Restoring nerddom

With all the rubbish going on in the world, I felt the need to write something fairly inconsequential in the grand scheme and fun.

There was a Big Bang Theory episode where Amy "ruins" Raiders of the Lost Ark for Sheldon and the rest.  She said that Indy wasn't needed.  The nazis would have found the Ark, opened it and all died without him.  They were digging in the wrong spot, but that is only because they had an incomplete copy of the medallion.  

The flaw in her argument is that the man in black, Toht, followed Indy to Marion.  If Indy did not go to her, they would not have found the medallion in order to locate Tanis where the Ark was buried.  So, Indy was an integral component to the story.

Here we go again

For the past few months it has been delta, delta, delta when it comes to the covid-19 disease.  Now that delta is losing its oomph, they are moving on to the mu variant.  How much longer before the doom and gloom shifts to this new variant and the nonsense starts all over again?

Honestly, what is this aversion to getting sick?  There is a total irrational fear about this and a complete lack of faith in ones own immune system.  The numbers were not there when it came to the mortality rate for this thing especially when it comes to the younger.

You want to talk about selfish?  It is the old people that are the selfish ones making policy that is detrimental to the current and future health of the next generation.  I'm closer to the older side than previously, but the principle is the same.  The utter irony of this sentiment coming from someone that played hooky from school by dancing in the grey area of being sick is one that I will constantly talk about.

To all the politicians and policy makers out there ... GET A GRIP ALREADY!

Stay Safe

Over the past year and a half, perhaps longer, I have come to detest the phrase "Stay safe".  It has become the embodiment of everything wrong with what has been done, is being done and will be done during this cluster-muck of a "emergency".  For goodness sake, since when does any "emergency" last over a year.  Anything that lasts that long is not a true emergency.

Life is not safe and it is delusional to think that anyone can make it so.  No one gets out alive as the saying goes, but getting injured is a part of life.  Our bodies and mind can heal because of that fact.  Avoiding injury is the wrong way to do anything.  You end up missing out on the wonder that is being and thrills that go along with experience.  You might as well lock yourself up in your residence and live in a hermetically sealed bubble if you want to be safe.  No, fortifying your mind and attitude to deal with life and everything that comes with it is the much better way to do things.  When you think about it simply, were the nerds (and I are one of those) that studied all the time, did not go outdoors and play, and stuck to themselves end up to be the healthiest and happiest?  I would challenge anyone that says they are.  Safe, yes, they were probably very safe, but healthiest and happiest, no, they are not.

I made a conscious decision to stop using the phrase "stay safe" after thinking about the meaning of that saying is.  It is a weak saying and not something you should wish upon anyone.  It treats them like a child that is incapable of handling what life throws at them.  I rather tell people to "have a great week" or "have a great trip" as a way of setting the default to a positive expectation.

Quick thoughts

Wow, has it really been 9 months since I last posted my thoughts?  I could have had a baby in that time.  Anyway, I joined Locals to follow VivaFrei and Robert Barnes and I joined Odysee to follow Dr. Sam Bailey.  They are some sane voices in the land of absurdity that is present day existence.  

Honestly, how did things get so off the rails?  Even my normally clinically and rationally minded mom is sort of on board the crazy train.