I get a lot of (mostly) good natured grief over some of my entertainment choices.\u00a0 Specifically as of late, folks find it odd\/ unusual\/ crazy that I have become a fan of watching YouTube videos of birds.\u00a0 Most notably I am a fan of Mr Max TV- a moluccan cockatoo, and Einstein the Talking Texan Parrot- an African grey parrot,<\/p>\n
To those who find this amusing or confusing I have one thing to say-\u00a0 Have you seen reality lately?<\/p>\n
Between COVID and Trump there is so much bad news happening every day that even trying to just stay minimally informed is overwhelming.\u00a0 Then you add in social media where folks are arguing over, well, just about everything, but mostly topics related to COVID and \/ or Trump.\u00a0 Even talking to friends and family offline can be stressful when your politics\/ world views don’t align with theirs.<\/p>\n
Max and Einstein don’t talk about current events.\u00a0 They don’t try to guilt me into feeling or thinking any particular way.\u00a0 \u00a0They will say “Hi!” or “Eat your corn” pretty much every day.\u00a0 They will not look at the camera when they are supposed to.\u00a0 They will make a huge mess when they eat.\u00a0 They are consistently themselves.\u00a0 \u00a0I find that consistency very comforting right now.<\/p>\n
So sure, go ahead and make fun of me for watching these videos.\u00a0 I understand they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea.\u00a0 But think about what you watch\/ read\/ consume and ask yourself- how much more crazy really are talking bird videos really?<\/p>\n
NOTE-\u00a0 Photo by Brian McGowan<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>\u00a0 Photo does not depict either bird mentioned above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I get a lot of (mostly) good natured grief over some of my entertainment choices.\u00a0 Specifically as of late, folks find it odd\/ unusual\/ crazy that I have become a fan of watching YouTube videos of birds.\u00a0 Most notably I am a fan of Mr Max TV- a moluccan cockatoo, and Einstein the Talking Texan Parrot- an African grey parrot,… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bright-shiny-objects","category-myself"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t