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Merkin
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Sometimes - albeit rarely, Reddit is an amazing place.
Above, see antique photo of Travelling Merkin Salesman.
Who seems to be wearing one upon his chin as a sort of endorsement, or badge of the trade.
Now - these all are far too bushy for my taste - were I to come across one of these in real life I'd definitely flee in horror - but, something about the trade amuses me and I can't quite put my finger on it...
Imagine, after a hard day of fitting merkins coming home to your wife - "Honey, I'm bushed".
I mean, between the start of the day and the end of the day the many adventures of the travelling merkin salesman. Which I'm sure in every way beats a day in the life of James Bond, I'm sorry.
I most definitely missed my calling.
And - somewhere in this furry mess there has to be a Netflix movie or miniseries...
Oh, and it's very definitely still a thing (I've never seen one in the wild, others must have), but I'll let you do your own google searches and - note the abundance of festive and seasonally themed merkins.
Casey Anthony
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No, I won't be watching this on Netflix, I find it far too disturbing.
But the case does highlight - as did the documentary "Dear Zachary" - the ease with which women get away with murder.
Link: https://www.vox.com/culture/23506125/casey-anthony-evidence-where-the-truth-lies-how-true-or-false
The Dream of Heroes - Adolfo Bioy Casares
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A curious book, interesting in the beginning, and in the end. An easy read suited somewhat to my temper at the moment.
Freedom of Speech
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You knew it, with the Freedumb convoys and all the truthers and the increasing general level of stupidity that has pervaded the planet.
Musk, I've been suspicious, and increasingly dismayed/disgusted by his actions, and this just cements it:
Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/12/12/musk-shadow-bans-the-twitter-account-tracking-his-
UPDATES: (Dec 14, 2022):
- Musk suspends twitter tracking account
- Musk bans tweeting that reveals location data
- Musk starts irrelevant lawsuit
To summarize, that kid that had a website tracking Musk's private jet usage has effectively had his twitter account "Shadow-banned", meaning that it will be unavailable to most users. That's Elon Musk, champion of freedom of speech, except when it concerns him.
Now, a few things regarding "Freedom of Speech" and - "Freedumb" in general - is that the people that go on about it usually want freedom of speech for themselves, and for everyone else just to listen.
That, of course, is not part of the bargain. People that argue "Freedom of Speech" seldom, if ever, allow for informed or intelligent dissent.
And "Freedumb" can be summarized as the "right to do as you choose without regard to it's effects on others". This is almost always an exclusionary Freedumb, the one lobbying for his or her "Freedumb" never wants someone else to have the freedom to choose differently.
Anyways, a day of trifling annoyances on the internet, but I read the news, what did I expect?
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