Great Moments in Cognitive Dissonance (#1)...And Stuff.

 No quote today, but a definition:

Cognitive Dissonance: (noun) The psychological tension that occurs when one holds mutually exclusive beliefs or attitudes and that often motivates people to modify their thoughts and behaviors in order to reduce the tension.

Experts, Shmexperts and The New Nazis...

 

'Experts' are always the last to discover the obvious and the first to cover their asses..." -- The Overlord

COVID, Atlantis And S&M...

 "The Fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad..." -- Phil Ochs

"Of course I've gone mad with power! Have you tried going mad without power? Its boring and no one listens to you..." -- The Simpsons

"In a world gone mad only a lunatic is truly insane..." -- Homer

Great Moments in Dumbfuck (Year End Edition)

 

"If you ever wanted to imagine just what your own asshole might look like after a marathon Mexican smorgasbord, followed by a 24-hour high-pressure enema, and a forced, un-lubed colonoscopy all happening at once, just think of Anthony Fauci on the witness stand..." -- The Overlord

Post-Mortem Frustration...

 "I measuring his affections by my own,
Which then most sought where most might not be found,
Being one too many by my weary self, 
Pursued my humor not pursuing his,
And gladly shunned who gladly fled from me..." -- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Notes on Grief...

"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break..." -- William Shakespeare, Macbeth

We Nuked The Wrong Asians...

 A message, if I may, to President Xi: for decades China has played the role of victim of Western Imperialism. Even a very shallow perusal of history shows this is certainly not the case. The Chinese have always seen themselves as a "Divine Race", superior in all ways to all others; they believe that China -- and only China -- has ever been "civilized"; that China is the axis upon which the world spins. In fact, it was not only "Western Imperialism" that sentenced China to 200 years of partition and economic exploitation at the hands of foreign powers, but rather Chinese arrogance in believing the foreigner had nothing to teach the superior Chinese, had nothing to give the brilliant Chinese, and ultimately could never overcome the strength and allure of "divine" Chinese culture, and so it was safe (as well as sometimes funny) to let the Westerner have his way....

The Public School Versus Technology...

 "Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys looking inept?" -- Frank Herbert, "Heretics of Dune"

You All Suck (#52 - Arguing With Idiots Edition)

 

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something..." -- Plato

Quick Hits...

 Been extremely busy this past week, so no time to write. However, here's a few tidbits to tide you over, Minions.

Signs o' The Times...

"If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half of the "fuck you" signs in the world. It is impossible." -- J.D. Salinger, "Catcher in the Rye"

"Science" Run Amok...

"1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction allow a human being to be harmed.

2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such an order would conflict with The First Law.

3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws..." -- Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, "Runaround"

No, I Don't Want To Cruise...

 "I live on a fucking island. Islands hold no fascination for me. I already have all the ocean I ever want to see outside my window. Stop calling me..." -- The Overlord

Obligatory Olympic Crapstorm and Memories...

 No Quote today. This doesn't really warrant any, as it is all just a rant and some reminiscences.

Canada, Ukraine and New Yorkistan...

 "This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half..." -- George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Boost This...

"I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly, I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion..." -- The Hippocratic Oath

What Pandemic?

 "People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election..." -- Otto von Bismark

Keep Calling Me Crazy...

 "The blood-dimmed tide is loosed..." -- William Butler Yeats

COVID: The Gift That Keeps on Giving...

 I was going to post some important information for the middle-aged woman this past week, but Julie Burchill stole some of my thunder. I will save my dating tips for the middle-aged female for another time.

Douchebags of the Week (Week Ending 1/1/2022 - Biden, Racists, Humbugs and Hystericals)

I know: I said I wouldn't be back until the New Year began, but COVID and sheer boredom have conspired to make a liar of me.  

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