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Historical Oddities Tuesday: Meiji Era a Case Study in the Dangers of Neo-traditionalism
While researching the Shindo Renmei, which was for all intents and purposes a Shinto terrorist group in Brazil, during WWII – I stumbled across the following article:
Which describes the transition from Shintoism to Catholicism of the migrants. What I extrapolated from this for the purposes of this unfortunately necessarily surface level video is that when cultures feel under threat they can have allergic reactions with catastrophic consequences.
I then tie this observation to some troubling trends in the present.
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TFS 6 – Canned Experience, Language and Inclination, You are the “Audience”
HD and beyond bring a level of immersion that destroys a barrier we might have been better off keeping. Do world languages shape cultures and the capacities of the people that comprise those cultures. When creating for an audience remember that the audience is really your own conceptions. Don’t worry too much about pleasing your own conceptions. Your audience will thank you.
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TFS 5 – No one respects your time, Timing Out, and other Temporal Woes
A mess with wine stained lips (and something in his teeth: it’s suggested you just listen and forego looking at the disaster) sits too close to the camera and prattles about the following:
Nobody respects your time as an artist – nobody respects your time period – you don’t respect your time
Benefits of making topical YouTube videos (maybe everybody should do it)
Am I too much of a grouch about popular shows like Walking Dead and Game of Thrones
Probably Not – (See: Saw Movies)
Back when I was younger I somewhat considered doing standup way way waaaaaaaaay back in the back of my mind
I’m thirty years old should I start now?
Considering I’m not really funny probably not but still it’s a fun question this age cap thing
My thirty something male friends freaking out about their love lives/futures cause they’ve had a shitty marriage etc…it is to laugh
There’s two types of creators in this instant info world – ones who are reticent due to actual professionalism and ones that do so to cultivate a sense of mystery that keeps audiences guessing
examine: being real vs being cool/put together
Sources
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TFS – 4 – Recuring Nightmares, Cool Netflix Shows, and Sicilian Wine
A daily variety show wherein today I prattle on about some weird dream patterns, neat shows, and various cultural bric-a-brac.
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TFS – Episode Three – Professor Xu, Dr Li, and why Censorship Backfires
There are many problems that the Coronavirus outbreak has brought to light.
Our own tendency to hyperbolize and politicize everything, media spin, spooky research, and the stifling of the free flow of ideas.
I examine the latter through the eyes of an English academic/scientist type by the name of John Derbyshire who is married to a Chinese woman.
You can find his article discussing the cases of Professor Xu and Dr. Li at the Unz Review: https://www.unz.com/jderbyshire/still-90-chance-coronavirus-not-catastrophic-but-chinese-and-western-censors-arent-helping/
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TFS – Episode II – Muh Neuroscience, DARPA’s Bat Hobby, and Bittersweet Vulnerability
Dude with a cold hunts down stories about this whacky world with the aid of caffeine and liquor.
Sources
https://massivesci.com/articles/neuroscience-behavior-vs-technology/
https://www.unz.com/article/swimming-in-the-government-sewage/
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TFS ~ Beer is Healthy! – The Economy Ain’t?! – Muh Russia… (Vlog)
TFS (The Fractal Standard) is a daily show that I decided to launch today.
Summary
Beer contains a wide variety of helpful things. Things like the bitter acid, humulone, which offers hope for fighting respiratory infections. Bitter acids are also generally known for anti-inflammatory effects.
In other news there is only a 7% correlation between GDP and the S&P 500! We’re literally running on hot air! But it’s working? For now…?
So, I’m just chillin listening to some Rogan pocast and boom suddenly Russia is an epicenter of pessimism!
I, of course must respond, as the sheer volume and frequency of random fingerwagging and ignorance, towards my country of origin grows exponentially!
Hugh J Lee even!
Intro Music Credits
“The Riverside Dweller”
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Variety Show – Mission Trips, Citizenship, and Uncanny Existence
Lack musical ability? Tune to DADGAD and play pentatonic shapes! You too can sound like a bayou mystic!
In this video I discuss a really neat thing somebody did for people and how we can do an even greater thing for the world by being informed citizens.
Then I prattle on a bit about the problems with appeals to emotion and how they obfuscate the truth. I drive the point home by citing the Dhayan airstrike in which US bombs were used by the Saudis to kill 40 children under 15 years old. A citation made to contrast the moral preening on display as regards US vs Soleimani.
I finish up with a ramble about the ucannines of reality and why the hell is everything just so?
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War is Business by other Means
A regular schmuck talks geopolitics.
Topics
Coronavirus, Iran, Trade, War, Public Discourse
Sources
# 1
https://www.unz.com/article/the-donalds-assassination-of-general-soleimani-as-stupid-as-it-gets/
David Stockman served as a Republican Congressman and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan, later having a twenty year career on Wall Street.
# 2
Ron Paul Videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmdlVPaLM8c Various
# 3
Articles By Vietnam Veteran and Journalist Fred Reed https://www.unz.com/author/fred-reed/
