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The "Sideways" Effect

1. "As of 2017, Pinot Noir production in California had increased about 170%, a phenomena dubbed "The Sideways Effect." The movie may also have temporarily suppressed sales of Merlot. Merlot sales dropped around 2% between the movie's release in 2004 and 2008, while Pinot sales during that period rose 16%." -  https://wine.lovetoknow.com/ wiki/Sideways_-_the_Movie 2. "Pinot noir production in California has increased roughly 170 percent since Sideways was released," says wine industry analyst Gabriel Froymovich of Vineyard Financial Associates, noting that total wine grape production has increased 7 to 8 percent during the same time. "I think people who were into wine saw the passion for pinot noir in the movie, decided to explore that variety a bit, and realized how lovely a wine that grape makes." -  https://www.npr.org/ sections/thesalt/2017/07/05/ 535038513/the-sideways-effect- how-a-wine-obsessed-film- reshaped-the-industry 3. "...t...

The 8 Year Old Adult

22-Year-Old Explains Why She's Stuck In The Body Of An 8-Year-Old | I Am Shauna Rae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUQX4qknJho I’m 22 & stuck in the body of an 8-year-old – only creeps want to date me https://nypost.com/2021/12/17/im-22-stuck-in-the-body-of-an-8-year-old-only-creeps-want-to-date-me/ I’m 22 & stuck in the body of an 8-year-old - I take pole-dancing but only creeps want to date me, says Shauna Rae | The US Sun https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4290987/22-stuck-body-8-year-old-pole-dancing-lessons/ This is extremely interesting. It seems like a story out of the world of fiction... a real life version of all the fantasies about adults inhabiting children's bodies, like the movie Big . Seriously though, think about the moral quandary this puts society in... the idea of a sexual relationship with someone who literally has the body of a child. This is not the same as dwarfism... a dwarf can become a biological adult... just a scaled down version of one. This ...

Ethical Fading

"Morality is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality "Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that 'involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior'. The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value; these fields comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics "While they're closely related concepts, morals refer mainly to guiding principles, and ethics refer to specific rules and actions, or behaviors." - https://www.dictionary.com/e/moral-vs-ethical/ "Ethical fading occurs when we are so focused on other aspects of a decision that its ethical dimensions fade from view." - https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/video/ethical-fading What is Ethical Fading? | Simon Sinek - https://www.youtub...