What's it like inside an insane asylum?

“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds;
our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One of the entertainments in 17th Century London was the Bethlehem Hospital, also known as Bedlam, which allowed "sane" townspeople to visit and observe the lunatics.

We're deprived of this fun, because we've closed most of our lunatic asylums, but never fear: We have the media bringing us the antics of the crazy. Let's see what life is like in our insane asylum.

New Florida Bill Could Ban Dogs From Sticking Heads Out of Car Windows. 
 
Minnesota Woodshop Bans White People From Nordic Spoon-Carving Class
 

Harriet Hageman To Blast Fish And Wildlife Service Sob Sessions On ‘Ecogrief

Biden Repeats Bizarre Story About Nurse Who Rubbed His Face: “She’d Whisper in My Ear… and She’d Lean Down and Breathe on Me

Media loving forewoman who longs to subpoena Trump is fan of ‘green witchcraft’ and casting spells

Scientists Are Using AI to Talk To Animals and Plants

Restoring Sight to Blind People 'Reinforces Moral Superiority of Those Without Disabilities'

Fetterman Hearing Voices Like Teacher in 'Peanuts' as He Struggles to Recover

Atlantic Writer Reveals How Magic Trinket Made Her Hate Her Gas Stove Even More

Feminists Wear Pink to Support Trans Man Who Killed Ex-Girlfriend

“As an architectural marvel, Bethlem appeared in at least thirty-six tourist guides in 1681.”
― Catharine Arnold, Bedlam: London and Its Mad

~ Luna

 

"We live in an age in which it is no longer possible to be funny. There is nothing you can imagine, no matter how ludicrous, that will not promptly be enacted before your very eyes, probably by someone well known."
~ Malcolm Muggeridge

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