One "My Followers" (tremble, ye mighty) raises an excellent point about the times we live in. Go read her stuff, by-the-by; it's light, but then so is a good wine with tasty cheese and fruits. Mmm, satisfying.
A good break from my own fare of neutronium stew.
Fact: A cheif component of the current malfunction, in both economic and societal terms, is that too many people by half have become too convinced by three-quarters that they have an entitlement to live like the people they see on television. My freind Tyler has something to say about that.
Newsflash: What you see on TV? It isn't real. I don't mean that in some soapbox, Sarah Palin "real America" bull-shit kinda way. I mean its faked. Even the newsreels of the celebrities too many of you worship; not staged events, but the way it looks on TV? What you think you're seeing? First class, Grade A, Top Shelf, Number-One-GI Bullshit.
Let me give you an example: The singer Rihanna? People she'd never met in places she'd never been see this on the TV and suddenly they're experts on her life and relationship, full of sage wisdom and snickering quietly about the girl doing it to herself. Not one of them ever quite manage to make the connection between the beaten, bloodied pictures in the media and the young woman trying to figure out just what the hell she's going to do.
No. That's someone else, someone far, far away, living a charmed life; she got what she deserved, right? What do you think?
No, I'm not blaming "The Media", I'm blaming you. Every single last bleeding one of you who sit there, demanding to be entertained and paying the producers of the crap, because it just encourages them to keep it up. Why on earth would they stop showing a world of immediate super-indulgence? Of constant privilige and prolific material wealth? You pay them fot it!
Kite is right. Excessive materialism and unrealistic expectations are a huge component of what go us into this mess. So I hereby promote her from mere rank and file Follower to "Minion". Now go forth and beat some sense into someone deserving.
I suggest using a rock.
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Ahahaha.. follower eh? Oh I'm trembling.. with giggle fits. Especially after that wine and cheese statement.. XD
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah.. Rihanna.. I feel bad for her. She apparently loves the man enough to take him back even after that, and people thinking they know everything about her isn't helping. The worst part is probably the fact that half the people laughing have never been through it. It's easy to say that you will or you would when you've never been put in the situation.. so Dr. Phil's disciples desperately need to stuff it and mind their own business. Don't they think she's confused and hurt enough as it is? She is only human. And it's only a "simple choice" if you're on the sidelines..
Don't even get me started on.. yeah I'm not saying anymore. I'll be here all night. =X
Why thank you! A minion! Weeee! Can you summon me? Agh I've been WoWing too much.. what are the ranks? I know two so far.. I think I may promote you to minion too.. XD
You're too nice though.. a rock? I'd stuff bricks in my purse and use that. My purse has a nice wide swinging range too so I'm set. =D