Sometimes it feels like this is another episode of "Here's a guy a few women are paid to fawn over instead of..." I don't know, actively caring about their human rights.
"Don’t worry, though. As is so often the case these days, Neil Gaiman is acting as the voice of reason."
~ Julia Glassman
"Neil Gaiman Has Good News For Fans..."
https://www.themarysue.com/neil-gaiman-has-good-news-for-fans-looking-to-support-the-sag-strike/
Being peaceful is the best! Night to humans who deserve wonderful sleep. 🩷🌛🌌🌎
Watch "10 Minute Crystal Singing Bowl Meditation"
Watch "Everlast - What it's Like (Official Music Video)"
Watch "DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat..."
Watch "Beck - Loser (Official Music Video)" on You....
Not gonna...
"Taco John's responds to Taco Bell's 'Taco Tuesday'"
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/business/taco-johns-taco-tuesday-response/index.html
"Marian Wright Edelman's old interview talks about the real purpose of living"
Watch "The Girl Who Has Never Laughed (with Aisling Bea, Tom Allen, and Charlotte Richie)"
Watch "In The Time It Takes to Get There" | The Win
Watch "Bee Gees - I started a joke" on YouTube
"'Forcing people to carry unwanted pregnancies drives people into further positions of poverty,' she continued. 'Poverty gives birth to violence and survival modes that make people unpredictable. They do things that they would normally not do.'"
~ Kylie Cheung quoting Love Holt
https://jezebel.com/woman-tells-congress-she-nearly-died-from-abortion-comp-1850651054
Nose Jobs.
Watch "The Pixies - Gigantic" on YouTube
"Conan O'Brien Reflects..."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conan-obrien-getting-jumped-boston_n_6350e573e4b04cf8f37fc7dd
Anecdotage: Elon Musk Was a Victim of Bullying
https://anecdotage.com/anecdotes/elon-musk-was-a-victim-of-bullying
"Note: There were 109 children on the Titanic, of whom just 56 survived. Of the fatalities, there was a single child victim in first class, none in second class, whilst in third class 52 children lost their lives."
https://titanicfacts.net/titanic-survivors/
"Why Elon Musk Got Bullied In High School"
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-bullied-high-school
"An Italian Street Gang Broke Conan O’Brien’s Nose"
https://www.vulture.com/2011/04/an_italian_street_gang_broke_c.html
Since the universe decided to arrange things in certain ways for me, my assessment of the older versions of some wounded men is they are still acting out the traumas they're carrying.
Sometimes, their vibe is kinda like:
"Part of me loves to help people, but I also really just love to feel like I can be in control the most of all. I feel so thrilled when the controlling, bullying side of me kicks in again. So strangely satisfying! Who knows why?"
It is sad that both Elon and C got beat up by bullies when they were younger.
I feel that C's much younger self was a nice enough person to encounter on a walk through some woods...and E's a little bit younger self was also a decent person to sit next to on two airplanes (even if I had no idea why the airline people kept switching my seat at the time). I hope they both get more professional help with processing and overcoming the traumas they're still carrying around with them.
Who needs to carry that around for the rest of their lives?
Society is slowly changing, and more men are being open about expressing their emotions, like crying when they encounter very upsetting information, for instance.
"Horrifying Details About Woody Allen Abusing His Kids"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_mpWWHIbgk
However, it is still hard for some to change the old patterns of fawning over abusers...
"Conan O'Brien | Interview | American Masters | PBS"
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/archive/interview/conan-obrien/
Especially when rewards were involved.
"'I was being groomed': Scarlett Johansson..."
What could be a good motivation for them?
"Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape"
https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-roe-wade-alito-scotus-hale
Manic, obsessed with how America is wrecking healthcare, and more.
"'It’s demoralizing’: Idaho abortion ban takes toll"
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/16/idaho-abortion-ban-ob-gyn-doctors
"Manic pixie dream girl : r/tumblr"
https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/152xpis/manic_pixie_dream_girl/
I don't do the "fawn response" as much, do I? But I have, sometimes, probably. Yes, I know.
This is worth listening to, for me...
Watch "On chronic illness, chronic fatigue, autoimmune..." by Irene Lyon
(The "fawn response" was mentioned at around 8:40).Watch "How stored trauma creates somatic symptoms"
From Irene Lyon
Watch "On chronic illness, chronic fatigue, autoimmune..."
Some people can allow themselves to demonstrate that they have more empathy, yet they are scared to show it, due to trauma?
Maybe so.
Imagine that healthy expression of empathy as your next fun project. Imagine enjoying being a healthier person.
"I grew up in Texas. I remember many friends with very little that were ESL students, and I remember one friend who helped to teach me Spanish as I taught him English, with taped shoes.
He was relentlessly bullied. And I defended him. I remember thinking that my classmates showed a shocking lack of empathy, and looking back at it, is was clear even then a feeling that somehow immigrants were less than human was building. That was many years ago.
This hurts me to my core. These human beings are just trying to find a better life. To be cast aside as if they were plastic washed along the shore is a sort of point of no return for one’s very soul."
~ ROC
Does society want him to get better?
"Elon Musk doesn't have a natural feel for empathy or emotions, says his biographer who's followed him for three years.*
A man in a museum and in two airports and on two planes.