Too Venal for Words category archive
A Picture Is Worth, Just Deserts Dept. 0
Aside:
I’m really tired of calls telling me that warranty on my 2003 vehicle will soon expire . . . .
(Actually, I’m starting to fear the vehicle’s about to expire, but, as my old mechanic in New Jersey used to say, it doesn’t owe me a dime.)
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
He got what he wanted. A snippet:
Video taken aboard the plane shows the zip-tied and shoeless man surrounded by passengers and crew members as he repeats over and over again: “Stop this plane!” He finally was picked up and hauled to the back of the plane, which was diverted to Albuquerque International Sunport.
They stopped the plane, just for him.
Maskless Marauders 0
And an extra added bonus marauder.
The stupid. It burns.
Afterthought:
I really don’t get it. I can’t say that I like wearing a mask, but it’s the most minimal of minimal inconveniences.
Vaccine Nation 0
The evidence that we are a society of stupid continues to mount.
Details at the link.
Maskless Marauders 0
I must say, this does seem a wee bit intrusive to me. It certainly intrudes on the rights of local government to govern locally.
Meanwhile . . . .
You Can’t Avoid Them 0
Afterthought:
I keep receiving phone calls informing me that the warranty on my 2003 GMC Sonoma pick-up truck has expired.
Who woulda thunk?
(As someone who was raised Ford, I am distressed to admit that said vehicle is one damned fine piece of work. And a vehicle that is paid for is priceless.)
Facebook Frolics 0
Afterthought:
It’s not just that Facebook is bad. It’s that it is also incompetent
Our Cyberdystopia 0
A “cheer mom” uses “deepfake” images in an attempt to force her daughter’s rivals to leave a cheerleading squad. A snippet:
Spone is accused of manipulating photos from the social media accounts of three girls to make it look like they were drinking and smoking, and even digitally altered them to make the girls appear naked.
“The suspect is alleged to have taken a real picture and edited it through some photoshopping app to make it look like this teenaged girl had no clothes on to appear nude, when in reality that picture was a screengrab from the teenager’s social media in which she had a bathing suit on,” said Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub.
We are a society of stupid.