Multithoughter (a post conveying thoughts on multiple subjects)

[deckardcanine]

1. These days, nothing makes me feel like an adult more than hearing about former classmates having been married, as happened yesterday. (No, I do not feel left out. I have very little drive to find a love interest, tho I wouldn't object.)

2. Since I've started warming to netizens of disparate politics, my main regret is not that my friendoids, if you will, don't get along with one another, but that I've lost confidence in my ability to judge the best stance on many issues. For my every friendoid who loves An Inconvenient Truth, there is another who calls it skewed if not false. For each one who favors aid to illegal immigrants, another calls it dangerous. For each one who says that gun regulation is harmful, another says the opposite. Both sides in each case have compiled reasons and evidence that look good to my politically puny mind. I can't choose based on the arguer's intellect, virtue, politeness, or sense of humor either, because I see those in both abundance and deficiency on each side. I almost didn't post this for fear that I'd just get more of the same stagnating and generally negative-focused argument in my LJ.

So as much as I may welcome my self-realization as an adult, I am glad to be in a position of very little power. It takes pressure off me to decide things.

3. I do have enough confidence to give advice regarding ringtones: choose one that starts moderately pleasant but becomes cacophonous in a few seconds. That way, you'll be motivated to answer promptly, but people won't question your audio taste.

4. Speaking of taste, anyone here tried Berger Cookies? Depending on your perspective, they are either the best in the world or the worst. Picture a quarter-inch-thick chewy wafer topped with a half-inch of fudge. The Bible study group member who introduced me to them and brought more two nights ago says that they can be bought anywhere cookies are sold in Baltimore but nowhere else. If so, I'll look for them the next time I visit family in Bawlmer. (Google tells me you can order them, but I can't see myself doing that.)

Comments

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

1. The things that make me feel old the most are the same things that make me feel young the most: my niece and nephews.

2. Now that the media is no longer monolithic but hydratic, everyone has their own sets of facts. Most people's political opionions are consistent with the sets of facts they've chosen. What worries me is how often people designate their political opponents as evil because they have a set of facts skewed from a different direction, and how adept experts are at cooking the numbers to make their own position seem like the only rational one.

3. I find all ringtones annoying. If I could, I'd choose realistic classical music for mine, but most cell phones can turn even an eloquent aria into noise through their tinny speakers.

4. I miss the treats they served in college: Cheerios mixed with peanut-butter, caramel, and chocolate chips. I also miss their rice florentine salad desperately; I could eat a whole bowlful of that stuff and still want more.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

2. Something I forgot to add: is there any group or subgroup that doesn't think the media opposes them? I've come to think that talking about "the media" collectively does no one any favor.

4. Sounds like your dining hall had a better caterer than mine, at least for my second to fourth years. Alas, that's not so hard.

[level-head.livejournal.com]

On 2: It's interesting to get the "media bias" reports from both sides -- liberal and conservative -- and see what they complain about. There is a marked difference.

I recommend, for the liberal perspective, "Media Matters" -- and "Media Research Group" for the other side's take. Both do email alerts. (See the respective Home pages on each site for examples of reports.)

I have gained respect for one of these rather more than the other, just by reading each's analysis of the topic.

===|==============/ Level Head

[richardf8]

2. Sometimes, you can't ask, but must reflect.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

If only I trusted myself to do that right.

[jack-leigh.livejournal.com]

Unless I'm doing it for humorous intention I try not to get caught arguing (because more often than not it turns into an argument) into politics much online.

My mom uses the music from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (one of her favourite movies) on her mobile. That's not a melody I think you'd hear much on a phone.