We’ve all seen, and sometimes felt, the effects of the “cancel culture”. Just over the past few weeks there have been attacks on Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, Aunt Jemima and now Pepé Le Pew. Increasingly ridiculous examples of things that are somehow offensive to someone appear almost daily. And
One of the few good things that came out of the ridiculous COVID lockdowns is that it opened my eyes to how incredibly poor television has become. When I watch TV, I do so to be amused, not taught or preached at. I don’t want to learn a lesson and
Let me tell you something. I’m really glad that my job isn’t writing satire. Satire sites like The Onion and The Babylon Bee poke fun at current events by creating outlandish and absurd scenarios based on what’s really going on. Sometimes the point is to entertain but oftentimes they’re trying
I used to drink Coke. A lot of it. Back in the 80’s when my metabolism was high and I didn’t care about my dental health, I drank gallons and gallons of Coca-Cola. Then something strange happened. After nearly 100 years, Coke, the most popular soft drink in history, decided
There used to be a comedian named Foster Brooks. He called himself “the lovable lush”. His shtick was that he pretended to be drunk. Of course, back then smoking and drinking was allowed on TV so it’s quite possible it wasn’t an act and that he was actually intoxicated while
In January 2013, President Barack Obama said, “If there’s even one thing we can do to reduce this [gun] violence, if there’s even one life that can be saved, then we’ve got an obligation to try.” A few weeks later he tweeted, “If we save even one life from gun
Back in 2009 the game “Farmville” was released on Facebook and quickly became one of the biggest games of the time. To the average player, it may have looked like the goal of Farmville was to keep your crops alive and thrive as a farmer. But that wasn’t the real
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. You can look at a single image and imagine what must have happened to reach that particular point in time. There is no way for anyone to know what transpired to make that image possible. So, Big Media takes a single
From time to time I hear people talking about “stolen valor”. That is, when someone pretends to be in the military when they really weren’t. Identity theft is nasty in any circumstance, but it is truly despicable to claim you served and sacrificed for your country when, in actuality, you
I have a personal policy of not “unfriending” people for what they say. While I might not agree with someone, they have a right to their opinion, and I have a right to mine. I’m also not going to cancel my Facebook and Twitter accounts. Mostly I’m not cancelling them