Motives

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“I think,” said Turtle, “he’s trying to fill today’s story panel.”

“Or he wants to give people a little lift,” replied Crabs. “What did he write again?”

Turtle picked up the .png file. “Dear readers. You’re awesome, gorgeous, smart, witty and fabulous. I love y’all. Also, your arse looks nice in everything you wear.”

“You’re all wrong,” chimed in Jelly, applying some lipstick. “He’s deffo trying to get laid.”

Or I just wanted to say you’re all awesome and have lovely arses. Imagine how much better the world would be if we stopped ascribing motivations to other people.

Hey, Tumblr, I’m looking at you again!

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34 thoughts on “Motives”

      2. I go, I browse cat and dog posts, I leave. The constant rage from the left and right is just tiring.

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      3. Right? It’s like

        Left: you’re a sexist!

        Right: you’re a communist!

        Brian: one day the sun is going to burn out and we will be wrapped in the cold embrace of the abyss.

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      4. Back in 2014’ish, before the rise of Trump and Brexit, I wrote daily stories about a Daily Mail reading dog. Satire of course. I’d been writing him since 2009. It was popular, had a huge following, but I killed him and the series off because I could see everyone on the left and right going further down their rabbit holes. The dialogue was breaking down and all everyone was doing was yelling at people on the other side of the street. By the time Trump and Brexit arrived, Brits and Americans were so easily divided and conquered. We still are. sigh Tumblr is the worst of the worst in that respect.

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      5. It really is a lack of communication. The internet bolsters people’s aggression and makes rapid, thoughtless responses easier. Critical thinking flies out the window.
        I watched an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast recently (great show if you haven’t seen it, he gives everybody a fair say) with Dan Crenshaw, a right wing politician. He said something very interesting, which I’ve heard before but he worded it well, about how Americans feel the need to be RIGHT all the time, without even knowing anything about the topic they’re discussing. If people would just be humble and ask questions instead of forming an opinion on something they’ve never even heard about, we’d be in a better place. It comes from being able to google something and “learn about it” (not really) in 30 seconds, partly.

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  13. What? Life without turning a fat guy in a red wife beater, coffee cup in one hand, leash for tiny dog and cell phone in the other walking out his front door at 6 AM into a conspiracy theory involving girlfriends, sex for hire, intent to abort work, peeping Tom the house full of female Asian college students that’s really only a rumor or deal dope with the caravan of cars in front of the Air B and B across the street from the early childhood development center? What are you suggesting, that speculation is a waste of time? If that were true half the cable news channels would be out of business.

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