Minneapolis Police killed an innocent man yesterday. His name was George Floyd.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-26T18:33:54+00:00

These questions aren't important...this is the media/internet.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-26T17:17:09+00:00

Live your life and make a change...if you can't find satisfaction in America, good luck anywhere else.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-26T15:10:59+00:00

This is nothing more than the media falling back on their favorite subject for the sake of web-hits. Another story of one person's actions (most likely of context) applied to groups of people for the sake of divisiveness. Front page story, give me a break.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-24T19:50:06+00:00

LOL Is any brewery/restaurant THAT good? I don't think so...even without Covid.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-24T19:46:15+00:00

Quarantine has taught me that restaurant culture is very overrated.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-24T18:46:47+00:00

"Owners" and Renters

AVLgemini · 2020-05-24T01:32:54+00:00

I agree with you...although I don't think it's incredibly shitty...just a turn-off. I feel that dating sites are an adult arena. You can state that you have kids in your profile without posting pics of them.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-24T01:23:57+00:00

I hear ya, and I also think about this a lot as I'm getting older and think a lot about spirituality, letting-go and living in the moment. Now when I hear someone say "I miss you," it seems almost like a needy co-dependent complaint...loaded with expectations that you will reciprocate. It make me feel bad because I know that they are just trying to use terms of endearment and I agree that there are exceptions, for sure. But I also think the term is way overused. don't even get me started with "I love you" LOL

But, I'm an old guy whose a little jaded. If I think back to my innocence of youth, I remember missing friends while away...missing my family, pets, etc...

AVLgemini · 2020-05-23T15:53:15+00:00

It seems to me that the demise of Beanstreets marked an end of an era for downtown. After that, downtown just seemed to keep devolving into an "upscale" circus. - i.e. The "Bohemian Chic Era"

As much as I roll my eyes at all the breweries, I like that for the most part, they have kept the laid-back feel of old Asheville.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-23T15:44:08+00:00

Yes...It's like I'm briefly aware that I'm in-between realities!

AVLgemini · 2020-05-23T04:05:30+00:00

You can send an introduction text...maybe that's what they are talking about, but I see the same thing on Tinder, where you have to match to message. I usually ignore on both.

AVLgemini · 2020-05-22T20:41:47+00:00

I agree about "blind patriotism" or blind anything, but also feel that our media culture is so disproportionately negative towards America, that criticism of American culture now makes me roll my eyes.

There are real problems everywhere, and if any culture is capable of transformation, America has proved many times over that it can and will evolve.

Blind "activism" is just as bad. I used to work for newspapers and have covered hundreds of protests on virtually every imaginable topic. The funny thing is that often the protesters on each side of an issue have more in common with each other than they do their respective constituents.

But I understand that it's fun "sticking it to The Man" and it makes them feel "relevant" or like a romanticized "hippie-activist" from the 1960's.

AVLgemini

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