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Cake day: March 11th, 2024

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  • I think that it has gotten substantially worse in the last 10 years, but I don’t have hard data.

    At first I thought it was just a festival phenomenon, where people present might not be particularly interested in that act. But it happens at individual band shows, and not just during the opening act.

    Are people more self-absorbed? Or have ticket prices ironically meant a higher percentage of filthy rich people in attendance who don’t care all that much?














  • Cheer up a little. The article’s timing is just poor. There was a news story a short while ago that the new reformist President has ordered the morality police to curb their enforcement of the dress code for women. No, it’s not release of past protesters, but it’s a step in the right direction.

    Most Iranians hate the religious police, but democracy is weak in the country. The Supreme Leader and the religious council have frequently removed reformers from the ballot. It’s practically one party rule like China.