Author: Crowhill Report

Perhaps you’ve seen the video of Joe Biden doing his thing — putting his hands on a young girl from behind, getting too close (probably sniffing her hair, but that wasn’t obvious on the tape), and otherwise making the poor girl uncomfortable.

We’re all used to that behavior. He’s a creepy old man.

But less attention is being paid to what he said. “No serious boyfriends until you’re 30.”

Because career is so much more important and fulfilling than family.

No wonder liberal women are so miserable. All the advice they get points them toward unhappiness. Even worse, the very identity of being a liberal woman is associated with unhappiness. I was about to say “it’s as if being unhappy is part of the package,” but it’s not “as if” that at all. It is part of the package.

Be resentful. Have a chip on your shoulder. Blame men for your problems. Act like a martyr. Pretend you’re oppressed.

It’s so sad, because women are (objectively speaking) enjoying the absolute best time to be alive ever in the history of the planet.

Pigweed and Crowhill addressed this a while ago: 154: P&C want women to be happy and safe

If you’re familiar with Christian eschatology you know that some people believe a time is coming when you won’t be able to buy or sell unless you get the mark of the beast. (For a fun 70s-ish rock perspective on this, listen to It’s All Right by Matthew Ward.)

“The beast” has (depending on your view) a connection to “the anti-Christ,” and getting his mark shows allegiance to his side. Getting the mark of the beast is essentially a “go to Hell free” card.

I don’t endorse any of this stuff, but it comes to mind as I think about trends in social media.

TikTok is a fast-growing anti-social media platform that is getting a lot of buzz, and a lot of businesses are wondering about ways to use it to sell their products.

If you know anything about marketers, this happens whenever there’s a new technology or product. Like everybody else, they want to be paid to play around with fun stuff, so their first thought is “How can I use it to promote my brand!” Their second thought is “How can I make money and fame on the lecture circuit telling people how to use this new technology?”

I keep hearing from business people about all these opportunities on TikTok. “You need to be on TikTok,” they say.

But TikTok is controlled by the CCP, which is possibly worse than the beast. It tracks you. It steals your information. And it probably provides that information to the communist Chinese.

Doing business with TikTok is essentially supping with the devil.

So … are you willing to get the mark of the beast so you can trade in the new economy?

We’re not to that point. It’s very easy to go about your life without using TikTok. But the pattern is very instructive. In one sense, things are moving away from government control to control by international businesses. They will decide to what extent you can participate in the new economy.

This is a stupid, meandering post that doesn’t mean anything. Read at your own peril.

My local liquor store often has free samples of products, and this past weekend I tried an egg nog. It was very good, so I got a bottle. (I love egg nog.)

When I got home I wondered about taking it to various events. (As much as I love egg nog, I’m not going to drink a bottle of it on my own. I exercise, but not that much!)

Egg nog is closely associated with Christmas. It’s not something you drink on the 4th of July, or at Easter. Or even on a cold and snowy Thanksgiving. So that got me thinking about when it’s appropriate to bring a bottle of egg nog to an event, and the answer seems to be “during the Christmas season.”

But when is that? According to Home Depot, I think it starts right after Halloween. And there’s a local radio station that plays 24/7 Christmas music starting on the day after Thanksgiving. Still, I don’t think I’d bring a bottle of egg nog to a party on Nov. 28th.

Most Crowhill readers will know that the church defines the Christmas season as the time from Christmas to Epiphany. The “12 days of Christmas” are Dec. 25 to Jan. 5. But by Dec. 26, the radio is back to secular music and most everyone is done with Christmas.

In the secular world, Christmas is all about parties, gifts, and decorations. Once they’re over, you’re done. But egg nog is appropriate on New Years, and even into January.

So I think there’s an egg nog season. It starts with the first Christmas party, and it probably ends well before Valentine’s Day.

I’m working on a new theory. Any interaction in which you don’t run the risk of getting punched in the face is a pretend interaction.

This is worth watching.