Greetings good citizen, one particular media outlet is famous for its 'reality programing' and that's the Fox news/newscorp owned Discovery channel.
Most of you realize the shows are exactly that, entertainment...you're only seeing half of what goes on in these 'reality stars' lives. But there are those who have trouble sorting entertainment from fact.
The underlying 'drumbeat' to the majority of these shows is the 'glorification of the rugged individual'. They don't need no store bought frou-frou! We go out in the woods and get what we need from Mother Nature!
Except when they actually do get sick or hurt themselves while attempting to 'pinch pennies' so the dollars will take care of themselves.
You all know the 'actors' are contractually obliged not to use their pay to ease their personal circumstances BUT when the show goes on hiatus, all bets are off.
During filming they live primitively [like the morons on Naked & Afraid] but if something occurs 'on the set' the show is obligated to rend medical assistance if only to keep the star whole so they don't have to start all over again with a new host, totally blowing the illusion they are carefully crafting.
What illusion is that? The illusion that living off the land is both easy and 'romantic'.
Shows like this make exile appear to be a 'walk in the park'. Anyone could do it!
First thing to share about Exile is you won't be headed to some lush, verdant forest just teaming with wildlife. You will be sent to a wasteland where the biggest 'animal' you'll encounter will have wings...and makes a buzzing noise when it flies. [you may see the occasional bird but even birds don't frequent where you'll be going.
Secondly, finding 'fuel' to make a fire with will be challenging to put it mildly. If you do manage to gather a stash you won't use it until you need it. Think I've made it clear you don't have to worry about 'cooking' anything. If you make a fire it will be to keep you warm because the 'high desert' gets mighty cold at night. (You'll be relieved of ALL man-made items prior to your release into this wilderness, that includes clothes.)
So, think you're ready to 'rough it' and live like a 'real man'?
Bad news baby, YOU ALREADY ARE! [Worse, you ain't ALONE!]
Conservatives PRIDE themselves on their 'rugged individualism' even if they get theirs 'out of a can' like that served up in handy weekly installments by the likes of NewsCorp. They mock the 'weak' [more commonly known as 'the working poor'] who can't make it in a world they see (on TV) as awash in abundance!
Never enters their squeanie little minds that if your job doesn't pay you enough to live on it's not your employer's problem, it's YOURS!
Same said cold hearted 'Christians' are also the ones telling anyone who will listen that food aid should be tied to drug testing! What should we do to the people that refuse to pay enough for a family to live on? Cut their taxes so they can pay their workers MORE?
You KNOW that isn't going to happen! [at least the pay their workers more part, conservo-whackos never met a tax cut they didn't like!]
THese are also [not coincidentally] the same simpletons that remain ignorant that their is a glut of surplus labor on the market [why do you think they finally semi-legalized marijuana?]
[Apologize for the doubled capitals, since the stroke I'm holding the shift key too long...]
IF the folks that vote 'conservative' while claiming to be 'independent' were to find themselves in the shoes of those they regularly spit on, they'd die.
Simple as that, They would be unable [too proud] to bring themselves to ask for help and would suffer the consequences of their own STUPIDITY rather than accept a 'permanent hand-out' because opportunity DOESN'T EXIST! The 'hand up' is also a myth! The 'hand-out' is as good as it's ever going to get!
Gonna take some MAJOR CHANGES to turn this funeral barge around...and until those changes are made we will continue to float down the Styx to our eventual Doom...[to which most of you pray happens sooner rather than later.]
Not much we can do about those who have ALREADY GIVEN UP but if you retain even the tiniest shred of hope, we need you on OUR TEAM!
The conservative brand doesn't have a team...especially when their motto is 'Devil take the hindmost!'
You get in trouble baby, YOu're on your own! [damnit!]
Just one last one...F'em all and the dumb ones twice!
That's 'rugged individualism' for ya! They don't NEED you [although they would panic if we didn't do all the 'heavy lifting' for them!]
If you were forced to live the way the 'reality stars' pretend to live you would be missing the modern conveniences of life before the first sunset yet you sit in front of the tube comparing actors to the 'low-lifes' the same media outlet regularly ridicules and thinking to yourself, 'if those boneheads only had half the ambition these rugged individuals have, we'd all be on 'Easy Street'!
Never once realising you're actually watching well compensated ACTORS!
First clue...nobody is chasing them off their 'squats'. THIS is NOT REALITY. If You don't pay your taxes the sheriff chases you off the land and puts it up for sale!
So we have to assume somebody else is paying the taxes and are tolerant enough so their 'Hippy' relatives can get 'back to nature' on property they weren't using anyway.
What's MY POINT?
It's all a self-serving ILLUSION! A chimera created WITH CAMERAS to lend credence to conservative mythology.
Ever wonder WHY we're divided? Because STUPID has zero clue what they're watching! To them it's REAL so they believe the LIES the media tells about the disadvantaged being 'too lazy' to help themselves!
Think for just a second...how long would forest's last if we had to suddenly go back to relying on wood for cooking and heating? [Only the rich could afford coal]
Secondly, if we ALL had to venture into the woods and kill our next meal how long would it take for the countryside to be 'hunted out' [of everything, including pets and horses]
That's reality baby! Thank your lucky stars for Piggley-Wiggly and supermarkets across the land...where if you don't work the land then at least YOU don't STARVE!
Let's conclude this session with a bit of folk wisdom my friend Chuck shared with me...Civilization is only 9 meals deep, on the third day there will be Chaos!
STRIKE, 7/5! [Truckers take notice!]
It's either that or put on your waders and pray for a big wave so you drown quick...
Until next time,
Gegner
Most of you realize the shows are exactly that, entertainment...you're only seeing half of what goes on in these 'reality stars' lives. But there are those who have trouble sorting entertainment from fact.
The underlying 'drumbeat' to the majority of these shows is the 'glorification of the rugged individual'. They don't need no store bought frou-frou! We go out in the woods and get what we need from Mother Nature!
Except when they actually do get sick or hurt themselves while attempting to 'pinch pennies' so the dollars will take care of themselves.
You all know the 'actors' are contractually obliged not to use their pay to ease their personal circumstances BUT when the show goes on hiatus, all bets are off.
During filming they live primitively [like the morons on Naked & Afraid] but if something occurs 'on the set' the show is obligated to rend medical assistance if only to keep the star whole so they don't have to start all over again with a new host, totally blowing the illusion they are carefully crafting.
What illusion is that? The illusion that living off the land is both easy and 'romantic'.
Shows like this make exile appear to be a 'walk in the park'. Anyone could do it!
First thing to share about Exile is you won't be headed to some lush, verdant forest just teaming with wildlife. You will be sent to a wasteland where the biggest 'animal' you'll encounter will have wings...and makes a buzzing noise when it flies. [you may see the occasional bird but even birds don't frequent where you'll be going.
Secondly, finding 'fuel' to make a fire with will be challenging to put it mildly. If you do manage to gather a stash you won't use it until you need it. Think I've made it clear you don't have to worry about 'cooking' anything. If you make a fire it will be to keep you warm because the 'high desert' gets mighty cold at night. (You'll be relieved of ALL man-made items prior to your release into this wilderness, that includes clothes.)
So, think you're ready to 'rough it' and live like a 'real man'?
Bad news baby, YOU ALREADY ARE! [Worse, you ain't ALONE!]
Conservatives PRIDE themselves on their 'rugged individualism' even if they get theirs 'out of a can' like that served up in handy weekly installments by the likes of NewsCorp. They mock the 'weak' [more commonly known as 'the working poor'] who can't make it in a world they see (on TV) as awash in abundance!
Never enters their squeanie little minds that if your job doesn't pay you enough to live on it's not your employer's problem, it's YOURS!
Same said cold hearted 'Christians' are also the ones telling anyone who will listen that food aid should be tied to drug testing! What should we do to the people that refuse to pay enough for a family to live on? Cut their taxes so they can pay their workers MORE?
You KNOW that isn't going to happen! [at least the pay their workers more part, conservo-whackos never met a tax cut they didn't like!]
THese are also [not coincidentally] the same simpletons that remain ignorant that their is a glut of surplus labor on the market [why do you think they finally semi-legalized marijuana?]
[Apologize for the doubled capitals, since the stroke I'm holding the shift key too long...]
IF the folks that vote 'conservative' while claiming to be 'independent' were to find themselves in the shoes of those they regularly spit on, they'd die.
Simple as that, They would be unable [too proud] to bring themselves to ask for help and would suffer the consequences of their own STUPIDITY rather than accept a 'permanent hand-out' because opportunity DOESN'T EXIST! The 'hand up' is also a myth! The 'hand-out' is as good as it's ever going to get!
Gonna take some MAJOR CHANGES to turn this funeral barge around...and until those changes are made we will continue to float down the Styx to our eventual Doom...[to which most of you pray happens sooner rather than later.]
Not much we can do about those who have ALREADY GIVEN UP but if you retain even the tiniest shred of hope, we need you on OUR TEAM!
The conservative brand doesn't have a team...especially when their motto is 'Devil take the hindmost!'
You get in trouble baby, YOu're on your own! [damnit!]
Just one last one...F'em all and the dumb ones twice!
That's 'rugged individualism' for ya! They don't NEED you [although they would panic if we didn't do all the 'heavy lifting' for them!]
If you were forced to live the way the 'reality stars' pretend to live you would be missing the modern conveniences of life before the first sunset yet you sit in front of the tube comparing actors to the 'low-lifes' the same media outlet regularly ridicules and thinking to yourself, 'if those boneheads only had half the ambition these rugged individuals have, we'd all be on 'Easy Street'!
Never once realising you're actually watching well compensated ACTORS!
First clue...nobody is chasing them off their 'squats'. THIS is NOT REALITY. If You don't pay your taxes the sheriff chases you off the land and puts it up for sale!
So we have to assume somebody else is paying the taxes and are tolerant enough so their 'Hippy' relatives can get 'back to nature' on property they weren't using anyway.
What's MY POINT?
It's all a self-serving ILLUSION! A chimera created WITH CAMERAS to lend credence to conservative mythology.
Ever wonder WHY we're divided? Because STUPID has zero clue what they're watching! To them it's REAL so they believe the LIES the media tells about the disadvantaged being 'too lazy' to help themselves!
Think for just a second...how long would forest's last if we had to suddenly go back to relying on wood for cooking and heating? [Only the rich could afford coal]
Secondly, if we ALL had to venture into the woods and kill our next meal how long would it take for the countryside to be 'hunted out' [of everything, including pets and horses]
That's reality baby! Thank your lucky stars for Piggley-Wiggly and supermarkets across the land...where if you don't work the land then at least YOU don't STARVE!
Let's conclude this session with a bit of folk wisdom my friend Chuck shared with me...Civilization is only 9 meals deep, on the third day there will be Chaos!
STRIKE, 7/5! [Truckers take notice!]
It's either that or put on your waders and pray for a big wave so you drown quick...
Until next time,
Gegner
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