It's funny until it's not.

 

Maybe I'm willing to fight this year because the nation has gone full retard the last four years. And I'm pretty pissed at the world everyone has created. Remember, I'm Gen X, but if you get too salty - I might ban you from posting. So stay classy! Because I've got time.

Every day the Republicans, like Tucker Carlson, say that Ukraine is losing. On (checks notes) almost 700 days into this war. Ukraine is sending drones into Russian areas NEVER thought possible. I would even say that the Republicans WANT Ukraine to lose. And I just don't understand it. 

If we give Ukraine to Russia - it will be a clear sign to China that they can take Taiwan! I mean, what is up with the Republican Party these days? Really makes me wonder where the financial interests lie. 

I've said since the beginning that Russia was weak. But weak people do crazy things.

It's the biggest non mystery in history.

 

This is not odd at all! It turns out if you let people die at this rate - inflation becomes very intense. I'm old enough to remember when just letting the baby boomers retire was a HUGE deal. But letting close to 10,000 die a month, does nothing apparently. 

I want to blame the Government, but really it's people who thought eugenics was the way to go. So, they didn't have to lift a finger to make anything better.

 

THESE PEOPLE ARE NEVER COMING BACK! You shouldn't have to be infected with SARS to care. Instead you will be forced to care in the prices you pay.

From the sky.

 

This is the solar generating plant right outside of Vegas.

Honestly, I only took this shot because camera phones are getting amazing.

Okay, maybe the cars were a bust.....but

Here is an interesting concept bike. Although, when I saw a humman on it, I thought it was waaay too bulkey.

 

There weren't really any great concept cars this year. But they have been displaying these "pod" cars for a handful of years.

The backs of the seats were monitors. So that was kind of interesting. Not a monitor in the seat. The seat was a monitor.

I went. I saw. I left early.

 

You will notice absolutely nothing different this year. The issue is that most  sectors are mature now - like cars, 3D printing, etc. The media seemed really excited about transparent TV's,  but I was covering these in 2016 - so I didn't even take photos. I actually started seeing them in stores in 2017.

So, I went back to the airport and read twitter for three hours waiting for my flight. And basically listened to people cough. If you want to know how sick the nation is......take a flight and just listen to how much coughing is happening. This is our life now. 

If you have problems reading about COVID, just leave this blog this year. I'm not pretending it doesn't exist. 

At least I tried.

2024 will be the year of the self own. The year people realize that team anti vax, and team vax were on the same team all along. They just didn't know it. Both believed in herd immunity that never ever existed.

The only RIGHT and MORAL thing to tell people was - to NOT get infected. Like I tried to.

At this stage I am somewhat at peace with things. I have always felt people should have to live by their choices. Yet, I do walk around every day thinking HOW COULD YOU!  A few days ago a 90 year old man came up and shook my husbands hand. 

We know he was 90 because old people always lead with their age. It was sweet obviously, but in my head all I could think was - how could people convince this OLD MAN that it was safe to be out without a mask? I don't think I will ever forgive most of you.

I think we are about a week out from hitting the iceberg that the ENTIRE world has crashed into with all time high wastewater in most of Europe and other countries. And the new variant causes pneumonia.

This year will be the year people can not ignore how much they fucked themselves.

I would personally like to thank people for participating the in the Darwin Olympics and volunteering to unalive themselves. 

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I'm also going to add that over the Spring last year, I thought I'd finally figured out why people were acting the way they were about SARS2. And I'd decided that it was the thrill of cheating death. 

Self I said - If I have one more old person walk up to me and list their health conditions and then say "I should be dead right"? , I'm gonna flip out.

This year, that thrill is going to wear off. Mark my words.

Yeah just leave GenX alone. pic.twitter.com/4KBg8jrURo

— S. (@goodtroubless) January 2, 2024