DoY 343

 Who is us?

Us is ignorant and proud of it.  Us knows that science is when you have a laboratory.  Us knows that critical thinking is something nice people don't do.  Us knows that cops are our friends.  Us knows that rape happens outside the family.  Us knows that humans are the only animals who think.  Us knows that the sky is way up there, and holds little tiny, bright stars.  Well, those of us who don't live in cities know about stars in the sky.  Those of us who live in cities know stars are people in Hollywood.  Us knows drugs are made by evil people, and only bad people take them, except the good drugs, of course, those made by huge corporations who only have our best interests at heart.  Us knows that guns are bad, and if it weren't for guns, none of us would ever kill another of us.  Us knows a lot!  And us don't want any facts to confuse us.

DoY 336

 Who is us?

Us is amazing.  Us really believes, or us says us do, this universe has a God and His responsibility is to make the world nicer for us.  Where have us been the last 50,000 years?  Or even the last 2,000?  Did us not notice the Black Death?  World War I?  The Depression?  The Dust Bowl?  World War II?  The Cold War?  The rise of autocracy?  Were any of these examples of nicer?  Us is amazing.  Us don't need no hoaxers.  Us flimflams ourselves!

DoY 329

 Who is us?

Us is maybe a little goofy.  Maybe more than a little.  Us invents our holidays.  Us celebrates the founding of our country on a day when it wasn't founded. (Thirteen colonies, not one nation, declared independence on that day in 1776.)  Us commemorates the end of World War I and us calls it Veterans Day, or us gets confused and calls it Memorial Day, which celebrates the end of May.  Us celebrates the beginning of September and the beginning of the school year and calls it Labor Day, flying in the face of Labor Day as celebrated in much of the rest of the world on Mayday.  (We can't do that because it's communist and whatever the communists do we have to do differently.)  Us marks one day for giving thanks, and choose that day according to some story about one of the few times the Pilgrims were decent and civilized to the neighbors who had helped keep them alive.  Us is many things, but logical or reasonable us is not.  And us is defiantly proud of that!

DoY 322

 Who is us?

Us is flimflamable.  Yep, nonsense ignites us.  We let the NYT tell us that rising inflation puts heat on WDC, and we wonder, "Wait!  Should I have my knickers in a knot about inflation?"  We don't even remember what inflation is - that merchants screw us out of more money this week than they screwed us out of last week.  We think there's an actual bug called "inflation" and somebody somewhere - evidently in WDC - has the job of stomping on it.  Oh my people!  You shouldn't worry about critical race theory - you don't know what that means either, you should worry about our lack of critical thinking.

DoY 315

 Who is us?

Us is intelligent.  Us is!  How else could us juggle the set of lies us tells us about us?  How else could us espouse ideals and principles so against our own self-interests that they're practically suicidal?  Yet some 40% to 45% of us is Republicans.  How could the rest of us win an election, and squabble away the time us has to do something maybe useful instead of just doing it?  How could some large group of us argue about whether to stifle or maybe end a pandemic?  How could some of us want to keep any cure or vaccine us comes up with close at home?  Does us not understand pandemic?

Yes, Pogo,  We have met the enemy, and he is truly us.

discovery

Wow! I just discovered that I can blog from my phone!

Who'da thunk?

DoY 308

 Who is us?

Us is a gloomy subject.  I guess us needn't be.  Us has potential.  Us could change.  Us haven't changed much for millennia, as well as I can tell.  But us could,  Us cowld wake up tomorrow generous, kind, thoughtful, hospitable, sharing, amicable, empathetic.  Us could!  Us is halfway there anyway, isn't us?  All us has to do is delete a few habits, right?  Like jealousy, murder, war, maiming, rape, rioting, torture, gaslighting, ratfucking, those.  But damn!  They're so much fun!  Probably not, huh?