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You know what grinds my gears? Have a blessed day!
I answered the phone because my doctor’s office called, and at the end they said “have a blessed day.” I walked into starbucks today and was told to “have a blessed day.” Why might this bother a religious person, you may ask? I’LL TELL YOU WHY.
These companies–whether it be starbucks or my doctor’s office–use “have a blessed day” to make us tip them. To make us think to ourselves ‘Why looky there! There’s a nice person, she even told me to have a blessed day’ or ‘man, I should donate ALL MY MONEY to this person.’
IT SHOULDN’T BE LIKE THAT. Human beings shouldn’t use religion as an excuse to get money. They shouldn’t use their religion to get ahead in this world. However, tell any politician that, tell any church that, tell any human being that. We use everything to get more money, whether it be our children or our religion.
Why the hell are we so focused on this money? How do we justify bringing our own religion into something to get a little more of it?
Where the hell is the line? Where will we say “oh, wait a minute, that isn’t cool” to someone telling us to have a blessed day, or that the Lord will bless and keep us? AND, finally, WHEN THE FUCK WILL MONEY NOT MATTER SO MUCH IN MODERN SOCIETY? (go socialists go go go!)
Anyway, have a blessed day.
Just thought I’d tell you all how happy I am for you. Too bad you didn’t do this a year ago when it had the potential to be awesome instead of just good. Still, it’s a step in the right direction!
Alright.
I suppose i have to start blogging again, since i used the horridly overcomplicated bullshit system that is Tumblr. Since brbcoffee has had somewhat of a makeover since last time, with the addition of other writers, i will dedicate myself to this venue in its entirety. Congratulations.
On to business, yes? I am gonig to make this short. I just got a note in the mail saying i have been called in to serve in the norwegian army. Here in norway men are obliged to serve if seemed physically and mentally fit by the army (because fuck equality, men HAVE to, women don’t). Anyways, i had my session-test-thing like 3 years ago, they told me my vision was too poor so i wouldn’t get called in. Since then my vision has degraded even more, so now i get called in. Yay. I don’t really care, i am not going. I am using my master as an excuse, as you can here in norway, to get it delayed. If they in 4.5 years still want me in i am using my practical-pedagogical studies to delay it further.
If they still insist on calling me in, after i am most likely blind without my contacts on, i will refuse and take civile duty. Because i refuse to be part of the hypocritical bullshit army that is the Norwegian one. Its generals going to Thailand to fuck street hookers for my tax money, its rules clearly making a distinction between men and women, not to speak of the blatant fucking indoctrination of its privates so that everyone that comes out loves the war in Afghanistan. I will do no such thing.
Fuck the government, fuck the army, and fuck capitalism. Obviously. Until next time,
Vegard
Warning: Strong language dead ahead, may seem inappropriate to old people, but only if you’re really old at heart. Also if you’re a parent who thinks being overprotective has any positive effects (hint: it doesn’t) at all, this is your cue to cover your kid’s eyes.
Here’s to the 140th American bank to go under this year. 140 is a good number, so I suppose this is a good day to shout it out loud that we fucking told you so!
We told you this would happen, a long time ago, and when it did happen you lot didn’t learn squat from it. You just kept on trucking like it was business as usual, and it took Roosevelt to get you out of your shit. And get you out of shit he did, but did you thank him for it? No! How dare he mess with the market? How dare he fix the economy with his un-American ways? Shun the disbeliever, the market would have fixed it faster than he did anyway, probably… What’s that you say? Capitalism causes this, and it’s inevitable? No, that can’t be true, capitalism is perfect! It must have been all the government interference. Yeah, that’s right, it was the socialist bastards in the government that did it, because they got so filthy rich during the depression, yeah!
Holy fucking shit it happened again!? Are you serious? It can’t have been Bush’s fault, he was perfect! Didn’t care that the market was fucking everyone up the ass, started wars, drove the nation into a disastrous deficit after Clinton, that asshole, dared run a surplus. There’s just no way it was the Bush administration’s fault. No, Obama did it, Obama and Clinton. The aftereffects of the Clinton administration’s socialist cheating ways, and Obama’s first five days in office, that’s what caused this. Hell yeah, praise the Lord, hoist the flag, and pass the ammunition, for peace, justice, and the American way.
I recently had a conversation with a woman who expressed to me her fears concerning the transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to a prison in Illinois. To loosely quote her, “When they were in Gitmo they were surrounded by water…now they can escape into America.” It took some restraint on my part to not explode with a rebuttal, but I tried my best to listen to what she was saying. I’m glad I did because I soon realized that the invalidity of her facts really wasn’t that important, what mattered was the sentiment she was trying to get across.
It brought to my attention the growing number of Americans who have a real, if not slightly irrational, fear of terror attacks on American soil; a fear which is not entirely dissimilar to the fear felt during The Cold War. Of course, it is only natural to have some lingering trauma from the acts of September 11, 2001. One of the main reasons 9/11 was so frightening was the shock felt at having an attack on “American soil.” Up to that point, we had been pretty spoiled in not having to live in a war-torn country in which stepping outside your door presented a fairly good chance of being killed. The closest and most recent comparison I can make to 9/11 would be Pearl Harbor. So, what, about 60 years in between the two disasters? To some, that seems like an impossibly long period of peace, so I think we’re pretty lucky.
What I’m really trying to get at is this message for Americans: DON’T GIVE INTO YOUR FEAR! The only thing that can come from doing so is irrational paranoia, ignorance, racism, distrust, and maybe, just maybe, another Cold War. I don’t know about you, but the thought of another Cold War is much scarier than the thought of another terrorist attack. I know it’s hard to break through that wall of fear, but you simply have to open your mind.
I have great hopes for this country. I truly believe we can change our ways and evolve into a healthier, more respectable country which can be admired for its hope, flexibility, and promise- as it once was.