Weird Things You've Noticed Recently
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Didn't they used to teach diction in school? I could have used some of that training, but was instead a victim of the upstate New York accent for many years. I know I have to talk slower in order to not slur too many words when I talk, and speaking with a confident tone doesn't come natural to me (avoiding that rising inflection thing). I also struggle to not sound monotone and dry. And, furthermore, when I've heard recordings of myself I feel like I sound like I'm always ready to say something smart or sarcastic.
Sarcasm is this country's 2nd language.
Agreed, but I feel like I sound like I have this "I don't take anything seriously" tone in my voice I can't do anything about. I am an awfully cynical, sarcastic, and dry-humored person so maybe it has become me.
Dammit, if not for mold instead of 6 feet I could be 8 feet tall.
By the way, I checked the foods recommended for people suffering mold infection and 28/31 are my favourite foods. The other 3 are ones I never tried.
I Pavlov dogged myself into liking foods that relieve my symptoms.
Diet and Mold Illness: Foods that May Support Recovery
Mold and mycotoxin detoxification is primarily handled by the liver, kidneys, and gut microbiome, but these organs can become overwhelmed when continuously exposed to toxins, including dietary toxins.
www.rupahealth.com
I recently took a vacation to upstate NY (FingerLakes tourist region). I noticed that a lot of straight married men with children and wives sound/speak like gay men. Similar the California these days. Is this a symptom of the social engineering of living in an extremely liberal state perhaps? Most of the locals in upstate NY are more hardy/salt of the earth people so assuming these feminine men I seeing are tourists from NYC or Jersey etc. perhaps. Just something weird I noticed.
Finger Lakes region is hard to make a determination as it was gentrified a while ago and the super rich are the ones who own the mansions that ring the lakes.
True, I checked out Zillow while I was there…1000 sq Ft homes with minimal yard on the lakes start around $600k+ (2000sq Ft homes quickly go well over a mil.). Go away from the lake just 1 mile or 2 into the woods/farmland and a 2000 sq Ft home with an acre goes for a very low $200k-$300k. I have a friend that has a home/small farm in this region and we talked a while about the local economy, NY taxes and how all the jobs are pretty much tied to tourism industry (so they struggle financially basically) and construction/home repair for the millionaire homes on lakes. Seems the homes in the rural backroads around northern sections of the finger lakes (locals) do better as perhaps they have more job opportunities in Rochester and Syracuse.
But I digress, still not sure why all the “upspeak” and gay talk by men I heard while there.
I have definitely seen for a number of years that younger soy boy men can have a gayish voice even though I know they are straight. I first observed this over 10 years ago, so many of these men are already in their mid 30s, and may have already had professional success and are making good money.
I noticed that even for job interviews people rarely wear suits anymore unless it’s for an office job. Even just as little as 20 years ago you could see heaps of guys rocking up to job interviews even for places like Target wearing a suit.
I know I'm stretching it since they changed the word gay in other translations, but you maybe this was a hint that the rich would be kinda gay in this era?
James 2:3
3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:Funnily enough, my more successful interviews were always when I wore a suit. It seems we aren't the only ones to miss it.
I shall also mention, a lot of soy boys and young men these days look like clowns or kids playing dress-up when they try to wear good clothes. I know they say the clothes make the man, but no amount of good clothing will make overweight, soft, round-faced, neck-bearded babyfaces look masculine and elegant.
Very true. It works for women too. My ex worked at one of those big, luxury department stores in a high end mall. When I'd come to pick her up from work I'd often see obese women spending big money on expensive clothes, make up, jewelry, and hand bags. It always boggled my mind because it was almost literally putting make up a pig, as the expression goes. A girl who lifts weights, does some yoga, and eats right would have looked 1000x better than any of them in a simple t-shirt and jeans with no make up, but that's a lot harder than just pulling out that credit card.
Moat tourists are from NYC and NJ in the Finger Lakes and Ithaca region.
Ithaca is a super liberal-woke college town (Cornell University and Ithaca College).
I just woke up from a dream I can remember, which is rare. I was in some town where I was staying, not sure why. There was a store with a lunch counter that I would go to, and this time I got to the store and went in.
I walked past a bathroom and noticed someone had stunk it up. I figured they must not have a fan in there. Then I went a little farther and realized they had ripped out the lunch counter area entirely. I was looking around then noticing the changes and saw they had actually just moved the lunch counter and it was now down at the end of the store area.
Here's the kicker. As I was walking through the store, there was a country song playing, with a woman singing about how her youngest kid was now getting older and out of the house, and how happy she was that she would have more freedom to get out and do things.
I barely noticed the song as I was looking around at the store and the changes to the lunch counter. Then the chorus came on and the hook lyric was "the last child on my knee". I thought that was a catchy hook like country songs often have. Then I woke up.
I still had the chorus running in my head as I woke up, and realized it wasn't a song I've ever heard. I just looked it up and sure enough there's no song like that.
It's amazing the amount of detail and background story that can get built into dreams. My dream included a completely new country song with a catchy tune and lyrics, just as background filler where it wasn't even what the dream was about.
I'm often surprised at the storylines my dreams contain. My mind starts spinning out all these settings, situations, story lines, and even lines of thought where drowsy daydreams start turning into full sleeping dreams. All with full sound and visuals, emotions, drama, surprise plot twists, etc. Storylines with all kinds of fictional settings, not just variations on my real life.
I call it my dream generator, which seems to start producing tons of content like my own internal AI as soon as I start to doze off, most of which I barely remember for a second when I wake up. I wish I could harness this and make them into movies. Or hit country songs!
I walked past a bathroom and noticed someone had stunk it up. I figured they must not have a fan in there. Then I went a little farther and realized they had ripped out the lunch counter area entirely. I was looking around then noticing the changes and saw they had actually just moved the lunch counter and it was now down at the end of the store area.
Here's the kicker. As I was walking through the store, there was a country song playing, with a woman singing about how her youngest kid was now getting older and out of the house, and how happy she was that she would have more freedom to get out and do things.
I barely noticed the song as I was looking around at the store and the changes to the lunch counter. Then the chorus came on and the hook lyric was "the last child on my knee". I thought that was a catchy hook like country songs often have. Then I woke up.
I still had the chorus running in my head as I woke up, and realized it wasn't a song I've ever heard. I just looked it up and sure enough there's no song like that.
It's amazing the amount of detail and background story that can get built into dreams. My dream included a completely new country song with a catchy tune and lyrics, just as background filler where it wasn't even what the dream was about.
I'm often surprised at the storylines my dreams contain. My mind starts spinning out all these settings, situations, story lines, and even lines of thought where drowsy daydreams start turning into full sleeping dreams. All with full sound and visuals, emotions, drama, surprise plot twists, etc. Storylines with all kinds of fictional settings, not just variations on my real life.
I call it my dream generator, which seems to start producing tons of content like my own internal AI as soon as I start to doze off, most of which I barely remember for a second when I wake up. I wish I could harness this and make them into movies. Or hit country songs!
Not exactly a dream...but similar. When I was taking piano lessons during Covid, I would wake up all the time in the morning with a catchy chorus in my head or a musical riff playing that I've never heard before. I recorded these by humming them into a recorder and saved them for possible future use.
When I stopped practicing piano because I got too busy with my own business, I also stopped waking up with ideas for songs. I rarely wake up with these musical inspirations anymore.
This doesn't prove anything. All it proves is that there was a lunar eclipse the night Jesus was crucified. It doesn't prove that the two things are related rather than merely a coincidence. Nor does it prove that Jesus is the son of god rather than an ordinary human.