No. 84 of 108

September 5, 2025

Medical researchers believe they have discovered the cause behind the rising number of hemorrhoids among young adults of all genders, a condition usually found among older adults. The culprit? Sitting on the toilet for a longer period of time than generations past due to using their mobile devices while… [Note: readers desirous of more details should look up the news articles on this subject.]

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To be clear, this post could have been about the first contraction of the labor market since the first quarter of the pandemic, and how it is possible to have a perfect storm because the interconnectedness of labor, self-inflicted chaos, markets, and supply lines would make it impossible to return to the economic fundamentals of decades past, even by the force and will of a ruler. Why write about more personal pain in the you know what? Well, you may have missed this news while doomscrolling in an unhelpful position. And this news is something you can do something a-butt. Sorry, about. This, too, self-inflicted.