It’s a touch difficult to pick a title for one of these vlogs that’s all over the place. So, I sort of just listed some of the main topics under discussion.
I go over those and some odds and ends of life and new responsibilities. I take that rabbit trail to less solipsistic ends by talking about the importance of applying discipline at opportune times.
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Gloom, doom, and snark. The case for caution with a side of punk. Wherein I go through a list of projections regarding the axis resource of water from various organization.
I lug boxes for a living. Sometimes I run out of healthy stuff so I opt for hearty.
Base – Red Baron Deluxe Supreme
Garnish – Nacho Cheese and a metric ton of Ground Beef
I work in the hub but sometimes do driver help. Like I did a couple of days ago. I saw purple while recovering at a diner on the second day. Granted I worked since four AM and my own car doesn’t have air con but still: neither the hub where I work nor the trucks have air conditioning. And Friday in my area had a heat index of 105 degrees Farenheit according to what my driver said.
The lady from the video has created a petition to put air conditioning in the trucks.
And, while I’m not sure that air con is workable without a new fleet please sign the petition to help press for change.
Odds and ends ranging from a discussion of a new bit of gear that has that old bit of Malware called Windows installed. Why I’m probably going to use it for at least a year despite the excellence of the Linux desktop environment. And then I literally do a song and dance. Minus the dance. Unless you count my justifying of my heretical OS decision to be a sort of dance. Which it is. In which case. The protestants are right you know… Dancing leads to hell.
Rejoice for I have spared you my caterwauling. It’s purely instrumental caterwauling tonight. Having the damnedst time trying to gather my time into neat enough bundles to bring a decent soup to a boil. Mayhaps this coming week will yield heartier fare. Carry on.
You see this ‘get in touch with your feelings thing’ everywhere. From cheesy romantic comedies to academic journals. It’s been all the rage for decades yet the demographic most at risk for depression and suicide seems to be having a tougher time. Isn’t there some sort of sayin’ about the definition of insanity?
TL;DR version of the Video
Emo Dudes – Men Face Depression and Suicide at High Rates – Dumb Reasons Given By Shrinks and your nutty Aunt Gertrude
1) They are not comfortable with being vulnerable.
– Why are normal human emotions considered vulnerability and couched in agency robbing terms? Terms that carry a stigma. Especially when applied to men by either sex. This is almost a subtle subconscious dominance game played by academics and well meaning Oprah viewers.
2) Mechanization has led to the loss of jobs ergo depression sets in.
– Definitely a factor. But, is it the expectation to have a lucrative job rather than doing useful or artistic things that’s more the cause? And isn’t there a wider psychological consequence to mechanization via giving people a lot less to do. Thus allowing for lethargy and stagnation to increase. Especially in light of the dim view the culture has of intellectual rigor, high art, and craftsmanship for it’s own sake rather than a bottom line to be “SUCCESSFUL.”
3) We need to “update masculinity” to solve the problem of male suicide.
So the answer to a really complex sociological problem is merely changing the packaging on an semi-arbitrary concept?
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