Do You Believe in Karma?

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From an interview of Harvard economist Roland Fryer by the journalist Bari Weiss:

BW: You were suspended [from Harvard for two years in 2019] by a woman who I had never heard of until recently. Her name is Claudine Gay. And she said this in a letter to the economics department at the time: “Professor Fryer exhibited a pattern of behavior that failed to meet the expectations of conduct within our community and was harmful to the well-being of its members. The totality of these behaviors is a clear violation of institutional norms and a betrayal of trust of the Harvard community.” So I guess I want to ask, do you believe in karma?

RF: I hear it’s a motherfucker.

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The Secret is Out

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When it comes to the countries of the collective West, the large network media, TV channels, (and) large newspapers can in no way boast of even trying to at least look impartial in terms of coverage.

These are all media outlets that take an exceptionally one-sided position. Of course, there is no desire to communicate with such media, and it hardly makes sense, and it is unlikely that it will be useful.

— Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov

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Media Companies With Millions of X Followers?

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I’m posting the above tweet not for the content but because if you look at the @NBCNews profile on X, you’ll see that the account has (allegedly) 9.4 million followers, and the tweet, when I looked at it, had 65 likes.

How can an account with 9.4 million followers be getting 65 likes on a tweet?!

First of all, I’m not singling out NBC. There are many media accounts on X with (allegedly) millions of followers and almost no interaction.

Second, I didn’t cherry-pick a tweet with just a few likes. The NBC account has some tweets with more likes, some tweets with fewer, but 65 is not abnormally low.

I picked it because of the comment underneath the original tweet. It’s a drawing of the Frog of Shame, and reads “If the Frog of Shame gets more likes than the original tweet, then your tweet really sucks.”

The Frog of Shame (as I write this) has 316 likes.

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Joy Reid’s Hair

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I read about the Vernon Jones remarks in an article, the point of which was that Vernon Jones is a terrible person for saying these things about Joy Reid.

I think it’s fair comment. The only thing Joy Reid seems to hate more than white people is her own hair.

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Seven Years

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We’ve had seven years and counting of Hitler and Nazi references directed at Trump and his supporters, but in recent months we’ve had an opportunity to see who the real Jew-haters are in our country. And they’re not MAGA Republicans. Amazingly, the Hitler references continue. They haven’t stopped. This seems self-destructive.

We’ve had seven years and counting of “Democracy is in danger” from a party that rigged the 2016 Presidential primary so Bernie Sanders wouldn’t win, rigged the 2020 Presidential primary so Bernie Sanders wouldn’t win, colludes with intel agencies, corporate media and Big Tech to lie, spy and censor. Amazingly, “Democracy is in danger” continues, even as they prosecute political opponents and take names off ballots. You can’t vote for the wrong candidate if his name isn’t on the ballot, right?

Forget democracy. Democracy is dead. We had to take away your right to vote for the candidates of your choice in order to preserve your right to vote for the candidates of your choice.

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Feel-Good Marketing

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Over the past few years, marketing has become much more inclusive in terms of using models of all ages, shapes, sizes, colors, not retouching the photos, etc., rather than saturating our lives with images of flawless, unattainable beauty. Why is this not a terrible idea?

Of course, we’re all beautiful in our own way, but from a marketing perspective, the ideal consumer is someone who is anxious, depressed and constantly dissatisfied. Academic studies from the most respected institutions show that sad people are bigger spenders.

Helping people feel better about themselves the way they are may be laudable, but it doesn’t make the cash box jingle.

P.S. I’ve never worked in marketing but I think I’d be good at it. Although I would also hate it.

Diverse models

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More Words and Phrases I’m Sick Unto Death Of

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Sometimes when two people are leaving each other’s company, one of them will say as a parting shot, “Stay out of trouble.”

It doesn’t make sense, except as something to say to someone who’s in serious trouble all the time.

Otherwise, it sounds like the speaker is trying to position both people involved as affable rakes who might stir up a bit of naughty fun from time to time, no harm done, that sort of thing.

When someone says “Stay out of trouble” to me, I respond by saying “You too” and then Swatting them.

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Why Popular Music is Rubbish

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Almost all the female singers have the same voice, like a half-mumbling toddler.

The male singers have a broader range but not a lot broader: the screamer, the effeminate and the high school dropout.

But the main problem is that whoever is writing the songs, it is just not their destiny to be songwriters. There’s a complete lack of imagination, resulting in only a few themes, endlessly recycled:

  • I love you
  • I love you and you love me
  • I love you and you don’t love me
  • I love you but you left
  • Let’s fuck

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A Few More Reasons Teachers Don’t Want Parents to Know What Their Kids Are Doing at School

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The Day the Delusions Died

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The contradictions and moral bankruptcy of a worldview that spends years worrying about microaggressions and tone policing, but can’t decide what side it is on after the beheading of babies, aren’t exactly difficult to spot.

To put it another way: when Black Lives Matter organizations are lionizing Islamist terrorists by posting a paraglider logo, you’d be a fool not to reassess things.

— Bari Weiss and Oliver Wiseman

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