Hans Hölzel Stan Act

Even as an advertiser (especially as an advertiser), I am convinced that outlawing advertising is the best thing we can do for our world now. More than gun control. More than tackling climate change. More than lowering the price of eggs. Removing these advanced manipulation tools would force everyone—politicians included—to snap back into reality. By outlawing advertising, the machinery of mass delusion would lose its most addictive and toxic fuel.

I started out reading this smugly saying to myself yeah, right.

But by the end I'm sold. Let's ban advertising.

We can start small, maybe with city ordinances. Then roll it out county wide, then at the state level. Once other states see how quiet and sane things can be, they'll adopt the ban too. The ones that don't will remain snarling islands of rage & delusion until the people move away.

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萩原 卓哉／Hagihara Takuya

That's what V-coding is. That is why they are so adamant about sending trans women to men's prisons, because sex trafficking trans women within the men's prison system is an essential part of that system. Being misgendered by this isn't even an issue that's on our radar!

The quarterback had been told he needed to get his grades up but he wasn’t sure why the Dean recommended he wear a bow tie. Regardless, by the time he had it tied, it was too late. The magic was already working. His vision worsened and he found himself needing thick glasses. His features weakened and he dropped from 180 lbs of muscle to a scrawny 130 pounds. A metallic taste filled his mouth as heavy braces appeared. And finally, a hefty weight tugged at his shirt as an overloaded pocket protector appeared in his shirt pocket.

At first he was horrified, but only for a moment. Soon his terror at his transformation gave way to a sense of profound curiosity… and a desire to spend his Saturdays at the library. No longer would he wake up early for practice; instead he would be studying the classics. Of course, he had to drop off the team but he was now a straight A student in Library Sciences so he didn’t really care. And the Dean was pleased with the success. The next Monday, a bow tie would arrive on at the dorm of every male student on campus.