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Music or Torture?

Overlooked Outlook Posted on March 21, 2023 by adminMarch 21, 2023

Anyone who as ever listened to an 8-year-old trying to make music knows all too well that music can be torture.  A few minutes of them banging on a drum or trying to play Mary Had A Little Lamb on the harmonica and you will be ready to carve out your eardrums with a spoon.  Even the dog was distressed.

Apparently, the government notes this too.  They have a long history of using music as torture.  Manuel Noriega was assaulted with Black Sabbath in 1989.  In 1983 Koribians let by David Koresh were inundated with Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Were Made for Walking.”  No wonder they lit themselves on fire. (*1)

Detainees at CIA black sites in Iraq were forced to listen to the Barney Theme song. I know what you’re thinking: Who could possibly get tired of the Barney theme song.  But apparently some people find it annoying.

Now 7-Eleven has become the latest shady organization to use music as torture in an attempt to keep people from loitering outside their store.  Shocking.  People want to loiter around a 7-Eleven?  But apparently it’s true.  It seems to be a magnet for those undesirable types… like needy people and the homeless. Yucky. We wouldn’t want such people soiling the high esteem with which we hold convenience stores.

So the chain, finding that Twinkies form the Regan era a three week old hot dog forever turning in the heating chamber weren’t enough to turn people away has reached down deep into the bad of dirty tricks in order to chase people off its premises: Opera music.  They play it on speakers outside the store, which is almost as depressing as the idea of loitering around a 7-Eleven.

“Opera is annoying.” says Jagat Patel, a franchise in Austin Texas..(*2). Apparently not everyone agrees. Outside a 7-Eleven in Union Square, a man begged for spare change.  “Opera music is beautiful” he said.  “Ooh, opera! I love opera” to which all you opera fans out there, (all 27 of you) can smile a wry smile.

  1. Or more accurately, the FBI lit the compound on fire during their ill fated raid and then blamed it on the sect members.
  2. Adam Iscoe, “Louder,” the New Yorker, January 30, 2023, p. 1

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Tagged 7-eleven, government, music, opera, torture

Better Brains Through Music

Overlooked Outlook Posted on March 11, 2023 by adminMarch 11, 2023

There’s been a lot of hype about how Mozart can make you smarter. But the truth is that ANY music can boost mental acuity so long as it’s something you enjoy listening to. So rock on dead heads or get your groove on to Puff Daddy if you’d like. It’s not about the beat, it’s about how the music stimulates you.

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Posted in Brain & Neruoscience, Miscellaneous

What Spiders Do When High

Overlooked Outlook Posted on January 31, 2023 by adminJanuary 31, 2023

In 1995, NASA engaged in some rather unique research: they funded a study to give drugs to spiders, then assessed the toxicity of each drug based on the shape of the web the spiders spun while intoxicated. (Can I get three big hoorahs for our tax dollars at work!) What … Continue reading →

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Posted in Drugs & Addiction, Science | Tagged behavior on drugs, caffeine, drugs, effects of drugs, marijuana. stoned, spider. science

A Devious Twist On New Year Resolutions

Overlooked Outlook Posted on December 27, 2022 by adminDecember 27, 2022

This is the wonderful time of the year when we all get to look back on our lives and reflect on what an abject failure we’ve been. Realizing this, we are then compelled to make pledges for all the wondrous strides we’ll make in the coming year. We’re all going … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Life

Overlooked Outlook Posted on December 1, 2022 by adminDecember 1, 2022

“There’s a difference between a happy life and one filled with purpose. They may overlap, but they don’t always go hand in hand (think of a social activist jailed for expressing her beliefs, or a Doctors Without Borders volunteer who contracts Ebola). But even with its challenges, a meaningful life … Continue reading →

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Childhood Insecurities Carried Over

Overlooked Outlook Posted on September 8, 2022 by adminSeptember 8, 2022

“Never being popular as a kid was always an insecurity for me. Even as an adult, I still have recurring flashbacks of sitting at lunch tables alone or hiding in a bathroom stall, or trying to make a new friend and being laughed at. In my twenties I found myself … Continue reading →

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Posted in Miscellaneous, Personal Growth & Development

Porta Potty Diving

Overlooked Outlook Posted on August 9, 2022 by adminAugust 9, 2022

Have you ever had one of those really, really, really bad days? How does it measure up to the really bad day experienced by the woman I’m about to discuss? Firefighters were called to the top of Mount Walker in Washington to rescue a woman who fell headfirst into an … Continue reading →

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Tagged cell phone, humor, porta potty

Different Facts for Different Folks

Overlooked Outlook Posted on July 9, 2022 by adminJuly 9, 2022

In case you haven’t noticed, it seems Americans are living in completely separate realities these days. This isn’t all that surprising: perception is a fickle beast, dependent upon a myriad of factors. People can see the same situation in completely different ways depending on their knowledge, experience, hopes, aspirations, insecurities, … Continue reading →

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Tagged culture, history, school text books, wars

Lobsters Getting Stoned

Overlooked Outlook Posted on June 20, 2022 by adminJanuary 31, 2023

Scientists at the University of California conducted a study to get lobsters high on marijuana. Why, you might ask? Apparently, they were inspired by a restaurant owner in Maine who said she gets the creatures stoned before boiling them alive. How considerate of her. If I were about to be … Continue reading →

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Posted in Miscellaneous, Science | Tagged lobsters. stoned. drugs, marijuana. lab test

Chopping Off Your Hand Due to a Misunderstanding

Overlooked Outlook Posted on June 14, 2022 by adminJune 14, 2022

We humans are silly little creatures, and abstract beliefs rule our lives. On a routine basis, we destroy ourselves over ideas that exist only in our minds. Perhaps no incident illustrates this point better than the case of a 15-year-old Pakistani boy who cut off his own hand due to … Continue reading →

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