Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I have a wider audience than I thought! I occasionally post about butterflies. I’ve been “raising” one or a few monarchs annually over the last few years. It may sound silly but I heartily recommend “raising” butterflies. It’s just plain … Continue reading →

Society is in decline but I’ve been feeling pretty optimistic. Political dipshits want you to feel depressed and hopeless. They need you to hold yourself down. I don’t. I prefer the glory of the real world to the self-defeating gloom … Continue reading →

I remember when presidents gave speeches that didn’t threaten Americans with violence. I remember presidents who didn’t list off which groups are slated for subjugation. I remember presidents that at least tried to be pleasant. Here’s a clip from Ronald … Continue reading →

I didn’t watch Biden’s speech last Thursday. Reports indicate he stood at night in front of a dark red background flanked by Marines. From there he angrily explained which 74 million Americans were should be eliminated. Last year he explained … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking through cycles of failure in human endeavors. I did a deep dive into the parallels between Cycle #1: Incompetent Carter and Cycle #3 Colossally Incompetent Raging Moron Biden. (I make an occasional reference to Cycle #2: The … Continue reading →

Captain Recordvotegetter is giving a speech today. Whatever he says, it’ll be another effort to break your will. That’s how the cycle works. Biden wants you to believe “this is never going to get better”. Once you think there’s no … Continue reading →

I grew up in the first of what I’ve recognized as three cycles of collapse. I’ve learned by looking for parallels and differences. As a kid in the 1970’s, I saw society crapping out. Society didn’t recognize its bad trajectory … Continue reading →

One key to knowing the current mess is almost entirely contrived from bullshit is to know it happened before. I’ve linked to a fictional example of the show we’re watching in real life. Watch this clip: It’s a powerful scene … Continue reading →

[Note: This post was meant for Biden’s scheduled “just before Labor Day weekend” speech. Everyone was wondering what crazy hail-Mary shit would come out of the drugged up dementia patient at the podium. The speech is over now and I … Continue reading →

Holy shit! It worked. It worked fairly well. It worked so much better than it ought to! It was a dumb idea but it worked… so it’s not entirely dumb. I went into the pig pen of weedy chaos and … Continue reading →