The Media

Well, it's that time.  You knew this was coming, so don't act surprised.  If you remember way back to to this writer's first post, you'll remember what this writer said about dealing with BS.  You can either sift through it and reduce it's effects or you can be or farmer and use it.  It's time to address one of those farmers; the media.  With the possible exception of government, there has been not a bigger purveyor of BS than the media.

Back when this writer was a little writer, his grandmother told him something he didn't understand at the time.  "There are devils on TV," she said.  This writer didn't take her seriously at the time, a result of being a stupid kid at the time.  Now, as a somewhat enlightened adult, this writer realizes she was right.

The media pushes a number of things, most of which are harmful to certain demographics and determental to the forward progess of humanity as a whole.  They push sexuality on kids, inferiority on men, stereotypes on demographics, and just plain old division on the entire human race.

News organizations are currently in the middle of pushing a race war.  Fox News is leading the way in this area.  They call themselves "fair and balanced".  The truth is that they are unfair and presented by the unbalanced.  All they do is push hatred, bigotry, and iniquity.  They cater to the lowest common demonator of America, as evidence by them defending psychopaths such as Dylan Roof and George Zimmerman.  They trot out their female reporters in the shortest possible skirts to cater to males sex drive to help spew this hatred.  Ironically, these same women are now complaining about sexual harassment, but that's an issue for another time.

Another thing that this writer notices about Fox News is that these people are so angry.  What are they so angry for?  What has anyone done to this people to make them so mad?  They yell until they turn red.  They overtalk and cut off their guests, killing any chance at intelligent discussion or debate.  This is why this writer calls them unbalanced.  These reporters are textbook loons.  Bill O'Reilly is the only one who passes as watchable.

MSNBC is only slightly better.  Yes, they cut off there guests when they're about to say something that doesn't line up with what they say, so intelligent debate isn't really possible here.  However, their reporters are generally calmer.  They just don't seem as anrgy as the people on Fox News.  The women are presented in a more respectful manner, so we can take them seriously as reporters instead as using them as inspiration for the next jerk off session.  In short, while they still lean far in one direction, they're closer to fair and balanced than Fox.

Well, this is a big pile, the biggest this writer has ever had to dig into.  So big, this writer can't fit it all in one short post.  Stay tuned for future posts on this topic.

Until next time...

Tales From The Bus 2

Recently, this writer witnessed a bus driver go off on a man.  Why?  For getting on the bus.  Yep.  It's getting to the point where even the drivers don't want you to ride the bus.  The driver apparently got angry at the passenger for getting on the bus when he wasn't there.  According to the driver, he closed the door and the the passenger somehow opened the door and got on.  It was later comfirmed the another passenger let the person on.

The passenger he yelled at was and African American male.  Even though he was a grown man, the driver spoke to him like an adult trying to intimidate a child.  This writer couldn't help but notice the driver didn't have nearly the same vitriol for the person that let him on the bus(Who wasn't African American).  This writer doesn't want to use the R-word or the B-word, but it it seemed strange that he used a different tone with the person that got on the bus than the person that let him on.  Just saying.  The driver did apologize later during the ride, but the difference in tone from one rider to the other was disturbing.

This driver proceeded to driver like a maniac all the way to the end of the route (or thew beginning as the transit center was the destination).  This writer thought we might tip over a few times.  Why was he driving so fast?  For a minute, this writer thought Keanu Reeves was going to jump on the bus from a moving vehicle.  Fortunately, we made it safely to the transit center.

One day, another driver just passed up three stops after she was signaled to stop.  She just didn't stop for whatever reason.  When she did stop, we were at the end of the line.  Those poor people who wanted the earlier stop had to walk half a mile back to get home.  Naturally, the driver didn't apologize for the inconvenience.  Who is hiring and paying these people?

Finally, what bus post is complete without disgusting pictures?

You can't sit on just one!

Not sure what that is or used to be.



Hopefully, this writer won't have anymore horrifying bus stories.  Meh, who is this writer kidding?  It's the bus.  Of course there will be more.

Until next time...

The Fairer Sex?

Since childhood, this writer has been told by various sources that are delicate flowers and that you shouldn't judge them.  They don't lie, so you you should always believe them when they speak.  They will stand beside you and ease your pain.  They are innocent, clean, fragile creatures that must be protected at all costs.  They are the superior gender and men really are incompetent.  If you've read the title of this blog, then you know how this goes.  It's time to break out the shovels and dig into this pile.

If you sit down and listen as a random group of women walk past, you'll hear them say the must disgusting things.  They talk about whose lower extremites they sucked, whose ass they're going to kick, whose man they're going to steal, among other colorful things.  It's not just adult women, either.  Little first graders are saying this stuff, as well.

On top of talking like sailors, they fight like them, too.  I'm not just talking about slapping, kicking and hair-pulling.  I'm mean UFC-caliber fights, minus the referee and steel cage.  You don't have to look hard to find these fights, either.  A quick trip to You Tube or World Star Hip Hop will yield plenty of results.

They don't just fight women, either.  They will attack men, usually for no good reason.  Just ask Rayon McIntosh, who was working at a McDonald's when he was attacked by two women.  They were coming behind the counter, out for his blood, and he had to defend himself with a metal bar.  They were treated like victims while he was made out to be the bad guy.  What was he supposed to do, take a beating and possibly die?

Another example involves a shocking You Tube video where a woman got mad at her son's father and took it out on the son.  First, she throws him to the ground.  Then, she kicks him in the stomach as hard as she can, injuring him so badly he couldn't move.  Finally, she drags him outside, throws him into the snow like she's tossing a sack of garbage and walks off, leaving him hurting.  Nothing like a mother's gentle touch, huh?

Most women this writer has come into contact with aren't even clean.  This writer been roommates in mixed houses four times.  Each time a woman ran the house.  Three off those four times, the conditions were on the verge of deplorable.  This writer won't talk about everything here.  He will say that the houses were generally dirty and usually infested by pests such as mice and roaches.

This disgusting nature extends to work as well.  In a past lifetime, this writer was a janitor.  He had to clean both men's and women's bathrooms.  Hands down, the women's bathrooms were more disgusting.  The men's rooms just had a few stay drops of piss here and there.

The women's bathrooms had that and more.  The writer isn't sure how women can miss the toilet, but they found a way.  Toilet paper was strewn everywhere.  Toilets were clogged because some moron decided to try to flush hand towels.  Empty bottles of booze could be found in the tampon traps.  The floors were littered with paper towels, baking flour, and vomit.  However, nothing was as bad as the smell of period blood, which the women's room often smelled like(This writer still has nightmares about that smell).  WTF, women?  It's almost like Ryan (Lyin') Lochte changed genders.

Much like the Men Are Worthless post, this post is not meant to be an attack on women.  This post is only meant to shatter the illusion that women are these flawless creatures who can do no wrong.  They are human beings just like men and should be looked at, flaws and all, just like men.

Until next time...

Ryan Lochte

During the Rio Olympics, swimmer Ryan Lochte and his friends trashed a gas station bathroom and refused to pay for the damages.  They lied and said they were robbed at gunpoint.  Heck, Ryan (Lyin' from this point forward) even fled Rio.  So how did America show how much they disapproved of what he did?  They gave him a spot on ABC's Dancing With The Stars.

Yep.  He was rewarded for going to another country, making a scene, lying about it, and fleeing.  Is that what we do America?  Reward people for being pricks?  Yes, there was a protest live on the air, which required security to be called, but that's beside the point.  The point is that he should have never been on the show to begin with.  How does one get rewarded for being a vandal?  Who's going to be on next season's DWTS?  George Zimmerman?

Of course, the media has to swoop in and save the day.  So who did the media spin this?  After it was found out that he lied about being robbed, they chalked it up to him being a kid and making a mistakes.  That's right.  A thirty-two year old man is now still just a kid.  Bull stuff.  If we show mercy to kids in America, then why was Tamir Rice (who was actually a kid) shot and killed by law enforcement officers because of a mistake.

This writer isn't saying Lyin' should get shot.  He's just pointing out the hypocracy.  If you're a thirty-two year old vandal, you're a kid who made a mistake and you get to skate by.  But if you're a twelve year old with a toy gun, the law will come down on you with the wrath of God.  In what screwed up alternate dimension does this make sense?  Even Bizarro World isn't that messed up.

Until next time...

The Supermarket

This wirter will start off by saying that supermarket themselves aren't bull.  They are quite the asset, in fact.  They provide food and other goods to the populace.  They also provide jobs to those who would otherwise be jobless.  Overall, supermarkets are good, but bull stuff can happen and usually does.

First off, bull can happen before you even step into the store.  That's right.  This writer is talking about the parking lot.  Parking can be a problem, but as this writer rides a bike, he doesn't have to worry about that.  What he does have to worry about is psycotic drivers.  Sometimes cars zip around the parking lot, almost as if they're on the freeway.  You have to keep on your toes and ride or walk with caution, because when human being and car meet, car will always win.

Inside the store is where the real bull goes down.  One source of bull is sales.  Don't get this writer wrong.  Sales are a good way to save money.  Where the sales go wrong is when an item isn't in stock.  This writer isn't talking about when an item sales out.  He talking about when an item isn't in stock from the start of the sale.  They'll put up the the sale sticker and won't stock the item for the duration (usually a whole week) of the sale.  WTF?  How can people take advantage of the lower price if you don't put the item out to be sold.  That just reeks of brain damage.

Another problem can come from them actually stocking items.  They will move big, heavy pallets down the aisles and block off an item you're trying to get to.  When this writer says the pallets are heavy, he means HEAVY.  You sholudn't have to be the Incredible Hulk to get to the pudding cups.  Sometimes the workers will move the offending pallet, but other times they'll disappear and never come back, meaning you'll have to go without.  How is this allowed.

Finally, after you have your cart full of goods, you have to wait in line.  The lines can get extremely long and some people have a lot of items.  Then the cashier scans items very slowly, looking as if she's contemplating where her life went wrong.  That's not good if you have a lot of stuff, no car, and have to swallow your pride to catch the bus.  You could miss the bus you need.

Another problem with the cashier lanes is that there are so few open.  They'll have fifty lanes, but cashiers are only working two of them.  Managers stand by and watch, as if pitying the poor cashiers they sent to their own torture.  Get some more people working these lanes, please!  Self checkouts help, but when the pressure is on they start shutting them down.  It's almost like they know you have a bus to catch and are doing everything in they're power to get you to miss it.

So in conclusion, good establishments like the supermarket still have a healthy dose off bull stuff.  Most of this writer's trips go well, but when bull stuff happens, it piles up to those high ceilings these places tend to have.

Until next time...

African Americans, Rap, and the N-word

It was after a hard day's work when this writer got on the bus (hides face in shame).  A group of African Americans were sitting in the back of the bus, whooping and laughing.  This writer was nearby and they were loud, so he couldn't help but listen.  What he heard was appalling.

What was it?  A middle-aged African American male was rapping.  Naturally, he was spewing the N-word like it was going out of style.  His audience, mainly comprised of teenaged females, were cheering, encouraging this idiot to keep demeaning his own people.  Unlike the professional rappers who have platnium records and millions of dollars to somewhat justify their used of the word, this moron was just an everyday man.  Sickening.

Also, you can approach any random group of African American and 70 percent of the time, the N-word will be said.  It's not just young and naive people, either.  One day, this writer heard two fifty-year old African Americans saying at the end of every sentence.  In other words, people who should know better are saying it.  What's their excuse?

As mentioned in the N-word post, rap is a big part of the problem.  Rappers will say they are taking the power back or that it or that it's a term of endearment.  Anyone with any intellect knows that that's a load of bull crap.  The reality is that it's just a way to keep a slur alive by getting the people to embrace it.  And it's working.

Rap is the only genre that uses the slur for it's target audience.  It's not just a few times, either.  For example Master P has this song called "I'm Alright".  This song is two minutes and forty-six seconds long.  In that short time span the N-word is spewed thirty-eight times.  Yep.  Thirty-eight.  Shameful.  What's worse is that there's probably a song that say it more, which is a scary thought.

Heck, there's a legendary rap group called NWA, subject of the movie Straight Outta Compton.  Three guesses what the 'N' in NWA means.  Yep.  The N-word is in their very name (facepalm).  The called themselves the N-word, made it stick, and became one of the most well-known music groups of all time.

Various others use the word in their titles.  Can this really be life?

African Americans are the only people in the world who embrace a slur.  No other group of people in the history of mankind have does this.  Call a Jew the K-word.  Call a Mexican the S-word.  Call a Chinese person the C-word.  Call a gay person the F-word.  See how far you get if you call any other group their slur.  However, call an African American the N-word and there's a good chance he'll want to fight, but there's an equally good chance he'll treat you like family.  How is this possible?

Simply put, the N-word is acceptable because the people who are its target have accepted it.  The word woun't die unless African Americans kill it.  If people (not just African American) stopped supporting rappers or others (because it's not just rappers) who use the word, these artist would have to change their style or starve.  It doesn't matter what they say their intent is, at the end of the day, they are pushing a slur and keeping it alive.  This can't happen without the support of the people.

Until next time...

Tales From the Bus

You all know how this writer feels about the bus.  This writer will almost always recommend against the bus for various reason.  Drivers who are bad and/or unprofessional, passengers who are stupid, schedule-shattering detours, and generally bad upkeep are among the reasons.  But this writer knows all too well that sometimes it can't be avoided.

First, let's start with the people who are always there, no matter what; the drivers.  Admittedly, the drivers have improved these days.  There are still a few scumbags.  For example, there's this one driver who just stares at this writer while he's paying his fare.  She doesn't say hello like she does to other passengers.  Either she doesn't like this writer for some unknown reason, thinks this writer is an alien species masquerading as a human, or she doesn't think this writer can afford the fare.  It's annoying and possibly unprofessional on some level.

Then there are the drivers who do nothing to enforce the rules.  Once, this writer witnessed two teenagers fighting on the bus.  The driver did nothing.  He didn't even tell them to stop.  The passengers broke it up and threw them off the bus.  WTF, driver?  At least call security.

Finally, you have the wild drivers.  This writer can't count the number of times drivers have almost hit people or completely pass up stops after the being signaled to stop.  Sometimes, people have the walk up and tell the driver they pulled the cord half a block ago to get the moron to stop.  Garbage.  Who is hiring and paying these people?

Passengers aren't always innocent.  There will be cussing, eating, and attempting to not pay fare going on.

Next up, detours.  As the writer said in his first bus post, you have to be on your toes with those detours or you will miss the bus.  Once, this writer was stand at a stop with eleven other people.  Then, with no warning, this writer sees the bus turning a corner half a block behind us, completely passing all of us.  Apparently it was a detour, which we weren't warned about.  The result was twelve people standing there looking stupid as the bus zoomed off.  Unacceptable.

Finally, there is the upkeep.  Well, this writer will let these pictures do the talking:

Hey!  Free pop!

Reese's Pieces, anyone?

What the heck is this?

The bus.  Home of the unexpected...and the disgusting.  Avoid it if you can.  Pray if you can't.

Until next time...