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I’m new. Just reblogging a bunch of stuff I find either funny or serious.
We are in a surge where COVID levels are higher than they have been for over 90% of the pandemic. One of the reasons that the authorities aren't properly warning you about it is that, inconveniently, the largest COVID surges happen during the biggest shopping season of each year.
I'm antisocial, yet social... I don't speak first, but when someone speaks to me i will speak to them. Some days i’m really annoying and talkative, other days i’m like i don't want to talk.. Or i’m like who are you.
I found out about Fasnacht from Fallout but it's definitely on my bucket list. Might make a road trip next year- it's a yearly festival brought over by Swiss and German immigrants in the small town of Helvetia, WV. It's on the Saturday before Mardi Gras and it's kind of a cross between a Mardi Gras walking parade and like a mini Oktoberfest. Looks like a lot of fun from what I've seen about it. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/us/fasnacht-2022.html
The Fasnacht Festival Returns, One Year After Covid Cancellation

The Fasnacht celebration in Helvetia, W.Va., draws revelers who soak in the Swiss culture — and burn Old Man Winter in effigy.

@Huck can you zoom in a bit more and sharpen it?
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"Cancel culture" started because people were bored hearing about the "PC police" which came after people bored of "hippies". It's an old trope from people who refuse to evolve with the society around them.

@moh_kohn Yeah, it used to be "PC culture," then "callout culture," and then "cancel culture," and... So much of this is just the same exact criticism over and over.

It's a complicated topic, sure, but it's been disspiriting to watch people pretend like random people on the internet are a threat to free speech, but the Governor of Florida isn't.

Obviously, this all goes really far back, but I'm referring to the most recent version of this, where any sort of disagreement that isn't printed in a big glossy magazine or presented to you by a millionaire being funded by a billionaire gets labeled "cancel culture."
THIS IS THE WOKE MIND VIRUS SPEAKING! CANCEL YOUR GRANDFATHER! I REPEAT, CANCEL YOUR GRANDFATHER!

Ok, so.

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