Let’s not have a world war. I’ve heard it’s really not good for you. I mean, I don’t get all the details, but they say it’s a bad idea so I guess we’ll steer clear of it… Right?
Category Archives: Politics and Society
Articles about society, people, and politics.
2020 Hingsight
Did, the coronavirus just give the expression “2020 Hindsight” a new meaning?
Post-Truth and Death
Post-Truther: Death sucks! It should be banned!
Second Post-Truther: When the hell is the politicians going to get their shit together and ban death? I mean, seriously?!
Third Post-Truther: I didn’t know politicians could ban death! Wow!
Fouth Post-Truther: WTF?! You can ban death and no one’s doing it? What the fuck is wrong with you politicians!?!
Fifth Post-Truther: You will see my revenge comes next election!
Snowflake
“Snowflake!”
“Oh, great. You’re quoting Fight Club… It’s sad you didn’t get that movie. Its message is that people with your attitude are way extreme. There are many things in the movie that could have told you that, but the exploding skyscrapers in the end definitely should have.”
Medicine without Science
Medicine without science is as stupid as drilling a hole in your head… which, of course is exactly what they did…
Power Corrupts and Attracts Corrupt People
Sometimes I wonder what is truer; that power corrupts or that power attracts corrupt people…
The Den of Thieves, Grifters, and Con-artists
“I’m visiting the den of thieves, grifters, and con-artists! Wish me luck!”
“Didn’t you visit the tax authorities last week?”
“Didn’t you visit the tax authorities last week?”
As Long As we’re Allowed to Nag About Extremism…
“Do you have to keep nagging about extremism? Seriously, no one is saying they’re going to start concentration camps or anything!”
“Yeah, Hitler didn’t win the german election on a program of world war, holocaust and the total destruction of Germany… however, given that he ended up taking his life in a bunker, I’m going to say not even he knew the final result of his political agenda.”
“You’re talking about something that isn’t going to happen again!”
“With a little luck… at least not as long as we’re allowed to nag about the consequences of that kind of thinking…”
Romantic Feminism
“Feminism? Isn’t that the thing that killed romance?”
“It killed old-school romance… proudly!”
“It killed old-school romance… proudly!”
Five Stages of Climate Change Denial
Stage 1: There is no climate change.
Stage 2: The climate is changing, but humanity is not responsible.
Stage 3: Humans are responsible, but there’s nothing we can do about it.
Stage 4: There are things humans can do about climate change, but it can’t be done in our country.
Stage 5: Why the hell didn’t anyone do anything about climate change?
Update: Apparently there’s also a:
Stage 0: The Earth has no climate (!)
I mean… wow…
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