Given Stories

An off topic discussion on 4chan on one anon’s sale of his childhood Pokemon games results in the following gem on modern media: This is something I’ve talked about before and will be reiterating here. The worst part of people valuing franchises like Pokémon isn’t so much the games themselves. It’s that people are increasingly … More Given Stories

On Weimarisation

An essay on the process through which Democracy descends into Tyranny, otherwise colloquially known as Weimarisation: Every history student knows that the Weimar Republic preceded the Nazi Era in Germany. Fewer understand that the process of historical decline goes through certain predictable stages, one of which is characterised by the Weimar Republic and its infamous … More On Weimarisation

Japanese Man Arrested for Stealing Women’s Shoes and Replacing Them with New Ones

Such a strange world we live in: “I just wanted to smell women’s shoes,” he said. Aichi prefecture in central Japan seems to be a hot spot for weird criminal activity these days, between people selling modified Pokémon from a hacked game, stealing piano covers from schools, and slashing women’s car tires. And now we … More Japanese Man Arrested for Stealing Women’s Shoes and Replacing Them with New Ones

Thoughts on “White Privilege Training” and “Critical Race Theory”

A very insightful treatise on Critical Race Theory and the racial based shaming that comes riding on its coat tails from Daniel Concannon, a public education employee who formerly worked in the Manchester school district in the state of NH.  This is an issue that this man was willing to resign from his job to … More Thoughts on “White Privilege Training” and “Critical Race Theory”

Feral Cats

Maybe culling all those feral cats wasn’t such a good idea, Australia: In Australia’s defense, if you pay close attention to government policies and politics in general, most western countries seem to operate in a similarly shorted sighted manner.