Expressionless Babies, Bored Lovers

I've been a bit detached from crowds all my life, and this entire article rang true with what I've seen pre- VS post-covid. The lack of situational awareness in women and parents sometimes astonishes me. Naomi's conclusions make me wonder if this mRNA shot was really thought thru to destroy the human race or not.

My own experience is that, since this COVID debacle, people have gotten meaner......less tolerant, more likely to start arguments and fight and, of course, whipping out their phones to record everything. This is a country on the downside of its evolution....and, as with other cultures that have collapsed, the people need only look to the leaders they elect.

Not sure one can blame the vaccines. I'd more suspect that current parents have been raised in the self-centered environ of smart phones and computer screens and less attuned to those around them even their own kids.

Naomi's observations may be coastal. Here in the Mid-South they seem to be acting normally - kids sitting on laps, joking and laughing - except at the universities, where everyone is as she describes.

Naomi Wolf may be right about the time line, but the ennui she notices has more to do with an individual's spirit than with some sort of teeming mass of humanity and their maladjustment to reality.

She's describing the affect of people living under the thumb of a dictatorship. It's people going through life in a defensive crouch.

It sounds exactly like the malaise that Jimmy Carter once defined, after he created it.

The article is silly in its science, but the observation is valid. I think people mainly now know our government is the bad guy. We have fake elections. And we are being manipulated and lied to by all formerly-trusted establishments. Schools, media, medical providers, government, any public company are all liars out to enslave you (or kill you).

Interesting observations. From what I see, wearing anti-Biden or pro-Trump gear on walks, at stores and Doctors' offices, and in crowded places like Costco: No reactions! As if people either still support that traitor or don't realize what he and Pansy Obama have to America. Pitiful. MAGA

I guess I'm not as observant or don't get out as much (I certainly don't having retired a decade back) but I find this terribly scary. What I HAVE noticed is a coldness that I always thought was just fear. I always knew that there were dumb people out there. I also knew that natural immunity was the best, the illness was not as dangerous as was hyped, that the medical establishment fell for or went for nonsense (angry!) and more and I mention that because I was almost at blows with people who bought ALL of that. You see them with masks on, windows up, driving in Summer. They've chosen ignorance and double down every time you point it out. And, yes, it's very cold.

"YOUu are endangering ME!" The ersatz rule enforcers are everywhere. My female cousins' crusade is enforcing handicapped parking...even if she is not handicapped and has nothing in the game.

Dr. Wolf gets it. Read the whole thing, it is worth it. I call this a must read, but it is long and makes you think.

I tend to agree with #3, although I certainly don’t discount there being enough hubristic evil and ignorance among humans with the means to deliberately play gods with life itself. The so-called vaccine & its results are proof enough of that. But, the deliberate choice to pay more attention to an electronic device than to family members, or just other people in general can cause harmful changes in face to face human connections. Fewer people seem even to notice the smell of the roses, much less see them…unless it’s through a screen. Living remotely. One step removed from reality may be the reason some ignore it, or some become overly irritated by it.

fta: "I have heard unvaccinated mothers bemoan the fact that they can’t sense the bodies of their vaccinated children... They actually also say that they can’t smell their vaccinated children any longer either... Unvaccinated customers of such services, for their parts, have described the fact that they don’t bother booking with vaccinated healers, since the “energy fields’’ in those practitioners’ hands, no longer make them feel better.... So imagine for a moment that this is real — that people really do have an energy field in them, around them, that is affected by what they ingest as food or medicine or other chemicals; what they do; how they think. If you accept that this might be possible, you must accept that it may be possible to damage or disrupt “prana” or “chi” using physical or psychological means." ---- Maybe some of what she is experiencing is the angry malaise that anyone living in the hellholes she frequents would obviously have. NYC and CA are not the world. Plus we all know the lockdowns were far worse in those places and children wore masks for literally years, even toddlers. We also know that was medically and developmentally harmful. And I think the lockdowns and all the fear mongering hurt the elderly as well. I guess if you are told "hugging Granny may kill her" enough, some part of that seeps in and sticks. Covid itself and our "betters" mandates will scar the kids of today in the way other national horrors, wars, and disasters have scarred other generations with all the developmental and emotional issues, fears, and lingering hardships. That said, her rather odd conclusions concerning her observations are not science. Voodoo maybe but not science. Siting Ayurvedic and Reiki "medicine" holds about as much weight with me bloodletting to adjust your humors. While I am sure she has much to contribute, this faux science mumbo jumbo talk reminds me of the loonies that said (and still say) apple cider vinegar and colloidal silver will cure anything from indigestion to cancer.

There are some good points in the article, and many of of her descriptions of current American relationships are accurate. People pass each other like robots. Used to just be that way in large cities. But she is a feminist, and feminists have been wrecking interpersonal relationships since at least Anita Hill. Naomi gives us all these descriptions of hugging and touching and the benefits of it. That is now confined to the closest relatives. If you are a man, try giving directions to a lost child, or helping a little one tie their shoes. Everything you do draws suspicion. Innocent flirtation in the workplace can mean a trip to HR and career destruction. I think the vax is hell on earth, but Naomi and her coven of feminists have obtained the detached, joyless, sexless vulgarity they sought. No doubt. the vax may be part of it, but this transformation has been coming for decades. Spontaneity is gone. Forbidden. And she is just now noticing. My teenaged grandson is a fine young man. It broke my heart to hear him say, "Grandpa. it sucks to be us."

In small town Texas, we're still interacting with each other and our children - both vaxxed and unvaxxed. Phone addiction has caused way more neglect than this article's hoodoo.

I couldn't agree more with #15. As a man, I now remove myself from interacting with children--other than my own grandchildren--much more than I did or would have done thirty years ago. I am also much more avoidant from interacting with women in casual situations, lest one of them be a fearful feminist, or warrior feminist, quick to take offense at any man who opens a door for her, or smiles at her. Friendly smiles or casual conversations between men and women who are not already well-acquainted are now too often received as leering or menacing. I also think the use of the Fauci masks has distanced people from one another, has dulled their emotional senses, and has inflicted a great injustice upon children. Consider how different the physician-patient relationship became once both parties were forced to wear masks. Moreover, if the male or female physician should need to touch their patient, it has become de rigueur to do so only through disposable latex gloves.