reality that they refuse to acknowledge, as they stick to tactics and methods wrought in conditions that are no longer (and haven't been for quite a few decades!) present, or real. It seems to me like they have actually ended up believing all the make-believe they put forward in their endless movies, all with the same script, about their might and their high moral ground. I would usually feel bad for a lunatic who's living in a reality of their own making, but not for genocidal maniacs, for them I can only laugh as I see them end up pissing themselves somewhere in a dark alley while everybody passes no longer paying attention to the old lunatic.

This is not quite the comfy post, but, hey, whatever, I haven't posted for a while, I might as well hit 'submit' when I get a rant through to the end. Criticisms are welcome :-)

inquiry

> Ever since 2020 started it has been ever more clear that
> this is going to be a hell of a decade.

Aren't decades arbitrary delimiters of spans of time, which itself is dubiously driven by individuality-rooted subjectivity?

> Four years in and we're already becoming quite comfortable
> with a world in absolute chaos.

Is there something new about ignorance staging contests to display the most profound ignorance fostering immunity to chaos?

> Old farts like to say that this is the "glass generation"
> (or something like that idk), but I think we're getting
> pretty good at facing wave after wave of absolutely batshit
> events. There's a global market collapse looming around the
> corner? Well, bring it fucking on, what else is there? The
> threat of a third world war? Ecological collapse? A new
> pandemic!? We laugh in the face of everything they're
> throwing at us, the absolute deranged madmen. Who was it
> that gave them the reins of the world anyway? A looney
> shot the Trump (probably at the orders of someone in the
> military-industrial complex tbh) and Biden dies, isn't it
> ironic? I would have liked him to live a little longer,
> to really soak himself in the humilliation of having lost
> the race before it even started, not just that but he
> successfully managed to take the whole empire down with
> him! Oh wait, he's not dead yet? He's dead to me lol!

Let's not forget that more opinions are more easily available than ever, and that most people are impossibly imbecilic. I can't see taking anything from the "news" media or common whiners seriously. I've no idea what's actually going on, and I doubt that you do either. We both take in claims (generally referred to as "facts"..), and the momentum of our ongoing faith in what constitutes reality makes some of it seemingly real.

That's one theory, anyway.

> Who cares about the US anyway? They keep showing up in
> the news, I would think by now Somalia is a far more
> interesting and relevant country. In fact, I have made
> a new resolution, that I will no longer consume anything
> coming from that gerontocratic, no, senile-o-cratic third
> world shithole.

Love that characterization! In fact, I'm massively jealous I didn't come up with it first.

> It should not be too hard, they hardly produce anything
> at all! Of course I am mostly talking about "culture", not
> that they have much of that either, it's all entertainment
> industry, and it has devolved into a bunch of youtube
> critics going apeshit about the skin colour of the lead
> in the latest remake of a 50 year old movie.

I'm not sure why you're suddenly going so lightly on it/them, but, um, yep. :-)

> In a way I regret being still a mostly english speaker and
> being stuck in the internet anglosphere, where I still
> get to talk about all of this. But fret not, as ol' Jim
> used to say... this is the end, my friend :-)

<vigorous, heartfelt applause>

> To be honest, I am very amused looking at the absolutely
> devastating collapse of the whole illusion that they have
> built through their declining "propaganda machine" and the
> loss of confidence and belief in everything that they say
> have said or will ever say again. I am nothing but happy
> to see every aspect of their global hegemony being wiped in
> the face of a new reality that they refuse to acknowledge,
> as they stick to tactics and methods wrought in conditions
> that are no longer (and haven't been for quite a few
> decades!) present, or real. It seems to me like they have
> actually ended up believing all the make-believe they put
> forward in their endless movies, all with the same script,
> about their might and their high moral ground. I would
> usually feel bad for a lunatic who's living in a reality of
> their own making, but not for genocidal maniacs, for them
> I can only laugh as I see them end up pissing themselves
> somewhere in a dark alley while everybody passes no longer
> paying attention to the old lunatic.

It's merely individuality at scale, dear English sabre wielding friend! ;-)

> This is not quite the comfy post, but, hey, whatever, I
> haven't posted for a while, I might as well hit 'submit'
> when I get a rant through to the end. Criticisms are
> welcome :-)

I loved it. You've got English by the balls. And I'm not talking surgically appended balls. I talkin'/typin' the genuine y-chromosome issue.

(har har on that last word...)

detritus

Aren't decades arbitrary delimiters of spans of time, which itself is dubiously driven by individuality-rooted subjectivity?

That really isn't relevant. It's still a hell of a decade.

Is there something new about ignorance staging contests to display the most profound ignorance fostering immunity to chaos?

Huh? I wasn't really talking about any sort of immunity, really.

Let's not forget that more opinions are more easily available than ever, and that most people are impossibly imbecilic. I can't see taking anything from the "news" media or common whiners seriously. I've no idea what's actually going on, and I doubt that you do either. We both take in claims (generally referred to as "facts"..), and the momentum of our ongoing faith in what constitutes reality makes some of it seemingly real.

Maybe the way I spoke about all this sounded as if I consider any of this "real". Of course, you make a good point, while I am not one to be too concerned about what's "real" and what isn't, anything that shows on the news is less real than anything else I could think of. That doesn't mean people won't die, or that prices won't go through the roof.... again.

Anyway, don't worry, I know as well as any (better than most people, apparently!) it's all nothing but _narratives_, I just happen to entertain myself with one of the narrative threads (one that I have weaved for myself from the somewhat arbitrary sources that I've cared to pay attention to). My whole post is an elaboration on this role-playing game that the newscasters would want us to participate in. [Edit] After all, there's no real difference between the entertainment industry I spoke of and the news industry we're addressing here. They are the exact same thing, actually.

I loved it. You've got English by the balls. And I'm not talking surgically appended balls. I talkin'/typin' the genuine y-chromosome issue.

Thank you? I am not sure whether this is actual praise or sarcasm. I'm inclined to think the latter....

Anyway I expected more inflamated responses, I a glad I have people like inq not taking any of this seriously, as none of it should. I just hope I didn't offend some susceptibilities here, it's probably very hard to be standing inside the tower as it falls. It is amusing to see from the outside (even if I'm in the impact zone).

inquiry

Whatever narrative seemingly works best! ;-)

And the moment, I'm mildly fascinated with how we sometimes speak of getting on *top* of the news, and that a *top* is a toy that spins, creating a weak - yet undeniable - association between news and spin. I can become downright "linguistics conspiracist" about non-standard connections between words at times....

detritus

On top of the news sounds like an awful place to be.

I'm quite happy down here.

The perfect storm