Conservatism doesn't conserve anything except a particular demographic's unearned power.
Conservative contrariness appears arbitrary and absurd -- "no masks or vaccines ever, even for my pets!" -- but it is merely about rejecting the imposition of any obligation on that group no matter how trivial.
To that end, conservatism will always embrace violence and fascism if that demographic feels like it can't get its way through the usual institutions, which are already set up in its favor.
I’m just going to say it on mastodon because I’m not here much and I don’t care. I say all of this as someone who’s made #javascript a big part of my life and future plans:
If you get all high and mighty about React devs not knowing VanillaJS, you’re being ridiculous. If you’re giving job interviews for a company that doesn’t use any frameworks or libraries, you can talk about JS skills. Otherwise, you’re just gatekeeping the least respected, easiest coding language. Get a life.
I just realized that “speaking in tongues” in the New Testament is a meditation practice. I’m listening to “How to Change Your Mind” on audiobook, and the descriptions of effects of psychedelic, which can also be achieved through skilled meditation, sound very similar to descriptions of speaking in tongues. Meditation really ties together the evidence better than a lot of interpretations
That could raise the prospect of a “Lost Ancient Christian Meditation” which sounds juicy as a paper or a Dan Brown novel
One perk of having a poorly kept 80 year old house: Four to five doors that don’t work as intended. One door just wasn’t there. I replaced it… now it doesn’t work as intended.
You can find me sanding down door edges.
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