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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

today's rant: side effects include racism, bigotry, rectal swelling


News heading I just read:  “Roseanne Barr blames sleep aid Ambien for racist tweet”.  I snorted laughing when I read that.  Just the concept of a prescription medication that has “racist tendencies on social media” as a side effect is truly a spectacular notion.  Look, everyone’s little bit racist (Avenue Q), but I am having a hard time making the connection between a sleeping pill and “the Twitter”.  I’m glad her show’s cancelled.  Fuck her.  I’d be even happier if the show wasn’t cancelled and she was replaced by that twiggy-thin lady from Ally McBeal.

I used to like Jimmy Kimmel’s work.  By work, I just mean “Win Ben Stein’s Money” and “The Man Show.”  I didn’t pay attention to his late night talk show stuff (except the “Unnecessary Censorship” spots) until he bitched about that dentist killing a fake-famous lion.  What a pussy.  …Kimmel, not the dentist or the lion.  Now every week I see a bullshit online news article headline about him and whatever the puppet masters at Disney and ABC are making him say in order to either purport their liberal agenda or garner entertainment value by being the counter-discourse from the current president and bash the conservative agenda (most of the stuff lately has been about school shootings and gun control).  I understand that.  It’s fun to make fun of Republicans because some of them have historically done and said REEEAAALLY stupid shit (that makes for really great entertainment).  However, I don’t like being bombarded by Kimmel’s expoits on late night TV (that’s not his fault; it is the fault of whatever service I see news from).  So when I read a headline that says he wants compassion for Roseanne Barr, following another case of a celebrity typing stuff they shouldn’t on social media instead of keeping it to themselves, I lament on how sad I would be in his situation.  Not because his liberal fans are criticizing him for trying to support an outspoken racist who happens to be a fellow comedian, but by how transparently fake and forced what he is being made to say is.  “Roseanne” was on ABC.  Kimmel is on ABC.  ABC has to save face, make out like the “good guy”, and not say anything overly mean.  That’s the Disney way.

Time to switch topics!

I’m always on the lookout in news stories of anything concerning truly fucking funny signs of people’s stupidity that could be submitted to the Darwin Awards.  I’m not looking to submit them myself, because chances are that by the time I’ve seen it, other people have submitted it already.  I’d need to pay attention to local news.  Anyhow, the best thing I’ve seen lately was a man in India who took a selfie with an injured bear.  Holy shit, that is a stupid thing to do.  At least my kids have the natural animalistic sense to flee when they see a dog walk up to them.  The bear mauled him to death.  It was caught on video, and I watched the whole thing!  Morbid?  Yes.  Worth it?  Absolutely!  There were some witnesses who said that he was killed instantly by the mauling.  Bullshit, not the way I saw it!  The acts of wrestling with the bear and trying to escape took a full minute.  He may not have had claws or teeth sunk into him for that full minute, but that sure was a long time to think about how much he fucked up.  The most surprising thing to me was that the good folks at the Darwin Awards rejected the story because they see that kind of thing too much.  It’s too commonplace.  Jesus!  What else did he have to do?  Stick a vuvuzela up the bear’s ass?  Put a saddle on it?  Dress himself up as a gimp?

I love it when people completely ignore all common sense.  It makes me feel smarter.

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