The Suffering/Guilt/Struggles of Being a Something/Something/Something Male

 Over the past three years, some trend has started up in the US, and it centers on someone announcing you or I having some guilt trip, or some advantage, or some lack of suffering....because we are something-something-something.  

I've tried to make sense out of it.

To be honest, I don't feel any guilt....other than (1) the guilt of having some abundance of common sense given to me in my youth, (2) struggled in being fairly skeptical throughout my life, (3) struggled a bit when offered a 2nd trip to the desert-bar, and (4) feeling some guilt over having traveled a bit further than most folks.

I used to work with a guy who had '2-AM-Guilt'....meaning he'd wake up and feel some pain in his head, and waste 90 minutes of time trying to make sense out of this feeling.  

The chief problem I see here....someone who has zero knowledge of me....trying to assign something/something/something to my lack of woes. It's like some idiot trying to give me advice over cigarettes'....when I don't smoke, or having some intellectual give me a hour-long lecture about my lack of respect for 'doom'.

I almost have a phobia building up now....over this fake struggle or fake suffering business.  I hit the mute button twice as much in 2023.....as I did in 2020.  

The sad thing here....it's those 6-percent folks....the ones that lingered and never did much in life, who now want me and the other 94-percent of folks to stand there and feel guilt.  

The same group wants me to bring my stupidity level down to their level....believe that they can fly or repurpose themselves into another sex, and they can suddenly be guilt-free. Things just don't work that way.

Observations

 1.  Nicki Halley (SC, GOP) running for President?  Simply a gimmick for the SC primary vote, and hoping to draw votes away from Trump in the primary.

I'll go and predict that she draws no more than 10-percent of the primary votes, with Trump well over 70-percent.  

2.  Surgeon General says that at age 13....you are too young to handle social media.  I would go a step further and suggest even at age 18 to 20....most folks are too young to handle it, and a handful of folks (10-percent) are still young and immature to handle it at age forty.

3.  Pentagon now says that AI has a major role in future operations.  Within twenty years, I'll predict that AI will be writing itself up for medals, and promotions.  

4.  The Gallup poll group....did a poll and asked Americans what the biggest problem was.  Response?  The US government was said to be the biggest problem.  

Shocker?

5.  Out of Memphis.....some rumor started up over this dead guy (Tyre Nichols) in relation to the five police.  The rumor says that Nichols was having some type of relationship with the wife/GF of one of the cops.  BS-meter?  I'd give it a '8' and say unless something more substantial comes out....it's just bogus.  However, it would explain a few things.

6.  Tennessee appears to be drafting up a bill that says...in the future....if you want to attend a drag-show, you need to be an adult (age 18).  

7.  Trump announced some campaign 'promise' to stop the chemical, physical, and emotional mutilation of kids. Frankly, even around working-class Democrats....probably 50-percent of them agree with this idea.  

Five Observations

 1.  FBI kinda says they took various boxes from the Biden residence of 'notes'.  It would appear....from some of the classified material....someone (maybe not even Joe) read through the material and written classified notes.  Under general security rules, if the classified still appeared in your notes.....you had to protect it, and mark it in appropriate ways.  

If Joe didn't write the notes....it begs more questions....who did?

2.  National Intelligence 'boss' says there's too much over-classifying going on.  

People have been saying this for more than 50 years.

3.  About 90-percent of the people walking around and claiming trauma.....are mostly just screwed-up in the head.

4.  Some theaters in Canada (very limited number) are testing the idea of blacks-only nights.  Yeah, some kind of pro-segregation gimmick.  I'll predict by 2024, some restaurants go and build extra toilets....for blacks, and non-blacks.  

5.  I noticed the Captain Crunch folks have gone to make a pancake mix, and offer up a blue-looking maple syrup.  Was that really necessary?

Is There Trump-Derangement-Syndrome?

 Yes, and there is also CNN-Derangement-Syndrome, FDR-Derangement-Syndrome, Fauci-Derangement-Syndrome, Pelosi-Derangement-Syndrome, NCAA-Football-Derangement-Syndrome, and Woke-or-Anti-Woke-Derangement-Syndrome.

What this amounts to....you've been conditioned in different ways to object or see things in some rational way.  It's like Hunter Biden-Derangement-Syndrome or Joe Biden-Derangement-Syndrome.  Both gentlemen are seen 'demons' and need some kind of exorcism performed.

Part of the blame is social media, but a fair amount goes back to news cycles and the constant bombardment of BS/propaganda.  

I can think of around twenty-five individuals now....if they should appear on the TV, my initial reaction is to mute the TV until it's done.  I can think of three sports figures that have made it to my mute-list.

Here's the thing....this feeling is not going away or lessening.  If anything, you have teenagers and juveniles now....acting out on derangement syndrome problems, and unable to present anything but a fragile understanding of reality.

Five General Reasons Why People Aren't Well Off By Age 60

 1.  People get into a habit early on.....saving is a more important philosophy....instead of earning (or improving your salary).  Every two to three years, your salary ought to be going up a notch.

2.  Getting into the habit of always spending more than you earn.

3.  Letting your career be guided by your parents or society.  You ought to own your destiny.

4.  Too scared to take opportunity and make something out of it.  Even if you fail in 20-percent of your efforts....you have to take risks.

5.  Even by age forty, you have no financial goals, and don't feel bad about it.  

2024 Senate Elections in Play?

 1.  Arizona, with Sinema to be challenged in the Democratic primary, and seriously challenged by a GOP contender.

2.  Michigan.  Incumbent retiring.  

3.  Montana.  Currently near 50-50 split. Tester (D) might face a serious challenge this time.  

4.  Nevada.  Rosen (D) to be openly challenged. Near 50-50 split.

5.  Ohio.  Brown (D) to be fairly challenged.  Near a 50-50 split.

The rest would all likely be won by incumbents. Roughest race is Arizona, with Sinema (D) likely defeated by the Democratic challenger in the primary.  Maricopa County would be unable to repeat the gimmicks of 2022, with printers 'acting up'.   

I would guess two Republican wins in the five states...giving a slight edge to the Republicans.  

Ten Observations

 1.  Just seems to be a lot of police walking around/patrolling....dressed in 'Green-Zone' (Iraq War) 'soldiers-attire', and not as regular police.  What would happen if regular people went to Green-Zone attire?  

2.  You might as well accept it....Artificial Intelligence (AI) will reach a point in ten years where you step into a cubical....get diagnosed with whatever health issue....and get a prescription given to you by AI (not the actual doctor).  Then you walk to the pharmacy....where the next AI will issue you your drug.  Then on the way home, your personal AI sends out a automatic update via Meta/Twitter to your friends of your condition, without consulting you on the hemorrhoid's issue.  

3.  Being censored by someone with the mentality of a 12-year old kid....usually doesn't make sense.

4.  Some people reach maturity by age fourteen......some at age sixty...have yet to reach maturity.  Don't go rushing folks. 

5.  Overthinking....usually doesn't get you into trouble.  Underthinking might.

6.  There are people around who generally hate you....if they cannot control you.

7.  There's an agenda going on to trim the spaces after a '.' to just one, instead of the universal two spaces after '.'.   Don't fall into the one-space cult.

8.  Generally, if you bring up the term 'gain of function'....probably 98-percent of Americans think it has something to do with NFL football, instead of Covid.

9.  Being rational....shouldn't require any rocket science.

10.  It used to be...if you were out-of-touch....you were employed by Burger King or Wendys.  Today, it's possible you might even get hired-up to be President of the United States.