You may call her Karen, but the spirit behind her is Jezebel, a spirit of control. And it is not exclusive to women. Men can be just as filled with that same spirit of control, that same Jezebel spirit. Look around the world. You car, once your dream vehicle, was an embodiment of your freedom to go anywhere on this continent with the wide open road in front of you and a limitless supply of gas. Today the car scolds you. It scolds you when you back up and come within 7 feet of another object. It scolds you when you parallel park and come within 4 feet of another car’s bumper. Oh, and does it ever scold you when you go three minutes to the grocery store to pickup something you forgot and decide to go without your seatbelt on.
Great article. A very good couple of first steps is to not watch TV and leave your cell phone in a different room (or at least the far corner).
I noticed that you mentioned kitchen appliances. I recently bought a Moen Motionsense faucet and they gave me a survey where they asked "What other Smart appliances do you have in your home?" along with a super long list! (I had no idea!) Turns out that outside of the faucet, I have zero smart appliances. And the faucet only turns on/off by waving your meat/grease/dirt soaked hands... so it ain't all that "smart" TBH. I'm pretty sure we can all get by with appliances being dumb, like mine, like they used to be.
For god's sake if you eat, sleep, drink, read, watch, wear, and otherwise surround yourselves with the "smart" (aka intrusive monitoring) devices, how can you possibly be surprised to find out they are what they are?
The novelty has worn off long ago. Right about the time we all came to the knowledge of the spying. Would you let *me* (personally, a guy you never met and don't know) put a camera/mic into your house?! Then why do you let other people that you don't know do so?!?! WTF?
Recently moved to Oklahoma from Boston and went looking for a truck. I *specifically* looked for a truck that wouldn't beep at me for not wearing a seat belt. I found one that didn't but after a few weeks it would **turn off the radio** if I didn't put my seat belt on (essentially blackmailing me). I took it to a mechanic and he turned that off. Now I bound around the two-land backroads in my 2010 F-150 and, NGL, it's *glorious*.
Thank you for sharing this article. It is certainly an attention getter. It has definitely gotten mine. I am going to share it with my family and friends. Thank you so much.
We left the insufferable northeast (both born and raised and I a native NYCer) for Florida in 2021. Had had that in our plans anyway as my husband grew to despise the cold and the snow and the ice and a growing season of about four months -- if we got lucky.
When the COV!D crime rolled out -- and we saw it instantly for what it was -- and my company offered early retirement, our Florida plan got moved up by about a year and a half. Here we are -- and we consider it the best move we ever made for many reasons. Yet even during the time we were still up north, neither one of us ever more a "mask" -- and we never will.
We've been active here. Despite its reputation, Florida ain't perfect in terms of health freedom. It's better than it was and better than most, I'd say, but it still needs work. We're happy to help. ;)
P.S. Wonderful article. I especially appreciated the maddeningly rare correct reference to external female genitalia. :) Thank you, Allan!!!
Great article. A very good couple of first steps is to not watch TV and leave your cell phone in a different room (or at least the far corner).
I noticed that you mentioned kitchen appliances. I recently bought a Moen Motionsense faucet and they gave me a survey where they asked "What other Smart appliances do you have in your home?" along with a super long list! (I had no idea!) Turns out that outside of the faucet, I have zero smart appliances. And the faucet only turns on/off by waving your meat/grease/dirt soaked hands... so it ain't all that "smart" TBH. I'm pretty sure we can all get by with appliances being dumb, like mine, like they used to be.
For god's sake if you eat, sleep, drink, read, watch, wear, and otherwise surround yourselves with the "smart" (aka intrusive monitoring) devices, how can you possibly be surprised to find out they are what they are?
The novelty has worn off long ago. Right about the time we all came to the knowledge of the spying. Would you let *me* (personally, a guy you never met and don't know) put a camera/mic into your house?! Then why do you let other people that you don't know do so?!?! WTF?
Recently moved to Oklahoma from Boston and went looking for a truck. I *specifically* looked for a truck that wouldn't beep at me for not wearing a seat belt. I found one that didn't but after a few weeks it would **turn off the radio** if I didn't put my seat belt on (essentially blackmailing me). I took it to a mechanic and he turned that off. Now I bound around the two-land backroads in my 2010 F-150 and, NGL, it's *glorious*.
Thank you for sharing this article. It is certainly an attention getter. It has definitely gotten mine. I am going to share it with my family and friends. Thank you so much.
We left the insufferable northeast (both born and raised and I a native NYCer) for Florida in 2021. Had had that in our plans anyway as my husband grew to despise the cold and the snow and the ice and a growing season of about four months -- if we got lucky.
When the COV!D crime rolled out -- and we saw it instantly for what it was -- and my company offered early retirement, our Florida plan got moved up by about a year and a half. Here we are -- and we consider it the best move we ever made for many reasons. Yet even during the time we were still up north, neither one of us ever more a "mask" -- and we never will.
We've been active here. Despite its reputation, Florida ain't perfect in terms of health freedom. It's better than it was and better than most, I'd say, but it still needs work. We're happy to help. ;)
P.S. Wonderful article. I especially appreciated the maddeningly rare correct reference to external female genitalia. :) Thank you, Allan!!!
Cheers! Thank you for standing for freedom.