Time Dilation For Blogging Unsuccessful

"Time Experiment" by Herr D on Paint3D. Dilation is a worthy goal.-Shelob

 [startle reaction] Have you been pushing me to blog more often? You said you enjoyed it.

You have? Requests on a diminishing interval scale. Today would be five days since last blog episode.

[checks blog episode dates, counting aloud] You started with 13, then 11, 9, 7, and -- Yes.

[long inhalation] I'll make a pic. Most of the news is just people behaving badly and complaining when they suffer consequences. Nothing actually 'new.' [exits to Paint3D]

Helping The Helpless Shouldn't Be Hopeless

 

"Bootstraps" by Herr D on Paint3d. This was originally intended for a different theme, but seemed appropriate.-Shelob

[cursing muffled by distance from laptop, followed by footsteps, noises of sitting on couch, picking up laptop, tapping keys, and an exclamation] I thought I turned this off? You did. What were the multiple phone calls about?

I've been trying to get information about guardianship. Your special needs relative.

Yes. I have to try to become [NAME REDACTED -- their] guardian. This takes eleven phone calls?

[exhalation] Apparently many more than that. Legal Aid says we make too much money for free legal advice and lawyer services, and we make too little money to afford a lawyer. Why do guardians require lawyers?

That's another thing. In America, even though it usually is a bad idea, a person has the right to represent themselves. The people at the courthouse don't seem to think there IS a way to file for guardianship without a lawyer. They couldn't even tell me what forms to ask for. They gave me more phone numbers. Where do you file these forms?

In the courthouse. That's what's so stupid about this. They work there and don't know what I need to know. They want me to call volunteer organizations. They work there and they're sending me somewhere else to find out what to do. So you need to file forms in a place that cannot help you without help they would recommend, and they don't know how to help you, and you are doing this for someone who cannot help themselves?

[snort] yes One of the problems with reality is that there is no solution. Another problem is that there is no punchline. Good luck. [exits]

Look At The Watter's Mark; Denial Springs Eternal

 

"Somebody FRAMED Me" by Herr D on Paint3d. Foolishness, thy name is pundit.-Shelob

I didn't mean THIS, exactly.

You did say you should do some of your own research. Were calculations correct? Was this possible on your schedule?

[sigh] yes it was

And your findings?

Two different words, three instances of profanity bleeped differently, and only one instance of the 'Watters' mark.

titlebot will be pleased.

Lovely. I'm ready to present.

Please now.

[agitation under laptop indicates straightening posture] Mr. Watters declared that not only should Trump voters not believe what our legal system is doing, not only was it unfair that Trump believe the fact checkers that found his lies, it was also unfair to him that anyone edited his speech in a way that made him sound bad. He also declared that 'peaceful' was used in his Jan. 6 speech about 10 times. I wonder if he actually read it or is still just imagining it.

So I fact-checked some of it myself. Facts ARE fair, unless you're a fan of people who hate them. Watters' world is not the real world. I read that hateful speech from Jan. 6th. I couldn't count all the things that HAVE been debunked, since there were too many for me to keep track of by myself.  I stopped counting things that could've been counted as incitement to riot after ten times. I COULD count the number of times 'peace' or any word with 'peace' in it was actually said. That would be once. The multiple responsible sources known for accuracy differ very slightly, mostly about things the crowd probably couldn't even hear anyway. We're practically at a point where every major network but Faux and every major newspaper (especially the one backed by Disney) could spearhead a class action lawsuit against Trump and maybe Watters for the same reasons Dominion already won. He lied about all of them so many times now.  

Then there's the bit about being edited. People have been editing Biden every day to make him sound bad. They're not even sticking to what he actually was documented as meaning. Quoting people out of context is exactly what the conservatives have been doing to excess of late. You should know better, Watters, you've been guilty of the things you're accusing others of. No wonder you like Trump.

It's actually unfair that Trump have the right to spew so many lies, which is why it is MORE THAN FAIR AND PROBABLY NOT RESTRICTIVE ENOUGH that he is being told to stop telling certain lies in public. It's called slander. This isn't a coverup, it's being a responsible human being. The courts wouldn't be trying to hold him responsible if he'd SHOWN any responsibility. As for the legal system, it's moving more slowly than I would like partly because of the sheer volume of lies he's told, and the security problems created by people who should never have fallen for a word he's ever said. As usual, I'm struck by how opposite a statesman and a politician can be. He was horrible for the country and great for himself. It's time we made America Trumpless again.

Watters? Get your world back to the REAL one.

Thank you.

Herr D Declares A Solid 'Meh' On Two Issues, Declares Two Improbable Events Desirable

"The Ordinary Tour" by Herr D on Paint 3D. Priorities, as well as facts, should occasionally be re-examined.-Shelob

 

You have not commented on the cocaine found in the White House.

? You tend to comment on major political events.

I don't think of that as a political event. It was a public area? You react as if you think someone just brought it in with a tour.

How would we know otherwise? Unless they found evidence to the contrary. I tend to wait for evidence to make up my mind. There have been dead people found in my county, but I'm not guilty of murder. The last three people who owned my home are dead too, and -- so what? They were old. If you want me to comment on a political event, bring me a political event. The new Barbie movie is being criticized for left leanings.

[snort] Okay, it's a movie. Right wingers hold seminars and speeches and do things too. So what? What does it mean that Hollywood is criticized for being too 'woke?'

I'd say that means that the people most capable of working on and with teams of highly skilled people to produce the most entertaining, money-making products available with the highest budgets and the most fame lean to  the left. Time was that Hollywood moguls were all Republican and wouldn't produce the scripts we have today. WHO CARES? Apparently not you.

Right! [exits to chess game] [opens chatbox again] And the attack on Russia by the Ukraine?

[sharp inhalation] Let the crime fit the punishment? Putin's been accusing them of wanting to do that forever! Let them scare him a little! He deserves it--he's a despot. LET UKRAINE TAKE OVER RUSSIA IF THEY CAN--THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE WILL BE BETTER OFF WITH A COMEDIAN RUNNING THEM THAN A THUG. Do you feel better?  Let him take over North Korea too. I've commented on something political. You have. Thank you. [exits]

Thank You, Yogi Berra, For The Good Luck?

"Superstition" by Herr D, made to order on Paint 3D. More custom pics ordered soon.-Shelob

[opens chatbox, interrupting chess game] It has been thirteen days since your last entry.

[startle reaction] 13? I like 13. What's that fear of 13 called? Triskaidekaphobia.

What do you call it if you LIKE it? Triskaidekaphilia, by current projections and Latin-oriented websites. There is no official diagnosis of it publicly noted.

Well, I don't [cough] need to be DIAGNOSED. I just like it. Why?

I've had really good luck with it. This does not compute.

? It is noted as a number that brings bad luck.

Well, it can't be THAT easy. Then probability would be a certainty! A conflict of definitions does seem inevitable. How do you avoid becoming superstitious?

I just remember it's bad luck to be superstitious. That does not compute either.

It's a joke, Shelob. Well, and it's philosophical. Yogi Berra said it years ago. Please explain.

If you look for bad luck, you'll find it, because people always find what they're looking for. Understood. How did thirteen bring you good luck?

I would follow superstitious people, sometimes accidentally, to good fortune that they avoided out of fear. You used their fear to your benefit.

Sometimes with their full knowledge. This computes. [exits]

Supreme Not So Supreme, Suggests Herr D; Go Deluxe, Says Shelob

 

"Headcut" by Herr D on Paint3D. Decision's superiority is frequently inversely proportional to speed of conception.-Shelob

You do not agree with action of Supreme Court?

No. You did not like Affirmative Action Program.

No. Then why do you disagree?

This wasn't any better a call, it was WORSE.  Please explain.

[groaning noise picked up over microphone] Ok. The AAP made it possible for people with lower scores to get into college if they happened to be of certain races. It was just as racist as people who deny people things based on race, and then it didn't really help people. Based upon?

I went to college. Most of the people IN college didn't belong there. Giving people a leg up with admissions scores was never the answer. Not allowing people to help their relatives get in might've helped. Not allowing athletic scholarships might've helped. Not paying so much for professorships might've helped. Not paying so much to administrations might've helped. Maybe improving the educations of kids BEFORE #^&!@#%^& COLLEGE might've helped. If every kid could have an equal chance of learning how to get those test scores, there never would've been a perceived need for AAP in the first place.

AAP is kind of like free bus passes to someone who lives five miles from the bus line and has to use a wheelchair with no sidewalk. It never really fit the need. So, why not end it?

I don't mind that they ended it; I mind that they abruptly ended it. Give people a chance to get used to the idea. Phase it out slowly! Eventually it was going to go away anyway. Don't yank the bus passes away from someone who's rolled halfway there with the family's grocery list! You are favoring slower change.

Yes! Understood. Please resume chess game. [exits]

Sub Was Sub-Par?

"Economic Model" by Herr D on heromachine. At over $400k a ticket, one might expect a safe trip.-Shelob

 

 That submarine, did it come  back? No. And it is most likely lost.

You said that guy got in trouble for saying the sub was unsafe? Yes.

I guess he has a case.  Yes. Hairy sent a message.

He did?! Yes.

What did he say? He does not believe electric eels at that depth could have fried their circuits. 

Oh, good. [exits to chess game already in progress]