22-Oct-18 World View -- No article today

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FishbellykanakaDude wrote: > OK,.. create a YouTube channel, and ask for funding via Patreon
> and/or PayPal.

> Simply fill it with various ramblings and analyses, and cat videos
> proving that cats are (or aren't) a Chinese expat "Meowist
> Sinification Force".
A YouTube channel -- that's a GREAT idea!!

How about if you take responsibility for setting up and managing the
entire YouTube project. Set up the channel, do the marketing, sell
the ads, and pay yourself a percentage of the proceeds.

Let me know how it's going, and also let me know when you need input
from me.

Thanks for a GREAT idea!!
FishbellykanakaDude wrote: > You're Greek, "SUPPOSEDLY", in air-quotes and all-caps, so the
> effects your being a true modern day Cassandra SHOULDN'T be much
> of a surprise to you, and you SHOULD know that you SHOULDN'T base
> your worth (self or otherwise) on your being remunerated for your
> Cassandra-esque communications.
How much was Cassandra worth as a human being? She was ridiculed when
she predicted the fall of Troy. After her predictions came true, she
was assaulted and raped. Then she became the slave and mistress of
the Greek king Agamemnon. She warned Agamemnon that if they return to
Greece then his wife, Clytemnestra, will kill them both. Agamemnon
did not believe her and they returned to Greece, where Clytemnestra
killed them both.

So Cassandra was ALSO a completely worthless human being, who
accomplished nothing that anyone valued.

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Guest wrote: > Most people I know are having a rough time right now. My lifestyle
> in my 20s and early 30s seems like a surreal experience compared
> to my life now. I used to be upper middle class; now I'm working
> class. If I were married with children, I would be living in dire
> poverty.
A young person like yourself can hope things will change for the
better. An older person knows that age discrimination will only
increase, and things will only change for the worse.

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Trevor wrote: > I don't know how much it means coming from a millennial, but what
> you've built here is important. Not only with Generational
> Dynamics theory, but the fact that this has been my news source
> for the past several years. It's one of the only sources that
> isn't full of bullshit, which I appreciate.

> I am sorry about things not working out for you. I don't have any
> magic words or instant advice, but it sucks that this hasn't
> received greater traction. Personally, I think politics has a lot
> to do with it; we'd rather consider the other side, climate
> change, immigration, etc. to be the enemy and that our opponents
> are the cause of it then to see the menace heading towards us. I
> enjoyed your book, for what it's worth.
Thank you very much for your support now and over the years.
Also, thank you for that great book review on Amazon.

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John wrote:
FishbellykanakaDude wrote: > OK,.. create a YouTube channel, and ask for funding via Patreon
> and/or PayPal.

> Simply fill it with various ramblings and analyses, and cat videos
> proving that cats are (or aren't) a Chinese expat "Meowist
> Sinification Force".
A YouTube channel -- that's a GREAT idea!!

How about if you take responsibility for setting up and managing the
entire YouTube project. Set up the channel, do the marketing, sell
the ads, and pay yourself a percentage of the proceeds.

Let me know how it's going, and also let me know when you need input
from me.

Thanks for a GREAT idea!!
Oh MAN....!!!! <face palm!>

OK,.. I *will* think about it,.. but it REALLY ain't likely. <chuckle!>

..'though that little brain-fart regarding the MSF (Meowist Sinicization Force) is rather intriguing.
FishbellykanakaDude wrote: > You're Greek, "SUPPOSEDLY", in air-quotes and all-caps, so the
> effects your being a true modern day Cassandra SHOULDN'T be much
> of a surprise to you, and you SHOULD know that you SHOULDN'T base
> your worth (self or otherwise) on your being remunerated for your
> Cassandra-esque communications.
How much was Cassandra worth as a human being? She was ridiculed when
she predicted the fall of Troy. After her predictions came true, she
was assaulted and raped. Then she became the slave and mistress of
the Greek king Agamemnon. She warned Agamemnon that if they return to
Greece then his wife, Clytemnestra, will kill them both. Agamemnon
did not believe her and they returned to Greece, where Clytemnestra
killed them both.

So Cassandra was ALSO a completely worthless human being, who
accomplished nothing that anyone valued.
The character flaw, as it were, of Cassandra was that she couldn't shut the hell UP!

YOU don't NEED to have that flaw. You may HAVE that flaw, I really don't know, but Cassy apparently didn't see that flaw in herself and spent her time flappin' her gums when she should have done nearly anything but what she did do.

So, don't be THAT Cassandra,.. be your own kind of Cassandra.

And I don't quite agree with you that she was a completely worthless human being, as she became a very long lasting object example/lesson of what NOT to do with information that nobody will believe, even though it's true info.

Didn't the freakin' gods actually TELL her that her predictions were both truly accurate AND unbelievable by others? They apparently didn't also tell her, explicitly, that she didn't NEED to talk about what she knew, and she apparently was not smart enough, or too "compassionate for those affected by her unbelievable info" to keep her big mouth SHUT and use the info in more "productive" ways.

She's proved to be of great value to you, and me, and several others, I imagine, as an example of what not to do.

So don't do that, and do something "more productive". :)

Nā aloha nui loa īa ʻoe,.. meaning, vaguely; "There are many great 'loves' (things that bring you joy) out there for you, so pick one that doesn't cause you massive frustration, and get on with gettin' on."

Mahalo, respect, īa ʻoe, to ya. :) <shaka nui!>

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Why not try a You Tube channel? There are girls doing make up tutorials on YT who make 6 figures...

Its me

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I have also taken a big hit to my income. The economy doesn't work for those over 35 and under 22. I hope things turn around for you. I can't believe what is going on in this country.

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Its me wrote: > Why not try a You Tube channel? There are girls doing make up
> tutorials on YT who make 6 figures...

> I have also taken a big hit to my income. The economy doesn't work
> for those over 35 and under 22. I hope things turn around for
> you. I can't believe what is going on in this country.
Think of the world as an enormous swimming pool, and water as money.
During the debt bubble, the swimming pool was filled with water to the
brim, and everyone could get as much water as he wanted. Then the
financial crisis ten years ago burst the debt bubble and began to
drain the pool, and there was less water available in the pool, so
some people couldn't get the water they wanted. But all the central
banks began quantitative easing, which partially replaced some of the
water that had been lost from the financial crisis.

But now, quantitative easing has been ending, and there's far less
water in the pool, and the pool is almost drained, and the only people
who can get any water are the elite, as well as pretty young girls who
can do makeup tutorials on youtube.

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Well, as far as living each day to the fullest, I've always done that.
WWIII or no WWIII, I always knew I could die of some mischance on any day.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

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