Memes and Whatnot

Maybe it's because my family is too Indian, but we don't really have many memories that are associated with storytelling. The best I can do is a an old video of what I think was my birthday party from when I was four years old. Some context is necessary for the significance of this story to make sense. As a kid, and even now, I didn't express my wants. Whenever we'd go outside and my dad would ask do you want this or do you want that, I'd consistently say no, even if its something I wanted. I'm not sure where that behavior started, but it's something that has stuck with me until now. This video takes place twenty or so minutes before guests started to arrive for the party. You could see little me crying and complaining that we still didn't have a cake. My dad was filming him teasing me by asking why I wanted a cake. I snarkly responded with "I want a cake! Don't ask too many questions!" I think that was most assertive I've ever been in ...

I was going to write this blog about a certain someone — you know who you are — but it seems that this blog's prompt is limited to this week. In the odd chance you're reading this, hi :). Anyways I figured it's time to come back to the theme of this blog: politics.  There have been many occurences during the past week where I've made the conscious decision to judge someone and say: "huh you're a f*cking idiot." Most of this comes from all the time I  spend  waste reading through Republican Twitter accounts.  To Ewelina Krawczyk and your comment which states "To all President Trump's haters: has anybody invited you here and asked for comments?" I deem you worthy of the title of "f*cking idiot" as you've appeared to have forgotten the first amendment exists. People have the right to criticize the government. In a more self-reflective tone, me judging someone for a singular twitter comment makes me someone who jumps to conclusions ...

 I listened to episode 722: The Unreality of Now which essentially was a summary of Trump's false claims and scandals. Everything from his sexual assault allegation to his claim that mail-in ballots are a Democratic hoax. To be honest, I haven't gained much from listening to this, other than getting a sense of the magnitude of the drama that surrounds the current president. Since he's on the news literally every day, I've lost sight of just how much drama surrounds him.  In essence there are three parts to this. Part 1 is on sexual harassment. I can't say much more than DJT is a creep and should be in prison. Part 2 is on guns, which I do have opinions on. Trigger warning: Rednecks hate me. Part 3 is on polls, which again, I don't have many opinions on. Voting has been mismanaged starting all the way up from DeJoy as Postmaster General down to stupidly gerrymandered voting districts.  The second amendment states that the people have "a right to keep and bea...

 While writing satire, it's important to take a bold stance on the matter at hand. Obviously, it's impossible for every reader to understand the point being made, writing in a bold and obvious fashion increase the likelihood that the reader will understand. Satirical writing thrives on being quirky and non-obvious. It's essential that the topic and style of writing isn't one that is overused and cliche.  In hindsight, I should've written the preceding paragraph in a manner that encompasses more than just writing, but I'm too lazy to fix it so we're moving on to Banksy's artwork. The piece was the one of the Napalm Girl.  It's important to know the context to this picture, so here's the original photo of the Vietnam War:  In the original photo, the first thing that caught my attention was the Mickey Mouse and the Ronald McDonald. Both of these were considered to be staples of the American lifestyle. What's interesting about the Vietnam War was...

Washington DC - In between his last coughs , McConnell tells his attending doctor to ensure that his death is not attributed to the coronavirus. Dr. Pei states that McConnell expressed a desire to maintain his image that the coronavirus is not in fact real but an institution created by the left to subvert the power of the right. She said "His pupils dilated so large I could see the empty cavity inside his skull. This happened when he remembered that the senate would now be able to pass the coronavirus relief bill." In an interview with NBC two weeks ago, McConnell explores the linguist aspect of political dichotomies. He stated, "There's a reason the right is called the right; it's because it's right. Checkmate libt*rds."  His last words were "Tell the left it was tuberculosis, asthma, high cholesterol, inflated ego, stupidity — but goddamnit please don't say it was the coronavirus. I refuse to die of coronavirus and become another statistic....

  My blog is quite aptly named: a Confused Political Compass. For those of you who don’t know, the image on the right is what a political compass looks like. I’d like to point out the false dichotomy that exists in our world. People get labeled either Republican or Democratic, conservative or liberal, authoritarian or libertarian, communist or capitalist, and so on and so forth. The political compass, however, does a good job of highlighting that these stances are more nuanced than two mutually exclusive ideas. I concede that while it's possible that two people lie in complete opposition of each other in the context of the political compass, say for example someone falls extremely far economic-left and extremely libertarian versus a far economic-right and extremely authoritarian. But again, there’s more nuance to this than those 4 categories. Add in for example liberalism and conservatism, now you’ve got a political cube. Keep adding more and more categorizations and you’re left wi...

I wanted to spend this week's blogpost doing something other than taking a dump on Trump, but the events that have transpired since my last blogpost have altered my plans.  First of all, I completely condemn any of you radical woke liberals who wish death upon Trump. You truly are the scum of the earth. No one — not even Trump — deserves death. Have some compassion people, he too is a person after all.  Now, back to your scheduled dump on Trump. It takes a lot of hubris, my buzzword this week, to say  Don't be afraid of Covid .  I'll admit, I'm not a doctor so take what I say with a grain of salt (as should everything you see on the internet). Take a look at these videos, you tell me, how unafraid of Covid does he seem to you? Trump appears to be wincing in pain while he breathes pic.twitter.com/YKhGhu0VN0 — Brennan Murphy (@brenonade) October 5, 2020 Okay Donald, you're souped up on a bunch of drugs, including dexamethasone. Dexamethasone comes with a laundry ...