Category Archives: Sweets & Scissors

Sex, music, racism, inequality etc. – so beautiful, so absurd. Mike Hampton has something to say about it. Maybe the odd diary entry too…

10 reasons why I’m deleting Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter

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I’m closing my Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter on 31 January 2021 for the following 10 reasons: We’ve become products. I’m against digital human trafficking. Targeted marketing kills the natural human instinct to explore. Targeted posts should never aim at the worst in people. Sharing our data is sharing our lives. No one would have said “yes” at the start. Social media apps purposely target addiction; human frailty that should be overcome not encouraged. These MegaApps have grown stupidity and vanity at the expense of creativity and intelligence. I’m sick of … Read the full article…

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The 500 best foreign language movies

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Only 337-million of us speak English as a first language. That means that we can enjoy movies in foreign languages from 7.5-billion fellow human beings. To not watch foreign movies is to deprive ourselves of most of the world. I refuse to be culturally ignorant. These are my favourites, ranked in order. They include action, horror, sci-fi, comedy and a lot of drama. I’ve posted the list on IMDB so that it will be easy for me to update as I watch more. Click here to view ‘Wicked Mike’s 500 … Read the full article…

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Wicked Mike’s 13 Best Albums 2020

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Before the corruption of politics drowned me, I was a music lover. The associated websites may be dead but not the emotions in me. Consequently, I was pleased to trade emails with the lead singer of Deity’s Muse regarding our favourite albums of 2020. That become this blog. Most heavy music was unimpressive this year. It felt too similar to what has been before, not as the warmth of an old friend but as boredom. Rage no longer sounds genuine. Even clever playing felt contrived. Considering covid, its an irony… … Read the full article…

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Wicked Mike’s Best Documentaries 2020

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These are the best international documentaries 2020 ranked. There are over 70 of them. Although the majority are English, foreign language truth-telling dominates the top spots. Below my summary are their trailers. The best documentary educates and makes a difference. ‘Collective’ gets the #1 position because it kept building and revealing, and then changed the dirty Romanian government. Corruption is the greatest challenge of our times, so this is an important lesson in that our silence can result in our death… or a change in our politicians. As power consolidates … Read the full article…

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Sex, little girls, pretty women and Netflix

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As a newcomer to Netflix, I was addicted yesterday. I watched until my eyes bled tears into the morning. I found it to be fantastic entertainment but unfortunately also a metaphor for our society’s explicit and implicit sexualisation of underage girls. Life, for many, is going to work and returning to watch Netflix (which is ironically both the escape from work and avoidance of the dissatisfied lives worked for). It’s understandable that people are hypnotised. My takeaway spaghetti thought concerns sexuality, nature versus exploitation. Thoughts on movie thumbnails and a French … Read the full article…

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Video: Mask-refusing LFN judgement supporter makes fool of himself in shop

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Yesterday, I criticised the Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) for it’s self-proclaimed President, Reyno de Beer, making a fool of himself on ENCA News. I’d been frustrated since watching him on the Germ podcast, telling people not to wear masks as if they were Confederate flags to be waved for liberty. His attitude encourages idiots like the one in the video below. It’s made more ironic by this happening in a Clicks healthcare store. REFUSES TO WEAR MASK This man was indecent and legally incorrect. Admission is reserved. If he didn’t … Read the full article…

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Jeff Bezos, the best trillionaire animal among us!

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Jeff Bezos is worth R3-trillion. He’s done everything right to be the best animal among us. It’s survival of the fittest. He deserves to be King. The 500 wealthiest people are worth R100-trillion. The interest from that is enough to run South Africa forever. No need for taxes. Imagine that. But the reality is that we, like the rest of the world, are getting recession, and some big companies are going to gobble up more small companies, and more robots will occupy our office chairs – some of them will … Read the full article…

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