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Update on the cricket: Aussies are doing well. ๐
Good morning all. I have another day in Melbourne today, followed by lasagne with my mother. May the traffic gods smile upon me and the sun not shine too brightly into my eyes as I head directly towards the searing fireball of morning.
Edit: the traffic gods smiled, I arrived quite early. And the searing fireball was tempered by some low lying clouds and so I arrived with my eyeballs intact and ~~fully funcitional~~ as functional as they normally are.
off to the city for a walk around and some shopping
the garden can wait for tomorrow and nicer weather, UnKAOS is going well
laters guys ๐ฝ
I'm just reading about Mar a Lago face. The trend by women involved or following Maga to modify their face.
I don't think this is the first such trend, there has been the Kardashion/insta face and bum trend before that.
maybe what is new and shocking is that people are using cosmetic surgery to change their face now, rather than make what they have a bit nicer.
For the rest of us it's a good keep away signal.
And now I'm thinking with sadness how my pretty sister at the age of 35 cut off her long natural blonde hair and got a Karen haircut with stripes. If she was concerned with looking professional she could have worn a bun.
It all seems decadent and cult like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago_face
there is also Republican make up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_makeup
omg, it's heavy make up with zero fun
( my make up was designed for me by miss seagoon , it's natural looking or fun )
ok, I think I have figured what freaks me out about this and it's not the actual look.
It's not status seeking or youth seeking or trying to be a particular ethic or racial group
it's identifying/showing an extremist allegiance to a political ideology . It's extreme because it is body modification for politics. It's not just speaking french or dressing in a certain way or a hair cut.
It's a status symbol. The women with mar-a-lago face, Republican face, etc are part of the aristocracy. Their face is the symbol of their status. Plastic surgeons will advertise this look as "refined", "sophisticated", and "aristocratic".
These people are some of the wealthiest people in the US and the world, and they want to look different from the peasants they underpay and abuse.
Similar to how aristocracies of the past would speak French, and peasants spoke more Germanic languages, generally speaking.
I thought most of the motivation by Trump to enter politics was because he was rejected by the aristos on account he is a pedo, he is boorish and criminal ( they would have forgiven criminal if he wasn't a pedo or a boor )
these people are not the aristos , they are just trying to rewrite history
I should have clarified sorry! They think they are the aristocracy/high class, and therefore require a way to show everyone else their status.
I didn't mean to imply that they are, in fact, aristocracy lol! Just that they think they are.
And pedophiles have been in the upper echelons of power and wealth for many millennia (Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, are well known examples), it isn't new. Positions of power are sought after by those who would use the position to abuse and use others. 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade (written 1785, published 1904) is, amongst other things, a commentary on lengths the elite will go to explore and perform their perversions, the corruption of society starting at the top the chain, and how people in powerful positions will always abuse those they perceive to be less than human, or less worthy. And that was written in 1785.
There are good people and bad people of all classes, races, wealth status, gender, sex, political affiliation, whatever. But those who desire and would perform their perversions gravitate towards positions of power, so they can get away with their activities will little to no repercussions. Presently, the US "aristocracy" is full of pedophiles and abusers, rapists and nihilists, their president is all four of those things. They are literally enacting a coup, to retain power, to remove "undesirables", and to keep their ability to abuse people free of consequences.
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Happy (test) cricket day to all those who celebrate. Boo to having a meeting at 1pm that will interfere with watching the start of play* . . . . (*) by which I mean I have to have it on my ipad on silent while I nod along on the video call....
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I had a dream that I literally contracted HIV from the single mosquito bite I got in Africa. I was back in Perth and did a swab test for it for some reason and it was positive. The. I went to my GP for a test and they were like yup you have HIV now but it's not so bad, take these meds and you'll be okay in 6 months, but you have to be very careful and don't use any sharp objects for the next 6 months, not even butter knives, to avoid spilling blood and starting a pandemic in Australia
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