Modern Times

Social media is fiery slop from a cesspool of negativity where rumor, stupidity, and lying trump reality in efforts to sell or bolster self-promotion. The trouble with this garbage is that it is talking written down and shared as if it is more than gossip and lying. If I want to hear about the daily angst of being a mom who can’t take care of herself let alone a pack of kids in a loveless marriage, I can go hang around Starbucks any hour of any day and listen to it commercial-, hassle-, and ad-free.

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The fact of the matter is that there are more pseudo-experts than experts and this is an inexact science; in fact, like economics, nothing about it is science. Consider a recent hiring notice: …looking for a Social Media Producer (who loves to think in TikTok audio) with experience creating content for social and digital platforms. The ideal candidate will love to push creative boundaries, and help ideate and execute engaging content that fits our meme-friendly voice.

I am in search of GiveMeMoney funding for an anti-social networking site that makes it difficult for you to connect and share with family and friends online. Anti-Social Media Experts and Anti-Social Media Producers need apply. Indeed they do.

When the people who make decisions do not like you, look like you, or think like you, you will not be a part of the decisions they make, and you will not benefit from them. Stay the course and remember that you can’t go back from letting people work that 3-day work week from home and you can’t take back the billions of dollars that you give them for being unemployed.

Renewal

Following in the missteps of Rush Limbaugh and Matt Lauer, Tucker Carlson recently became the poster child for and latest perveyor of the Stupidity Movement in America.