Molly Burke You Tube Video - 12/31/2020

Posted this comment to Molly Burke's channel - episode uploaded 12/31/2020

It is sad that anyone needs to apologize for feeling pain, especially in 2020. Social media can quickly descend to the depths of a mob mentality ironically by the few. No one should have to apologize for their pain. My hope, my resolution (I do not mind skipping the usual resolution failures regarding eating healthy, exercising daily or being more outgoing) is that we will show others the respect and kindness that we each need along with supporting programs providing economic assistance where needed. THANK YOU to Molly Burke, for continuing to provide content and selflessly helping all of us make it through our very long day.

Tom Cruise Outburst on Mission Impossible 7 Set

This comment was posted to You Tube Video - Tom Cruise Tirade Analysis - uploaded by Dr. Todd Grande 12/20/2020:

Tom Cruise along with being a leading actor on MI 7 is also a producer on that set. It is that second job which I believe lead to that tirade. Tom Cruise is an excellent actor who feels that Scientology has given him the skills to mold and to manage people. While I have absolutely no evidence, only my own hypothesis, I believe that was not ranting, that was acting. Whether his motives were altruistic or financial, whether he is empathetic or not, looking at the amount of social media buzz and news articles, I think that he feels that he succeeded in this effort at motivation. He may be correct.

Pandemic 2020

This comment was posted to a You Tube video -- Mütter Museum of the College of Phy. of PA 12/11/2020:

A new Nobel category should be created for the individual who develops a procedure to successfully convince a majority of humanity to follow the science, discriminate between lies and truths without emotion or prejudice and realize that the scientific method allows for the acceptance of a result that may disprove the hypothesis (step 3 of that method) after multiple tests by multiple sources. In other words, that old but accurate trope, "...try, try, try again". Use of hallucinogenic/addictive drugs, lobotomies and physical/mental torture will not be acceptable as research methods to qualify applicants for this prize..

After being in quarantine (voluntary due to impaired immune system) since March 2020 and watching the infection and death stats rise, fall and rise again my sense of the world not repeating this pandemic mistake is hovering weakly between optimism and pessimism.

BTW to (with all the acuity of a quarantine brain; mine) quote a line I heard re-used in a Marvel movie (Thor, 2011), "Magic is just science that we have not yet learned." Hence both Caitlin Doughty and her sister/aunt, Anna Dhody are both witches AND scientists. 

Philip DeFranco YouTube video - uploaded 12/09/2020

My comments to Philip DeFranco Video 

My comment made on 12/09/2020:

My interaction is more with Twitch gaming. However I am more of a spectator than participant. It is fun though, on a live stream, to catch something significant in the background that the player(s) did not notice. I have been watching a lot of Among Us on Twitch, but to be honest my interest is waning. It is more of a fun party game among friends than anything else. 

On all these election lawsuits, I would love to know the endgame. I cannot believe that all these individuals believe in what they are doing or that they can succeed. Is this a way to expand their coalitions for 2024? Many individuals have made a quote on democracy and those who wish to make it disappear. I like this quote by Frederick Douglass, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Perhaps democracy is not a static thing, but one that requires a lot of maintenance and attention. If we ignore it or walk away or take it for granted, it does indeed disappear.

Doctor Mike Apology

My (12/05/2020) comment below posted to: Observe You Tube channel -- video uploaded 12/04/2020

Doctor Mike is embarrassed as his behavior went contrary to his inner view of himself. However based on previous videos that I have viewed, at least from 2019 on, his apology, practiced or not, indicates he is self-aware and wishes to be better. As for posting the video on his secondary channel, Doctor Mike may have wanted to apologize to only those who are long-term subscribers.  Many apologies posted via social media on a wider scale seem to aggravate not alleviate controversy. Just a general observation of Doctor Mike, he is smart, but he is also a people pleaser and someone who is uncomfortable with conflict. While not a valid excuse, especially for a Doctor, back home with his friends and family, I am guessing he just did not wish to say no. Growth is sometimes painful, but is a necessary process.

Elliot Page - John Campea Video Essay

John Campea You Tube Channel - Elliot Page Video uploaded 12/03/2020

My comment posted on 12/03/2020

I wish there was another term instead of "dead name". It has an unhappy vibe, probably due to the "dead" portion. Why not just use: former or old or past or maybe just check a Thesaurus for more ideas. Whoever Elliot Page is now, Ellen Page is a part of the experiences that made and evolved into Elliot Page. Humans are a composite of what we were, what we are and what we wish to be. So let's go back to complaining about the economy, mishandling of this pandemic and if a certain individual living in a White House will be served an eviction order (my bet is on midnight January 20, 2021).