Then they added a turn table, hired Suge, and the rest is history.

True, and it really is the beauty of data that even though it seems 'hard', there is still plenty to interpret and discuss.

I agree 100% that society isn't in a great head space. I personally believe that to be a problem largely of mindset and outlook on the future, which is learned based on experience and what info one is intaking.

The news, for instance, is not a public service. Its eye candy to sell the crap on the commercials, just like cartoons, comedy specials, and sitcoms.

A lot of people are sad because they see 10 of 10 sad stories, and this leads a human to believe all is sad. There's plenty of love in the world.

Almost as insulting as being an actual intellectual, which is seemingly ad hominem attacks unrelated to my comments.

Objectivity is rarely achieved by the press, much less reddit.

Its true all over though. Crime down, fear of crime up. Actual bigotry down, accusations of racism way up.

Anecdotes have overtaken stats as the driver of way too many aspects of our lives.

The whole "calm down" and "relax!" responses are part of our new linguistic jujitsu. I wrote the above while taking my morning shit and was and am super relaxed (in my home w a 3.5% interest rate)

Nah, my cohort just realized there's a bunch of suckers for victim status. Its weird. People wear hardships like pieces of flair.