We’re living in weird times, there’s no doubt about it, Bucko, but we have to adapt. And that’s been shoved down our throats and made to sound easy but it’s not. We’re human, and humans don’t adapt well to change. Some of us are going into almost 60 days of staying in. It’s wearing people down and I hope all of you can find peace, grounding and some calm in the storm. Whether it be a new project, a new creative outlet, returning to old things left unfinished or a plan for something new when the shit lifts.
And it is starting to lift. But unfortunately, people are taking this opportunity to act like assholes and motherfuckers, like they’ve never lived in society with manners or just general respect. It’s like a bunch of wild animals have been unleashed and all holy Hell is brought upon the people who are working and dealing with them.
We should be grateful for the people who are hesitantly returning to working; opening up restaurants and shit like that, simple pleasures that we haven’t had in a while – and a pleasure isn’t a necessity, let’s get that fucking straight right now.
Obviously I’m pissed. I looked at some news stories the last few days and it’s insane. An ice cream shop opened in the east coast. It asked to have orders placed an hour ahead of time. Did people listen? No. They bombarded the place, acting like shit heads, verbally abusing the staff who were teenagers, causing some to quit, leaving them crying at the end of their shift. The owner closed the place the next day and released a statement that because of people’s behavior he was closing the store to not subject the staff to that abuse. Days later people poured in with apologies and stood in line like good boys and girls. I mean jesus, really? It’s come down to that over ice cream? I get we all feel weird. Some of us are depressed, restless, angry, cabin fever; basically the 7 stages of grief, but that’s not a reason or excuse to act like fucking assholes to those that are helping you get a small indulgence to make your stupid, ignorant, garbage ass happy, (this is fir those acting that way). For those people, anyone pulling that shit… FUCK YOU. Old saying, remember this one kids? “Check yourself before you wreck yourself.” Remember that. Do it.
Another example, some real Dummies walked into a Subway in SC with assault rifles, weapons of mass destruction, pistols and one guy had a god damn fucking rocket launcher attached too his back… I mean really? I was at a loss for words. Their excuse was that they were exercising their rights to exercise, get fresh air and get healthy food… And that they were a group that supported the right to bear arms… I guess they never heard of the term overkill… I mean really. Can you imagine the worker’s reaction, they’re already hesitant in going back and dealing with the general public and some mother fucking hillbilly supreme clan comes in with rocket launchers and every type of semi-automatic weapon imaginable? Fucking christ. What if it were a vet working and under all the stress already had PTSD, did you think of that Rocket Turd or your clan of hillbilly rejects? Or that it might just scare the piss out of everyone in their already on edge? Just so you can exercise your rights to bear arms? Get real. Carry concealed, fine, keep it at home, fine, the range, fine, whatever… but not bombarding a Subway you fucking lunatics. Nobody needs that shit, not now, not ever. Hang your I love my guns flags in your yard, slap a sticker on your truck, be happy you’ve got what you’ve got, but just shut the fuck up. Get a dick implant if you need to feel more confident and secure. I could go on. But it will only get uglier.
And drivers, the freeways are like the Autobahn. Speeding, reckless driving. The amount of near accidents I’ve seen now that people are driving again is insane. One motherfucker almost ran someone close to me and his kid into traffic; if my friend hadn’t swerved fast, he would have been hit by this stupid pussy ass Beetle Bug shit machine. This idiot had time to get over, but decided to damn near smack his car into the other. Fortunately my friend was able to clear the other lane and not get hit and had the space to get over but still had his car jolted. This pissed me off, and me being me, I gunned it, crawled up the Bugs ass, gave them maybe a foot from their bumper, elbow on the horn and my middle finger out the window, they were locked in by cars so there was no escape, but zipped away two lanes over as soon as they could. My exit was coming up, it took everything in me to not follow the fuck to their destination and give them a verbal warning and good scare to hopefully inhibit further shitty behavior, but I think I made them piss their pants enough seeing as how they couldn’t get away from me fast enough. But why did I follow up bad behavior with aggressive behavior? To scare them into some sense, to not doing that again so they wouldn’t possibly hurt or kill anyone. Maybe it worked, maybe it didn’t. But I had to check myself to call it quits and get off on my exit as to not be one of the crazy fucks starting fights. I made my point, time to move on. Sometimes we have to do things in order to get the sheep in line to protect others. The old me would have followed him, but the new me not interested in adding to my 13 mug shots or going backwards in my own progress of becoming a better human decided to stop while I was ahead. I freaked them out, good enough.
Here’s the thing. We’ve watched people act like shits before this, and now instead of kindness and compassion being spread and god damn gratitude; people are acting like super fucks on steroids, worse than before. Think back 3 months ago, to January, how did we act, how could we improve, was anybody acting this insane countrywide? No. Sure there’s psychos, but as a population we need to chill out. I get it, it’s hard, but let’s be thankful for the people working in essential businesses, keeping grocery stores open and markets. And now pleasurable things as we slowly slide into normal openings. Instead of acting like shits, let’s be patient. Let’s be kind. Let’s let them know we appreciate them, let’s tell them thank you.
It’s weird times, we’re all feeling nuts. Hell, I got here after a 6 day drive from Seattle to Knoxville through all sorts of insane weather by myself, aside form the dog in a U-Haul figuring out what flea bag motel to stay in every night, got here, got a car, a job, all of which I’m thankful for. And yet have I been able to see where the Hell I live. I have no friends here, except one. I have no family. I have my apartment sorted, I’m working from home, (I’m grateful, but…), I look at the same walls, go to the same stores, (found a rad co-op, sorry Whole Foods you’re big business and in bed with Butt Fuck Bezos), and walk around my complex and use my extra scratch to order online to help support small business. It’s no picnic by any means and I feel fucking nuts half the time, and I get depressed too just like everyone else.
I’m not in the mood to go out to eat yet, someone will act like a fuck undoubtedly and my ass will most likely go up to the table and tell them to chill the fuck out, and then there’s more negative energy going around. Not interested.
So I empathize with all of you stuck inside, and maybe we’ve said or done some unnecessary or shitty things. I know I’ve given a few drivers the bird when it wasn’t warranted, (not including the Beetle), but I checked myself and knocked that shit off. I thank the people who work in stores that help me checkout, etc. I tell them I appreciate them and when Target workers were striking, I went in and let the few individuals I came across that worked there that they did deserve hazard pay and thanked them. It’s the little shit.
We see bad behavior, we learn from observation on what not to do, and check ourselves if we’ve been that asshole and don’t do it again.
One thing that helps me and is psychologically proven to benefit those feeling depressed, at a loss, trapped and in despair and anxious is to think of something to do in the future. Make a plan to do something you enjoy and can look forward to. Think about it everyday, even for a second, plan that shit and let that be the light at the end of the tunnel. Just, please, when you do get out, don’t act like the crazy assholes making things worse right now.
The band Stick To Your Guns has a song; “What Goes Around” illustrates this perfectly. Listen to it. And to illustrate further what great individuals they are, compassionate and empathetic, as well as every band on that upcoming tour playing with them, (the main band Motionless in White), all agreed to cancel the fall tour to get the money back to the fans who might need it right now. So let’s all spread a little bit of that empathy around. Help people out if you can, don’t be fuck and be considerate.
And don’t forget this will lift, and find your light at the end of the tunnel to get you through. Talk to your friends, express your feelings, purge the shit in your head in talking about it, writing it down or whatever works for you that doesn’t hurt yourself or others and when this lifts you’ll come out on top.
We’ll come out on top together, stronger, compassionate, grateful and better people. And if you see somebody being an asshole, sometimes just a look is enough… But don’t put yourself at risk. I tend to be more reckless in checking assholes in person with proper verbiage and breaking them down by pointing out their bad behaviors, I don’t play god but I try to educate to stop the spread of disease, this case, metaphorically. The asshole disease. If you’re like me, carry on but don’t cross the line into their territory. And for everyone else, those not wired like me, all of us, let’s just be kind.
We’ll be out of this shit storm soon. Nothing last forever.
Until next time…
And it is starting to lift. But unfortunately, people are taking this opportunity to act like assholes and motherfuckers, like they’ve never lived in society with manners or just general respect. It’s like a bunch of wild animals have been unleashed and all holy Hell is brought upon the people who are working and dealing with them.
We should be grateful for the people who are hesitantly returning to working; opening up restaurants and shit like that, simple pleasures that we haven’t had in a while – and a pleasure isn’t a necessity, let’s get that fucking straight right now.
Obviously I’m pissed. I looked at some news stories the last few days and it’s insane. An ice cream shop opened in the east coast. It asked to have orders placed an hour ahead of time. Did people listen? No. They bombarded the place, acting like shit heads, verbally abusing the staff who were teenagers, causing some to quit, leaving them crying at the end of their shift. The owner closed the place the next day and released a statement that because of people’s behavior he was closing the store to not subject the staff to that abuse. Days later people poured in with apologies and stood in line like good boys and girls. I mean jesus, really? It’s come down to that over ice cream? I get we all feel weird. Some of us are depressed, restless, angry, cabin fever; basically the 7 stages of grief, but that’s not a reason or excuse to act like fucking assholes to those that are helping you get a small indulgence to make your stupid, ignorant, garbage ass happy, (this is fir those acting that way). For those people, anyone pulling that shit… FUCK YOU. Old saying, remember this one kids? “Check yourself before you wreck yourself.” Remember that. Do it.
Another example, some real Dummies walked into a Subway in SC with assault rifles, weapons of mass destruction, pistols and one guy had a god damn fucking rocket launcher attached too his back… I mean really? I was at a loss for words. Their excuse was that they were exercising their rights to exercise, get fresh air and get healthy food… And that they were a group that supported the right to bear arms… I guess they never heard of the term overkill… I mean really. Can you imagine the worker’s reaction, they’re already hesitant in going back and dealing with the general public and some mother fucking hillbilly supreme clan comes in with rocket launchers and every type of semi-automatic weapon imaginable? Fucking christ. What if it were a vet working and under all the stress already had PTSD, did you think of that Rocket Turd or your clan of hillbilly rejects? Or that it might just scare the piss out of everyone in their already on edge? Just so you can exercise your rights to bear arms? Get real. Carry concealed, fine, keep it at home, fine, the range, fine, whatever… but not bombarding a Subway you fucking lunatics. Nobody needs that shit, not now, not ever. Hang your I love my guns flags in your yard, slap a sticker on your truck, be happy you’ve got what you’ve got, but just shut the fuck up. Get a dick implant if you need to feel more confident and secure. I could go on. But it will only get uglier.
And drivers, the freeways are like the Autobahn. Speeding, reckless driving. The amount of near accidents I’ve seen now that people are driving again is insane. One motherfucker almost ran someone close to me and his kid into traffic; if my friend hadn’t swerved fast, he would have been hit by this stupid pussy ass Beetle Bug shit machine. This idiot had time to get over, but decided to damn near smack his car into the other. Fortunately my friend was able to clear the other lane and not get hit and had the space to get over but still had his car jolted. This pissed me off, and me being me, I gunned it, crawled up the Bugs ass, gave them maybe a foot from their bumper, elbow on the horn and my middle finger out the window, they were locked in by cars so there was no escape, but zipped away two lanes over as soon as they could. My exit was coming up, it took everything in me to not follow the fuck to their destination and give them a verbal warning and good scare to hopefully inhibit further shitty behavior, but I think I made them piss their pants enough seeing as how they couldn’t get away from me fast enough. But why did I follow up bad behavior with aggressive behavior? To scare them into some sense, to not doing that again so they wouldn’t possibly hurt or kill anyone. Maybe it worked, maybe it didn’t. But I had to check myself to call it quits and get off on my exit as to not be one of the crazy fucks starting fights. I made my point, time to move on. Sometimes we have to do things in order to get the sheep in line to protect others. The old me would have followed him, but the new me not interested in adding to my 13 mug shots or going backwards in my own progress of becoming a better human decided to stop while I was ahead. I freaked them out, good enough.
Here’s the thing. We’ve watched people act like shits before this, and now instead of kindness and compassion being spread and god damn gratitude; people are acting like super fucks on steroids, worse than before. Think back 3 months ago, to January, how did we act, how could we improve, was anybody acting this insane countrywide? No. Sure there’s psychos, but as a population we need to chill out. I get it, it’s hard, but let’s be thankful for the people working in essential businesses, keeping grocery stores open and markets. And now pleasurable things as we slowly slide into normal openings. Instead of acting like shits, let’s be patient. Let’s be kind. Let’s let them know we appreciate them, let’s tell them thank you.
It’s weird times, we’re all feeling nuts. Hell, I got here after a 6 day drive from Seattle to Knoxville through all sorts of insane weather by myself, aside form the dog in a U-Haul figuring out what flea bag motel to stay in every night, got here, got a car, a job, all of which I’m thankful for. And yet have I been able to see where the Hell I live. I have no friends here, except one. I have no family. I have my apartment sorted, I’m working from home, (I’m grateful, but…), I look at the same walls, go to the same stores, (found a rad co-op, sorry Whole Foods you’re big business and in bed with Butt Fuck Bezos), and walk around my complex and use my extra scratch to order online to help support small business. It’s no picnic by any means and I feel fucking nuts half the time, and I get depressed too just like everyone else.
I’m not in the mood to go out to eat yet, someone will act like a fuck undoubtedly and my ass will most likely go up to the table and tell them to chill the fuck out, and then there’s more negative energy going around. Not interested.
So I empathize with all of you stuck inside, and maybe we’ve said or done some unnecessary or shitty things. I know I’ve given a few drivers the bird when it wasn’t warranted, (not including the Beetle), but I checked myself and knocked that shit off. I thank the people who work in stores that help me checkout, etc. I tell them I appreciate them and when Target workers were striking, I went in and let the few individuals I came across that worked there that they did deserve hazard pay and thanked them. It’s the little shit.
We see bad behavior, we learn from observation on what not to do, and check ourselves if we’ve been that asshole and don’t do it again.
One thing that helps me and is psychologically proven to benefit those feeling depressed, at a loss, trapped and in despair and anxious is to think of something to do in the future. Make a plan to do something you enjoy and can look forward to. Think about it everyday, even for a second, plan that shit and let that be the light at the end of the tunnel. Just, please, when you do get out, don’t act like the crazy assholes making things worse right now.
The band Stick To Your Guns has a song; “What Goes Around” illustrates this perfectly. Listen to it. And to illustrate further what great individuals they are, compassionate and empathetic, as well as every band on that upcoming tour playing with them, (the main band Motionless in White), all agreed to cancel the fall tour to get the money back to the fans who might need it right now. So let’s all spread a little bit of that empathy around. Help people out if you can, don’t be fuck and be considerate.
And don’t forget this will lift, and find your light at the end of the tunnel to get you through. Talk to your friends, express your feelings, purge the shit in your head in talking about it, writing it down or whatever works for you that doesn’t hurt yourself or others and when this lifts you’ll come out on top.
We’ll come out on top together, stronger, compassionate, grateful and better people. And if you see somebody being an asshole, sometimes just a look is enough… But don’t put yourself at risk. I tend to be more reckless in checking assholes in person with proper verbiage and breaking them down by pointing out their bad behaviors, I don’t play god but I try to educate to stop the spread of disease, this case, metaphorically. The asshole disease. If you’re like me, carry on but don’t cross the line into their territory. And for everyone else, those not wired like me, all of us, let’s just be kind.
We’ll be out of this shit storm soon. Nothing last forever.
Until next time…