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Hugin

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2. In my quest to move beyond the co-opted American media's obsession with breathlessly covering...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 10:12 AM
Jan 31

Tangerine Idi Amin’s every diaper load.

Exhibit #1254678903456/R/236567246-A https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220983518 (for the doubters)

I have been watching through the shows dutifully recorded on my DVR and never viewed from 2021/2022.
A much simpler time. Yes, COVID was raging in the background, but everyone has to admit it didn’t randomly show up on the doorstep and shoot people in the face.There was a vaccine and hand sanitizer.

What’s striking is how normal and quaint the ads seem. I have even been watching through them without my historical fast forward. It’s true that most of the services and products are no longer available, desirable, or affordable during the Second Imposition. However, it’s been oddly refreshing to view a window into a normal time.

We’re living in the most pathetic of time lines and it’s turning out I don’t do pathetic well.

Anyway, thanks for the chronicles.



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