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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • I think they can work, but only when certain pieces are there. The protest must have:

    • A clearly defined goal
    • Existing support somewhere in the government, or a financial incentive for people in the government that oppose you.

    For example, civil rights and women’s right to vote had some governmental support. The protests had well defined goals, and helped raise awareness and support for those people already in government to enact change.

    On the other hand, the 1% protests a few years ago, and more recently, BLM, had ambiguous goals. Without clear goals, no existing government support could be identified. And there was no financial incentive for others to act. The protests raised awareness but ultimately had little real effect unfortunately.

    I do wonder if things have changed though. I think public shaming helped enact some changes in the past, but no one has shame anymore.








  • Hear me out: Ernest Saves Christmas

    Been quoting lines from this movie for years:

    • Every time we see Santa at the mall: (lean it to the wife) “His real name is ‘Santos’”
    • Everytime we see a sleigh decoration: “‘Slay’! Not ‘Sleigh’”
    • “Call it a fifth sense. Call it extra sensory perspiration.”
    • “Right as rain sugar. Pork’s my meat!”
    • “It’s all dem movie people want. Poison!”
    • “Having walked from the airport, I’ll be dead soon”
    • … and much much more


  • I think the science actually supports this. Studies have shown leftists tend to be more self-critical and are concerned for the nuances - the “shades of grey”. So their memes must cover more angles of an argument to be effective. Right-wing are more black and white thinking, and don’t question themselves once they make a decision. So their meme’s are straight to the point and simple (and usually so full of logic holes and lacking in comedy that leftists say: “the right can’t meme”).




  • I worked at a restaurant that had a contest once for which server could sell the most orange juice. At the time, sodas were $0.99 and orange juice was $1.98. So, any time a table ordered 2 sodas, I’d ring it up as 1 orange juice. I won by a landslide. The customers would occasionally ask why their receipt had orange juice, but I’d just explain it’s the same price as the 2 sodas, and that was the end of it.