i have largely cut myself off from such media as well, only this is a new thing for me. I worry that some of the things I have seen through films, television, video games, etc, over my lifetime will haunt me forever! I worry that I will age and remember random horrific scenes from a movie or something, and forget that it isn't a real memory of my own.
Ever since I stopped...I've come to develop the opinion that the world will never be free until they cease poisoning our brains from cradle to grave...it's disgusting what capitalism has done with the help of media technology. we wonder why our friends and family are absolutely helpless in the face of modern media. it has warped all our brains, imo, and I wish that I had had the sense to try what you did earlier on.
in conversation, you could always fall back on your media experiences. So SO many people just talk about movies and music, games too.
also, did you know that when you read interesting things from interesting people, those interesting ideas become part of you? that's how I enjoy thinking of it. so if you read interesting things from interesting and obscure people, especially historical people, then you will have things to talk about (often very shocking things), and also become wise. In many ways, those experiences have become yours. that's what i tell myself, when i get sad about how little i've done with my life so far...
also refocusing your mindset. dont think about how interesting or uninteresting you might seem to the person you're talking to. think about how interesting THEY are!
yay! my cats love sticks too. may i suggest also gifting your cat a simple flat sheet? You can drape one across furniture so that it hangs down, with only an inch or two of open space on the bottom. in my experience cats love to play from underneath there, because they like being sneaky and ambushing. if you have sturdy furniture you can also tie the sheet between two of them, creating a low curtain wall, that they love to play in and jump over. just be careful about where you tie the curtain, make sure it wont tip the furniture over if they fall on it. you could just loosely drape stuff so it avoids that risk altogether
yeah it really is..i found this one on internet archive, not even looking for it, just researching something totally different--probably because whoever uploaded it painstakingly typed up the whole vile transcript of this "1989 Tribute to Adolf Hitler speech"
I started listening to a 10 hour radio show from 1991 about it. I didnt get far but I was aghast at what I heard...if you look at the subsections there are these "'A Full Court Press: The Destabilization of the Soviet Union' by Sean Gervasi" and then "On the role of the US far right in the dismantling of the Soviet Union: 'The Free Congress Foundation Goes East' by Russ Bellant and Louis Wolf". I searched for the Sean Gervasi person and found this which seems easier to disseminate than a radio show. I haven't been able to read it other than skimming but it seems good. I hope it helps even though it's a day late
anyone else devastated about Lolita/ Tokitae the captive orca whale dying recently? She spent 53 years in a tiny pool in Miami after being stolen from her mother in the PNW at age 4. People were actually trying to persuade her owner to let her come home, even for just one day, because guess what? Her family pod is still seen regularly by researchers, including her own mother... but no. it didn't happen. apparently the park she lived in didn't do anything to protect her from the recent heat domes in Florida either.
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