Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: New Viral Soundbite Just Dropped: 'Praise God, There's a Bear in the Tree' https://jezebel.com/new-viral-soundbite-just-dropped-praise-god-theres-a-1850524518 #Jezebel #fatacceptancemovement #legendarycreatures #marcellarobertson #greekmythology #humaninterest #masculinity #crimescene #leprechaun #soundbite #lgbtslang #franklin #culture #sirens #bear

#Senators participating in #Senate's #Ticketmaster inquiry took opportunity to quote artists' work in an attempt to create #soundbite and go #viral. #Bipartisan effort by: Democrats #AmyKlobuchar, #RichardBlumenthal and Republican #MikeLee
Gift Article: https://nyti.ms/3XIdyBT

Most of my thoughts are well over the 500 character limit in Mastodon.

I wonder if social media is encouraging attention deficit. I know I spent a lot of time and effort in college learning how to be clear and coherent.

Now people string together shorthand and one-sided statements as if they were discussions.

The most dishonest people I have met in my life were always fast talkers.

#InformationBite
#15Seconds
#Soundbite
#ADD
#ClearThoughts
#CompleteThinking
#SlowDown
#Honesty

(+ a #soundbite from an interview with him.)

"His son once said that Kurt Vonnegut lived the rest of his days with undiagnosed post-traumatic stress. He came home from the war and worked regular jobs until his odd, sometimes science fiction-ish novels built a huge following. He became the kind of #writer some kids are assigned in school - not all kids. His books are sometimes banned."

#KurtVonnegut would have turned 100 today — his novels are relevant as ever : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1135127289/kurt-vonnegut-slaughterhouse-five-cats-cradle