Previously posted on my Facebook Page.
For an hour, I read my Homepage before getting up. Know what others are thinking. The young exude darkness that is mostly personal. Family and relationships. Meanwhile, the majority of those my age are into juvenile fun like memes and videos. Though the “old” are divided in two: Those who click/share silliness that they’d normally castigate the young about; and those who post long discourses about life, politics, and correct way of eating ramens. Young and old are one on the subject of dogs. 📱👇📲
When a TV series or movie “moralizes,” it really frustrates me. More so, if the narrative is told on a misleading manner. The 3rd episode of Season 2 of “Ted Lasso” focuses on the soccer team’s corporate sponsor, Dubai Air which is UAE owned. The show claims the UAE pollutes Nigeria. Dubai’s Azur Oil is present in the country but the top three foreign oil giants are operating out there: Netherlands’ Shell, U.S. 's ExxonMobil, and France’s Schlumberger. Can’t the series simply do comedy? ?⛽️📺
Movie clichés? Examples: [1] Smells milk from out of the fridge. [2] Before heading out the door, character stops. There's one more line to say. [3] “Throws up” scene. [4] Covers boobs after lovemaking as though shy that partner sees `em. [5] Exhales while in the shower. [6] Runs to the airport before sweetheart boards in only to realize she didn’t. Turn around, boom! [7] Jason Voorhees drags himself to catch a victim who runs fast, on Nikes. But Jason still gets her in 3 seconds! 🎬🎭🎬
Whenever a famous person dies, we adorn our Page with adulation, superlatives, good stuff. That’s cool! Just thinking, while Social Media or other platforms offer us accessible and worldwide-reaching tools to “publish” whatever we are thinking, why not also post tributes to unknowns. Like our kin, friends, or people we’ve heard did admirable deeds as well. A “nobody” person need not die via OD, shot by a cop, or choked on 15 hotdogs to deserve Respect as they leave Life. 👍👍👍
Like many, my family also wrestles with Covid-19. Eight of us were hit but recovered fast. In between: A Dengue fever hit and lupus recurrence. Challenges. Fact of life. Meantime, energy spent on “pandemic as a political/partisanship” dartboard doesn’t help any. Yet flawed leadership amidst crisis is also a fact of life. But while waiting for good government and the end of scourge, let’s chill. Life doesn’t say all fours on rock `n roll ain’t fun over our Left or Right. 👈🎸👉
A lesson in peaceful intervention was displayed by Steven Adams of Memphis Grizzlies in last night’s game vs Chicago Bulls. Mr Adams took matters into his own burly arms, literally, after Bulls center Tony Bradley rammed a hard foul on Grizzlies’ Ja Morant. Before the silliness evolved into a real fight, the 6’11’ Adams carried—yes CARRIED—the 6’10” 248-pound Bradley away. No, he ain’t Jason Momoa’s bro. But New Zealander Steven is the real Aquaman! 🏀🤣🏀
Unfriending people that we engage/d in silly arguments is reasonable enough. But what is the sense in unfriending those that we don’t even talk to? Because what they post is contrary to what we believe in? Then I’d be unfriending 15-20 people each day, LOL! “Friend” only those who “thumbs-up” my guts? Nope. I learn from those who don’t share my truths. So let it rip but I don’t need to rant back. Yet I’d like to know what you’re thinking. My Page is public; not a cult.
I don’t get it why some type up, “Don’t who voted for Mr Bean, get out of my Page!” Or “Those who are unvaxxed, get lost!” You don’t even talk to them. Let `em rock as you rock out yourself! LOL! 👍🤖👎
Social Media reveals the dark, silly and “juvenile” aspects of our character that we’d normally “hide” before there was Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok etcetera. I mean, we as adults or middle-aged grownups. Going through memes 24/7, especially those posted/shared by people my age or older, many are meant to insult or ridicule the “other side.” They meant “funny,” of course. But funny can be offensive to many. We know those. We are old. Just saying. 🤪💻😂
Many say they are leaving or taking a break from Facebook. I understand. I tried as well. In vain. Unless I am kicked out or Facebook shuts down for good, I am here. Active. It keeps my sanity on “even ground.” I post as I write as I breathe. It doesn’t matter if I get 2 likes or 200 likes or none. FB is my exhale. But I also do a lot of “in-betweens.” As long as I “facebook” (verb) in a structured manner based on a daily timeframe, I am good as I am still here.
Being away from home-country and family, Facebook offers me an accessible and convenient device, 24/7, to get “connected” with comfort zones and emotional lifelines. And I always enjoy knowing what others think and feel, even before internet days—hence I evolved into a journalist/writer. As long as my daily routine/ritual and OCD madness (for my other life’s “fixes”) isn’t derailed by senseless chats/arguments in here, I am good. I think I am doing fine avoiding immature debates here so far. 🤪💻😂
News TV that is all partisan political angling. No straight-up news. When News is “discussed,” it’s blatant Democrat or Republican. What irks me are the juvenile-styled insults and streetside ridiculing. This morning, I tried to tune in Headline News, CNN bud but “less-CNN,” you know what I mean? But anchor Robin Meade looked sleepy, exhausted, or sick. So I got lazier watching, with Arrow and Cyd. Arrow insisted on switching to the Animal Channel instead, her favorite. 📺😴📺
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