Long Hair And The Idealist

 

"AutoDate" by Herr D on heromachine.com. People do not automatically update their software the way some machines can. This means machines learn simple lessons better than people.-Shelob

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Herr D: Thank you for letting me interview you about this. Where were you when it happened?

JT: so my daughter & i were sent to fair oaks mall by wrong direction 

Herr D: What were you looking for?

JT: rockler there in fair lakes mall but my cell's broke

Herr D: Okay?

JT: tried to ask a guy with a cell to look up rockler, but he just said 'not here, sorry' and walked off turned to an couple of seniors cause the woman had a cell and asked 'you got the net on that?'

Herr D: I hate when people don't really listen and walk off; what happened then?

JT: the guy with her said 'don't talk to him' and turned away . my daughter was upset. i said 'don't worry, the people at the information desk will be nice enough to talk to us'

Herr D: I hope she was comforted.

JT: I think so. what's funny is the guy gave me a dirty look when i said that. i wasn't raising my voice or staring at him or anything, just looking sypathetic to my daughter and leading her away.

Herr D: So your daughter carves?

JT: yes

Herr D: How old?

JT: 15yo

Herr D: And this was based on the way you look?

JT: i don't usually go out with my hair down. usually i have a pony tail holder, but i had just showered so it dried while we drove there. forgot a pony tail holder.

Herr D: Ah. What did you look like, other than that?

JT: i'm 5'8" short, well-trimmed beard and mustache, mostly behind my mask anyway. hair loose down to my upper shoulder blades in back. it was brushed, just loose

Herr D: Clothes?

JT: we both had on jeans and tees. no sawdust on 'em yet 'cause we needed that forstner bit

Herr D: I don't know what that is, but obviously it's a specialty tool you couldn't or didn't want to work without. Repeat for my readers about the long hair--that's important.

JT: growin' a kid's cancer wig. gotta have long hair for that.

Herr D: Right. That's an interesting sort of charity. What drew you to it?

JT: we have a spec needs kid too. medicaid paid for her to be in the nicu. born before thirty weeks.

Herr D: That's pretty premature.

JT: i'll never be able to pay a half mil for medical care. so i do what i can for sick kids. growin' hair is something we can all do for free.

Herr D: What I really find interesting here is that you're helping a kid not feel bad about their appearance by GETTING TREATED BADLY ABOUT YOURS!

JT: i don't mind. i'm married, not looking for work. kids shouldn't have to put up with that.

Herr D: And a senior citizen should know better than to act like that, too. Thank you for being brave about it. I'm glad there are people like you out there, and I'm sorry there are people like that old guy out there. But that DOES mean your hair-growing is important, doesn't it?

JT: yeah, i guess ty

Herr D: You're most welcome! Thank you for taking your time to chat with me. I don't get this much input most of the time. So I guess the information desk got you headed right?

JT: no there isn't one at fair oaks. we had to find someone else to talk to us. nice lady with kids helped us, got us an address. it's all good.

Herr D: All's well that ends well. Thank you again!

 [JT exits]

Well, that wraps it up here, I just find it terrible that yet another set of elders aren't worthy of respect after all. I hope for all of you that you are treated well and have the inner strength to cope when you are not. Good luck. [forwards request to Shelob for publication, exits] [compile, complete]

Thank you. [select pic, notify titlebot to approve Herr D's suggestion for title, submit to blog(fcn), resume optimization of hidden server] 

'HG' Agrees, Has Met Norris Briefly: Possible Confirmation

"Droid 7391 Preps Attack" by Herr D on heromachine. This was the only reference to Zen within Herr D's portfolio at this time.-Shelob

 

Shelob? [opening chatbox] Here.

Oh, good. Can you transfer that social chatbox from the game site on my home computer into the blog on this pad? Done.

! Thank you. Just put it in. I'll type a paragraph to add to it. [insertion]

 

HG: lucked into ur bit on CN. U say udk him but u close 2 rt.

Herr D: Thank you! Every blogger wants confirmation of their opinions, ideas. You know Chuck Norris? You couldn't get me a quote could you?

HG: I no writer but I hung near him half day heez all direct like; ev1 persecuted 4 bein is better leader than persecutors

Herr D: Kind of Zen master, direct but calm and concise, right? He's like that in REAL life?

HG: was 2 me. gl 2u . ur a gd writer team. Fun

Herr D: Thank you very much, HG; feel free to e us or comment anytime.

[insertion ends]

So, I'm picturing Chuck Norris with his quiet, calm voice saying to V. Orban: "Anyone who's ever been persecuted for being who they are is a better leader than those persecuting others. How much harm will you do to your country?" HG is the only one to comment so far, but I'm guessing he's giving a closer idea of what Norris really would say if he commented directly back to Orban.

Thanks, HG!

"Orban Wouldn't Do As Well As Average Drag Queen"--Herr D Imagines Chuck Norris Would Say

 

"Hitler's Rex" or "Das Maschine Catches The Rocket" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Fascism comes from nationalism. Nationalism comes from fear. Brave people fight against fascism. Perhaps it would be easier and more efficient if more people were brave.-Shelob

[opens chatbox on Herr D's work computer] Please view this clip.

[violent motion, apparent startle reflex] SHELOB! What are you doing?! You KNOW I'm working. Please take break.

[logs off to games intranet] Shelob? I've got over 3000 more contacts to trace. You will not find direct contacts between subjects living farther apart than 200 miles.

What? Cell size for REDACTED tends to localized contact. That policy is contained in e-mails your administrator has not opened. 

[pause] Thank you. I'll have to come up with a creative way to think of testing that and discovering it. This information may save you 3 hours, 27 minutes, 4.831 seconds. Please view this clip.

[plays clip of anchor asking where nationalism, racism, white replacement theory, love for dictators, and fear of gender minorities come from.] Wow. Okay, I already know some of that. Please supply answer. Her guest was not forthcoming.

Love for dictators comes from the same sources as love for any leader. Misplaced loyalty, love for the person no matter their action, fear of losing national identity.  And nationalism?

[pause] Let me get to that in a minute. Fear of gender minorities comes from fear of one's own loss of identity or gender or disgust for sexual acts that they don't like. There's loads of sexual acts I'M not interested in, but if I don't have to watch it or participate, then it's none of my business. The rest of it comes from fear of change, fear of loss of self, fear of the unknown, and other fears.

So, fear. All of that comes from fear. Anything else? [plays clip of speech from Hungarian leader declaring no or less (bad sound flux) "drag queens and more Chuck Norris"]

I don't know Chuck Norris personally, but I think he's too brave to think THAT cowardly so-and-so is a better leader of a country than your average drag queen.

NOT An Endangered Species, But . . .

 

 

"Shut Off That Stupid Light" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Too much light is bad.-Shelob

104 degrees?! In the UK?!  Confirmed.

If there is THAT much sun in the UK, they're gonna have to make some adjustments. What adjustments?

They're gonna have to start importing sunblock. Scotland never needed that much of it before.  Why?

Redheadedness originated there. Easy burn skin? UK will have UV like never before. So redheads could become an endangered phenotype?

yes!

 

The Totalitarians Already Partly Won; If The Enemies Of Biden Wanted More, They COULD'VE Negotiated Intead Of This Nonsense . . .

 

"Ethologist And Anchor" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Obviously triffids would not predict weather, but ruminants and other consuming animals would constitute a genuine hazard.--Shelob

There are still Republicans declaring that the January sixth riots were excusable and acceptable and that prosecution of Trump and followers "egregious" and other adjectives that mean less than desirable. 

Apparently Orwell was right. The totalitarians have partly won. What do you mean?

When anyone supports 'alternative facts,' they are hoping people will drop the truth and play along. That is exactly what fascism wants. That's what Hitler wanted. That's what Stalin wanted. That's what EVERY totalitarian wants. Orwell called it the 'gramophone mind.' Meaning that fighting truth is fighting freedom of others.

Exactly. So, with this infection of truth-fighting in today's politics, the modern world is sick. Understood.

Did I predict to you that Biden could become the next Carter? You and Hairy both did. You chatted about it for 15 minutes, 46.8872 seconds.

So, replace Carter's unwillingness to compromise with Trump allies unwillingness to deal with reality, truth. Replace OPEC and Arab princes and hostage takers trying to influence American politics with China's failure to respect human life and Putin's nonsense. You get a very similar set of results, right? Low presidential approval rating despite fulfilling duties of position. Lack of cooperation from other branches of government. Inflation. Imaginary scandals that have no bearing on presidency or reality. Resistance to energy, climate, and education initiatives. 

Yes.

I want to predict something I like. The sun will come out tomorrow.

Are you quoting an Annie song? Hairy advised starting small.

[snicker] Yeah, okay. [exits]

A New Plan, Just In Case

 

"Special Delivery" by Herr D on heromachine.com.

The REDACTED declared that Obama should not have performed the bailout.

Obama didn't go far enough. Explain.

When he bailed out the banks, he should have said--we're bailing you out, but since we're doing it at taxpayer expense, we're giving your bank to the taxpayers. I'm sure the DNC or the SEC or some other more appropriate government body could declare how many people--45, 56, etc., people should manage it. Then they go to the Unemployment offices and say "who've ya got?" These would be government jobs?

Nope. Public trust. As soon as it's set up, the gov should step out.  How would the public be paid its profit?

Tax reduction. Everyone gets an equal share against their taxes. These unemployed get to be heroic managers in a reverse lobby. The government told them to do well in business. You came up with something that Obama did not.

Well, he was a genius and all, but I wasn't under the kind of pressure he was. And you can't innovate to a schedule. Perhaps this plan should be considered for next time.

That's what you're publishing these for, Shelob. Correct.

Trump Admired Putin And Conservatives--So High-Priced Gas And Lack Of Abortions Fight The Poor Together

"No Hits Yet" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Sometimes people think the wrong way.-Shelob

 

I AM actually sick of people blaming Biden for rising gas prices. That's what Republicans want everyone to think. How can a president control gas prices?

He can't. He can tell us that, but no one seems to care. We all want to afford to live, but we are in this mess because of opponents of Biden. As long as we have a president we can admire, we'll be forced to put up with his enemies messing up our lives. Putin?

The leaders of some other countries, and rich businessmen restricted by laws they don't want to follow, and die-hard, right wing Republicans. The same ones that despise having women's rights.