Notices by Dr. Maddkap, Werepsychologist (drmaddkap@meow.social)

@thomasfuchs @NealBabcock @drmaddkap But here’s the thing - for the mega corps that do this, they have hundreds of millions of dollars. But they want to “help” those of us who are broke to donate to charity. When they could do 1000x more good than all of us combined.

It’s a way of generating good PR, while encouraging the poor to help the other poor.

I have $1,000 in my wallet. My friend has $5. I pressure him into giving me a dollar so I can donate it to charity.

This is exactly how those appeals to donate the change at cash registers work.

I hope Elon buys Chick-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby next.

Yes I know the creator of the GIF said it is supposed to be pronounced "JIF". But he's dead, and I don't care if he's rolling in his jrave right now.

When Geraldo opened "Al Capone's Secret Vault" live on TV, I was watching it with my Dad.

My Dad watched the build up to the opening and said "That's just a trash tunnel".

I asked him what that was, and he explained that in the 20s and 30s, there wasn't regular trash pickup, so some businesses just dug long tunnels in their basement, dumped trash in, and when it was full, walled it off.

And that's exactly what it turned out to be.

keming: (n) what happens to words when your font has poor kerning

Here’s the 2nd most shocking thing I learned when becoming a psychologist:

Some people have an inner voice and some don’t. When reading this post, some people will hear a voice in their head reading it. Others won’t. This also means that while some people’s thoughts occur in language, other’s occur in symbols and images.

Which are you?

I don’t believe that this product has 4.5 stars, unless the reviews are all from people trying to kill their elderly relatives and make it look like an accident.

“What grandma? Your glasses? Oh they must be downstairs. You should go get them.”

Where do the bad rainbows go?

Prism.

They get a light sentence.

It gives them time to reflect.

We make a lot of movies and TV shows about aliens who say they come in peace, and then try to plunder our world for natural resources.

If we had a hyperdrive, we would totally BE those aliens.

My mood today.

@gwynnion Which begs the question, if it was known Sunday that the sub was instantly destroyed with 0% chance of survival ... why was all this money spent on a rescue?

The cost of the rescue effort for the billionaires in the sub is already about $6.5 million.

Meanwhile, my good friend just got fired from his job in the middle of chemotherapy for stage 3 cancer, and he's considering selling his house and moving his family (wife and 2 young kids) into an apartment), so he can pay for treatment to try and live.

Things That Were Punishments As a Kid, But Are Now Life Goals

1. Don't leave your bedroom.
2. Go to bed.
3. Don't leave the house.
4. You can't go to a party.
5. Take a bath.

Americans really will use anything but the metric system.

Have you ever been reading over an email you're going to send, when the part of your brain that controls your hand goes, "ENOUGH, WE'RE SENDING IT NOW!" and clicks?

Well, the US is sending tanks to Ukraine. Russia has stated that this represents a major escalation of the war.

We'll see soon if they are bluffing. I think all of NATO has concluded that they are. Russia would be insane to take on NATO.

A game changer would be if China decided to help reinforce Russia.

@silverwizard You said "contend" when I think you meant "embrace".