This Home-Office Gov't Employee 'Problem'

 I worked in the DC area (actually at the Pentagon) for 3.5 years, and came to hear daily of the woes for people traveling into work.  For the record, I lived in a apartment about two miles west of the Pentagon, and my 'battle' took about 15 minutes to reach the front-door of the Pentagon (so I never whined).  I rode a bus.

Some folks spent around 70 minutes in traffic (one-way).  

So when Covid came around and folks  got home-office expansion (from one day a week....to five days a week)....they got used to it.

They also got used to not engaging with other co-workers.  

Staff meetings? They went to zoom-meetings.

So as Trump engages upon this and forces them back....I'll go and predict a PTSD-like illness starting up....where folks can't handle the 70-minute commute or hour-long staff meetings in one office, or having to deal with idiot-co-workers.

By March....I'll predict more than 10,000 gov't folks are in some mental crisis.  The 'cure'?  Well....some might get hospitalization (two weeks in some mental clinic).  Most will end on paroxetine, sertraline, and venlafaxine (anxiety medication).  Some will mix alcohol with these, and get harsh problems.  Some will slip over to use cannabis.

At some point, some will start to talk about problems of nightmares, memory loss, confusion, and avoiding  certain people.  False memories will start to be reported.

A term will be created....Trump-delusions....identify these people.

Eventually, as they are let go (the gov't discovers it doesn't need them)....the delusions will continue on.....being a life-long problem. 

All being connected to Covid?  Well...yeah....this will be the public perception.

What Trump Walked Into

 I sat and watched the  piece of Trump/Vance (with wives) at the National Cathedral and getting some dose of political charged-up sermon 'talk'.  The blunt side of this sermon?  You (meaning Trump) need to show compassion to migrants (I guess meaning legal an illegal), and toward the LGTBQ folks.

I'm not much on church attendance....if you asked me since 2010....I've stepped in on two occasions.  Both had mostly normal sermon 'chatter', with a mini-sized 2-minute piece of political slant. 

I'm actually 'entertained' when you keep on Bible-topics and Jesus-moments.  The politicization BS?  From that moment on....I'm on mute and thinking about the 1969 Braves team, the best way to mix gin, Stargate stories, where Star Wars failed, bad movies (the Blue Lagoon for example), the Bizarro Jerry episode from Seinfeld,  and the fakeness of pro-wrestling.  

 All of this politicization....spiraling an end to most churches?  Yeah....I'd say if this is your 'script'....you have some design in mind to end your church membership.

As for Trump ever stepping into a church again?  I'd say that's it. The Bishop got her one last moment/chance.

The Alien Dilemma

 I was reading  through social media yesterday, and this odd comment came up. 

The construct? Well....one eventually has to assign a IQ level to aliens, and the idea came up....what if their average level is 500 (most Earth engineers can claim 120 on IQ level....and the general average is 100).

So conversation between an average guy (100) and a alien (500)....isn't going to go  far.

You can imagine a conversation between a dimwit (say in the 50 to 70 range) and a engineer (120) happening today.  They might be able to discuss NFL football for 2 minutes, or perhaps discuss snowstorms for a couple of minutes.  But it will be awful short.

I would imagine the aliens don't see much reason to waste talking or conversing....unless you found an awful marginal dimwitted alien, who was in the 150-to-200 level of IQ status.  So if you were dragged into some 'ship' and 'Marvin-the-alien' starts talking you  in a makes-sense sorta way.....you might want to assume he's not brightest guy on the staff.