Justin Petersen

50 is when you start having flat out no idea who most celebrities are.

If your favorite 'rightwing influencer' is now admitting he's actually a Democrat, it means you fell for one of the most blatant psy-ops in American history

No pressure, but apologies go iny replies and inbox.

And yet all these asses stay in the seats....Wild.

I love this so much.

@Homonotqueer I was there that summer of 99 and let me tell you.... It was one of the most glorious experiences to be surrounded by men! 😍

Two gays holding hands enter the Walt Disney World Castle during Gays Days in Lake Buena Vista, FL, 05 June 1999. Over 80,000 gays and lesbians took part in marking the ninth year of the event. Photo credit: TONY RANZE/AFP via Getty Images. Editorial #:. 51608207

While disney ‘Gay Days’ were successful for 35 years, the gender-neutral-corporate-woo-woo-pride tanked in just 5. LOL

@DisaffectedPod It sounds like the voice of Mariette Hartley. Same cadence.

Please listen to the female narrator. Listen to her voice quality. She's a mature woman with a pleasant, crisp, well-modulated voice. Do you remember that? Women's voices today on air are unbearable. Almost all of them.

Dating past your 30s is realizing attraction is easy … but alignment is rare.

On this night 251 years ago, two men climbed Old North Church's steeple. They held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were heading to Concord via the Charles River. Their famous “one if by land, two if by sea” warning ignited the American Revolution.

An easy way to stump most everyone with a strong opinion on a controversial matter: Ask them to explain the three strongest counterarguments to their position and why they’re likely wrong. And then watch how quickly they resort to insults or diversions because they’ve never actually sought out or seriously considered counterpoints and likely never will. Instead, they've succumbed to three thorny human tendencies: - We tend to gather and interpret information that confirms our preexisting beliefs, a phenomenon called confirmation bias. - We tend to impose a higher burden of proof on ideas we don’t want to believe, which is known as disconfirmation bias. - We tend to harden our opinions when faced with facts and evidence that suggests otherwise, something scientists refer to as the backfire effect. We all have to consciously resist the allure of these habits by actively seeking out and considering opposing viewpoints, maintaining equal standards of proof, and resisting the refuge of a bunker mentality. Or, if we’re not willing to do those things, we at least have to acknowledge that we’re more interested in indulging our feelings than discovering the truth—more interested in feeling right than being right.

@Noirchick1 Long forgotten songbird Jeanette MacDonald...

Who is your favorite Hollywood Redhead??

Evening dress, by Franklin Simon Co., 1913-15. Canadian Museum of History.

I sent ChatGPT an audio file of a series of FART sound effects and asked what it thinks of "my music" and this is what it said

@DisaffectedPod Spot on. People are allowed to not like us.

@Jonas_Ceika I am sitting here crying with laughter. I'm dead.

I stumbled upon this and it is the most adorable thing ever. Did any of you watch this show when it aired? This was a 1958 screen test that never aired. It marked the beginning of what would launch Shari Lewis into homes across America. Her gentle chemistry with Lamb Chop was already there, warm, clever, completely natural.

My yearly reminder to you on Karen’s 76th birthday, that we once lived in a world where Ella Fitzgerald and Karen Carpenter sang together. And it's magic.

When David Banner talks about beating up John Davidson and then reduces him to “that white boy,” that crosses two lines at once. It is ableism and it is racial hostility. You do not get to racialize a disabled man and threaten him with violence, then claim you are standing on principle. Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder. It is documented medical science. It involves dysfunction in the brain circuits that regulate impulse control. Coprolalia is a symptom in some cases. The word comes out because the brain fails to inhibit it. There is no intent behind it. There is no racial ideology driving it. It is involuntary. The condition has been recognized since 1885. This is not obscure. This is not debatable. It is established medical fact. In the movie, John is hospitalized because people react violently instead of rationally. He is not hospitalized for hate. He is hospitalized because others cannot control themselves. The film shows exactly how a crowd hears a word, ignores the diagnosis, and moves straight to aggression. Then David Banner steps up and publicly validates that reaction by saying he would have beaten him up. That is not missing the point. That is proving the point. Now focus on the racism clearly. Calling him “white boy” while threatening him is racial language. It reduces him to his race. It strips away his name, his diagnosis, and his humanity, and frames him as a racial caricature. If someone publicly threatened a disabled minority and referred to them by their race in that tone, it would be immediately condemned. There would be no hesitation in labeling it racist. The standard does not change because the target is white. Racial hostility is racial hostility. You do not get a pass because you think you are justified. And the hypocrisy is glaring. They call John racist while ignoring that his outbursts are caused by a neurological condition. They claim moral outrage while openly threatening violence. They scream about harm while endorsing harm. At least John has a diagnosed disorder that explains involuntary speech. What explains a grown man choosing to threaten assault and use racial language. That is not neurological. That is deliberate. This is what angers people who actually care about fairness. You cannot preach about racism and then racialize someone yourself. You cannot say you are against hate while fantasizing about beating up a disabled man. That is not strength. That is reckless ego and prejudice wrapped in loud rhetoric. John’s condition is not optional. His brain misfires whether people like it or not. Threatening him, mocking him, or calling him “white boy” does nothing but expose bias and ignorance. It also sends a message to every family dealing with Tourette syndrome that their loved ones can be publicly dehumanized and targeted if someone takes offense. A neurological disorder explains John’s involuntary words. Nothing explains threatening violence and using racial language except choice. And when that choice is to attack a disabled man while accusing him of racism, the hypocrisy is not subtle. It is blatant.

The oculus of the Pantheon is the only source of natural light for the ancient temple. No glass, no covering, nothing between the interior and the elements. Which raises an obvious question: what happens when it rains? The answer reveals just how brilliantly the Romans thought ahead. The oculus is not a design flaw... it is part of a carefully engineered system. As warm air rises and escapes through the opening, it creates a convective current that accelerates drying after a downpour. Meanwhile, the rotunda's floor, concave at its center, was deliberately shaped to collect any rainwater that does enter and funnel it toward 22 drainage holes hidden in its surface. Nothing was left to chance. And yet, for centuries, many believed that rain never entered the Pantheon at all. The legend, born when the building functioned as a church, held that the heat of countless candles burning inside would generate a rising column of air so powerful it could atomize falling droplets, making rainfall virtually invisible. Nearly two thousand years after its construction, this marvel remains the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built on Earth.