tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post818041463041249171..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: FreedomAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-59403344141835885712021-01-09T12:32:35.435-05:002021-01-09T12:32:35.435-05:00Just spitballing: over a long period there's ...Just spitballing: over a long period there's going to be lots of change, some good, some bad. For every change I regret there's a change I celebrate, and vice versa. It's exasperating to see things become intractable problems that used to be simple to solve--like gosh, how come it's hard to teach multiplication now? On the other hand, I like modern dentistry, laparoscopic surgery, the internet, and vaccines that come to market in 9 months instead of four or twenty years. I'm sorry to see people advocate <br />medical gender reassignment for 4-year-olds, but I have a lot less to put up with in the area of being excluded from things because of my XX chromosome. The fact is, people are, were, and will be idiots.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80241646722285829562021-01-07T09:28:12.034-05:002021-01-07T09:28:12.034-05:00One of my sons is driving a '96 Accord.One of my sons is driving a '96 Accord.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-14588466010976841732021-01-07T01:52:37.366-05:002021-01-07T01:52:37.366-05:00Grim - don't get me started on the cars! I eve...Grim - don't get me started on the cars! I even miss a few cars of the 90s. Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-51628079179462240192021-01-07T00:28:23.416-05:002021-01-07T00:28:23.416-05:00So, for me nostalgia looks like Smokey and the Ban...So, for me nostalgia looks like <i>Smokey and the Bandit</i>. If you ever see that movie playing and are curious, you can watch it and see exactly what the world of my childhood looked like. It's captured so nicely that I can go see it whenever I want.<br /><br />And, you know, the cars really were better then. Oh, the computers make them smoother now, and more fuel efficient by far, but man those old muscle cars were really something. And the Panhead/Shovelhead motorcycles are really great bikes, even today if you put the work in to fix them up and keep them running. I guess they required more maintenance, but that was part of the lifestyle.<br /><br />On the other hand, as the premise of the movie holds, it really was a Federal offense to bring Coors beer east of the Mississippi river. Why? Who knows? It just was for some reason. <br /><br />And crooked sheriffs were the bane of the South, just as advertised. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50374397765056547592021-01-06T23:08:32.376-05:002021-01-06T23:08:32.376-05:00I don't think the polio vaccine was government...I don't think the polio vaccine was government mandated. In my house, it was Mom mandated, so I could be remembering wrong. Another way I don't think this is comparable is that polio was killing children, Covid is killing old people. AARP really can't replace the March of Dimes here. Also, trust in government has been eroding since Nixon and a government mandate would now, I think, result in far fewer people getting the vaccine AND result in fewer people getting other vaccines. <br /><br />Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9640641355564576832021-01-06T21:55:23.747-05:002021-01-06T21:55:23.747-05:00I just finished scanning a row of slides from '...I just finished scanning a row of slides from '54. House size, clothing, cars, _railings!_--all less good.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-89895448173988004192021-01-06T16:57:22.213-05:002021-01-06T16:57:22.213-05:00Yeah, me too. There was sharp break related to hi...Yeah, me too. There was sharp break related to his going to Denmark for a while. This was from his earlier stuff, which I still find entertaining - and valuable.<br /><br />And yeah, polio. Wiped out by government mandated vaccination, I recall.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-23631166164222115662021-01-06T13:06:55.369-05:002021-01-06T13:06:55.369-05:00You left out Polio. As for Keillor, I burned out ...You left out Polio. As for Keillor, I burned out on him 15-20 years ago.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-48866267426426646512021-01-06T09:26:28.620-05:002021-01-06T09:26:28.620-05:00Great post. It is something that is very easy to f...Great post. It is something that is very easy to fall into. Garrison Keillor definitely nailed it. <br /><br />I am someone very drawn to nostalgia, but there is a very specific nostalgia that works personally but not when writ large for a society.GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.com