A couple of separate but related observations of the times we live in. 1) The "Science Guy" This specimen is now found all over the world, and is almost wholly of the Leftwing/Woke/progressive persuasion, a devotee of the retarded teen Greta Thunberg.
He or she hectors you about "climate change" and "global warming" and for a time was a fervent proponent of vaccines and masks. The said creature had a very hard time managing 2nd Std Maths but for some reason thinks she or he is qualified to hold forth on scientific topics. Their knowledge of "science," such as it is, is almost wholly sourced from WhatsApp and Facebook forwards or from guests on late-night TV shows. Unfortunately for the rest of us, these are only the foot soldiers. We now know that the people in power at the helm of public scientific policy in the USA and in Europe are liars and politically motivated partisans. The poster child for this type is Fauci (who should be tried and awarded capital punishment, if you ask me). They lied about vaccine efficacy, they lied about the origins of Covid, they got Big Tech to stifle free and open debate and ban fellow scientists who didn't follow the regime narrative. Together with the fake news media, Big Tech, and state intelligence apparatus these fascists silenced the rest of us, forced people indoors, kept kids out of schools, and separated us from our near & dear ones. Elderly parents died alone because of these gutter bugs. Now they want us to pardon them with a "let's forget it all and start anew" wave of the hand. ( https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/covid-response-forgiveness/671879/). No, you fcukers, all of you must be held accountable. "Science" in the Left universe is "whatever we want it to mean and whatever helps us impose our views on you." On Goanet I see "culture" guys now dropping pellets of scientific wisdom. We truly need a Monty Python revival. So much material to caricature. 2) The Rise of the Facebook Man The Facebook Man (or Woman) derives his knowledge of everything - politics, history, current events, black holes, dark matter, DNA sequencing, Shakespeare quotes - from a Facebook post or a WhatsApp link. Unlike the "Science Guy" who is Leftwing, the Facebook Man falls all over the Right-Left spectrum. Like a caveman who has just discovered fire, he then excitedly forwards the nugget he has received to fellow Facebook Men. The cycle repeats throughout the day at the end of which he is the same dumb effing idiot he was when he arose that morning. But he is richer by a couple of hundred 'Likes' and surely that must count for something. Please try not to be a Facebook Man or a Facebook Woman. If you are one, do everything you can to prevent your kids from following in your footsteps. r
