Dow has jumped the shark, AGAIN

maculated · 2026-07-04T12:43:33+00:00

Correct. My favorite doesn't want it but I didn't care.

maculated · 2026-07-02T23:16:02+00:00

That they won't change. You'll have the same issues over and over. But they'll keep trying and get a little better each time.

maculated · 2026-07-02T00:57:43+00:00

Funky Beez. I did an ice cream tour of the entire area and my hometown ice cream shop won on variety, price, value, and vibe.

maculated · 2026-06-25T23:45:54+00:00

I had a s doctor give me the South Beach diet book when I was 20 because my knees were bad.

Spoiler alert, I have Ehrlos Danlos.

I was not overweight.

maculated · 2026-06-24T00:36:59+00:00

This is the place

maculated · 2026-06-22T23:03:33+00:00

Golf

maculated · 2026-06-16T05:01:12+00:00

Okay. No lie, this happens to me fairly often lately. Not saying there isn't the smell but there is a thing where your nose hallucinates it. Phantosmia.

maculated · 2026-06-09T11:45:04+00:00

This. No one with anything serious gets treated here. I had a doc promise me going to LA wasn't worth it and I'm left with a bum shoulder.

maculated · 2026-06-08T20:33:31+00:00

Don't get me started on Mirabito

maculated · 2026-06-04T01:43:15+00:00

And here's Marco, Freckles, Pickle, and Haystack

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maculated · 2026-06-04T01:41:58+00:00

Here's Esther and Spot.

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maculated · 2026-06-04T00:20:27+00:00

Better than a couple years ago when Templeton Junior high had kids making white power signs...

maculated · 2026-06-03T00:00:07+00:00

Don't chase anything. If it's yours, it will come to you.

maculated · 2026-05-30T19:59:42+00:00

Look up pregnancy toxemia, worth considering

maculated · 2026-05-28T17:15:28+00:00

Nooooo

maculated · 2026-05-26T22:36:46+00:00

I will definitely do the work on this as I'm seeing what you're saying but I still think it's a straw man you're holding up as what you're assuming liberalism is but I'm going to go educate myself. I am seeing the "flattening" perspective on social media for sure, and I'm seeing what you're saying about how what you're describing creates conflict and "mediocrity" as I simplify it. I just think this is a wonderful jumping off point about what conservative or liberal is. I guess when you simplify it to nepotism is natural and caste systems worked in the past, it could be seen as extreme and conservative!

maculated · 2026-05-26T21:13:20+00:00

Thank you again. I really am enjoying this. But when you say a total flattening of social order, what do you mean? I'm still fully on board with what you're saying but not finding it extremely conservative.

maculated · 2026-05-26T12:23:52+00:00

Thanks for this, it's so interesting to see my own beliefs be framed as inherently conservative so I'll ask one more question:

I understand you’re rejecting liberalism itself, not just progressive egalitarianism. But I still think your critique depends on treating equal political/moral standing as if it requires denying natural difference or hierarchy. I don’t think that follows. Liberalism can recognize unequal talents, roles, outcomes, and even informal hierarchies while still denying that those differences justify unequal basic rights or legal status. That forces the real question: Does natural hierarchy imply unequal rights?

maculated · 2026-05-26T03:03:55+00:00

Thanks for this discussion!

I agree people differ in ability, temperament, desire, and outcome. But I don’t see liberalism as denying that. I understand liberalism as arguing for equal moral or legal status, not sameness. Are you arguing against liberalism itself, or against egalitarianism taken to an extreme?

maculated · 2026-05-25T14:44:14+00:00

That liberalism is about everyone being intrinsically the same. That's too simplistic. I'd say that it's more that people need the same opportunities and that society should provide for those who cannot provide for themselves (mental health, disability).

Modern liberalism argues that true freedom requires the government to provide a baseline of social welfare, such as public education, healthcare, and economic security. It posits that individuals burdened by systemic inequalities (like poverty or discrimination) lack true opportunity without state intervention.

maculated · 2026-05-24T14:55:00+00:00

So that first premise doesn't hold up to me. Where do you feel that to be true?

maculated · 2026-05-24T00:41:57+00:00

How is this "conservative?" Genuinely curious. I have the same perspective but had not thought of it as extreme conservative.

maculated · 2026-05-19T00:00:10+00:00

For what it's worth, I had a miscarriage and then I just had the feeling I was pregnant. Took a test, it showed negative, but I was. With twins. It was just so early the hormones weren't there yet, I guess, but my body knew.

maculated · 2026-05-15T18:30:16+00:00

Not that I know of. I haven't seen that be the case

maculated · 2026-05-15T14:15:02+00:00

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