There were protests today. They marched in the streets clothed in assuredness and self-righteousness, and like always it started peaceful…….. but someone triggered the madness. There were shouts and there was stuff thrown. The cops showed up. I heard they shut the place down because of the chaos. Their screaming and shouting turned into rhythmic chants…. it was disorganized, but then they found their wave…first quietly……then more forceful….then louder……. louder please……LOUDER…..the frenzy stirring a cocktail of action because of course they’re right and they must take action!!! We must take action now!!!
Wait, there’s a body! Or at least Facebook said there was? Someone died? Over this? Can you believe it? All of this rioting, what does it accomplish? How can it be worth a life? Those people are idiots and the ruining of our country and what it stands for!
Damn, I’m sorry, I forgot to tell you what political party they were or what color their skin is! It doesn’t matter. Your mind has already established that for you. So just go with white or black, or left or right, or whatever makes you feel justified. And if you can’t figure it out clearly enough so that you feel all cushy inside, simply go to facebook and type in “Protests in the US today result in…….” and the almighty social media will appreciate your sacrifice to them and fill in the blanks for you if for some reason you didn’t have a preconceived prejudice that already painted faces on the bodies in my speech.
It’s a beastly satisfying thing, having technology do in minutes what used to take years of generational ignorance and hatred. It really does make “Feeling Right” much more effortless and charismatic. (Dad please forgive me for that last sentence. It was for context and theatrical deliverance. You actually taught me to love people for how they behaved and for their character but that really would’ve ruined the mood if I went there.) Let’s be honest, algorithms show that I’m middle class successful so it’s impossible I love people simply for who they are. I have to have an angle. And trust me, the algorithms are never wrong, 14 ads popped up today for AR-15s and dooms day dehydrated food that will last for 67 years. Powder lasagna and apple cobbler in 2087 is going to be the bomb!!!! You’re all going to feel so stupid sitting their (freak out grammar police) munching on brain nuggets with your zombie friends. If that doesn’t convince you who I am, nothing will. I really hope the sarcasm is dripping by now. That’s my intent.
Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch and go relay race right up to the final moment
Buckminster Fuller
I’ve become so exhausted with the climate of todays world that I’m seriously considering deleting my social media apps. But, is it actually todays world, or is it just a perception of a world force fed to me through a 6in. sq. iphone screen?
So before I hit the almighty “delete my avatar profile” button…… if I do because I’m addicted just like each of you and life will cease as I know it….., I’d like to challenge 50 friends to watch THE SOCIAL DILEMMA on Netflix. Yes I said 50, because you’re my friends and I roll with over-achievers. I just finished it. This isn’t something I copied and pasted from a chain post. This is something that weighs heavy on my heart. I love people……but I don’t love people on social media. I love this world….. but I don’t love the world I see on my phone. I love golf….. but I don… nevermind, Golf is great everywhere. And yes, they got that algorithm right. I’m 44 white, republican, executive, and play golf. I mean really, the intern from University of Alabama formulated that one to hook me with Advertisements on his first day at Google. I get it, I’m simple, but….. Geaux Tigers.
I really don’t believe democrats, or republicans, or left wing, or right wing, or a certain race has anything to do with the anger or frustrations in the world right now. I believe it is our perception of the other race, the other political association, or the other religion that is the cause. Who feeds us that perception of the other side? I’m a winner and I have won under Bush, Clinton, Obama, and Trump. Every day I had to get up and work no matter the President. Has man progressed as much as technology? No, not even close. Maybe, just maybe, technology may be showing you what you want to see, to feel right or justified, because we’re lazy and technology passed us up and we are now exhausted trying to keep up with the machine.
I’m what I consider an open minded conservative who is also as insanely committed to certain beliefs as anyone. I don’t waiver on them , but I don’t put those beliefs on social media because I try to simply demonstrate them in the real world, not the cyber world. Love they neighbor as thyself, do unto others, blah, blah, blah……. I love living in a world where I’m able to create jobs for people, or help my neighbor with their yard or fixing their house. Am I privileged, yes. I’m privileged to have become someone that can do good things for other people with my brains and my hands. Man, I hope I live up to that responsibility. It weighs on me daily and keeps me up at 2 AM writing stupid stuff on the interweb. God gave me a gift for building stuff and fixing stuff, so I try to do that for my neighbors. Out of curiosity, what color did you picture my neighbors and employees just now? I’m not going to tell you, you have to come over for coffee, or to have a cold one to find out. Face to face time between people brings joy and healing. Regular old reality is so much better than virtual.
Just look at the Presidential election. It was almost 50/50. It’s not possible to have an election so closely decided, and there actually be the divide in our country that is presented to us by the media. IT WAS ALMOST A TIE!!! Our country is almost perfectly balanced, not divided!!!! That is a beautiful thing that makes the world work and keep us from going tilt-a-whirl on toads magic carpet ride!!! Please, let’s not try to change that. If we see elections 75% to 25%, then we have a major problem. If everyone was like me, we’d only drink monsters for breakfast and we’d spontaneously combust one day into an unrecognizable pile of goo. Nobody would chill. My kids just explained to me that chill doesn’t mean what it used to. That would suck! I really need friends who know how to just chill so that my wife doesn’t cash in on that bounty, ummmmm I mean life insurance policy too soon. Many of the things we love are 50/50. Marriage, yin/yang, partnership, friendship, peanut butter and jelly, and cookies and cream. People…….TRUMP AND BIDEN were almost cookies and creme, and the media says we should be fighting? Yeah, we should be fighting to get some more of that!
So please watch The Social Dilemma, check yourself and your apps, and them PM me. Please don’t comment on my post. PM me, your friend from high school, your cousin, your golf buddy, your boss, your employee. Whoever the hell I am to you, reach out and let’s talk. I miss you. Send me your number, or call me if you already have it. Let’s do lunch together…….let’s do life together. Remember, that if you’re on my social media and seeing this, YOU WERE MY FRIEND BEFORE YOU WERE MY FACEBOOK FRIEND……no matter what Zuckerberg says, Greg Bauer loves his friends unconditionally.
So I’m not deleting Facebook just yet…….change my mind……..help me change the algorithm.
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