How it all ends
Narcissism used to be a mental illness. I suppose it technically still is, but what happens when it is actively encouraged? Depending on the source, the exact verbiage changes, but one of them states, “self-centeredness arising from failure to distinguish the self from external objects, either in very young babies or as a feature of mental disorder.” In other words, the person is the center of the universe.
This makes sense for very young children because they literally are the center of their family’s universe. It’s been awhile since I’ve taken child and adolescent development, but this changes somewhere around pre-school. There are other children which means there are others that have feelings. Children learn to share and learn that they can’t always do what they want to do.
I noticed something on Twitter/X. One of the things is that the algorithm wants me to see stuff I’ve never asked to see. Sometimes I follow these people. Sometimes they think I will be pissed off. A guy named Terry wants you to boycott Bass Pro Shops. You see, he wanted to go in and buy some magazines for his AR. They let him do it without an ID last time, but now they want him to produce an ID.
Let’s leave aside for a moment that no one should own an assault rifle. Let’s ignore that a magazine carries numerous bullets which means that someone can get off a round of more a dozen bullets in one sitting. Let’s leave aside the fact that it has no other positive utility other than killing human beings. Let’s leave aside for the moment that the AR-15 has been the weapon of choice in the vast majority of mass shootings in schools, shopping malls, and other public places.
Bass Pro Shops was not saying that he could not own an assault rifle. They were not denying him the magazine. They were simply asking for his ID. Keep in mind that these are the folks that want people to show multiple forms of ID to vote. Yet, something that could result in the deaths of dozens of people in one sitting should not even have that basic level of regulation. Just give me my damn bullets and let me live in peace.
I think we know what will bring down western civilization. It is narcissism. It is about me and what I want. To hell with what might be best for everyone else. The idea that I probably shouldn’t have that kind of firepower doesn’t enter their mind. The idea that we should be able to track something which is so frequently used to kill a lot of people doesn’t enter their mind. The 30 seconds of inconvenience is just too much.
Everyone needs a mascot. Everyone needs a symbol. They need a hero. Trump is their mascot, symbol, and hero. Every time he disses the left, center, military, or foreign leaders it gives them a warm fuzzy. He is sticking it to the man. It isn’t enough for someone like Terry (I am absolutely throwing him under the bus) to announce his jackassery to his friends and family. He has to announce it to the world.
Maybe this is what they want. Maybe they know full well they sound like an ever loving ass. However, I choose to think they have never progressed past the point of being a toddler. I want my damn bullets I shouldn’t have and I want them now. Screw you for making me actually responsible for them and what they may do. Freedumb. ‘Merica. Deep state. MAGA. Maybe next time they will get to multiple syllable words.
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/19/1207329132/a-federal-judge-rules-again-that-californias-assault-weapons-ban-is-unconstituti
1I signed out of Xitter months ago. Haven’t missed it a bit, and my blood pressure is the better for it.
2I’m collecting social security. I still get asked for ID at corporate stores when I buy a bottle of wine. I don’t care that an amendment to the Constitution repealed Prohibition. I just show them my driver’s license.
3Thanks, Rick — my thoughts exactly. Never mind that I’ve been 21 for over 50 years, and I look it. It’s the law in my state, and it’s okay with me. What’s with these “people”?
4One of my favorite 2015/2016 item was images of Calvin and Hobbes where Trump’s face was pasted over Calvin–especially the Ouija Board question of “will I be president” and the response “G.O.D.F.O.R.B.I.D.”
Not the site I saw…but https://mashable.com/article/donald-trump-calvin-and-hobbes
5Agree on the definition of narcissism! Raised my kids and yes, they were very surprised – maybe even shocked – when at an early age they discovered there were other humans around them. They seemed to tolerate the situation and have been praised to my face as to what good little souls they were. As for me, yes I get ID-ed at the checkout at the Safeway if I have a bottle of cough syrup! This has its own startling effect. I have natural platinum hair and I don’t look a day over 58, and No I don’t have a ***** fit when it comes to proving my absolutely only once in the entire universe identity! Poor Terry! he must be the absolute poster child of insecurity, especially if he is using an AR as his comfort blanket.
6As I listen to all the Trump indictment related news today, I wonder if he will ultimately be found not guilty by reason of insanity (unredeemed, uncontrolled, and relentless narcissism) and remanded to a mental institution. Or found guilty for the same reason and removed from the public sphere completely.
7Star #5 – ‘Donald and Hobbes’ kept me sane for 4 years, though there must be some residual trauma because I cannot bring myself to hit “45” on the microwave.
An overwhelming sense of entitlement, a/k/a the Age of Selfies Which Must Be Posted Online Immediately, is killing the planet and I do not comprehend it.
8The maggotheads threw their tantrums long enough to get their way. Election denier Johnson is the Speaker. This is gonna be ugly.
9Oh, they finally found someone far enough right, a trumpf butt kisser, election denier and teaches at Liberty University. What more could we ask for. We are in for another shit show of far right crap.
10https://www.rawstory.com/scripture-is-very-clear-new-house-speaker-tells-congress-god-has-ordained-them-2666063982/
“Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that he has been “ordained” by God.”
Thanks Steve from Beaverton. My only question is, if God could make an entire world from mud and stuff in 1 week, what kind of leftover, discarded effluent was God working with that it took over 3 weeks to cobble together a Republican Speaker of the House?
11Rick- they’re magats and their brains just ain’t right. Don’t forget that the orange buffoon 45 was also sent by a god- the god of fraud.
12Rick, not sure where you’re at, but here in southeast Texas we’ve been in a bit of a drought for awhile now. So there’s definitely a helluva lot less mud.
13I’m definitely no statistician, but the mud to stuff ratio might very well account for the preponderance of …stuff God had available to work with.
I mean I know he’s omnipotent and all, but after awhile I’d think anybody’s gonna say “well if y’all don’t give a crap about climate change, why should I?
Stuff’s whatcha get.
https://apple.news/Ao7uC_Nc0RBa_YwFASCHLHw
Again it happens with an AR-15. I jope the judge in California I referenced in my first comment is thinking about his decision.
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