Also the cigarette increase her lung… nevermind.

I just noticed something about that chair. That style was a sort of precursor to the Lazy-Boy recliner - the back could be tilted backwards and forwards, held in place by a metal bar that rested on those notches on the back part of the arm rests. Not as convenient as a modern recliner since you actually had to get up off your ass to change the back angle, but still pretty comfortable.

They [Young People] have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things -- and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning -- all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything -- they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else.

— Aristotle (~340 BC)

…cross their legs…

Is that a metaphor?

Yeah, the famous King James Version of the bible was published in 1611.

I'm in my 50s and this is why I keep trying to appreciate contemporary rap. I still fucking hate it, but at least I recognize that the voice in my head that says "this isn't even music" said the exact same thing about rock and roll in the 1950s.

Idk man I've always been a bit against social media, but holy fuck people these days are so chronically online that it's just no way it isn't melting their dopamine receptors, especially ipad kids whose parent constantly give them a device to play mindless sensory videos every moment they're awake.

I actually agree that 18th century values are still applicable today, such as how Mike Johnson should be tarred and feathered.

Ah yes, the classic 18th century virtue of revolting against the ruling theocratic monarchy, which was only conceived because the Pope wouldn't let Henry VIII divorce his first of six wives.