One year ago today: June 4, 2020, a short 3-hour wait.
Five years ago today: June 4, 2016, no cabins left.
Nine years ago today: June 4, 2012, FUD.
Random years ago today: June 4, 2011, early failed club radio.
We pause to reflect on the state of the Internet, the system that defines our era. Designed for the spread and sharing of information, this was lost when computers were dumbed down to the user level. Hence, POTATOES DAY commemorates how Social Media has morphed the once-great Internet. No parades, no fireworks. No moment of silence, not even a micro-second.
POTATOES DAY signfies the true meaning of the mighty Internet. Misspelled by millions and dedicated to the sharing of what, in our difficult times, has become a painful substitute for knowledge. History repeats itself, China survived its famines, Europe got through the Dark Ages, and America will endure social media. The downside is they lost their empires in the process.
We had an example of this downfall this morning. I found the A/C kit, planning to have it installed by Monday. Wrong. The delivery is either pay $95 for a $45 part, or wait 4 – 5 working days. Folks, that means regular delivery in 2021 takes longer than it did in 1961. Way to go, Team USA. Did you know the most famous statesman in the last century stated this is exactly what was going to happen to this country?
Waiting for the van part and such, I have an upcoming dead spot this June, that is, nothing planned for 12 days. Take a break? Take a trip? Take it easy. First, get that A/C working and then decide. I ain’t goin’ nowhere without A/C unless Taylor is going to be there. Today found me a wee bit off balance, which I remedy by spending the day at a library. This time, in Winter Haven, where the attached coffeeshop, Richards, was charging 1996 prices. It’s their 25th year at that location. $1.34 in case you are wondering.
Next to me were two tables of women looking at Tinder profiles. Strange how they think these dating apps change a thing. Like sifting the profiles is going to gain them some advantage. To me, there is change in meeting partners, but since the cave-man days. Dating apps are nothing new, what’s new was the degree into which these gals were buying into it. When I hear 99% of men describing themselves, I watch the bullshit needle go off the scale. Today, I got a showing of the female side. These gals were setting themselves up to find Mr. Perfect and it was clear the pickup artists knew exactly how to manipulate that.
Here are the things that got my attention:
1) Short pick-up lines obviously still work.
2) Dump women who don’t find you at least a little funny.
3) Fat is bad, really bad.
4) Women lie about how 'single' they are.
5) Dating apps are a throwback to want ads.
6) Only below average people have to advertise.
7) Too many on-line daters are 34 years old.
In all, the Internet is hardly the place to be looking for truth in advertising. These women are, after all, dating strangers and places like Tinder are dark alleys. I read recently Tinder gets a billion searches a day. If 1% of the men are creeps, that’s still 10,000,000 who can’t get it any other way. But there’s no talking sense to women who don’t take adequate safety measures. My solution would be allow people to name (within guidelines) the bad players. This could be abused, but I don’t hear any better suggestions. But if you ask me, the dating app probably knows who the bad ones are and have chosen to do nothing.
This led me to watch the video Tinder: A Predators’ Playground. I agree that predators and violent men should be arrested and jailed, but cannot agree that it is dating apps that are responsible. To hear these women complain is one thing, but to have them say it is anybody else’s responsibility for who they date is another. I know it will never happen, but there are measures they could and should take starting with not screwing strangers on the first date, maybe?
Why has the Internet shut down searches for the Tank Man? And is that Mike Pence guy insane, thinking he can condemn Trump and get elected? Pence, the dogcatcher, maybe? Watch out as the courts allow copyright holders to go after ISPs. The ISPs, when in doubt, will shut down accounts rather than risk being sued. That leaves people even accused of piracy without any Internet access.
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As the Reb & I close in on a business venture, the most promising is still publishing. It’s a traditional craft that was impacted by both computers and the Internet. It’s become easier but that is almost certainly accompanied by a decline in quality. And that’s where we may have a slight edge. Both of us can do the entire job ourselves if need be—except the final part of listing and advertising on-line. We are willing to pay others for that. Before continuing, admire this view of the new fire pit, great design by me. See that full size log on top, just dumped in there, a big time savings. Be nice and I’ll try to get you a video of this furnace in operation.
From our recording background we know that most printbooks (a term you may be hearing more) are already in great format for narration. As this takes form, I see some of the objections I had ten years ago have been addressed. The one I like best is the virtual mailbox. This gets around the post office restriction of running a business out of a mailbox and a lot of their delivery restrictions. While I think there are scams using fake postal addresses, the post office should target those and leave the rest of the customers alone. I still hesitate to use virtual mail for security reasons, but I’m all for using one of their addresses for other purposes.
Again we find the State of Delaware on top of the business entity charts, providing everything from legal addresses, registered agents, and forwarding of legal mail. It isn’t cheap, but it can be used worldwide without a physical presence. Think of around $800 per year by the time the sneak fees emerge. The LLC remains the best option for mere mortals. I think I have a few dormant types I can re-activate. Beware of American corruption, such as the “expedited” company formation, a same-day racket costing $1,000 and there is always the $50-a-page photocopy service.
Expect at least some news on this business as I have the investment capital set aside already. My projection is as soon as we have any viable product of any quality, we’ll commence operations same day. Plus, that gives me a reason to head for Tennessee, always a great idea.
Did you catch that AOC comment that the way to reduce crime was to build fewer jails? That thinking, folks, is the product of our unbelievably ineffective education system now bearing its ugly fruit. Pelosi caught stating her biggest accomplishment was the detested Affordable Care Act. Biden’s people have taken to reporting jobs numbers in some pretty obfuscated fashions, trying desperately to cover up the debacle. Trump is blasting holes in the Democrat narratives although I think he does not go far enough naming names. And his lack of experience tends to show up in the way he endorses people most of us have never heard of.
Here’s a rumor to follow up. There is talk Trump is up by 80,000 votes in Maricopa county without having to go over the contested ballots. That throws a huge wrench in the list of counter-arguments the Democrats have prepared. Remember, the left has already claimed to have re-counted these tickets, so ha-ha this could be fun. They have no choice but to lie, and I would still like to see them exposed to the highest levels. Republicans are finally learning that liberals cannot take their own medicine.
Globalism suffers another defeat as Denmark passes a law that refugees cannot pull the old ploy of living inside the country while their applications are reviewed. The EU howls that this will start a “race to the bottom”. Insert Trump snake poem here.
ADDENDUM
Here’s for you dream interpreters. Figure this one. I was with a friend and we walked into this hotel complex where there was a convention of race horse people. We got into a room with rows of folded chairs where everybody was waiting. This old and stereotypical (to me) horse gambler was in the next chair. At the front of the room was a bank of eight large monitors showing racing scenes. They all had some gambling entity’s name on the screen except the one in the lower right corner.
I asked my friend what that was, he said they were some sort of concession. The stranger overheard the question and spoke up. He says those were licenses for running a gambling operation and that was just the names of the people who currently owned them. He said he was the man who sold the licenses. He said it was customary for people to put their name and I asked him how much. He said a year was normally $300 but right now he’d let the empty one go for $100. What the hell, it’s a dream so I paid him the $100.
Moments later the monitors came alive with some kind of horse racing activity, and sure enough, there was the name I’d given him splayed across the screen. The room was suddenly abuzz asking who the new entity was, when the TV announcer came on and said the policy with the names was MYOB. Then my friend and I left to cross a busy street where we found my estate executor helping boost a stalled car. Okay, take that and run with it, dream people.
