dandelion

I'm not an expert in media or journalism, so don't take me seriously, but my speculation is that because American corporate media is for-profit and competing for attention, when something is new and getting attention, everyone competes to grab as much of the attention as possible (while it still generates interest), creating a fear of missing out for those who don't try to monetize the new thing.

You see this in all kinds of markets, like - why were two big blockbuster movies about Napoleon produced and then published around the same time? The anticipation of a cash grab invites others to see if they can get in on it and siphon some of the cash for themselves. Producers all compete to capitalize on consumer fads in general, and fads can even be artificially generated, through manipulation of consumers (whether through celebrity or influencer endorsements, guerilla marketing, or just traditional advertisements).

Media is just another form of consumption and shows the same ebb and flow as other consumer markets.

I have a "security blanket" too, but it's a pillow I was given as a small child.

I've also felt ashamed for sleeping with it, it feels like it makes me infantile or not grown up, so I put it in a closet for many years. The past year or two, though, I've realized the comfort is more important to me than feeling ashamed, so I sleep with the pillow every night, usually I hug the pillow and sleep with it against me. It's one of the few such comforts, and nothing else comforts me like it - even other pillows or plushes I have tried.

reading that article is heart wrenching

there is such desperation - something has to be done

EDIT: trying to find a group that is helping with the famine, but in the meantime this might be a place where donations could be sent and well used:

https://www.mutualaidmyanmar.org/faqs

I too would like a better account of the servers out there. In the end, I was able to get an account with this instance: https://exquisite.tube/

and it's newsweek, a right-wing outlet that peddles conspiracy theories

I had to scroll too far to find this answer.

Most of the criticism of it I've seen is about how the concept's been warped to mean women aren't putting out enough for specific men.

this is it in a nutshell. Men clearly experience loneliness, what's problematic is the way "male loneliness" has been weaponized against women, as if it's not a byproduct of patriarchy but actually a result of women's neglect (or worse, an insidious assumption that women have an obligation to date men because they are lonely).

that book was practically written for tv, I think it will probably go well enough

just a reminder that Newsweek is a conspiracy-peddling, right-wing rag that we should not be driving traffic to

are you talking about the comment mentioning it makes financial sense to not pay off their mortgage?

voiced th is like this, that, mother

unvoiced th like thick, thimble, thirty

notice how the voiced th has a buzzing vocalization during the th sound, you can feel your teeth buzzing as you say the th in this

but when you pronounce thirty that buzzing is absent and the first buzzing starts with the i (the vowel is the first voiced part).

how would you feel if your parent arranged a date for you without discussion or consent, and posed it in such a condescending way? The parent is communicating contempt and violating boundaries, nothing about this seems acceptable...

the dad is being denigrating, but don't you also feel it's a violation to set up a date without consent or discussion first? The dad seems so toxic in his behavior and it's not surprising to read he is also controlling and "dominant".