Culture

collecting alimony

Request: in the context of divorce

universal basic services

Unconditional access to a range of free, basic public services, such as shelter, sustenance, health care and education, funded by taxes and provided by a government or public institution --wikipedia

fandom

Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the objects of their fandom and spend a significant portion of their time and energy involved with their interest, often as a part of a social network --Wikipedia

sun dance

dances and songs passed down through many generations, the use of a traditional drum, a sacred fire, praying with a ceremonial pipe, fasting from food and water before participating in the dance, and, in some cases, the ceremonial piercing of skin and a trial of physical endurance --wikipedia

black pill

In the cultural genre of red pill and blue pill, the black pill "is about realizing nothing matters and there is nothing you can do that will change anything" --urbandictionary.com

T/F: USA is undergoing a spiritual revival

Calibrates higher than I expected. This is good news!

15 minutes of fame (concept)

short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression was inspired by a quotation misattributed to Andy Warhol: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." --wikipedia

Ordnung (Amish rules)

hard work, a woman's submission to her husband, mode of dress, and refusal to buy insurance. Outsiders often think of the Ordnung in terms of restrictions (e.g., no electrical power lines, no telephone in the home, no personal ownership of automobiles) --wikipedia

article: The Population Crash

There are three choices: Either go extinct within the next century, buy some time by replacing your own citizens with foreigners from poverty-stricken nations, or figure out how to convince women in prosperous societies to have more children.

approval rate of wokeness among Westerners with African heritage

What percentage of black people / people with African descent approve of the contemporary Western leftist M.O. of performatively worshiping 'Black XYZ'? --request

teddy bear

a popular children's toy... celebrated in story, song, and film --wikipedia

Happiness, by Steve Cutts

The animated story of an rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment. Is seeking happiness a trap? 38 million views

survivalism

A positive "-ism." Request: I find myself imagining emergency scenarios and the supplies and skills I’d need to get my family to safety. I don’t hoard MRE’s in my basement but I do think about key supplies to have on hand should a disaster occur.

American black-on-black crime (article)

"Racial profiling of blacks by other blacks is systemic and pervasive in the black community. One hears it in the music where the black gang lifestyle, murders, sexploitation, explicit and graphic sexual depictions of blacks, drugs, and violence are routinely celebrated" --americanmind.org

tradition: the lucky cigarette

flipping one cigarette upside down and saving it for last. This last cigarette is referred to as the “lucky cigarette” and it’s considered bad luck to smoke it before the others in the pack