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Imagination and Robin Williams

Happy Saturday! Good Morning and welcome to the weekend Friends, Phamily, Refugees, Early Birds, Dawn Patrol, Triggeratti, Sun Chasers, Fascinating People, Later Dayers, Conversants, Lurkers and Joyful Bigots! This a post across all three communities that I love - Rubin Report - Phetasy & Triggernometry. One more final look at imagination - and someone who helped inspire a lot of imagination for myself was Robin Williams.

I remember his debut on Happy Days as Mork from Ork and then Mork & Mindy. His stand up routines were hilarious and his choice of movies was often fascinating for the characters he played and the crazy stories he chose to tell.

He was a beloved mad comedic genius that help me laugh at some of the unquestioned idiosyncrasies of human nature, the overly comfortable norms of society and attitudes that we are often too afraid to examine the change it might invite us to make.

Someone in Rubin Report or Phetasy mentioned months ago that most people really don't want to change their mind, and many just want validation of their views as part of the joy of personality & individuality surrendering group-think. I think that is one of my constant hopes for Locals as a place of genuine liberty (a better choice that than the bankrupt term "diversity" ) is the exchange of ideas, the freedom to question, doubt and GASP even reject things without being labeled the worst and culmination of all ISMs possible.

I think it is ironic that the cultural court jesters may be the ones to help push back against the evangelical & toxic Left. For years they have mocked the Right, which at times tends to take itself too seriously with an inability to stand back and occasionally laugh at itself. But as culture shifted Left, and it has (and I don't think for better, since Right & Left bring needed balance for the functioning of a thriving culture) the LEFT has become the new cultural monitors with a joy in destroying lives and livelihoods. I am not talking to any of you Center-left souls that are capable of dialogue and appreciate other options and points of views without retreating in the charges of ISMs which tell me you have already given up the idea of real conversation.

Joe Rogan, Dave Rubin, Bridget Phetasy, Triggernometry - all people that have roots in comedy and looking at things a little differently than the herd-alongs. Robin Williams was such a trail blazers for looking at humanity, culture and the value of the individual. He helped feed my imagination in such great ways and I pray on the other side he found healing for the darkness that haunted his heart and often made him so brilliant. Happy Saturday Friends, Phamily and Fascinating People! Thank you @DaveRubin for Locals and all the individuals that have found their way to these havens of on-line humanity and created their own communities with different vibes and rhythms.

@ Padre's Comment only - After faith, nothing has mattered more than an appreciation of humor for myself. While I can understand that some do not have faith in a higher power, I do find it hard to believe that some have no sense of humor. Scott Adams says that perhaps 25% of people really don't have a sense of humor just like there are 25% of people who are virtually opposed to any idea proposed that is not already their own. I wonder of those two percentage overlap? Are the humorless also the perpetually disagreeable? I wouldn't doubt it.

Thanks for being part of this community and especially to those of you who are Supporters. Our Lady's Inn will be the recipient of this month's income.

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Dear ADD Irregulars,

Alan has decided to step away from our community for a while. He may return, but right now he’s in a difficult chapter of life. This past year has been especially rough for him—depression, anxiety, unemployment, and some challenging family situations.

I spoke with him briefly on Telegram. He admitted to feeling worn down, and the recent football meme hit him at exactly the wrong moment and in the wrong state of mind. He didn’t sound like he was blaming Rich, but in his current vulnerability, he experienced the exchange as unnecessarily mean-spirited. I suspect the “whiny-cunt” line cut much deeper than it normally would have.

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Rich, if you read this I hope you chalk it under unfortunate shit happens. On most other days that post would have generated the funny back and forth that we have seen many times in the past.  I am sure Alan would be open to any conversation with you, that is an invitation never an expectation. 

[email protected]  For anyone who might want to contact Alan. 

 

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