The dumbing down of America

Ah, but there's the rub.

If you live in your Mom's basement and spend all your time on Facebook, there's no demonstration that works. Scientists post pictures of Earth from space; flerfers post "proof" showing such pictures are false. They post pictures of the Moon landing; flerfers say it was all a hoax.

I'm a pilot, and I've literally flown around the world. (I wasn't flying for that trip.) And two friends of mine are astronauts. So it's pretty clear to me. But most people don't have experiences/friends like that. And if all their information really comes from a screen - they're going to believe whatever is on it.

The 'chemtrail' hoax is another one. Lots of people claim that a small contrail that spreads into a larger one, then becomes a big cloud, cannot possibly happen in nature. They have never seen a clear sky with one small cloud in it become cloudy and overcast, and so believe that such a thing is unnatural. And everything they see on Youtube (at least, the Youtubes that the algorithms steer them to) confirms that.
Maybe the astronauts really aren't your friends or maybe they aren't really astronauts. Either way that isn't proof. Nor is flying in a small plane over the flat Earth. When you flew over the flat Earth you only assumed it was round. People think they see it but most commercial airline flights aren't high enough. The windows are curved.

See even you have been fooled.
 
Maybe the astronauts really aren't your friends or maybe they aren't really astronauts. Either way that isn't proof. Nor is flying in a small plane over the flat Earth. When you flew over the flat Earth you only assumed it was round. People think they see it but most commercial airline flights aren't high enough. The windows are curved.

See even you have been fooled.
Undoubtedly!


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Не, ну то, что она плоская, это и ежу понятно - с круглой мы бы уже давно скатились. Мне интересно, какая у неё форма - квадратная, треугольная, овальная, или ещё какая-нибудь? И какая у неё толщина? И что там за краями? Пробовал ли кто-нибудь спрыгнуть вниз? Все эти учёные что то от нас скрывают!
 
Just as an aside, I had never come across the term “flerfer”, so I tried to look it up to see if it was really a thing. But I mistakenly typed “flurfer”. This returned a number of results, none exactly for “flurfer” but several for “fluffer”. This, apparently, is a term for the person, on the set of a pornographic movie, whose job it is to keep the male perfomer’s penis erect between takes.

I just thought you all might like to know that. :biggrin:
 
I'm a pilot, and I've literally flown around the world. (I wasn't flying for that trip.) And two friends of mine are astronauts. So it's pretty clear to me. But most people don't have experiences/friends like that. And if all their information really comes from a screen - they're going to believe whatever is on it.
All that tinfoil cap stuff seems to stem from a lack of imagination, ironically enough. With imagination, you can experience wonder at the natural world, be awestruck at the immensity of the cosmos and "endless forms most beautiful." Without imagination, you're just stuck in Lodi, and farming out the imagination work to web influencers whose friend was telepathically trained to play the zither by Zeta Reticulans.
 
Just as an aside, I had never come across the term “flerfer”, so I tried to look it up to see if it was really a thing. But I mistakenly typed “flurfer”. This returned a number of results, none exactly for “flurfer” but several for “fluffer”. This, apparently, is a term for the person, on the set of a pornographic movie, whose job it is to keep the male perfomer’s penis erect between takes.

I just thought you all might like to know that. :biggrin:
There is a formal occupation now in the US film industry called "intimacy coordinator," which is usually sort of the opposite task. Apparently one of the most common questions they are asked is "Do male actors (in love scenes) often develop erections and how is that dealt with?" There was some recent scandal generated around a recent film in which the actress Blake Lively complained that an intimacy coordinator was not on hand when sorely needed.
 
No, well, the fact that it's flat is obvious - with a round one we would have slid down long ago. I wonder what shape it is - square, triangular, oval, or something else? And how thick is it? And what's beyond the edges? Has anyone tried to jump down? All these scientists are hiding something from us!
The problem Australians constantly report is the expense of bolting their houses to the bedrock, and wearing special shoes, so that they don't fall off into space.
 
There is a formal occupation now in the US film industry called "intimacy coordinator," which is usually sort of the opposite task. Apparently one of the most common questions they are asked is "Do male actors (in love scenes) often develop erections and how is that dealt with?" There was some recent scandal generated around a recent film in which the actress Blake Lively complained that an intimacy coordinator was not on hand when sorely needed.
I'd have thought it would only be natural and some actresses might be put out if there were no reaction. I saw an interview with Aisling Bea on YouTube in which she described the moment when the sticky "modesty" pads over her nipples in a nude scene fell off, whereupon the cameraman shouted NOOOO!!. This was not a reaction she appreciated, she says. I don't know if you know Aisling Bea but she is a very beautiful woman indeed and very energetic and amusing. It would be jolly hard to remain flaccid doing a nude scene with her, I should think, and by the sound of it she would not be fazed if you failed. She has a certain Irish earthiness - not particularly ladylike.
 
The problem Australians constantly report is the expense of bolting their houses to the bedrock, and wearing special shoes, so that they don't fall off into space.
Теват, у меня возникла одна гениальная идея сейчас. Раньше на той стороне земли жили только мухи, и им подобные насекомые. Поэтому они научились ползать по потолку и не падать. Это всё действие эволюции. А люди, и другие животные, по видимому, появились там совсем недавно, поэтому мы не можем ходить по потолку без всяких приспособлений. Как вы думаете, мне дадут нобелевку за это открытие?
 
I'd have thought it would only be natural and some actresses might be put out if there were no reaction. I saw an interview with Aisling Bea on YouTube in which she described the moment when the sticky "modesty" pads over her nipples in a nude scene fell off, whereupon the cameraman shouted NOOOO!!. This was not a reaction she appreciated, she says. I don't know if you know Aisling Bea but she is a very beautiful woman indeed and very energetic and amusing. It would be jolly hard to remain flaccid doing a nude scene with her, I should think, and by the sound of it she would not be fazed if you failed.
I think they're all professionals. I doubt it is easy to get an erection simply from a nude women nearby when surrounded by crew.
Though I can see if if they're physically engaged and acting out an intimacy scene. Erections happen in the head.
 
I think they're all professionals. I doubt it is easy to get an erection simply from a nude women nearby when surrounded by crew.
Though I can see if if they're physically engaged and acting out an intimacy scene. Erections happen in the head.
Yes, the little head........

But to be more serious, yes, I know what you mean. Still, these things can be unpredictable and hard to control. I think I'd have to say to my leading lady apologetically that it was happening in spite of my best efforts and hope she was sexually relaxed and mature enough to see it as on the whole a compliment rather than something predatory.
 
don't know if you know Aisling Bea but she is a very beautiful woman indeed and very energetic and amusing. It would be jolly hard to remain flaccid doing a nude scene with her, I should think, and by the sound of it she would not be fazed if you failed. She has a certain Irish earthiness - not particularly ladylike.
Due to Ms Bea having more than a passing resemblance to my mother (who also was energetic, amusing, and had a certain Irish earthiness), I am going to withold comment on this matter. Bea and me mum have literally the same hair. When I got my hair cut in Boston, where dwell many Irish-Americans, the barber took one look at my head and said, you've got the Irish cowlick.
 
Due to Ms Bea having more than a passing resemblance to my mother (who also was energetic, amusing, and had a certain Irish earthiness), I am going to withold comment on this matter. Bea and me mum have literally the same hair. When I got my hair cut in Boston, where dwell many Irish-Americans, the barber took one look at my head and said, you've got the Irish cowlick.
If she looks, or looked, like Ms Bea your dad was a lucky man. And maybe you have beautiful daughters.
 
It would be jolly hard to remain flaccid doing a nude scene with her, I should think, and by the sound of it she would not be fazed if you failed. She has a certain Irish earthiness - not particularly ladylike.
Keep in mind that these are people who do this every day - and often take drugs to alter their performance.
 
Keep in mind that these are people who do this every day - and often take drugs to alter their performance.
No no those are porno actors. We've moved on to discussing Aisling Bea who is a stand-up* comedian and a serious actress, who has once or twice had to do a nude scene in the course of making a film.

*and I don't mean that in the, er, biblical sense.:cool:

P.S. This is her interview in which she tells the story (10 mins):
 
No no those are porno actors. We've moved on to discussing Aisling Bea who is a stand-up* comedian and a serious actress, who has once or twice had to do a nude scene in the course of making a film.
Oh you mean like an ordinary guy in that situation with her? Agreed there.
 
If she looks, or looked, like Ms Bea your dad was a lucky man. And maybe you have beautiful daughters.
It's a bit awkward having to say (with all due love and respect to late mum) that she wasn't quite at the Ms Bea level, but she was quite presentable. My father looked more like Krushchev, however, so I was spared any excess of beauty genes. My daughter did receive what few dormant ones I may have had plus her mother's, which resulted in one overly eager suitor telling me she resembled Scarlett Johanssen. Just for the mischievous fun of making him sweat (those of you with daughters may know this impulse), I assumed an air of gravitas and proceeded to cross-examine him closely on the particulars of how my daughter resembled Ms Joh. Just when you could see visible droplets forming on his whitening face, my wife, a compassionate person, dragged me off of him on some cooking pretext.
 
It's a bit awkward having to say (with all due love and respect to late mum) that she wasn't quite at the Ms Bea level, but she was quite presentable. My father looked more like Krushchev, however, so I was spared any excess of beauty genes. My daughter did receive what few dormant ones I may have had plus her mother's, which resulted in one overly eager suitor telling me she resembled Scarlett Johanssen. Just for the mischievous fun of making him sweat (those of you with daughters may know this impulse), I assumed an air of gravitas and proceeded to cross-examine him closely on the particulars of how my daughter resembled Ms Joh. Just when you could see visible droplets forming on his whitening face, my wife, a compassionate person, dragged me off of him on some cooking pretext.
Haha I love the description of your dad resembling Khrushchev.

I just have a son, who has inherited his mother's hair - and the long eyelashes from her side which, frustratingly for the women, only appear in the males. I feel it is my mission to make the girls he has brought home feel at ease, chiefly by feeding them and then keeping out of the way. But no doubt I would feel more protective towards daughters if I had any.
 
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