tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post5095066170156706230..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: "What's something everyone just accepts as normal that's actually completely fucked up when you think about it?"Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-16994734221338469702016-09-17T18:06:23.222-04:002016-09-17T18:06:23.222-04:00The list is more "things that seem fucked up ...The list is more "things that seem fucked up on the surface but you don't think about it, because you're unable to think at all, or you'd realize that..."<br /><br />"Insurance" isn't about your health and is certainly not about all the things that are normal expected expenses. What is fucked up if you *think about it* is expecting to get "insurance" to pay for your expected expenditures.<br /><br />Americans aren't "content" with two weeks of vacation and many people get more, but that humans get vacation at all is sort of amazing and wonderful in the grand scheme of the human experience. There was a time when humans had only advanced to the state of being able to take the Sabbath off work and now we take a weekend so for granted that we expect vacations, too.<br /><br />That horrible things are *why* we try so hard to "civilize" our lives and language. Because life is so much less horrible now than it ever has been, we no longer value the pretense of manners and social niceties and think it makes sense to worry about headlines not containing the word "fuck".<br /><br />What's increasingly "normal" but fucked up if you think about it is the number of people who say really gawd awful stupid things like (to pick a non-random example)... Feminine products should be free in all bathrooms. People NEED them so they shouldn't have to pay for them." This is adult (choke) persons who have internalized the notion that no one should have to actually pay for the things they *need*. This is something we teach children by letting them use "their" money for toys and entertainment while providing all of their necessities. They grow up and think that they shouldn't have to pay for anything that is necessary. <br /><br />Now that's fucked up.<br /><br />Synovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311191981918160095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-25282869641413604052016-09-17T17:29:18.560-04:002016-09-17T17:29:18.560-04:00Fuck this. We're in a post-apocalypse of socie...Fuck this. We're in a post-apocalypse of society, only everyone's too scared to stop deluding themselves about it. Tomorrow I verbally strip the hide off of Suzanne. She'll be all to relieved to feel victimized by harsh words to her ego rather than confront her gold digging.Adamsundergroundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191395708113616694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-12766802287508745992016-09-17T16:15:46.805-04:002016-09-17T16:15:46.805-04:00Expecting service workers to stand all day.
Const...<i>Expecting service workers to stand all day.</i><br /><br />Construction workers must be carried aloft wings of angel farts to each of their daily tasks. Hey Barristas, make sure to shift your tootsies on that anti-fatigue mat, lest you develop a life threatening callus.Adamsundergroundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191395708113616694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-36718776979635186402016-09-17T16:04:36.041-04:002016-09-17T16:04:36.041-04:00Modern women's idea of old-fashioned courtship...Modern women's idea of old-fashioned courtship. Jump through those hoops of treating her special, but don't dare expect her to entertain a text or phone call every few days to remind her you exist beyond your wallet.Adamsundergroundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191395708113616694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-82568136091017993572016-09-17T14:41:57.350-04:002016-09-17T14:41:57.350-04:00Hillary Clinton.Hillary Clinton.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-55305797378005337382016-09-17T14:33:13.077-04:002016-09-17T14:33:13.077-04:00Islam.Islam.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-11686931036178263642016-09-17T12:38:30.237-04:002016-09-17T12:38:30.237-04:00Immigration.Immigration.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-22103737755431155332016-09-17T12:38:14.787-04:002016-09-17T12:38:14.787-04:00Quarterly taxes were due Sept. 15. Let's all s...Quarterly taxes were due Sept. 15. Let's all say a little prayer of thanks for Bags.Rabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612585516401001803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-12082879795090109192016-09-17T12:35:59.374-04:002016-09-17T12:35:59.374-04:00What does everyone accept as normal that is actual...What does everyone accept as normal that is actually effed up?<br /><br />There are two answers:<br /><br />a) The Universe<br /><br />b) Saladricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-47292046934488259402016-09-17T11:58:45.909-04:002016-09-17T11:58:45.909-04:00Having to pay a percentage of every penny you make...Having to pay a percentage of every penny you make to the government multiple times.<br />Getting taxed again on the same money for giving it away to friends and family.<br />Getting taxed again when you spend it.<br />Having to keep records of all your transactions so you can be taxed.<br />Someone else deciding how much water can come out of your showerhead, and toilet.<br />Having the government control every aspect of your relationship with someone you work for or hire down to what you must wear, how long you can work, what you can be paid, what questions you can ask, and what words you can say.<br />Having people who know nothing about you and care nothing about you making endless rules for virtually everything you do your entire life. Try to think of something that is not regulated by strangers far away.<br />Getting very little back in return for all this.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-32249670157003621492016-09-17T10:58:20.670-04:002016-09-17T10:58:20.670-04:00The strange unexplainable phenomenon of how Democr...The strange unexplainable phenomenon of how Democrats always lose their email. What's up with that, and why isn't SOMEBODY in jail for it?bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-23587923018225097242016-09-17T10:55:50.916-04:002016-09-17T10:55:50.916-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-88290992190772171882016-09-17T09:37:02.161-04:002016-09-17T09:37:02.161-04:00That Democrats think their democrat leaders do goo...That Democrats think their democrat leaders do good work.Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-14976007925854906102016-09-17T09:25:52.581-04:002016-09-17T09:25:52.581-04:00Every comedy bit George Carlin ever did.Every comedy bit George Carlin ever did.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.com