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She may not have had a bf at the moment, but similar dynamic. He couldn\u0026#39;t just get right into a relationship with her, other guys had staked their claim too (and not just simps and would-be suitors, but those who didn\u0026#39;t want to stay former-bfs)."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/295006523055594410\/comments\/default\/2279390933698591759"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/295006523055594410\/comments\/default\/2279390933698591759"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/manic-pixie-dream-girl-spotting-in-wild.html?showComment=1631769488202#c2279390933698591759","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/manic-pixie-dream-girl-spotting-in-wild.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-295006523055594410","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/295006523055594410","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/16\/21, 1:18 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4031013783448225180"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-13T20:19:08.784-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-13T20:19:08.784-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I emphasize their being pretty, tan, and normie in..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I emphasize their being pretty, tan, and normie in fashion because the phenomenon is portrayed poorly in pop culture, aside from some examples I\u0026#39;ll highlight in a separate post (generally from the restless phase, natch).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the world of Satanic Panic, Law \u0026amp; Order: SVU, Thirteen, and so on and so forth, it\u0026#39;s the girls who are bad in all sorts of other ways. As in a \u0026quot;bad influence\u0026quot; on the other kids -- drugs, cutting, always skipping school, mouthing off to parents, etc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn reality, the alt \/ sub-cultural girls have been, if anything, somewhat less inclined to chase after random hot older guys. They\u0026#39;re more introverted and socially awkward compared to their peers. It\u0026#39;s just really conspicuous when it does happen because it clicks into place with a zillion other associations we have from pre-existing pop culture expectations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;I just knew that girl would get up to no good, what with the drugs and the colored hair and the death music and the rest of it...\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt\u0026#39;s usually a pretty \/ popular \/ preppy kind of girl, who may be the fun one or the party girl within her popular \/ normie clique, but who is definitely not alt. Doesn\u0026#39;t necessarily do drugs, listen to edgy music, dress counter-culturally, or whatever else. She got her look from Hollister, not Hot Topic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso, not predominantly lower \/ working class, as the trauma porn would have you believe. Like, \u0026quot;Oh poor deprived souls, that kind of poverty would make anyone inclined to act out in bad ways.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENah, it happens all the way at the upper-middle and upper classes, including the WASP-y types -- just the rebellious ones within their WASP-y milieu. Think of Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl or Adrian Forrester from The Crush (which I still promise to review).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf anything, their higher status emboldens them to take risks that working-class girls feel could blow up in their face and couldn\u0026#39;t be swept under the rug by daddy\u0026#39;s attorneys.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESimilar reason why it\u0026#39;s the hotter ones who make moves on older guys -- the plainer ones feel like they\u0026#39;d get shot down. I mean, they feel that way about guys their own age, imagine if he\u0026#39;s a bit more desirable age-wise. The cutie-cute ones are willing to wager that, despite being 16, they could still get a sustained look from random hot guy. And there\u0026#39;s only one way to find out."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/3319173260113887030\/comments\/default\/4031013783448225180"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/3319173260113887030\/comments\/default\/4031013783448225180"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/new-gen-of-wild-child-types-born-during.html?showComment=1631578748784#c4031013783448225180","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/new-gen-of-wild-child-types-born-during.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3319173260113887030","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/3319173260113887030","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/13\/21, 8:19 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-269587671183594838"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-09T23:58:35.177-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-09T23:58:35.177-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thanks for the plug from Jack on Twitter, more pro..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thanks for the plug from Jack on Twitter, more proof that only cultural-right people will link here anymore.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI listened to his War on Beauty talk with Thaddeus Russell, and if anyone came here after the era when my blog was mainly about rising-crime \/ outgoing times vs. falling-crime \/ cocooning times, I\u0026#39;ve written extensively about a lot of the topics he touched on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey\u0026#39;re 10 years old, but still true. Maybe I\u0026#39;ll follow up on some of them with data on the 2010s (sad to say these trends were already evident before the decade of wokeness, as they\u0026#39;re to do with cocooning).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDecline of nudity in top 10 box office movies, 1969-2009:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/flesh-in-movies-tracks-crime-rate.html\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETame-rated movies displacing R-rated:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/tame-rated-movies-flourish-during-safer.html\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDecline of pubic hair among Playboy centerfolds, 1985-2010:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/mowing-her-lawn-or-not-1985-to-2010.html\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFollowed that up with a two-part study of neuroses about feminine hygiene during cocooning eras, both the \u0026#39;90s through today trend toward pubic hair removal, and the pervasive OCD Midcentury trend of douching.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/neuroses-about-feminine-hygiene-present.html\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/neuroses-about-feminine-hygiene-past.html\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMaybe I should start a regular \u0026quot;from the archives\u0026quot; posting schedule, since some or many readers today might not even be aware of my early oeuvre..."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/2118616828374400500\/comments\/default\/269587671183594838"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/2118616828374400500\/comments\/default\/269587671183594838"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/bijan-men-psychotropic-cologne-for.html?showComment=1631246315177#c269587671183594838","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/bijan-men-psychotropic-cologne-for.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-2118616828374400500","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/2118616828374400500","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/9\/21, 11:58 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1968349779972106217"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-08T14:49:24.209-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-08T14:49:24.209-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"No hangover the day after, BTW.\n\nIt\u0026#39;s not a ba..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"No hangover the day after, BTW.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt\u0026#39;s not a bad batch either, since I used to have two different bottles and they both had the same effect. (I only have the smaller letter-B-shaped one now, unforch, had to give away the larger donut-shaped one before a big move.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso want to clarify that I don\u0026#39;t have psychotropic reactions of any kind to other colognes. It\u0026#39;s not that I do, but they\u0026#39;re of a different flavor than the Terminator reaction. They\u0026#39;re just colognes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBijan is a qualitatively different substance, a psychotropic that acts through the olfactory pathway.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;Five sprays\u0026quot; from the smaller B-shaped bottle is probably 2-3 sprays from the donut-shaped bottle, FYI. The smaller bottle doesn\u0026#39;t spray as much when you pull the trigger.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENot that you could overdose on this stuff anyway. Not even when I loaded up with it during that 105-degree heat wave. Just makes it all the more heady."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/2118616828374400500\/comments\/default\/1968349779972106217"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/2118616828374400500\/comments\/default\/1968349779972106217"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/bijan-men-psychotropic-cologne-for.html?showComment=1631126964209#c1968349779972106217","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/bijan-men-psychotropic-cologne-for.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-2118616828374400500","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/2118616828374400500","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/8\/21, 2:49 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-2915370341713647579"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-08T05:54:35.755-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-08T05:54:35.755-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Good advice. Thank you."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Good advice. Thank you."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/472644468517507592\/comments\/default\/2915370341713647579"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/472644468517507592\/comments\/default\/2915370341713647579"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/to-combat-dark-age-own-and-read-fix-it.html?showComment=1631094875755#c2915370341713647579","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The Overgrown Hobbit"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09806927514541692971"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-erw-XgzEsP0\/VV7xJr6zi8I\/AAAAAAAAAHQ\/SqUbjOI4Kvs\/s1600\/*"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/to-combat-dark-age-own-and-read-fix-it.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-472644468517507592","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/472644468517507592","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1665915361"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/8\/21, 5:54 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4122211230126330968"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-07T23:04:23.045-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-07T23:04:23.045-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"When *are* YouTube or special forums useful? If it..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"When *are* YouTube or special forums useful? If it\u0026#39;s a complex system, unique build, or something that would not show up in an all-purpose manual.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EE.g., the rear window of the car stayed open, and wouldn\u0026#39;t return to lock in place with the rear door shut. Once manually latched back in place, the window would not open when the rear door handle was triggered. Not good to have the rear window constantly open during winter.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENothing really on cars in those DIY manuals, because they\u0026#39;re too intricate compared to a lamp or toaster or bathtub drain. Luckily there were a few YouTube videos, one of which walked through the steps to diagnose where the problem was.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI felt strange taking off the inner panel to the rear door, like that\u0026#39;s something only a pro mechanic should be doing. Found out where the electronic signal was not getting through -- the part on the door handle itself, where the electrical contact was very corroded.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOrdered a $35 new part off ebay (made in USA), took an awkward hour to remove the old one and install the new one, because I didn\u0026#39;t want to remove the whole door handle assembly. Didn\u0026#39;t trust my skill at putting it all back together, so opted for minimally invasive surgery. There was very little room to maneuver around in the inner part of the door, couldn\u0026#39;t even wear leather gloves because the space was so cramped, and cut my hand a little on an edge (nothing bad though).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut holy shit, after I finally got the piece clamped in place, it worked like a charm! Pull back on the handle, window swings open! Close the door, window latch accepts the closing window! I must\u0026#39;ve played with that for five minutes, before putting the panel back on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI\u0026#39;m not a car guy, so if I can do something like that, you can learn how to fix something simple about it, too. And saved probably hundreds of dollars compared to taking it to a garage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI also remember when I picked up a Canon A-1 camera at a thrift store years ago, it made a grinding sound each time the shutter opened. Too specific to be in the DIY manuals. Turns out it\u0026#39;s a common problem with that particular model, and it just needs lubrication.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYouTube videos showed me what spot to open, where to drop some gun oil via syringe, and how to fire the shutter a bunch of times to get it worked all through the mechanism. Worked like a charm! Totally silent action afterwards.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E...But if the device is simpler than a car or a camera, and the problem is probably not specific to one make and model, then it should be covered in the all-purpose manuals. Unclogging a drain, repairing a lamp, etc. Look it up there first, and only go on YouTube if the thing is complex and idiosyncratic."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/472644468517507592\/comments\/default\/4122211230126330968"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/472644468517507592\/comments\/default\/4122211230126330968"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/to-combat-dark-age-own-and-read-fix-it.html?showComment=1631070263045#c4122211230126330968","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/to-combat-dark-age-own-and-read-fix-it.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-472644468517507592","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/472644468517507592","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/7\/21, 11:04 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4156640366485017836"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-07T16:42:02.866-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-07T16:42:02.866-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"You can also try dissecting the thing and figuring..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You can also try dissecting the thing and figuring out how it works yourself, if it\u0026#39;s simple and safe enough. You need to be a visual person, but some devices are designed simply enough that you don\u0026#39;t need to be an autistic engineer to figure it out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUsually only works with mechanical stuff, though, not if there\u0026#39;s a lot of electronics involved.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAwhile ago, a pair of lamps were fading off and on when the knob \/ key was in the on position. Sometimes they were totally off, when switched \u0026quot;on\u0026quot;.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI figured they can\u0026#39;t be that intricate, so took them apart, kept turning the knob to see what was at work when turning it off and on. There was some kind of metal piece that was folded in a U shape, attached to the rest of the assembly on one \u0026quot;leg\u0026quot; of the U, and the other \u0026quot;leg\u0026quot; being manipulated by the key. When the other leg made contact with the electrical contact, it turned on, when removed from the contact, it turned off.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis relied on the U being just the right width between the two legs. Over time, it had lost some of its coiled \/ potential strength, or something, and was no longer making contact when the key properly manipulated it. So I just used my hands or pliers or whatever to stretch it back out -- problem solved!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EProbably will lose that strength again at some point, but now I know how to fix it again, without having to putter around for an hour first.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESometime in the \u0026#39;60s or \u0026#39;70s, they scrapped this design for turning lamps on \/ off, and none of the ones afterward have this problem of losing contact over time. But if you want to preserve those good old single-click lamps you found at a thrift store or antique store, you have to know how they work."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/472644468517507592\/comments\/default\/4156640366485017836"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/472644468517507592\/comments\/default\/4156640366485017836"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/to-combat-dark-age-own-and-read-fix-it.html?showComment=1631047322866#c4156640366485017836","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/to-combat-dark-age-own-and-read-fix-it.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-472644468517507592","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/472644468517507592","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/7\/21, 4:42 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-2332580147192280654"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-07T16:22:40.291-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-07T16:22:40.291-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Why didn\u0026#39;t it occur to me to try plunging the ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Why didn\u0026#39;t it occur to me to try plunging the bathtub drain? Part of the Dark Age is the treatment of science and engineering as inexplicable magic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy now, everyone grows up using the plunger only for a toilet, and that\u0026#39;s a different shape of plunger anyway. You don\u0026#39;t know how it works, you just know to plunge a clogged toilet -- however that cannot generalize to other kinds of clogged pipes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe all-purpose type of plunger doesn\u0026#39;t get used for any purpose nowadays, and sits around or isn\u0026#39;t there in the home at all.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETrue, you could suspect that any kind of slowed plumbing would call for a plunger. And I did try that for a clogged kitchen sink a few years ago, but it didn\u0026#39;t work because it\u0026#39;s too difficult to block off all the escape routes that the water \/ air can leave through (like the other drain in the sink, and the hose to the dishwasher -- even when clamped as tight as you can get it).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI ended up calling a plumber, and he said the clog was so far back anyway, plunging wouldn\u0026#39;t have done it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo perhaps my mind just went \u0026quot;Meh, trying to plunge the bathtub will go as badly as trying to plunge the kitchen sink\u0026quot;. With the overflow plate offering an escape route for the water \/ air, I figured it would be just as pointless. Unlike a toilet, where there\u0026#39;s nowhere else for the water to go, and plunging requires no prepping steps.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOr maybe I assumed the clog would have to be so far back, it\u0026#39;d only be reachable by a drain snake.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhatever was going on in my mind, it was obviously not rational, trial-and-error, experiment, etc. Just treating the plunger as a magical object that only casts its spell on a certain type of enemy that is uniquely weak to its powers, and not understanding how it works in order to apply it to similar cases.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd in my defense, the principles behind plunging don\u0026#39;t really match those of other appliances or systems around the house, so it\u0026#39;s harder to reach the right answer by analogy. As I\u0026#39;ve been reading the Fix-It manuals, I\u0026#39;ve been sure to get the principles, so they\u0026#39;ll apply elsewhere.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut forcing a column of water back and forth like a piston against an obstruction, using a handheld pusher-and-puller of that battering ram (or the vacuum effect), doesn\u0026#39;t really arise elsewhere in home maintenance and repair."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/472644468517507592\/comments\/default\/2332580147192280654"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/472644468517507592\/comments\/default\/2332580147192280654"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/to-combat-dark-age-own-and-read-fix-it.html?showComment=1631046160291#c2332580147192280654","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/to-combat-dark-age-own-and-read-fix-it.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-472644468517507592","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/472644468517507592","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/7\/21, 4:22 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4524717396868368890"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-07T02:18:36.267-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-07T02:18:36.267-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Some people noticed the same trend for 2004:\n\nhttp..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Some people noticed the same trend for 2004:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/prince.org\/msg\/8\/342978"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/4524717396868368890"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/4524717396868368890"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html?showComment=1630995516267#c4524717396868368890","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-6909705575373231191","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/6909705575373231191","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1613196951"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/7\/21, 2:18 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-5799123121791214315"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-06T19:22:24.290-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-06T19:22:24.290-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I think the reason it\u0026#39;s not remembered well is..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I think the reason it\u0026#39;s not remembered well is because it\u0026#39;s from 1974, infamous among critics as the worst year in pop music history.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGatekeeping Boomers must\u0026#39;ve refused to acknowledge any of those songs, so that by Gen X and after, we just don\u0026#39;t know of them to begin with, not that we remember them as cringe.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMost of the songs on the list from 1970-\u0026#39;74 are fairly obscure to modern audiences, in fact, compared to those from the \u0026#39;60s or \u0026#39;80s. Maybe one of those \u0026quot;you had to be there\u0026quot; zeitgeists, because it was at the transition between the New Deal and the Neoliberal cultural eras.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u0026#39;60s are clearly before our time, the late \u0026#39;70s are clearly of our time. But the early \u0026#39;70s are a liminal space in cultural history, especially a year smack in the middle like \u0026#39;74. Could be giving it an uncanny valley effect.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI have trouble imagining modern versions of any love songs. Guys and girls simply do not interact with each other IRL, and they have no complicated and intricate feelings one way or another, since those feelings come from social relationships."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/5799123121791214315"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/5799123121791214315"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html?showComment=1630970544290#c5799123121791214315","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-6909705575373231191","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/6909705575373231191","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/6\/21, 7:22 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4809709001485086432"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-06T05:40:24.457-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-06T05:40:24.457-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Consider \u0026quot;Please Come to Boston\u0026quot; from 19..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Consider \u0026quot;Please Come to Boston\u0026quot; from 1974. It briefly but skillfully describes three cities (Boston, Denver, LA) against the backdrop of tension in a romantic relationship (he wants her to join him on the road, she wants him to settle down with her).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA hit at the time it doesn\u0026#39;t seem to be remembered now. And it\u0026#39;s impossible to imagine any current pop song with half the verbal or emotional depth. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI try to imagine a modern version and come up with a female influencer killing it and rebuffing a former boyfriend trying to hold her down, which he can\u0026#39;t cause she\u0026#39;s too all that..."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/4809709001485086432"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/4809709001485086432"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html?showComment=1630921224457#c4809709001485086432","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"cliff arroyo"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/cliffarroyo.wordpress.com\/"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-6909705575373231191","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/6909705575373231191","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1613196951"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/6\/21, 5:40 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-610916926872453744"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-06T03:19:44.028-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-06T03:19:44.028-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It\u0026#39;s not just polarization either. That would ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It\u0026#39;s not just polarization either. That would just means that the red states, flyover country, and non-urban areas would be phased out of awareness, while cities in coastal blue states would remain or get played up even more.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut even New York doesn\u0026#39;t resonate with audiences anymore, whether in music, TV, movies, etc.:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2020\/06\/new-york-no-longer-cool-or-interesting.html\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo it seems more like rootlessness, not polarization or culture war, that is driving this trend.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd the breakdown of national cohesion means we don\u0026#39;t care about anybody else\u0026#39;s hometown or transplant magnet."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/610916926872453744"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/610916926872453744"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html?showComment=1630912784028#c610916926872453744","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-6909705575373231191","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/6909705575373231191","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/6\/21, 3:19 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-56477912038195464"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-06T03:10:24.592-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-06T03:10:24.592-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"To de-romanticize things, it\u0026#39;s not like anybod..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"To de-romanticize things, it\u0026#39;s not like anybody lives in Vegas, let alone were they born there. Nevada has always been the most rootless state (percent of residents who were born there).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd sure enough, this song is not about what it\u0026#39;s like to live there, for its residents -- it\u0026#39;s about the tourists\u0026#39; experience. Not in the \u0026quot;interacting with locals\u0026quot; way, but as a destination for tourists per se.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EContrast to other travelogue songs in the Simon \u0026amp; Garfunkel or John Denver vein, where they may be passing through a place, but it still has its own flavor, its locals, its way of life, all of which make an impression on them and can be captured in a song.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt may not be the singer\u0026#39;s hometown, but it\u0026#39;s *somebody\u0026#39;s* hometown.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe final three examples of place-name songs are all about transplant magnets, whether temporarily like Vegas or ongoingly like New York and L.A.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut after the 2000s, even the \u0026quot;destination anthem for transplants and tourists\u0026quot; did not resonate. They\u0026#39;re not very distinctive anymore, all the transplants are the same, so why bother singling a particular one of them out by name?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/56477912038195464"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/6909705575373231191\/comments\/default\/56477912038195464"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html?showComment=1630912224592#c56477912038195464","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/last-hit-song-with-sense-of-place.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-6909705575373231191","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/6909705575373231191","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9\/6\/21, 3:10 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1392257814562897159"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-03T01:31:47.900-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-03T01:31:47.900-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Doe-Eyed and the Seven Groyps: Cozy, Copey, Frenly..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Doe-Eyed and the Seven Groyps: Cozy, Copey, Frenly, Lurky, Simpy, Seethy, and Aut.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust saw Snow White for the first time since I was little, and couldn\u0026#39;t help but notice how Aimee is yet another Disney princess.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis one showcasing her maternal side, looking after a group of grown-up yet childlike orphans -- the deplorables and groypers. They take her in as one of their own, in a peripheral environment, while she\u0026#39;s evading the wicked stepmother who\u0026#39;s hell-bent on canceling her out of (what else?) envy. The queen-witch was the original AWFL mad hoe.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe huntsman is the middle-mod who reluctantly restored her account after banning her on orders of the cancel queen.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPrince Charming is the one who wakes her out of her ghost-like slumber, by a sign of true love (whose power the wicked witch is butthurt about being unable to neuter). Seranading her at the beginning, and kissing her awake by the end.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey really captured that rare type of woman who can relate with men, without being \u0026quot;just one of the guys\u0026quot;. 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You\u0026#39;re not just sleepwalking through the relationship, you\u0026#39;re accomplishing big things together as a team. Surviving periodic lovers\u0026#39; quarrels is quite the accomplishment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou start as two different puzzle pieces that do not fit perfectly together. Some accomodation is required to stick together. That\u0026#39;s an obstacle that you overcome -- or do not, and you break up because you\u0026#39;re too incompatible.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut you don\u0026#39;t just order a puzzle piece that\u0026#39;s customized to perfectly contour your existing shape. 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But Spain has only been an expanding empire once, Italy only once (the Romans), Britain only after the Hundred Years War (and ending with WWI), the Russians only after the Golden Horde, and so on and so forth. On the other hand there\u0026#39;s the ignorance about former empires in eastern Europe aside from the ancient Macedonians and the Russians — i.e., the Byzantines, Bulgaria, the Ottomans, and Poland-Lithuania.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter having read Robert Tombs two books - The English \u0026amp; Their History - That Sweet Enemy: The History of a Love-Hate Relationship - I would argue that the \u0026#39;metaethnic frontier\u0026#39; was the Reformation \u0026amp; the Civil Wars leading to a first age of Empire that ended in the 1720s\/1730s \u0026amp; started unraveling until a second \u0026#39;frontier\u0026#39; in the American Insurrection\/French Revolutionary wars\/Napoleonic wars caused a second age of Empire with an entirely different \u0026#39;mood\u0026#39; (Federalism became the English ideology against the Sovereignty of the Mother Parliament, Free Trade against mercantilism, anti-slavery\/labour standards against the \u0026#39;industriousness\u0026#39; revolution, religiously missionary against religiously exclusivist in the colonies, the defender of tradition against the beacon of modernity). This mood ran out in the 1870s with the cross-ideological label for the decade being the Age of Decadence but limped along until the bubble burst in wwi."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/2364934469040545546\/comments\/default\/3642691701862116698"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/2364934469040545546\/comments\/default\/3642691701862116698"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/07\/scandinavian-trust-and-cooperation-due.html?showComment=1630378277412#c3642691701862116698","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Brit Anon"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.somebullshit.com"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/07\/scandinavian-trust-and-cooperation-due.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-2364934469040545546","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/2364934469040545546","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1613196951"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"8\/30\/21, 10:51 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-7743691795584169948"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-30T14:19:40.779-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-30T14:19:40.779-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Aimee, did they play or sing this song for you whe..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Aimee, did they play or sing this song for you when you needed a lullaby? \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xb2h-SXAvUE\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u0026quot;Yalla Tnam Rima\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E by Fairouz (1968).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMakes me wonder if the reason that Levantine women have such mellifluous voices is because they have to calm down fiery-blooded, headstrong MENA children with ADHD, and only the most soothing songbird sounds can get the job done. :)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/7834866564317888956\/comments\/default\/7743691795584169948"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/7834866564317888956\/comments\/default\/7743691795584169948"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/sub-cultures-now-are-just-isolated.html?showComment=1630347580779#c7743691795584169948","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/sub-cultures-now-are-just-isolated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-7834866564317888956","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/7834866564317888956","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"8\/30\/21, 2:19 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3418242096145112795"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-29T18:10:16.684-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-29T18:10:16.684-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What about fraternities and sororities?  Is there ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"What about fraternities and sororities?  Is there social mixing there?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/7834866564317888956\/comments\/default\/3418242096145112795"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/7834866564317888956\/comments\/default\/3418242096145112795"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/sub-cultures-now-are-just-isolated.html?showComment=1630275016684#c3418242096145112795","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mike"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.isteve.com"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/sub-cultures-now-are-just-isolated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-7834866564317888956","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/7834866564317888956","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1613196951"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"8\/29\/21, 6:10 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4585885028192144456"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-28T13:37:43.963-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-28T13:37:43.963-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Another observation, confirming an earlier one I m..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Another observation, confirming an earlier one I made in the year: the highly distinctive alt-girl look is more or less dead. I mean the one that was a re-imagined scene girl, with loads of highly distinctive elements or ornamentation, standing out boldly from the crowd of normies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI\u0026#39;ve only seen one such girl so far, and she stood out literally as well (about 5\u0026#39;10, plus 4 inches of goth club boots). So you need the confidence of a tall girl to be doing this now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOtherwise, no one else is doing the micro-mini plaid skirt, fishnet or other style of stockings, big metal-decorated boots, hair in low mini-pigtails, and eyeliner winged out to their hairline.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe alt-girls, as well as the normie girls, have barely distinctive uniforms anymore, a topic I\u0026#39;ll return to in a separate post. But briefly, the lack of coherence or distinctiveness in their costume reflects the lack of cohesion in their social groupings (which are more or less absent, they\u0026#39;re all isolated individuals).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETightly knit sub-cultures, and normie cultures, all had highly distinctive uniforms as recently as the 2000s."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/7834866564317888956\/comments\/default\/4585885028192144456"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/19346366\/7834866564317888956\/comments\/default\/4585885028192144456"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/sub-cultures-now-are-just-isolated.html?showComment=1630172263963#c4585885028192144456","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"agnostic"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12967177967469961883"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2_-zQZakgrs\/U5xd0YxzTaI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/-CBGpc-gCk0\/s220\/hellomarylou.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/akinokure.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/sub-cultures-now-are-just-isolated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-7834866564317888956","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19346366/posts/default/7834866564317888956","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2138581357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"8\/28\/21, 1:37 PM"}]}]}});