It’s time again for one of my favorite themes- the rapid fire!\u00a0 Instead of one thought, I have a lot of them, so let’s get right to it.<\/p>\n
#1 If a shoe ad affects your life in any way (assuming you didn’t write it, act in it, or produce it) you need therapy and\/ or medication.\u00a0 The Nike ad?\u00a0 It’s overwrought, pretentious\u00a0and too damn long –\u00a0I actually zoned off in the middle the first time I saw it.\u00a0 But offensive?\u00a0 Hardly.\u00a0 And NIke sales have spiked this week so enough with the “death by Colin cancer” memes.<\/p>\n
#2 Trump needs to shut up about a great many things, but the NFL is near the top of my list.\u00a0 He took an oath to defend the Constitution yet he continues to advocate for the suppression of NFL player’s First Amendment rights.\u00a0 Also, TV ratings are down across the board, in part because the Nielsen ratings have no way to account for streaming services, which are increasing in usage every year, and more and more frequently include live programming such as professional sports.\u00a0 Super Bowl ratings continue to break records almost every year as do ticket and gear sales.\u00a0 Super Bowl parties have surpassed New Years Eve parties in popularity.\u00a0 The death of the NFL is truly fake news.<\/p>\n
#3 Speaking of fake news, Snopes being untrustworthy falls right into that category as well.\u00a0 Yes, it’s a staff of two people, but it’s two people whose full-time job is to research potential hoaxes.\u00a0 They post links to their source materials that can be double checked by anyone concerned or suspicious.\u00a0 It’s very easy to Google anything they post to verify its validity.\u00a0 Simply put, this “You can’t trust Snopes” thing is one of many attempts by the alt right to suppress any information that makes Trump look bad.\u00a0 Not that he needs any help there.<\/p>\n
#4 Speaking of things that are annoying, it is SO annoying that I have to keep saying this, but it’s possible to lead a fulfilled life full of love WITHOUT procreating.\u00a0 The next person to tell me “you don’t know what true love is until you have kids” is going to get one of my size 10 feet up their ass. If you are a parent I hope you love it.\u00a0 But it’s not the only way to happiness and it’s insulting to folks who want kids but can’t have them or don’t want to have them.<\/p>\n
So, that’s what’s on my mind- what’s on yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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