Human psychology and propaganda. It works on smart people too.

Mr. Cookie.

“Sony pushes the idea that “reasonable consumers would not be misled” into believing they own the games in their digital library”.

Wasn’t this the same basic legal outcome Fox News received when they were sued and it was determined that ‘no reasonable viewer’ would think Tucker Carlson was anything but entertainment? That worked out well.

Traffic is generally bad in the city I live in. Years ago I was driving when someone accidentally cut me off. I started to get mad when suddenly the person who cut me off held up a sign I could see through their back window that said “Sorry!”. The car belonged to a business and they gave their driver a sign on a handle they could hold up if they needed to. It immediately diffused the situation and made me smile. Little things in life really help.

Hopefully humans will have been wiped out and cats and elephants are in charge.

You need to read a lot more books.

I’m losing interest in it naturally. More often than not when I think about picking up my phone I think “why bother?”

You wear socks to the pool?

Robbie Williams. And Let Love be Your Energy is a great song.

The reason you’re noticing it is because of marketing propaganda. Anyone who sells a product that contains protein wants to highlight that aspect to take advantage of the public mindset who believes protein is an essential part of our diets. And the reason we even believe protein is an essential part of our diet is also because of marketing, even though it might be the case that protein actually is an essential component. The majority of the public would not know this unless they learned of it through the media. Read Propaganda by Edward Bernays. It talks about where this approach began at the beginning of the 20th century.

These are websites I immediately leave. The majority of these are set-up simply to get your contact information so they can market to you.

You’re going to love the future.

Dude, you need to go to a nice beach by a nice hotel. They have chairs set-up for you with umbrellas and someone will walk by and take your food and drink order and your food won’t have sand and the drinks will be cold and you can just walk into the hotel for any amenities and you’ll be with people who know better than to play music at the beach.

Why would any investor believe this?

Read widely from various sources you vet and try to be as media literate as possible.

Coming up behind them is the worst. Especially if you’re close. I always wait until there’s a good distance between us before I start walking.

People can pick up a lot of information from someone they see walking towards them. They can tell by your gait, your body movements, and facial expressions (if you’re close enough to see them) whether you might be a threat or not. As a man in this situation who has never and will never be a threat to women I think that comes across in subtle ways without having to say a word. And since someone I didn’t know at a party came up to me and said I had the kindest face they’ve ever seen, that also works in my favor. When we finally pass each other I always say hello and smile and keep on walking. And if you do see a woman walking towards you don’t do anything stupid like slow down or stop or walk with your head down with your hands in your pockets.

I guess the baby wasn’t faithful enough.

What I was going to say.

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