As much as I respect John Paul's intelligence, I think he is buying into the Apocalypse meme in its latest form: "We're all gonna dieeee" of Big Pharma's latest adventures in medical meddling. Of course I could be wrong, but I don't think we are going to see Black Death levels of sudden death, which is what Dr. Tenpenny, Dr. Zelenko, and John Paul seem to be saying. I think we may see Spanish flu levels of death among the vaccinated, or perhaps 17th century cholera levels of death among them, but neither of those were end of the world despite what people thought at the time.
The Apocalypse meme is often chosen by very smart people out of psychological convenience. It is much easier to buy into the meme than to take a hard look at everything you do in your life that isn't sustainable, whether it is the habit of working yourself too hard, your propensity to get snippy with people you love, your awful diet and lack of exercise, or your giant house that requires a small army of hired maintenance men and women to keep it livable. Who needs to work on any of that if "we're all gonna dieeee" in five to ten years?
That said, the solution is right there in front of our faces. If you are anxious about the future and angry about all the people who are ruining it, work on the one person you can force into improved behavior: yourself. All those unvaxxed people are going to get sick and die? Well, then I had better step up my cooking game, learn some healthful dishes, and get on the exercise bike tonight. Then if I do die, it won't be because I ruined my immune system eating bon bons while watching people make craft projects on Youtube (my fantasies of decadence are remarkably easy and affordable to achieve). Be the change.
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Date: 2021-11-11 05:11 pm (UTC)The Apocalypse meme is often chosen by very smart people out of psychological convenience. It is much easier to buy into the meme than to take a hard look at everything you do in your life that isn't sustainable, whether it is the habit of working yourself too hard, your propensity to get snippy with people you love, your awful diet and lack of exercise, or your giant house that requires a small army of hired maintenance men and women to keep it livable. Who needs to work on any of that if "we're all gonna dieeee" in five to ten years?
That said, the solution is right there in front of our faces. If you are anxious about the future and angry about all the people who are ruining it, work on the one person you can force into improved behavior: yourself. All those unvaxxed people are going to get sick and die? Well, then I had better step up my cooking game, learn some healthful dishes, and get on the exercise bike tonight. Then if I do die, it won't be because I ruined my immune system eating bon bons while watching people make craft projects on Youtube (my fantasies of decadence are remarkably easy and affordable to achieve). Be the change.