kaizen
what's
been floating my boat lately:
"How fortunate for governments
that the people they administer don't think."
-Hitler-
"Only two things are
infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the
former."
-Albert Einstein-
10/5/26 (16:19)
Office job turned out to be pretty bad. We're working through replacing
all the wood rot.
Interesting.
"I am announcing several changes to Parliamentary Secretary responsibilities.
Tim Richardson will become Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour
Change, continuing the Allan Labor Government’s priority to make Victoria
a safer place for women and children and work to end the tragedy of deaths
of Victorian women at the hands of men. This is the first position of its
kind in Australia – and will focus largely on the influence the internet
and social media have on boys’ and men’s attitudes towards women and building
respectful relationships."
It's been said that the face mask is like the MAGA hat of the Left. I find
this to be fairly accurate. Not 100% of peole who wear a mask still are
very Democratic voters, but probably pretty close. For some reason certain
industries are more likely to wear them. Healthcare, of course makes sense,
but outside of that I find that customer service clerks are more likely
overall. That makes sense as well, but there is a further breakdown within
that category. Bookstore clerks are about 80% likely to wear masks vs.
waiters at a restaurant are about 10% likely to wear masks. Both are dealing
with a lot of people all day, but bookstore clerks are clearly much more
likely to wear masks. It has nothing to do with the relative health/safety
of their jobs. Bookstore clerks might say they are just smarter (hence
their occupation) than other types of clerks or customer service people.
I think it's more about politics than anything else, though. Of course,
Trump is probably the biggest single person to make COVID political. But
he's definitely not the only one.
There
was a NYT Daily podcast about a couple who had frozen embryos and they
had broken up so there was a debate about who "owned" the embryo. It's
kinda funny because this is actually a relatively old concept...I've been
rewatching The Practice which was a 90s law show and they have an episode
basically about this. Anyway, it's funny because the woman is aghast and
truly surprised that the ex could think he had a say over what happens
with the embryo. Of course, it's not in her body, so it's not (solely)
her choice anymore. But it seemed like she was stuck in that mode of thinking.
Tough break. I wonder what the outcome will be here.
A lot of sexual politics are being worked through society lately. Of course
it's always been like this, but some times have more discussion than others
and this is one of those times. The abortion thing is what it is and I've
written about it before. I think it needs more nuance, but a lot of pro-choice
advocates are basically like gun rights people in that they're unwilling
to be reasonable or give an inch for fear that the other side will take
a mile. If men ran the world then maybe we'd have a discussion about economic
abortion rights for men. A man gets a woman pregnant and then has no say
in whether it is taken to term or not. If men ruled the world then the
laws would allow men to economically abort the child and disavow child
support.
Of course I'm being somewhat sarcastic there, but this is an argument you
hear all the time. "If men could get periods then tampons would be free."
"If men got breast cancer like women, then breast cancer research would
be the #1 funded cancer in the country!" Of course, I jest. Breast cancer
already is the #1 funded cancer. It's just a really shitty argument because
there are so many cases like breast cancer where who gets it doesn't really
matter. It implies that men are not solving women's problems because they
don't care or don't know about them because they are stupid, uncaring,
ignorant men. It also implies that only men can solve problems (I guess
because they are in charge of everything). If men got bald in middle age
it would have been solved by now and it would be part of free healthcare.
If men got prostate cancer it would have been solved by now. If men were
waking up in the middle of the night because of enlarged prostates then
it would have been fixed by now. If men worked on crab fishing boats and
roofs, then those jobs would have been made a lot safer by now. If men
made up 99% of war deaths, then they wouldn't have wars anymore. If men
lived shorter lives than women then they would be able to get social security
earlier because they would realize how unfair it is. I could keep going,
but you get the point. Horrible line of reasoning, but I see it from pundits
all the time.
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