Women are more liberal because in addition to what Beau said, we tend to be more aware of what's going on around us, we are more educated than our male counterparts of the same age, and we have way more to lose if we go back to being "barefoot and pregnant."
I broke down why the Right hates Taylor about a month ago, here it is : She took a risk when she became political. It was the right one. Her tour was a cultural moment on par w/ Woodstock. I didn't even go, just watched clips on TH-cam and felt a part of it. And it happened at a time when women had been made second class citizens in many states. She also boosted economies, donated to food banks at every stop, Swifties followed her lead. She gave $200k bonuses to her tour drivers &huge bonuses to dancers, etc. She's powerful in her talent, her generosity, her sexuality and her business. That's a direct threat to "the manosphere" rhetoric, who are obsessed with women being young, virginal, and traditional. Where she chooses to wield that power is a direct threat to the brainwashers and the people they've brainwashed. Because brainwashed people can be brainwashed by someone new. And they know it. Only she's not brainwashing. She's leading by example. She's the antidote to the brainwashing. That shows the world that THEY are weak men. Strong men aren’t intimidated by strong women.
Your pronunciation of Iran and Iraq is how the people I've met who are from there say it. And it's just one more reason why I respect and trust you in terms of honesty and truth. It's not about American or British or anything else. It's about simple respect for people's names regarding their place.
Wildly enough, Taylor Swift is very popular in Nashville and with a bunch of very Conservative, openly Trump supporting musicians. This hate stuff against her is only a thing that exists on the internet until someone tries to kill her or something over it, much like the entirety of all current Conservative talking points of any kind on any given subject
Well, perhaps it helps explain why Beau resembles Merlin!😂! I'm not sure what the numbers mean, but I'm sure someone will figure out the mysticism involved!😂!❤!
"Because they're paranoid, angry and don't have a lot of common sense". Wow, that's an awesome description of the Reich wing. I don't care for Taylor's music but I love the fact that she is occupying space in those little brains.
For all paying attention: THIS is the kind of TDS that MAGAts have accused "liberal snowflakes" of for years. Taylor Derangement Syndrome- all the anger; twice the crazy; none of the proof.
They also generally pronounce Nissan with the “i” like “dis” and the “a” like “sand”, and the first syllable in Nagasaki like “nag” and the third syllable like “sack”. Also consider pasta is pronounced a lot like “pass-tuh”, and kebab’s “a” is pronounced like the first syllable of “babble”. They also pronounce “gyros” (the Greek meat) as badly as we do in the US. I think you’re giving them too much credit.
Exactly what I was thinking with that whole "study shows young men more conservative than young women". Haven't women ALWAYS been more liberal than men? Well ever since they were "allowed" to have a political opinion anyway.
In Texas the younger generation of males actually is more liberal than older males, but the GOP has them by the guns. All the other males equate guns with manhood and they want to identify with them instead of women. They are fine with women’s choices and other groups having human rights, their friends were out in junior high, but are convinced that the Dems will “take their guns”. They’ll sell out everyone else’s rights and their own rights, to protect that one. 🥺
This hasn't been true in all places at all times. In the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939), when women were first able to vote in Spain, they were more conservative than men (even though it was the liberals who had written the constitution that had guaranteed their right to vote). But the overall tendency is as you say.
When you mentioned that guy who beheaded his old man going to the National Guard to rally them into taking on the Feds, I had to actually pause the video and say "Wow, really?"
Yeah. I mean, he's obviously not all that healthy to begin with, but that exact rhetoric has been fitting around the right wingnut-osphere since the head up to Jan 6, at least. It just shows you how detached from reality even the "normal" ones are. And they're being fed this insane bullshit 24-7 because it makes someone else money. That's it. Most of the people staying these absurd stories don't believe them, but they know the claims increase eyeballs in the screen, and that's good enough for them.
You pronounce "Iran & Iraq" the way that the rest of the world pronounces them! You learned the correct way from someone from that area. My daughter learned Farsi, spoken in Iran, in thr Navy as a linguist, & once you learn how to pronounce something the correct way, it's hard to go back to slaughtering a pronunciation.
Exactly. Their "reality" is so far off track from objective reality that I don't even see the point in trying. I'm glad there are better people than me out there still willing to try, but I *hate* wasting time more than most things.
I hope what they've done to Taylor doesn't discourage other big names encouraging people to vote. If I was a big name it would make me want to do it all the more!
If I was Taylor I would have gave my endorsement the day after they came after me. To quote TrumpTinyhands : "If you come after me, I'm coming after you" And there would have been BIGLY middle fingers at 👐🍄👐 when I gave my Biden endorsement
@@HLBear the area where fracking was taking place in the UK, in the NW experienced earthquakes. There was enough concern to suspend fracking operations (192 earthquakes over the course of 182 days). Of course we have the likes of Right-Wingers like Jacob Rees-Mogg wanting to revive it, his constituency is in the South so not in danger of earthquakes. Currently there is a moratorium on fracking, but depending on which way the wind is blowing our PM could change his mind.
@@ProctorsGamble 😄 Been a few decades, but the high school teacher for civics class pronounced it as "eye tali". His main employment was football coach.
Aw now...eyetalian is popular throughout the Midwest and Stevie Wonder said eyerack, eyeran, Chevolet" Not just Arkansas where several of my highly educated & economically productive in-laws are from. Anyally'all is my favorite phrase so far from this area.
it was intended as a restoration, no idea where people got the word "renovate" from. The pyramid in question had rough hewn granite casing stones around the lower part that have been removed over time, and there was an attempt to demolish the entire pyramid in the 12th century that left it horribly scarred on the outside
Or find a new site and just build some new ones! Imagine what a tourist attraction that would be. If if the modern Egyptian government embarked on the grandest experimental archaeological project in history, attempting to build an entirely new version of the ancient pyramids, but using only authentic period tools and equipment. So no using modern tools, do it with what they had back in 2000 B.C. It would be a huge tourist attraction and also a major jobs program. Hell, you might be able to get people to sign up from all over the world to help with the project. There's probably a few college kids who would take a summer abroad to go help build a pyramid by hand.
@@TanyaLairdCivilNowhere near worth the cost, time, manpower, and probably lives it'd cost to make them the old way. No tourist trap is worth the amount of effort people will put into a project out of religious fervour
The population of modern Egypt is 100 million. Estimates are that the population of ancient Egypt was about 2 million. Even without using modern materials, reproducing an ancient pyramid today would be far easier in comparative terms. Yes, ancient Egypt could only sustain such an effort through religious fervor. But when your population is 50 times larger, and probably 500 times wealthier, it becomes a lot easier to sustain such projects. @@Hudson316
Beau the fact that your dating / relationship videos do well is probably that they don’t run through party lines , everyone can relate , also is a testament to how well rounded your channel is ,keep up the great work brother
Young men identifying as conservative is neither new nor a surprise to me. I'm in my seventies, and I originally identified as "conservative" because I was disturbed by the Marxists on campus. I was even more hostile to the racists/segregationists but didn't consider them conservative because their beliefs and actions were reactionary and contradicted the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution as amended and the equal rights laws. My definition of conservative was defending the core principles of our foundational documents as they have evolved. So-called conservatives wanted [and still want] to roll the clock back to a largely mythical time.
@@Oldleftiehere Times, experience, education, and travel are all part of such changes. Not everyone is able or willing to change. I haven't changed very much, I still think that Marxists and reactionaries are just the same poison under different labels with similar ingredients and sales pitches.
@@darlenegriffith6186 We are similar in that respect, except that running into arrogant, doctrinaire Marxists is what turned me away from calling myself a "socialist." The characteristics that are identical to the far left and far right are dislike of democracy, unrealistic views of human nature, elitism, and the desire to control everything and everyone. Libertarianism is just as doctrinaire, just as hostile to democracy, and equally wrong about human nature and the meaning of society. So, I am probably a free thinker, agnostic and humanitarian.
I too, used to be much more conservative in my youth, but the Overton window moved and the conservative principals of financial responsibility, Constitutional values and social tolerance became "Liberal Bull Shit." So, I guess I'm much further to the left now.
No your dating videos aren't your best. They're fun but I value your take on foreign affairs, political issues & your "Be Prepared" videos. You are a national treasure.
Your honest small grin at the beginning was a delightful surprise and became infectious to me.Thank you for these videos that show a much less stressed guy enjoying himself. We all need more of that.
I'm not sure if young men are becoming conservative. I hope more young women are becoming less interested in adhering to traditional conservative female roles in order to be in a relationship.
Also, no chance of pregnancies when dating other women... in a world more and more hostile to women and their basic healthcare,, I would be terrified to be young and dating right now. I'm straight, but knowing everything I know now, I think I'd actively choose celibacy than risk my life and freedom by dating today's young men with today's laws in place.
@@ChelGriffithI mean... definitely far far less chance of pregnancies, but not quite zero (trans women exist, though I've got no idea the exact effects of HRT on fertility)
Honestly, my social circle is a lot of people exemplifying the "child free movement" because there is too much social uncertainty. Add in the loss of reproductive rights and...
Thank you, Beau! Even when the subject matter is disturbing or distressing, I generally find myself with a big grin on my face after watching one of your videos - humanity, warmth of heart and intelligence are such valuable qualities! ❤
That comment about dating a Persian woman says so much about you being open minded, non prejudicial, even at a younger age , and informed the rest of your existence. Bravo
You're so nice, Beau. I wouldn't have been able to not say to the guy that questioned your pronunciation of Iran and Iraq "because i got an education." You're a better person than I.
Maybe after seeing this you'll be better equipped to handle it like Beau the next time something like this happened to you. Let's learn ways of kindness from each other. Now that you're aware of how you would have handled it in contrast with how Beau did, make an active choice now that you will handle it more like him next time something like that happens to you
It was miraculous, too, how his recovery seemed to begin with his admiration video for E Jean's level of petty when it came to how she would spend *rump's $. ❤
Oklahoman here! Quakes are pretty common in the range of 3.0 and lower. We've always had a bunch of smaller ones, but it's believed that their frequency has been increasing due to the use of fracking in the oil industry.
"Moderate" One of most consistent comments Masters and Johnson found was that over the wide range of sexual behavior they observed, most people saw themselves as normal, moderate. When I was a kid our local TV ran The Dan Smoot Report, a rightwing commentator. He related how he pushed the limits when he auditioned for his boss, a Texas dogfood magnate, taking his most extreme position. His boss's reply was "that's good boy. Just keep pitching them down the middle of the road". Moderate is relative. Besides, with all the homophobic hate speech directed at liberals, what young man would want to identify as such?
This doesn't directly have anything to do with the subject matter in this video, but, when Beau mentioned the ridiculous allegations about Taylor Swift, it made me think about the fact that I am so very thankful that I don't have to hear about Tucker Carlson every day now. I really do appreciate that.
I think with the survey with young men being conservative and young women being liberal, we're going to be seeing a lot of those young men switch to liberal once they realize they're not going to be getting laid much.
The people who have been convinced to believe absurdities have also been primed to commit atrocities. We should be mindful and careful. Might be nice if people thought about the causes of things. Things don't usually 'just happen'. Someone or something *causes* a thing to happen. US politics didn't just become toxic and polarized. People *made* it that way. BTW, it's not a "British" pronunciation. It is the *correct* pronunciation. English speakers just tend to not GAF how other languages are spoken, or even enjoy mocking them intentionally.
The BBC used to have a department where people would check out the right pronunciations and pass them on, at least, to the journalists on the news. But I think that, unfortunately, it doesn't exists anymore.
@@paolagrando5079 The BBC's Pronunciation Unit certainly does still exist. The day you hear a BBC announcer say "skedule" rather than "shedule" you'll know they've dispensed with it.
in Canada people who watch American news and are usually more than a little bit racist use the American pronunciation and people who went to school further than 5 blocks use the correct pronunciation.
@@captain34ca As an American, I have the same understanding about correct pronunciations. I have a doctor who immigrated many, many years ago from the Middle East (somewhere). Words and names in Semitic languages (both Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages) usually put the accent on the second syllable. I pronounce my doctor's name accordingly. It grates on me when everyone is pronouncing his name as if it where an English name with the accent on the first syllable.
I even have some very aggressive “progressive” pages going hard after Taylor Swift. All up in arms over her planes pollution. Because I defended her they called me a trumper and insinuated I was in love with Elon Musk lol. They’re bonkers.
@barbaraeslick558 Aggressive progressive pages may well be infiltrated by agitators. It's never bad to inject some sane posts - some people will stop and listen.
That "looking for an identity" isn't just confined to young people. It's rampant now. I think quite a few go running after things because it's trending or they think it's "edgy". It's a trap and also why so many get taken in by nonsense when they actually know better. Once you commit to running, you'll always run because someone else's agenda will always keep you on your feet.
Hey Beau, one of my sisters was an extra in the movie"Outbreak". She lives in McKinleyville/ Fieldbrook.Not far from Ferndale in Northern California. We don't speak anymore because she stood up in her living room and told me she was a proud racist white woman.And her daughter, my niece is an avid Trump supporter.
Hello neighbor - I'm in Arcata. Sorry to hear about your family. Please remember that there's a lot of real people here, who can read and write and even think. Also, we choose our friends but we're issued a family whether they fit or not.
😢 sorry. I have them in my family too. Blows my mind that the “village” that raised me took this hard right turn. 🤯. Hang in there, we’re in this together.
Hi IQ!!! How do you Do??? I was thinkin bout our buddy Mutti last nite. She was on my heart with this weather goin nuts on her side of the world. Do you have any news of her and how she is?
@beeamendola I've been thinking about her too. I don't know how to reach out to her, except to ask if she drops in to please comment and let us know how she is doing. Sometimes, she looks in, and does comment.
I don't think it's just us Brits that pronounce Iraq and Iran that way, it's pretty much the rest of the world , and it's only Americans who say "Eyeraq and Eyeran".
@@chong2389 It has to do with how americans speak, "I" is pronounced "eye" like in "irate". No one is thinking "yeah im really slighting them" by saying "eye-rack" instead of ur-rock
Members of Congress have the protection of the speech and debate clause . Governors and other state officials don't . Calling for rebellion, is not "protected speech". Looking at you Guvna Rabbit .
I wish I hadn't taken the road I did this morning- it led me all the way to WORK... at least I can bring my Husky, since our mine site is dormant...she loves it.
@@SeasonedCitizen it's kinda sad that this site is quiet, they're hoping a buyer steps up. It was the last underground mine operating in New Brunswick, shut down Aug 2022. I miss a lot of the people- but not all.
@Blowinshiddup what was being mined up in the Maritimes? Glad your fur buddy has a home in a suitable climate. They're so miserable here in coastal Virginia 8-9 months of the year.
@@SeasonedCitizen Zinc and lead from this site. Company went bankrupt through misfortune and mismanagement. I don't know if it'll ever open again, given low zinc prices and high fuel prices. I think Luna likes coming with me for the treats...
Bro, I was in that twilight zone of waking up while lying in bed this morning, and when he got to that question I woke up fully to go back and hear the question again in disbelief 😂
Small correction on Space Force astronaut: The first U.S. Space Force astronaut, Colonel Mike Hopkins, commemorated the service's first birthday by having his transfer ceremony on the ISS. (He was already aboard the ISS, and transferred into the Space Force in late 2020.)
Beau, lol, everytime I think to comment, you say it! I loved the, 'why pronounce Iran and Iraq like a Brit', question! You actually say it more the way those who live there do. 👍💙💙💙🥰✌
An Italian professor I had at university often joked that he was from Eye-taly. That aside, once upon a time when English phonics was taught in school, we learned the rule of vowels being 'long' if they proceeded a single consonate that, in turn, was followed by another vowell. If one becomes aware of how a foreign word is pronounced in its native tongue, we have 2 choices: either make a conscious effort to remember to say it like it's said by a native speaker OR disregard it intentionally (perhaps out of disrespect or arrogance) or unintentionally (old habits die hard).
As to pronunciation, its just a matter of knowing that vowel sounds in other languages are different from english a, e, i, o, u. Most other languages pronounce the vowels as - ah, eh, ee, o(o is only similarity), oo and these can sometimes still be sounded different if there are accent marks above or below the vowel as with some vowels in French words eg. Café. Iran and Iraq are not english words and Beau respecfully pronounces them as they should be.
First movie review suggestion - Lion’s for Lambs. Excellent commentary about the reality of the left vs right political divide in America and how that really plays out. I’ve learned that the people who don’t like the movie are the people the movie is talking about.
I did say young men. They are still forming their minds. Also becoming a father and seeing a group of self imposed authoritarian morality threatening their partner and any daughters they may have, and potential partner nerd to their sons. So for us old farts are fully cooked, for better or worse, you can turn off the oven and live with the results.
Some incoming anecdotal experiences; when I was an 18 year old male, I got my cherry popped into politics by becoming a libertarian. I remember participating on an online youth political poll, and despite me choosing against banning of gay marriage, agreeing with the separation between church and state, etc. The conclusion of those polls said that I was a conservative... Since then I've never trusted these polls, unless they excruciatingly explain their methodology, and have a decent track record.
The U.S. and U.K. helped overthrow the democratically elected government in Iran in 1953 and reinstalled the Shah for oil rights for BP. We are dealing with those actions today because it allowed extremists to eventually take over.
Indeed. Truman refused but Eisenhower signed up. One of Teddy Roosevelt's son was in on it as was Churchill. How sad for all of us, as you mentioned. We are still suffering the consequences.
Your answer to the question about pronunciation of Iran and Iraq was so much nicer than mine would have been. Because it's the proper way to say it, dummy would probably discourage further communication.
Responses to the Houthi might not have made much sense to some, but I suspect it both made sense to some in America, and the ones who were supposed to get the message...
I live about 70 miles from Prague, OK, and I didn't feel it this time, despite feeling a different 5.0+ a few years ago. No injuries and only minor damage from what I've heard (exterior brick, cracked drywall, things like that). The Oklahoman reported it as an "earthquake swarm" of around 40 between Friday and Saturday morning. This is not the first earthquake to center around Prague. Two lawsuits resulting from a Prague earthquake in 2011 alleging the earthquake was a result of wastewater disposal wells (a byproduct of fracking) were settled out of court in 2017 and 2023 (the defendants were two oil and natural gas companies). You'd think that Oklahoma of all places would be a bit more cautious about mining practices, considering the history of mining companies literally destroying towns here. My grandmother grew up around Picher, OK, where mines were dug under the town, creating sinkholes and 100ft+ tall piles of lead contaminated waste rock called chat that STILL exist all over town, all just to mine zinc for ammunition.
Regarding the refacing of that Pyramid, it looked like a botch job, like the cowboy restorations of the Sphinx (Egypt) and the Acropolis (Athens) a century ago, which caused a whole lot more damage.
I'm a Gen Xer. Iran (uh-raan) is the country. "I Ran" is a song by "Flock of Seagulls" (which I usually start singing when someone pronounces the country like the song title).
Interesting book written in crisp clear English by Edward H. Bonekemper lll called "The Myth of the Lost Cause". Leaves no doubt as to the cause for the Civil War.
Transgender woman here. When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I identified strongly as conservative. It was one of the first things I would say when I described myself. I was heavily in denial about my gender identity and my entire family was conservative so I doubled down on it. I thought it was who I was but I think deep down, I knew I had to be that to survive my current situation because being progressive would cause me to lose a huge amount of my support network.
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Women are more liberal because in addition to what Beau said, we tend to be more aware of what's going on around us, we are more educated than our male counterparts of the same age, and we have way more to lose if we go back to being "barefoot and pregnant."
Oh ya!!
And because we aren’t socialized to think things like empathy & self-awareness are “weak”.
I broke down why the Right hates Taylor about a month ago, here it is :
She took a risk when she became political. It was the right one. Her tour was a cultural moment on par w/ Woodstock. I didn't even go, just watched clips on TH-cam and felt a part of it. And it happened at a time when women had been made second class citizens in many states. She also boosted economies, donated to food banks at every stop, Swifties followed her lead. She gave $200k bonuses to her tour drivers &huge bonuses to dancers, etc.
She's powerful in her talent, her generosity, her sexuality and her business. That's a direct threat to
"the manosphere" rhetoric, who are obsessed with women being young, virginal, and traditional.
Where she chooses to wield that power is a direct threat to the brainwashers and the people they've brainwashed. Because brainwashed people can be brainwashed by someone new. And they know it. Only she's not brainwashing.
She's leading by example. She's the antidote to the brainwashing. That shows the world that THEY are weak men. Strong men aren’t intimidated by strong women.
Post this on numerous sites. This is gold. Thank you for the insight.
@@janetmichelson3978 - thanks! I posted it on threads.
I think it's called deprogramming
@@izzikora6751 - it is. I was using poetic license to hammer the point home.
"It's a country, not a sentence."
My friend from Iran.
Your pronunciation of Iran and Iraq is how the people I've met who are from there say it. And it's just one more reason why I respect and trust you in terms of honesty and truth.
It's not about American or British or anything else.
It's about simple respect for people's names regarding their place.
I pronounce "migrant" as "eye-lee-gal".
Exactly!
Well said!
That's it exactly, respect is huge! I'm Canadian and we surely do not pronounce Iraq & Iran the 'American way'.
Boom. 🤜🏽🤛🏽
Why wouldnt the conservatives hate Taylor? She pays her taxes.
Apparently, it doesn't count unless it goes directly into their pockets.
@@m.jasondoty9062- that's good!
🤣🤣🤣🤦
Wildly enough, Taylor Swift is very popular in Nashville and with a bunch of very Conservative, openly Trump supporting musicians. This hate stuff against her is only a thing that exists on the internet until someone tries to kill her or something over it, much like the entirety of all current Conservative talking points of any kind on any given subject
Well she did encourage young people to register to vote so she is "obviously" a a threat to the whole US.
Older women feel the same. We have daughters and granddaughters.
When maga hates on Taylor... Thousands more Swifties are created! ALL BLUE '24!!💙💙💙💙💙💙
True that.
I'm older and not hip to modern pop music, but she definitely has a new fan here.
Every time a Republican rants, a Swiftie gets their wings
Anyone else amused that it is episode 24 on 2/4/24 ?
You wrote this 24 minutes ago🤯
I am now, thank you ☺️
Well, perhaps it helps explain why Beau resembles Merlin!😂! I'm not sure what the numbers mean, but I'm sure someone will figure out the mysticism involved!😂!❤!
Is this a 'Q'-tip??
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@@eileendunn2130
... My brain is too addled to notice that, thanks for the Q-tip... 😂😅😂
"Because they're paranoid, angry and don't have a lot of common sense". Wow, that's an awesome description of the Reich wing. I don't care for Taylor's music but I love the fact that she is occupying space in those little brains.
Hahahaaa!! Right!
For all paying attention: THIS is the kind of TDS that MAGAts have accused "liberal snowflakes" of for years. Taylor Derangement Syndrome- all the anger; twice the crazy; none of the proof.
Listen to a few of her songs that weren't on the radio as singles, and you'll appreciate her creativity.
Defending Trump has been Alina Habbas's Errors Tour
😂
"Why do you say Iran and Iraq like a British person?"
Ahhh... because the Brits bothered to figure out that's the correct pronunciation?
They also generally pronounce Nissan with the “i” like “dis” and the “a” like “sand”, and the first syllable in Nagasaki like “nag” and the third syllable like “sack”. Also consider pasta is pronounced a lot like “pass-tuh”, and kebab’s “a” is pronounced like the first syllable of “babble”. They also pronounce “gyros” (the Greek meat) as badly as we do in the US. I think you’re giving them too much credit.
@@gioshmo7261 They did also screw up aluminum and al-Qaeda, but on the whole they do better than we.
Exactly what I was thinking with that whole "study shows young men more conservative than young women". Haven't women ALWAYS been more liberal than men? Well ever since they were "allowed" to have a political opinion anyway.
Yeup!
In Texas the younger generation of males actually is more liberal than older males, but the GOP has them by the guns. All the other males equate guns with manhood and they want to identify with them instead of women. They are fine with women’s choices and other groups having human rights, their friends were out in junior high, but are convinced that the Dems will “take their guns”. They’ll sell out everyone else’s rights and their own rights, to protect that one. 🥺
This hasn't been true in all places at all times. In the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939), when women were first able to vote in Spain, they were more conservative than men (even though it was the liberals who had written the constitution that had guaranteed their right to vote). But the overall tendency is as you say.
Fresh brewed coffe, check.
Drowsy yellow lab hogging my knees, check.
Cool breeze and good wifi, check.
Alright... its Beau time!
When you mentioned that guy who beheaded his old man going to the National Guard to rally them into taking on the Feds, I had to actually pause the video and say "Wow, really?"
The silo he fell into is dark and deep :(
Yeah. I mean, he's obviously not all that healthy to begin with, but that exact rhetoric has been fitting around the right wingnut-osphere since the head up to Jan 6, at least. It just shows you how detached from reality even the "normal" ones are.
And they're being fed this insane bullshit 24-7 because it makes someone else money. That's it. Most of the people staying these absurd stories don't believe them, but they know the claims increase eyeballs in the screen, and that's good enough for them.
The FBI right wing domestic terrorism arrest list is full of incidents like this
If I won the lottery, i would legit spend most of it paying off medical debt. Edit: Other peoples medical debt.
You pronounce "Iran & Iraq" the way that the rest of the world pronounces them! You learned the correct way from someone from that area. My daughter learned Farsi, spoken in Iran, in thr Navy as a linguist, & once you learn how to pronounce something the correct way, it's hard to go back to slaughtering a pronunciation.
Swift is living rent-free in the minds of so many on the right... 😂😂
She really is😂😂😂 ‼️
Trying to talk sense into the Trump cult is like trying to explain quantum physics to a dog.
I think you'd have a better chance with the dog...
@@hacksawbob3310 The dog would at least be trying.
Exactly. Their "reality" is so far off track from objective reality that I don't even see the point in trying. I'm glad there are better people than me out there still willing to try, but I *hate* wasting time more than most things.
In defense of dogs: my Newfies are far kinder and seemingly far more intelligent than any Magats I’ve known. Just saying
So, in effect, the Trump cult are Schrödinger's idiots?😳
I hope what they've done to Taylor doesn't discourage other big names encouraging people to vote. If I was a big name it would make me want to do it all the more!
Same! But I'm not a big name, so IDK what motivates anyone famous!
If I was Taylor I would have gave my endorsement the day after they came after me. To quote TrumpTinyhands : "If you come after me, I'm coming after you"
And there would have been BIGLY middle fingers at 👐🍄👐 when I gave my Biden endorsement
Taylor doesn't look alarmed. In fact, she is right in the faces of the Republican repugnants and reprehensibles.
Gotta ask.., What'd they "do to Taylor" other turn her and her supporters further away from Conservative parties
...AROUND THE WORLD?
@@s.d.c5513 It can't be easy for her to receive so much hate mail.
The Earthquake was a 5.1 centering in Prague, Oklahoma. They have been fracking in that area for years. The quake was felt all over Eastern Oklahoma.
My first thought was, "Maybe it's due to fracking?" Hopefully that fact gets onto the local news and isn't hidden.
It was also felt in Kansas and Missouri. I'm in the extreme SE corner of KS and friends on both sides of the state line are talking about it.
Please don't wake up New Madrid...
@@HLBear the area where fracking was taking place in the UK, in the NW experienced earthquakes. There was enough concern to suspend fracking operations (192 earthquakes over the course of 182 days). Of course we have the likes of Right-Wingers like Jacob Rees-Mogg wanting to revive it, his constituency is in the South so not in danger of earthquakes. Currently there is a moratorium on fracking, but depending on which way the wind is blowing our PM could change his mind.
We've felt earthquakes with the epicenter near Tulsa here in Kansas City. There was a 4. something a few years ago that rattled our home.
In Arkansas, it is "eye ran", "eye rock", and "eye tali". State ranks 47th to 49th in education of its populace.
Guess because they don’t want you to use your ears as in ear-rock ear-ran. I thought it was It-lee? 😆
@@ProctorsGamble 😄 Been a few decades, but the high school teacher for civics class pronounced it as "eye tali". His main employment was football coach.
How CRAZY is that???
Aw now...eyetalian is popular throughout the Midwest and Stevie Wonder said eyerack, eyeran, Chevolet"
Not just Arkansas where several of my highly educated & economically productive in-laws are from. Anyally'all is my favorite phrase so far from this area.
And don't forget Ay-rab
You don't "renovate" the Pyramids! You restore, you reinforce. You do not renovate. Next they'll be wanting to paint the Sistine Chapel.
it was intended as a restoration, no idea where people got the word "renovate" from. The pyramid in question had rough hewn granite casing stones around the lower part that have been removed over time, and there was an attempt to demolish the entire pyramid in the 12th century that left it horribly scarred on the outside
Or find a new site and just build some new ones! Imagine what a tourist attraction that would be. If if the modern Egyptian government embarked on the grandest experimental archaeological project in history, attempting to build an entirely new version of the ancient pyramids, but using only authentic period tools and equipment. So no using modern tools, do it with what they had back in 2000 B.C. It would be a huge tourist attraction and also a major jobs program. Hell, you might be able to get people to sign up from all over the world to help with the project. There's probably a few college kids who would take a summer abroad to go help build a pyramid by hand.
@@TanyaLairdCivilNowhere near worth the cost, time, manpower, and probably lives it'd cost to make them the old way. No tourist trap is worth the amount of effort people will put into a project out of religious fervour
The population of modern Egypt is 100 million. Estimates are that the population of ancient Egypt was about 2 million. Even without using modern materials, reproducing an ancient pyramid today would be far easier in comparative terms. Yes, ancient Egypt could only sustain such an effort through religious fervor. But when your population is 50 times larger, and probably 500 times wealthier, it becomes a lot easier to sustain such projects.
@@Hudson316
Not sure from your post if you are slying referencing the very controversial conservation-restoration of the Sistine Chapel between 1980 and 1994.
Beau the fact that your dating / relationship videos do well is probably that they don’t run through party lines , everyone can relate , also is a testament to how well rounded your channel is ,keep up the great work brother
And really, what is foreign policy but a bunch of people attempting relationships 🤷♀️
@@offtarget1758 there’s a bunch of cheaters there too …🤣
@@offtarget1758What a sensitive way to put it!
Young men identifying as conservative is neither new nor a surprise to me. I'm in my seventies, and I originally identified as "conservative" because I was disturbed by the Marxists on campus. I was even more hostile to the racists/segregationists but didn't consider them conservative because their beliefs and actions were reactionary and contradicted the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution as amended and the equal rights laws. My definition of conservative was defending the core principles of our foundational documents as they have evolved. So-called conservatives wanted [and still want] to roll the clock back to a largely mythical time.
Yours was my path as well. Times do change the conversation, don’t they?
@@Oldleftiehere Times, experience, education, and travel are all part of such changes. Not everyone is able or willing to change. I haven't changed very much, I still think that Marxists and reactionaries are just the same poison under different labels with similar ingredients and sales pitches.
I'm much more liberal than I was in my younger days. One of the main reasons is the far right direction that the Republican Party is taking.
@@darlenegriffith6186 We are similar in that respect, except that running into arrogant, doctrinaire Marxists is what turned me away from calling myself a "socialist." The characteristics that are identical to the far left and far right are dislike of democracy, unrealistic views of human nature, elitism, and the desire to control everything and everyone. Libertarianism is just as doctrinaire, just as hostile to democracy, and equally wrong about human nature and the meaning of society. So, I am probably a free thinker, agnostic and humanitarian.
I too, used to be much more conservative in my youth, but the Overton window moved and the conservative principals of financial responsibility, Constitutional values and social tolerance became "Liberal Bull Shit." So, I guess I'm much further to the left now.
No your dating videos aren't your best. They're fun but I value your take on foreign affairs, political issues & your "Be Prepared" videos. You are a national treasure.
Your honest small grin at the beginning was a delightful surprise and became infectious to me.Thank you for these videos that show a much less stressed guy enjoying himself. We all need more of that.
I feel it is an unfair snub of Beau that he is not considered a psyop by any major conspiracy prophets.
Well, he got called Beaustradamus a few times
Conspiracy prophets or Conspiracy Profits?
I'm not sure if young men are becoming conservative.
I hope more young women are becoming less interested in adhering to traditional conservative female roles in order to be in a relationship.
Beau: *is an expert in geopolitics focused on asymmetrical warfare*
the internet: "give me relationship advice"
They're the same thing when you think about it
@@TheKrispyfortEspecially if you include the "F" word.
The use of the B1 bomber all the way from Edwards AFT (?) sends the message ,"We know who you are, where you are, and we can reach you anywhere".
The B1's are not based at Edwards. I believe they are based in New Mexico and Arkansas.
There's definitely more than one base with B1s. They were common enough for at least one reserve unit to have them 25 years ago
We had some down here in the S.E. when I was serving, in the late 90’s.
Biden bombing brown people for votes is a bit fascist though.
Why did Biden gift Iran 150 billion? What did he think they would do with it?
... Aha, reaching out and touching someone, priceless...
As a bisexual woman, the high risk of meeting a conservative man has made me exclusively look towards other women to date. I mean, why risk it?
Also, no chance of pregnancies when dating other women... in a world more and more hostile to women and their basic healthcare,, I would be terrified to be young and dating right now. I'm straight, but knowing everything I know now, I think I'd actively choose celibacy than risk my life and freedom by dating today's young men with today's laws in place.
@@ChelGriffithI mean... definitely far far less chance of pregnancies, but not quite zero (trans women exist, though I've got no idea the exact effects of HRT on fertility)
Honestly, my social circle is a lot of people exemplifying the "child free movement" because there is too much social uncertainty.
Add in the loss of reproductive rights and...
The hazards aren't worth the risk for certain
@@ChelGriffith trans so no risk in the first place. Altho makes conservatives even more dangerous which is a feat by itself.
Good morning. Hope you, Ms Beau and all the little Beaus are well and happy.
Thank you, Beau! Even when the subject matter is disturbing or distressing, I generally find myself with a big grin on my face after watching one of your videos - humanity, warmth of heart and intelligence are such valuable qualities! ❤
That comment about dating a Persian woman says so much about you being open minded, non prejudicial, even at a younger age , and informed the rest of your existence. Bravo
Earthquakes in Oklahoma are a dime a dozen with all the fraking fracking that happens there. Then there's the whole Hell Mouth thing.
Are you a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
You're so nice, Beau. I wouldn't have been able to not say to the guy that questioned your pronunciation of Iran and Iraq "because i got an education." You're a better person than I.
I learned that pronunciation from Iranian friends I knew in college in 1961 -- before I heard the American version which I ignored.
Maybe after seeing this you'll be better equipped to handle it like Beau the next time something like this happened to you. Let's learn ways of kindness from each other. Now that you're aware of how you would have handled it in contrast with how Beau did, make an active choice now that you will handle it more like him next time something like that happens to you
good to hear Beau is on the mend, so to hear.
& howdy incredible internet people 👋💙🐪
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@@kellahella5286 heya kh! take care out there☀️
It was miraculous, too, how his recovery seemed to begin with his admiration video for E Jean's level of petty when it came to how she would spend *rump's $.
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@@user-ye1go6hw9r yep :) & Beau’s giddiness was contagious, i could not stop smiling during the whole clip
Hello there My Lumpy BPF???
Hope the day goes well for you and nice to see ya here!!! 🐪🐪🐪 🐝🐝🐝
Oklahoman here! Quakes are pretty common in the range of 3.0 and lower. We've always had a bunch of smaller ones, but it's believed that their frequency has been increasing due to the use of fracking in the oil industry.
Did y’all feel that one? I saw USGS post that you just had one. New Madrid had one not too long ago.
"Moderate"
One of most consistent comments Masters and Johnson found was that over the wide range of sexual behavior they observed, most people saw themselves as normal, moderate.
When I was a kid our local TV ran The Dan Smoot Report, a rightwing commentator. He related how he pushed the limits when he auditioned for his boss, a Texas dogfood magnate, taking his most extreme position. His boss's reply was "that's good boy. Just keep pitching them down the middle of the road".
Moderate is relative.
Besides, with all the homophobic hate speech directed at liberals, what young man would want to identify as such?
Beau: pronounces a foreign country’s name correctly.
Someone who probably puts Eye-talian dressing on their salad: why you no speak ‘Murican?
I guess when you hire a real estate lawyer for a civil case, you get what you paid for.
This doesn't directly have anything to do with the subject matter in this video, but, when Beau mentioned the ridiculous allegations about Taylor Swift, it made me think about the fact that I am so very thankful that I don't have to hear about Tucker Carlson every day now. I really do appreciate that.
I think with the survey with young men being conservative and young women being liberal, we're going to be seeing a lot of those young men switch to liberal once they realize they're not going to be getting laid much.
Will they change behavior or will they just make false claims?
We just dunno.
A bit of both?
The people who have been convinced to believe absurdities have also been primed to commit atrocities. We should be mindful and careful. Might be nice if people thought about the causes of things. Things don't usually 'just happen'. Someone or something *causes* a thing to happen. US politics didn't just become toxic and polarized. People *made* it that way. BTW, it's not a "British" pronunciation. It is the *correct* pronunciation. English speakers just tend to not GAF how other languages are spoken, or even enjoy mocking them intentionally.
The BBC used to have a department where people would check out the right pronunciations and pass them on, at least, to the journalists on the news. But I think that, unfortunately, it doesn't exists anymore.
@@paolagrando5079 The BBC's Pronunciation Unit certainly does still exist. The day you hear a BBC announcer say "skedule" rather than "shedule" you'll know they've dispensed with it.
in Canada people who watch American news and are usually more than a little bit racist use the American pronunciation and people who went to school further than 5 blocks use the correct pronunciation.
@@captain34ca As an American, I have the same understanding about correct pronunciations. I have a doctor who immigrated many, many years ago from the Middle East (somewhere). Words and names in Semitic languages (both Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages) usually put the accent on the second syllable. I pronounce my doctor's name accordingly. It grates on me when everyone is pronouncing his name as if it where an English name with the accent on the first syllable.
Dems have Taylor Swift the GQP has Margarine Tater Green Beans(MTG)....
lol.
Margarine Tater Green Beans. Haha, ha-ha.
Marginal Trailer Queen.
I even have some very aggressive “progressive” pages going hard after Taylor Swift. All up in arms over her planes pollution. Because I defended her they called me a trumper and insinuated I was in love with Elon Musk lol. They’re bonkers.
@barbaraeslick558 Aggressive progressive pages may well be infiltrated by agitators. It's never bad to inject some sane posts - some people will stop and listen.
That "looking for an identity" isn't just confined to young people. It's rampant now. I think quite a few go running after things because it's trending or they think it's "edgy". It's a trap and also why so many get taken in by nonsense when they actually know better.
Once you commit to running, you'll always run because someone else's agenda will always keep you on your feet.
Hey Beau, one of my sisters was an extra in the movie"Outbreak".
She lives in McKinleyville/ Fieldbrook.Not far from Ferndale in Northern California.
We don't speak anymore because she stood up in her living room and told me she was a proud racist white woman.And her daughter, my niece is an avid Trump supporter.
Hello neighbor - I'm in Arcata.
Sorry to hear about your family.
Please remember that there's a lot of real people here, who can read and write and even think.
Also, we choose our friends but we're issued a family whether they fit or not.
😢 sorry. I have them in my family too. Blows my mind that the “village” that raised me took this hard right turn. 🤯. Hang in there, we’re in this together.
Thank you Beau for all information you bring to the table. Extremely informative and always interesting.
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Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
Hi IQ!!! How do you Do???
I was thinkin bout our buddy Mutti last nite.
She was on my heart with this weather goin nuts on her side of the world.
Do you have any news of her and how she is?
@beeamendola I've been thinking about her too. I don't know how to reach out to her, except to ask if she drops in to please comment and let us know how she is doing. Sometimes, she looks in, and does comment.
@@iquestion8493 TY, how are you, i forget where everyine is on the mapso weatheris nuts tho and i thinks of our Peeps!!
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and sorry the spacebar is sticky. Ty, hope she is well, have a great one!!!
@@beeamendola I'm fine up here in Wisconsin. Though it's warmer than usual. How're you doing?
Little Greta? Who brought charges against her?
It is common that activists get arrested at protest events.
Foolish peeps!!! None of us here tho!!! we know better than to harass a kid!
I don't know... More to Google I guess.
I don't think it's just us Brits that pronounce Iraq and Iran that way, it's pretty much the rest of the world , and it's only Americans who say "Eyeraq and Eyeran".
It is a passive-agressive way to show disdain for an 'enemy'.
@@chong2389 It has to do with how americans speak, "I" is pronounced "eye" like in "irate". No one is thinking "yeah im really slighting them" by saying "eye-rack" instead of ur-rock
Insecure Haters gotta Hate...PITY
Thank you Beau - I really appreciate these episodes each week - helps me keep up with the 'little' stuff.
ALL your videos are your best videos. ❤
Howdy, thank you Beau for your rational and calm voice I really needed it today
I'd be more interested in movies like '12 Angry Men', 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' than "Robocop".
Ooh, we watched 12 Angry Men for a family movie night a while ago -- it was AMAZING! Very good movie.
Check out the other two then.
Members of Congress have the protection of the speech and debate clause . Governors and other state officials don't . Calling for rebellion, is not "protected speech". Looking at you Guvna Rabbit .
I think that the poll has something to say: that many men don't feel/understand the pressures women are under.
Thanks Beau & Co!
Please create a Biden/Swift 2024 shirt, I’ll buy one
Yes! and I will laugh at it!
@@imperialmotoring3789not any more than we laugh at all the trump tshirts, lol.
He can't use Taylor's name without her permission
The conneticut story is awesome! Canceling medical debt for thousands.
I wish I hadn't taken the road I did this morning- it led me all the way to WORK... at least I can bring my Husky, since our mine site is dormant...she loves it.
You made me smile and remember my brother, who spent most of his adult life as a hard rock miner/dynamiter.
@@SeasonedCitizen it's kinda sad that this site is quiet, they're hoping a buyer steps up. It was the last underground mine operating in New Brunswick, shut down Aug 2022. I miss a lot of the people- but not all.
@Blowinshiddup what was being mined up in the Maritimes?
Glad your fur buddy has a home in a suitable climate. They're so miserable here in coastal Virginia 8-9 months of the year.
@@SeasonedCitizen Zinc and lead from this site. Company went bankrupt through misfortune and mismanagement. I don't know if it'll ever open again, given low zinc prices and high fuel prices. I think Luna likes coming with me for the treats...
I used to have have the same problem, but I outlasted it.
That Iran/Iraq question was the dumbest question I've ever heard in my life.
Bro, I was in that twilight zone of waking up while lying in bed this morning, and when he got to that question I woke up fully to go back and hear the question again in disbelief 😂
Agreed! 💯
Having lived in the Middle East as a child I would never pronounce Iran or Iraq any other way than how they were meant to be pronounced.
@@daniellev2901 OK but did you ever live in Eyetaly? 😀
@@margaretnicol3423 I pronounce the countries’ names the way the people of said countries pronounce them 🙂
@@daniellev2901 Oh c'mon! That's far too sensible and courteous! ❣
I think celebrities should come out en masse to encourage people to register and vote!
Frankly, the global news is starting to read like the opening chapters of a Sherri S Tepper novel.
Run, Tenopa, run
and don't forget the mushrooms
Howdy there Beau & Internet People 😊👋🏻👋🏻
Hope everyone's weekend is going well ❤
❤ Enjoy your day! ❤
You too. ❤
Good morning Beau and internet folks.
Small correction on Space Force astronaut: The first U.S. Space Force astronaut, Colonel Mike Hopkins, commemorated the service's first birthday by having his transfer ceremony on the ISS. (He was already aboard the ISS, and transferred into the Space Force in late 2020.)
Good morning yall.
Thank you for the commentary.
Mornin Shawn!!!😉
hope your day is sunny and bright!
Woohoo! 15 minutes of pure, uncut Beau breakdown.
Beau, lol, everytime I think to comment, you say it! I loved the, 'why pronounce Iran and Iraq like a Brit', question! You actually say it more the way those who live there do. 👍💙💙💙🥰✌
An Italian professor I had at university often joked that he was from Eye-taly. That aside, once upon a time when English phonics was taught in school, we learned the rule of vowels being 'long' if they proceeded a single consonate that, in turn, was followed by another vowell. If one becomes aware of how a foreign word is pronounced in its native tongue, we have 2 choices: either make a conscious effort to remember to say it like it's said by a native speaker OR disregard it intentionally (perhaps out of disrespect or arrogance) or unintentionally (old habits die hard).
I for one, would welcome "MST3K: With Beau and friends"
Yes plz!😂
As to pronunciation, its just a matter of knowing that vowel sounds in other languages are different from english a, e, i, o, u. Most other languages pronounce the vowels as - ah, eh, ee, o(o is only similarity), oo and these can sometimes still be sounded different if there are accent marks above or below the vowel as with some vowels in French words eg. Café. Iran and Iraq are not english words and Beau respecfully pronounces them as they should be.
Thank you Beau for the more light hearted news on a Sunday morning. I love to see you smile and chuckle.😊
First movie review suggestion - Lion’s for Lambs. Excellent commentary about the reality of the left vs right political divide in America and how that really plays out. I’ve learned that the people who don’t like the movie are the people the movie is talking about.
Those young men will change their tune as soon as they are fathers of daughters!
If they can find anyone that will put up with that attitude to partner with them.
I wish you were correct, but I have a dad
Honestly?
We have Beau videos where he chides such men for not doing so.
Men going off about Swift while their Swifty daughters listen to them.
I did say young men. They are still forming their minds. Also becoming a father and seeing a group of self imposed authoritarian morality threatening their partner and any daughters they may have, and potential partner nerd to their sons.
So for us old farts are fully cooked, for better or worse, you can turn off the oven and live with the results.
Some incoming anecdotal experiences; when I was an 18 year old male, I got my cherry popped into politics by becoming a libertarian. I remember participating on an online youth political poll, and despite me choosing against banning of gay marriage, agreeing with the separation between church and state, etc. The conclusion of those polls said that I was a conservative...
Since then I've never trusted these polls, unless they excruciatingly explain their methodology, and have a decent track record.
The U.S. and U.K. helped overthrow the democratically elected government in Iran in 1953 and reinstalled the Shah for oil rights for BP. We are dealing with those actions today because it allowed extremists to eventually take over.
Indeed. Truman refused but Eisenhower signed up. One of Teddy Roosevelt's son was in on it as was Churchill. How sad for all of us, as you mentioned. We are still suffering the consequences.
I'm surprised MTG hasn't called for the impeachment of Taylor Swift.
Your answer to the question about pronunciation of Iran and Iraq was so much nicer than mine would have been.
Because it's the proper way to say it, dummy would probably discourage further communication.
Responses to the Houthi might not have made much sense to some, but I suspect it both made sense to some in America, and the ones who were supposed to get the message...
4:47 in a couple years, SNL is gonna act like they did an oops, when literally anyone could have told them that it was a _terrible_ idea.
Thanks for everything
A breath of fresh air.
Beau gives great “my favorite uncle” relationship and dating advice, but his what were you thinking/were you thinking videos are my favorites.
If anyone is interested there was a movie starring Matt Damon and Laurence Fishburne called Contagion which was really interesting with the pandemic.
I live about 70 miles from Prague, OK, and I didn't feel it this time, despite feeling a different 5.0+ a few years ago. No injuries and only minor damage from what I've heard (exterior brick, cracked drywall, things like that). The Oklahoman reported it as an "earthquake swarm" of around 40 between Friday and Saturday morning. This is not the first earthquake to center around Prague. Two lawsuits resulting from a Prague earthquake in 2011 alleging the earthquake was a result of wastewater disposal wells (a byproduct of fracking) were settled out of court in 2017 and 2023 (the defendants were two oil and natural gas companies). You'd think that Oklahoma of all places would be a bit more cautious about mining practices, considering the history of mining companies literally destroying towns here. My grandmother grew up around Picher, OK, where mines were dug under the town, creating sinkholes and 100ft+ tall piles of lead contaminated waste rock called chat that STILL exist all over town, all just to mine zinc for ammunition.
👋. Sunday, Sunday.
Kella!!!!!!!!!!! Hi ya!!!
Yes my BPF it's Sunday!!! Yay!😂😉
TY for the note about India getting Armed Drones for Maritime Security
Methinks we will be seeing lots of things like that (⚓) in times to come
Regarding the refacing of that Pyramid, it looked like a botch job, like the cowboy restorations of the Sphinx (Egypt) and the Acropolis (Athens) a century ago, which caused a whole lot more damage.
🎶 haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate.. 🎶.. VOTERS gonna VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE🎶🎶🗳️
I'm a Gen Xer. Iran (uh-raan) is the country. "I Ran" is a song by "Flock of Seagulls" (which I usually start singing when someone pronounces the country like the song title).
"And I RAN so far away.................."
Thank you for your updates...
Outbreak. LMAO! No Beau, I didn't know you did that. To funny. Thx, good sir.
I am from Philly originally and WV for 30 yrs, I have NEVER heard ANYONE say "I-Ran" or "I-Rock"
Interesting book written in crisp clear English by Edward H. Bonekemper lll called "The Myth of the Lost Cause". Leaves no doubt as to the cause for the Civil War.
Transgender woman here.
When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I identified strongly as conservative. It was one of the first things I would say when I described myself.
I was heavily in denial about my gender identity and my entire family was conservative so I doubled down on it. I thought it was who I was but I think deep down, I knew I had to be that to survive my current situation because being progressive would cause me to lose a huge amount of my support network.
Greta (Toonberg) is closer to the Swedish pronunciation of that name.
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