House of Eratosthenes

I see the new President held a press conference. The liberals who won’t allow me to question his election victory are squeeing over it and flapping their hands, as if we’ve seen some actual good results come of this.

Dr. Fauci’s relief that he’s now working with fellow liberals, is palpable. I hope that translates into something beneficial for all, I really do. Liberals-working-for-other-liberals hasn’t done good things for us here in California, but every day is a new day.

Meanwhile, the bad guys are testing limits. What’s it worth to them to test limits? Two assholes plus 32 deaths worth of collateral damage, and another 100 wounded. American media doesn’t report on this much. They’re more worried about Placeholder Joe’s favorite flavor of ice cream.

The Elder Abuse Victim in Chief has signed a flurry of executive orders. No more America First, no more wall, come on in COVID-infected illegal aliens, death of women’s sports. Our friends neighbors co-workers who voted blue are lining up for their congratulations and wondering why they’re not getting them. Those of us who can see what’s wrong with all this aren’t congratulating them so we’re to blame for the ensuing conflict. We’re not shaming either. No high-fives, no shaming…we’re wondering why everyone in the country is living and thinking in silos. Well maybe that’s why.

They shame our guys with the flimsy logic of, “If these assholes who stormed the capitol supported Trump then he must support them, and you must support them too.” It’s the most serious kind of category error but look how well it worked. Formerly loyal politicians, pundits and back-benchers all leaped backward. It was an explosion. It was like a barrel of Menthos tossed in a swimming pool of Diet Coke. Not me! Not me! Not me!

Our side sucks at shaming their side. We’re not political. We’re farmers, construction workers, homeschooler parents, sewer pipe cleaners, animal husbandry professionals, etc. who make time for politics under protest. Yeah just a few of us are software weenies too. We’re all stealing precious minutes and hours away from other pursuits that are more worthy, because we’re cornered and we’ve figured out if we don’t care about politics at all, politics will surely care about us. We don’t shame them because it isn’t in our nature, it’s not part of what we do, and it would require a bit of extra time on top of the time we’ve invested already. For which we have yet to see a good return.

Hate to say it, but you’re seeing the default state: People who have spent their entire lives building exactly nothing, come up with the standards, policies and guidelines to be enforced upon the people who build the things. And they do this with fancy speeches. They steal the good results from the people who build the things, like for example the Trump administration with Operation Warpspeed, and they get cheered on by other people who reason emotionally, build exactly nothing. and make a lot of noise.

“What’s it worth to them to test limits?”
Seriously?
Now they know how many ammo-free “spear holder” supernumeraries they need, and how tall to make the fences, to decorate their important events .
Oh, not THOSE “bad guys”?
- CaptDMO | 01/24/2021 @ 09:50
Sometimes, I think “those people” – the ones that get all wrapped up in these elaborate plots to make some incredible thing happen – well, they’re the Prom Committee, grown up and in Full Throttle.
They rush around, busily making Important Decisions, like the EXACT shade of blue that will PERFECTLY complement the other theme colors in the prom’s palette (which – completely coincidentally – match perfectly the blue in their own eyes).
They fuss and fuss, and – in that stunning moment when they enter the room – accept the applause and ‘oooh-ing’ as their rightful due
Life after prom is SUCH a disappointment. Probably why most of them become event planners or wedding consultants.
For the rest of us, it was ‘nice’. Just not world-shaking.
Same with politics – THEY see vindication of their viewpoint, before ALL the world.
We see smarmy politicians, working overtime to smash their opponents into goo, using any underhanded means.
The two viewpoints will NEVER see the same events in the same way.
- rau | 01/26/2021 @ 04:30
[…] distress. However, he soon slipped under the waves and out of sight. His friends sent out an alarm.House of Eratosthenes Our side sucks at shaming their side. We’re not political. We’re farmers, construction workers, […]
- Strange Daze | 02/04/2021 @ 09:14

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