Maybe Ninjas Lose Their Mojo In The Desert...

 

Hi.

Protests against protecting kids.

Defending those protests.

Pushing to get rid of safeguards.

It makes no sense.

Stumbling around, grasping at threaded tendrils of misinformation, refusing to accept reality even as it puts more and more unvaccinated adults and babies in the hospital, the ICU, the morgue. 

Fall is here, and as the weather cools, people will be spending more time indoors. That's a given. 

Those of us who have chosen to continue to take the necessary steps to keep ourselves and our families safe, will enjoy a more "normal" winter.

Those who continue to choose to do anything and everything but the things that keep Covid at bay may have a different experience.

You claim this is all about freedom.

Ok, then.

When your vaccinated relatives, especially those with young children, choose not to have you put their young children at risk, you need to accept that. You may not be invited to holiday parties. You might not get to see grandkids. You might not get invited to weddings. You don't get to stomp your feet and cry about how you should get to do what you want. You chose this.

If your entire circle of friends and family believe that vaccines are dark-magic potions, that wiping Lysol under your nose, or eating horse de-wormer, or drinking bleach, or shooting ultraviolet light into your body, or Jesus himself will save you, or that, somehow Covid somehow isn't real at all, then accept the consequences of those beliefs without complaint. 

If you remain lucky enough not to get very ill, and that's kinda the best-case scenario, the next while won't be much fun.

When your child can't play hockey, or go to dance class, you have no one to thank but yourself. 

When you can't go to a movie, or a concert, or a restaurant, or you have to home school, thank yourself.

 When you can't travel to somewhere warm in the dead of winter, thank yourself.

Denial is a coping mechanism. When denial becomes delusion, it's dangerous. 

We are not obligated to live in your warped reality. We are not obligated to acquiesce to your unwillingness to accept what is actually happening. We are not obligated to remain hostages to the misinformation you choose to believe.

After last week's ramblings hit, the trolls came at me. Good thing the slaps of idiot sticks don't leave much of a mark.

One, in particular, called me bitter. Well, Mary, if that is indeed your real name, you are 100% correct. 

I'm bitter at the fact that people who can't tell the difference between fact and science fiction have dragged this thing out way longer than necessary.

I'm bitter at your complete disregard for the safety of others. Somebody should probably check to see if Mary drives after a few shots. They might be shots of booze, or they might be shots of bleach, Lysol, Ivermectin, who knows?

I'm bitter because watching the movie "Idiocracy" play out in real-time is exhausting. (It's a real movie, check it out, stars Maya Rudolph and Luke Wilson circa 2006) Who knew it would become such a prophetic documentary?

I'm bitter that the soulless hypocrites that feed misinformation to the gullible, uneducated masses are they, themselves, vaccinated. Their eligible children are vaccinated. Fox News requires proof of vaccination to work there. The conspiracies are chum in the water, the more they throw, the hungrier the misled become. When the lies fail to come true, they up the ante. Bigger lie, more outrageous, higher ratings. 

I'm bitter because the viewership of the Tucker Carlsons of the world is filled with staunch believers. Staunch believers who are filling hospitals, and cemeteries. The monster they continue to create, to nurture, to feed, is dying the death of a thousand cuts. Believers consumed by conspiracy. The hypocrites know they are feeding lies, they simply don't care. Viewership at any cost. 

I'm bitter because healthcare workers are being pushed beyond their limits. These are people who have devoted their adult lives to caring for people. They are breaking. They are working their asses off to save the very people that scream at them and call them liars. 

I'm bitter because we shouldn't be here anymore.

I'm bitter because the vaccines are the literal outstretched hand that is there to help pull us from the rapids and you keep slapping it away.

So, as the weather cools, and as new rules and restrictions set in, completely because of you, enjoy the consequences of your choices, I'll be over here, going to movies.

Soooooooo.... Arizona

Can you imagine starting a "go fund me" page to raise money to fight getting fired from your job? Okay, maybe you can.

But, can you imagine doing so, knowing full well that you had no respect for, and were really shitty at the job, treated the board of directors, and co-workers like crap and stole tons of money from your employer? Okay, maybe you can.

But, can you then imagine hiring ninjas to do the accounting, soaking up money and time, full of promises of magical outcomes, only to find out that not only did the board of directors vote you out, but it was unanimous? 

So Cyber Ninjas took months to do what should have taken maybe a week. They accepted a shitload of money to do it. Money from the Cheeto Crook's friends. They discovered that not only did Joe Biden win in Maricopa County just like all sane people already knew, but he actually won by more votes than previously tallied.

It's like Trump can't help himself. He insists on bringing the fact that he's a loser to the attention of as many people as possible, as many times as possible, in every way possible. 

Next? Texas.

This is really baffling. He actually won in Texas. So he wants to prove what, exactly?

It would be completely hilarious if they, spent their millions, and did their song and dance of an audit just to find out that Biden actually won there too. 

Maybe Ninjas lose their mojo in the desert. Or maybe they just know easy money when they see it. 

Maybe the scammers got scammed. Gotta love Karma. 

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May the consequences of your choices be worth it.