It's Complicated

NOT safe for work! if you are under 18, give your mom her phone back! The human condition seems to be that we try to make simple things complicated while trying to make complicated things simple. I am trying to simplify myself to see if it makes the rest of the world less complicated. These are the musings of a grown-ass man seeking simplicity.

[nostalgicamerica]

[thememedaddy]

[cowboytalkin]

Joe vs the Volcano

I saw this as a teenager and watch it again at least once a year. I think it's worth watching for those who haven't seen it before, younger people included. It's both an incitement of the soul crushing nature of the modern world and an uplifting rebuttal of it.

[dsudis]

So wait are livestock guardian dogs to their flocks like… Clark Kent among the residents of Smallville? He’s been here since he was a baby, we all know him, and he’s… generally one-of-us shaped, uh, approximately. And then when something goes wrong he suddenly leaps into action and does some terrifying impossible shit none of us could do. And then comes back home and settles in like nothing happened and he’s one of us again.

[relevant-catnik]

Hmm.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[ruusverd]

Actual answer: the sheep know the dogs are not sheep, and they also know the dog is protecting them and take their cues from the dog about whether they need to run for the barn or can just ignore anything scary that approaches.

However, a friend once had an extremely premature orphan lamb born in December who had to live in the house for a couple of months with leg braces and all that, who due to spending her lambhood with dogs instead of sheep came out of the whole experience convinced she was a livestock guardian dog! She would patrol the perimeter of the fields every evening with the actual dog, stand watch in the barn door at night like the dog, and was more than willing to throw down if she saw something scary coming towards the flock the way the guard dog did. Tragically orphaned lamb did a convincing job at being a guard dog without actually having any of the biological advantages a dog has over a sheep.

Which I suppose made her Sheep Batman.

[ghostriderskull]

[islandescape-deactivated2026021]

🖤🔥🖤

[floridaboiler]

[cowboytalkin]

Cant wait for the beaver moon. That's when the were beavers come out.

[plamsisstuff]

😁

[cowboytalkin]

The Iron Heel by Jack London 1908

From its blurb on Amazon

"The Iron Heel has been hailed by some critics as the greatest of all dystopian novels. Published in 1908, the novel is a prophetic warning of the dangers of capitalist excess. The Oligarchy, a monopoly trust, has gained control and is in the process of squeezing out and shutting down small to midsize businesses and making farmers subservient to their wishes. They are opposed by the Brotherhood of Man, a group that embraces London's idea of a socialist collective. London employs the ruse of having his manuscript not only written by someone else, Ernest Everhard, but discovered by a third party, Anthony Meredith, who offers commentary throughout. London finds time to praise Oscar Wilde, who was still regarded by most of the public as a demonic corruptor of youth, while providing a prophetic vision of the rise of fascism."

Currently free on kindle, BTW. Though I'm opting for a print copy as well. My take? Both crony socialism and alcrony capitalism will lead to facism.

[simplymarge1974]

[simplymarge1974]

[moonlightsdream]

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — dir. Frank Capra     

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[everythingfox]

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