I'm someone people have often described as stoic or serious most of my life. I don't enjoy small talk and I have a job that involves crisis management, which I take seriously.
The post about the Alaskan Airlines diversity push made me think of this (
https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/sisters-of-the-skies-pledge/) DEI at all costs is one thing. The other is the lack of seriousness people seem to have. I want my pilots and airline pros looking grim and serious, thinking about flying planes and not mugging for the camera. Doctors and nurses don't need to be cool or do tik tok dances. The head of DHS cybersecurity doesn't need to be out playing folk songs on her guitar at tech conferences (yes this happened).
I have kids and I do like goofing around with them. But I enjoy the adult world and feel no need to loosen up. The lack of seriousness so many adults have about their lives concerns me a great deal.
[ + ] Crackinjokes
[ - ] Crackinjokes 4 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 10:40:19 ago (+4/-0)
Honestly the only reason I'm on social media is because I think there are some messages to spread that are extremely important that are finally getting out there thank goodness that there are threats to our country from within and normal people need to be told about them.
The only other reason I'm ever on social media is to learn something and there are some incredible things you can learn from YouTube videos etc.
But most serious people just aren't even messing with this stuff in fact Franklin most of them don't have time to get involved in politics which is unfortunately why we keep having people elect people that are terrible if the counting machines are even actually electing anybody
[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2
[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 13:51:08 ago (+1/-0)
That's a rule of life in the military. The guys who knew their shit and got things handled weren't around sucking officer dick for a good eval. So they got pushed out and the brown-nosers rule the roost. Then they instituted several firing programs to clear out anyone White and Male who stuck around. Now we have a military that worships jews, trannies, faggots, and black women.
And honestly, I'm glad. Lord give me silly enemies, etc.
Sure, spreading the JQ, WN, and such is important. Just don't get caught up in their arguments. The time for talk is over.
I use social media to learn (youtube) and engage in WN/White History podcasts. There's faceberg marketplace of course, which has almost entirely replaced craigslist unfortunately.
Still, I'm mostly just at my home fixing it, building stuff, and doing things.
Democracy was a mistake.
[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 15:16:09 ago (+2/-1)
Universal sufferage was a mistake. Landowners should be the only ones to vote.
[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2
[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 0 points 2 monthsFeb 27, 2025 13:16:45 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Looneyskiprooney
[ - ] Looneyskiprooney 0 points 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 08:25:03 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Consensus_Reality
[ - ] Consensus_Reality 0 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 22:59:54 ago (+0/-0)
You still think people are getting elected? You think that's air your breathing now?
[ + ] Gowithit
[ - ] Gowithit 0 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 10:42:05 ago (+1/-1)
https://firstthings.com/what-is-the-longhouse/
[ + ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic
[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 11:11:31 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] lord_nougat
[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 11:21:31 ago (+2/-1)
[ + ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic
[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 11:53:19 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 13:37:54 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] lord_nougat
[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 13:39:26 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 15:20:38 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] AugustineOfHippo2
[ - ] AugustineOfHippo2 8 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 11:22:44 ago (+8/-0)
[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2
[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 13:42:09 ago (+2/-0)
And that makes us racist. No, seriously, they've come out with papers and such calling anyone who's too serious, on time, clean and professional as racist White supremist men.
And I guess they're not wrong. Just coming about it at an oblique angle.
[ + ] Sector2
[ - ] Sector2 3 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 11:30:40 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2
[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 13:43:20 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] SumerBreeze
[ - ] SumerBreeze 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 11:33:10 ago (+1/-0)
James Watson was forced to sell his 1962 Nobel Prize for co-discovering DNA, marking the first time a living scientist has ever sold his Nobel. The greatest living scientist was stripped of his accolades and accomplishments because he said intelligence has a biological connection. Don’t trust the science if it’s racist!
It’s no coincidence that clowns aren’t supposed to get serious.
[ + ] big_fat_dangus
[ - ] big_fat_dangus -1 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 17:10:48 ago (+0/-1)
[ + ] germ22
[ - ] germ22 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 11:38:42 ago (+1/-0)
I know I am an outlier these days. Like you mentioned, everything always seems just fun and games. Things don't get done, productivity as a whole suffers.
[ + ] DukeofRaul
[ - ] DukeofRaul 0 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 11:45:39 ago (+1/-1)
[ + ] Oz5711
[ - ] Oz5711 0 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 16:17:57 ago (+1/-1)
[ + ] TheSimulacra
[ - ] TheSimulacra 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 12:02:40 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] CHIRO
[ - ] CHIRO 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 12:19:29 ago (+1/-0)*
That said, I think there are times when professionalism calls for a certain consideration of the people who are depending on you. I don't want to see my heart surgeon twerking before the procedure. I don't want to see airline pilots giggling like schoolchildren before they take me a few miles up in the air.
A lot of this used to be covered by "common sense." If you're a funeral director, you don't crack jokes.
But I have noticed what you're noticing about society. There's almost some cognitive dissonance going on. On the one hand, nobody acts serious about serious things, while on the other hand, everyone wants a rule for everything and for everybody to be acting according to the rules.
There's a time to be serious and a there's a time to fuck off. They shouldn't even be mixed by people who aren't top-1%-competent at the serious thing, and if the serious thing involves a reasonable expectation that you'll be serious (people's lives depend on it), then you contain that shit.
I had a pair of guys do a section of hardwood flooring for me. I know they're the best in the area. I've had them do work before. But the guy would smoke a joint every morning in his truck and again at lunch. It makes me lose respect for you, even if the work you're doing is top-notch. I guess the idea I'm thinking of is decorum. It seems to matter to some people and not at all to others.
[ + ] NuckFiggers
[ - ] NuckFiggers 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 13:06:59 ago (+2/-1)
[ + ] MaryXmas
[ - ] MaryXmas 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 14:21:10 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] NuckFiggers
[ - ] NuckFiggers 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 15:11:16 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] AlexanderMorose13
[ - ] AlexanderMorose13 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 15:19:19 ago (+1/-0)
Such stifling on emotional displays lead to tragic outcomes; you get man-child syndrome. Now, especially with the rise of cameras everywhere and the dominance of social media fame, outward displays of emotion are encouraged for clicks. And we're right now in the eye of the storm for such ridiculous displays of childish behavior. It's going to get worse.
My heart completely sank when I read about the story recently where a group of teens filmed the aftermath of a brutal assault and robbery on a woman at night in Europe. Rather than immediately calling for her aid, they uploaded the footage to their own personal social media channel. They promptly got the videos taken down, but just the action shows how deviant and voyeuristic people have sunk to be.
[ + ] Drstrangestgov
[ - ] Drstrangestgov 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 16:00:06 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Oz5711
[ - ] Oz5711 2 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 16:17:19 ago (+2/-0)
some of the funniest shit i've heard was during or immediately after catastrophe.
[ + ] Imsickofmakingusernames
[ - ] Imsickofmakingusernames 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 16:36:53 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Anus_Expander
[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 17:05:21 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] big_fat_dangus
[ - ] big_fat_dangus -1 points 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 17:12:22 ago (+0/-1)
[ + ] Anus_Expander
[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 06:37:49 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey
[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 1 point 2 monthsFeb 25, 2025 21:15:42 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Joe_McCarthy
[ - ] Joe_McCarthy 1 point 2 monthsMar 3, 2025 23:33:47 ago (+1/-0)