Is it just me or does it once again appear that the whole
world is sinking into a state of chaos? From the simplest of tasks, like
following the rules of the road to people dressing up like clowns and chasing
people, the world has plainly gone nuts.
Just last week, within 3 days of each other I had 3 occasions where a car approached at a higher
rate of speed than the neighborhood speed limit of 30mph, by coming over into
my lane because their lane was blocked with cars – not mine. Common rules of
the road dictate they wait as I pass, but no, they can’t wait. Their ignorance
of the law and their impatience and entitlement would not let them. Not to
mention, I perceived them to be idiotic and rude and that my friend is a dangerous
combination.
A week or two before that, the same thing happened and I
would not give up my lane. They were forced to slow down and were barely able
to slip by my left side without a head-on collision. My speed was about 10mph
and theirs was closer to 40mph, before they braked almost to a stop. My
reaction was because it was happening with more frequency and my lifted Jeep
would have climbed up and over the top of their racy little import sedan.
Prior to this, it was a rare occasion – just like clown sightings.
Now we have a couple of copycats, who are falling into the imbecilic
and rude category and they showed up in Jenkins Park.
Are people so stupid that they think something like wearing clown clothes and
masks and chasing people is a good idea? I’m afraid that if I encounter one, I
will hold them close to the ground with my foot on the side of their head until
the cops arrive, fire ants and all.
I can see the headlines that would flash across the
Internet: “240 pound muscled, indoor
cycling instructor, Vietnam Veteran, black belt man-handles Halloween-costumed unarmed
teen boy in public park. Charges being
reviewed by a grand jury.” Oh, you think
that couldn’t happen in our new stupid world order?
We have people right here in this town that would go
ballistic and want me lynched. “How dare someone discourage anyone from
dressing like a clown in public?” they would cry. They would use social media
because they consider themselves “progressives”. Geeze does this mean common
sense should be ignored? Almost every cherished idea is under attack it seems.
I am all for progress, it just has to come slowly, so we can feel out the
repercussions and make reversals. Remember dropping the drinking age from 21 to
18?
In a society that requires law and order, we are turning
into the Wild West, where anything we can get away with is the new rule. A
society that takes more than it gives is doomed. I’ve said it so many times,
but it needs repeating. When people put their agendas ahead of everyone and
everything around them, there is going to be chaos. Speak up and “how dare
you?” is screamed in your face.
I watched a goodly number of videos where marchers have
attempted to block roads with their numbers and the drivers feel threatened
enough to run people over. The crowd now screams foul and literally tries to
kill the drivers. What? I’d drive over them too if I felt threatened. Heckfire,
as far back as I can remember I knew better than to walk out on the road. Are
they really that stupid? You walk in front of a moving car and you get what you
deserve.
There are people posting videos of them driving around
blowing train horns to scare people. Guess what? It is so loud it isn’t funny
to anyone but the morons doing it. The so-called prank videos are the
same. They are not pranks by any stretch
and hitting a stranger in the back with a ball bat is not a joke, it’s an
attack. People racing through red lights so they don’t have to stop are not
anything more than dangerous drivers breaking the law. They kill other people
when it goes wrong and all you have to do to see an example is drive in Baytown.
It’s the stupid new world order of give it to me, its mine.
I walk into the gym almost every day and as I do, I pick up energy drink cans
and protein bar wrappers in the parking lot and put them in the trash can at
the door. I shake my head every single time I do it too. The other day, someone
threw a weighted rubber ball against the wall of the Group X room and caved in
the sheet rock. They bugged out and didn’t say a word and I found it when I
came in for Spin class. I guess they thought it would bounce back? More head
shaking.
Sometimes I feel like a three-eyed man in the land of the
blind, but I would wager that many of you reading this see it the same as I do.
It’s enough to make you lose faith in mankind.
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