Reddit - 10/13/2008
My apologies for not updating in twenty four years, but I just recently discovered a news aggregator named Reddit (as in reddit.com) and my god in heaven, is it addictive. Asides from pr0n, I spend more time searching through reddit than I do with any other internet activity. It's almost frightening how obsessed I've come with assimilating new information as it becomes available. I'm almost Borg-like in that respect. And to be honest, most of the news lately is political propaganda in one form or the other so I feel very HEATED about certain issues that I typically wouldn't give a shit about. Ooh, if Republicans are gonna call Obama 'Osama' than us Democrats will call Palin 'Stalin" (that's a reddit comment that I find ridiculous because Palin does not rhyme with Stalin, although I may agree with the analogy in terms of her self-serving, reptilian nature).
And then there's all that talk about the Federation of Light channelling information to a psychic about a mass UFO sighting purportedly taking place tomorrow, October 14th. And then there's a link to an article on New Scientist or Salon or some such that claims that "the more out of control an individual feels, the more likely it is that they'll cling to magical thinking". . .such as religion, spirituality, or new-age mysticism. And with the economy the way it is, that report speaks volumes about this alleged UFO sighting that's supposed to go down tomorrow. People are afraid about the upcoming elections (another four years of Bush politics in the form of McCain WOULD have me packing my bags and getting the hell out of dodge asap) and they're devastated financially with the mortgage crisis, unemployment, and the veritable disappearance of their 401k's. Is it any wonder that many of us are overwhelmed with feelings of insecurity? Of course we're gonna look elsewhere for answers, turning to our churches for comfort, and looking to the skies for hope. Our world is changing, and I'll be damned if it feels like things are changing for the better. And in the midst of this radical departure from normalcy, human beings will invariably project their uncertainty outwards ....which is obviously the source of all this scaremongering, hate-filled racial attacks, and end-of-times scenarios that seem to be proliferating now more than ever. Unfortunately, I don't think any major event is going to collapse society or change the way we see the world because we're too apathetic and self-centered to allow something other than our own survival and comfort to take precedence in our lives.
I truly feel that if a nuclear bomb detonates over American soil, or god help us...the elections are postponed indefinitely due to martial law or our new president should be assassinated ....this country has become so numb to world-events that it wouldn't take very long before we filed it away in our compartmentalized brains, chose to forget, and simply went on with our lives. It kills me to think that we've allowed ourselves to become lifeless zombies, but I don't see the passion or fire in Americans that used to cause us to get out there and rebel against tyranny anymore. I mean, seriously...is anyone, other than Rudolph Julianny, still fuming about the attacks on 9/11? As long as we have our internet, our cable, and our creature comforts....we'll gladly conform to a fascist regime. And that's the scariest, most depressing thought I've ever entertained, probably because there's an element of truth in it.
Well I'm telling you now, should any of those events transpire I will leave this country immediately, and that includes my family and those I love should they decide they're staying. I won't stay on the Titanic as it sinks into the icy Atlantic ocean, I'm not the captain of this cursed ship and it's not my job to do so. I'm a resourceful, intelligent coward and I'm going to demand a seat on a lifeboat with my FISTS. (haha, this is me updating my page from October 2010....looking back I realize how ridiculous and hopelessly naive I was. I still am, but at least I'm aware of it now)
