pharmakeia

Pharmakeia

Last night, some friends introduced me to an old thread by online comics creator and convert from New Age mysticism Owen Cyclops. With drug culture back in the mainstream, now seemed like a good time to present a streamlined version of Owen's warning about the dangers of psychedelic drugs. Thread…
March 17, 202237 Comments
Chine-Russia Crude Imports

A Crude Workaround

The petrodollar is the stick that the American Empire has long used to keep its subject states in line. But our rulers' recent bumbling in Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East has prompted China to ramp up plans for a workaround. Saudi Arabia is in active talks with Beijing…
March 16, 202211 Comments
NicNickelodeon Kids Next Door

Nickelodeon Syndrome

There's no ignoring that the Millennial generation is in crisis. Just take a look at their skyrocketing incidence of depression. While most Americans are feeling more depressed, we've seen the sharpest increase among those who were aged 16-25 as of 2017. Those ages encompass the birth years 1992-2001, which is…
March 15, 202227 Comments
Gen Y Ephemera

Gen Y Ephemera

Reader Rudolph Harrier and author JD Cowan unearth more evidence that Generation Y is a separate cohort from the later Millennials. Consider some data points from a 2006 article published in the Oberlin Review: College admissions offices, employers and marketing companies are going into a frenzy over Generation Y, a…
March 10, 202222 Comments
Pagan Ritual

Proving the Religious Right

Contra the media-brainwashed NPCs who parrot the Satanic Panic zombie meme, reality keeps proving the religious right ... right. EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — Several animal heads found in a plastic bag in East Greenwich last month appear to be related to some sort of religious animal sacrifice ritual, the…
March 9, 20228 Comments
Cozy Visits

Cozy Visits

Back in the Gamergate era, online dissidents had an embarrassment of riches when it came to news and entertainment sources. It's hard to imagine now, but prior to 2019 or so, you could catch the likes of Mister Metokur, Nick Fuentes, and Infowars on YouTube. But then Orange Man won…
March 8, 20228 Comments
sorcerer

The Sorcerer’s Harem

Regular readers here know that the West is afflicted with a crisis of meaning, and we have been for a long time. It's a target-rich environment for clever con artists with no conscience and a penchant for spinning tall tales. Author JD Cowan brought up a Twitter thread by Lin…
March 7, 202212 Comments
Bravalanche

The Bravalanche

A concept introduced on this blog that's gained some traction in newpub is the neopatronage model. Though still developing, this is the proposition that societal changes will cause a shift away from the old entertainment business model. Instead of artists selling their rights to corporations in exchange for access to…
March 3, 202216 Comments
Motorola StarTAC

Internet Citizens

Commenter Rudolph Harrier provides insightful context for Monday's post promoting JD Cowan's Generation Y compilation. We can take an average member of Gen Y as being born in 1984 and an average millennial as being born in 1995. Let’s look at some key trends and consider the relevant ages: Cell…
March 2, 202211 Comments
Milo v Beardson2

Milo v Beardson 2

A few months back, I let readers in on the internet beef between professional gadfly Milo Yiannopoulos and curmudgeonly streamer Beardson Beardly. Many were surprised that instead of a slap fight, the two debaters arrived at a détente of sorts over the meaning and gradations of art. It was a…
March 1, 20223 Comments