The Famous and the Infamous

Peter Chang is getting closer and closer to you.

Here's an update on Ke$ha-- excuse me, it's Kesha now.

This is supposed to be cute, but I never realized it was cute to give someone a ticket.  But everyone seems to think it's funny, and that paints the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in a good light, so it's a win.

This is either a failure of math or a failure of constitutional legal history, but either way, it's a failure.

On the one hand, it's impressive, but on the other hand, 1) it's just listening to some guy name numbers and 2) it's supposed to be 40 minutes long.



Responses:

1. There is a decidedly paternalistic vibe in some of the ad campaigns and efforts directed to young people in favor of Obamacare (this ad takes that idea almost literally).  But this tack (alongside the Jimmy Fallon appearance(s) and other entertainment ventures) seems to be just as bad.  It reminds me of an episode of South Park where the kids have to go to an assembly at school where three young people, pretending to be cool and rapping and such, talk about the evils of smoking.  At the end of the assembly, they say, "And if you don't smoke, you could grow up to be just like us!"  The next scene is the kids frantically smoking as many cigarettes as possible.

2. I suspect proximity to his family and familiarity is one motivation (it's 2 hours from where he lives).  I think your comment with respect to Asians has been broadly true of immigrants for a time in this country, but recent changes in thought with respect to identity politics have muted the impact of that way of thinking.  I know that Asian parents are your primary source of knowledge and that you don't say that necessarily to the exclusion of other groups, immigrant or otherwise, but I think it bears mentioning because the ideas are more far-reaching than just the Asian community.  In fact, the main reason that the Asian community appears to stand out in this regard is because the other immigrant groups that had this mindset 1) came from Europe so appear just to be white people now and 2) have so successfully assimilated that we don't even think of them as Irish-American, Italian-American, German-American, etc., anymore.  It might take a few more generations for that to happen with Asian people since there is a superficial racial difference.

4. So far I haven't heard a credible argument against what Susan Patton actually said.  She's right on a pure numbers basis.  I could think of one or two criticisms (e.g. getting married at or before age 22 is risky), but even then, there is still some value in what she's saying that could benefit young people (e.g. targeting great schools with strong alumni networks in cities in which you are interested might be a good way to attain the benefits without marrying too young).

5. Don't bother - the only tips they offer are roasting vegetables, which we already know how to do, and grilling vegetables, which is essentially the same technique (i.e. dry-cooking vegetables at a very high temperature).

6. Do you like hipsters now?

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3. I ran out of chocolate...

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