humor
"Humor is what binds humans together and makes difficult times just a little less painful; Sometimes you can't help but laugh. "
The Olden Times #2
In the olden times ... Reinventing yourself was hard work. You couldn't jump on Facebook and fabricate stories about yourself. There was no Instagram where you could show off your fabulous life - no cheap champagne in an expensive bottle on a rented yacht in the part of South Florida that vaguely resembles a tropical paradise. We would never be royals, and we knew it because we were from the suburbs. We didn't have ways of documenting our lives anyway. Sure, there were Polaroid cameras, but every pic you took on a Polaroid looked like it should be attached to your ransom note. There were film cameras, of course, but you had to take 52 shots before you could take the film out, or you'd ruin the whole damn roll. And hey, when you did reach the end of the roll, you'd drop it off at a weird little kiosk in a grocery store parking lot and pray that the stoned kid working there didn't lose your film roll or screw up the process altogether. Sometimes your pictures would end up with a ghost thumb in them, and you'd wonder if this was the product of supernatural forces. Nah, it was just a blur or a glitch in the development. There was your ghost, Scooby-Doo.
By Mack Devlin5 years ago in Humans
Celebrating the American Diet
Recently, I developed a friendship with a guy from Long Island. He wrote to a group of us his bemusement with the term “flexitarian”. It was his first encounter with the word, not certain that it was a real word at all. For those with better things to know and do, a flexitarian is “one whose normally meatless diet occasionally includes meat or fish.” Two decades ago, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution may have nailed it, “The icky neologism touted by the Food Channel…, which is a meat-eating semi-vegetarian who determines his/her eating preference based on mood rather than ideology.” This struck me as akin the flexibility NFL referees demonstrate enforcing “roughing the passer” calls on Tom Brady.
By Alexander J. Cameron5 years ago in Humans
Secrets from the Book of Karen
There's been a lot of online discussion about a type of woman, generically known as "Karen". She is a retail worker's worst nightmare. Her high-maintenance demands and petty complaints culminate in the outburst, "I want to speak to the manager," or "I was TOLD...(she was somehow entitled to her latest demand, usually a discount)". Posters often observe other characteristics of the Karen which make her recognizable before the transaction even occurs, giving them a chance to emotionally brace themselves for an unpleasant encounter She is usually middle-aged, with a particular hairstyle, asymmetrical with blonde frosting, reminiscent of Kate Gosselin and she often wears big sunglasses. Online posters often speculate if there is any correlation between this particular appearance and her peculiar behavior. Maybe because she tries to imitate a star, she fancies herself to actually be a star, and, thereby, deserving of special treatment. I have my own theory about the Karen, which may be a revelation as an
By Lemon Merang5 years ago in Humans
Being Sober at a Drunk Party
It was a first for me. It was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of experience. It happened a while ago, but I think it will be fun to share it now to showcase that being sober at a party where everyone else is drunk allows you to see things from a weird but fun perspective.
By Tarun Gupta5 years ago in Humans
Saturday night out.
A light hearted look at the pubs and clubs on a Saturday night in the mid-sixties. Saturday night in our house in the sixties was a bit of a free for all. With at least nine kids in the house it was a bit chaotic to say the least, especially on a cold and dark Winter evening when none of us could go out to play.
By Eric Harvey5 years ago in Humans
The Jenn Zone
Do not adjust your vertical… Do not adjust your horizontal… You have just entered the Jenn Zone. For all the usual reasons I woke up at the crack of dawn this morning. It is one of those mornings where my brain has driven me completely crazy with all the things I need to get done. Until I find myself wide awake and unable to go back to sleep.
By Jennifer Batterson5 years ago in Humans
Are You Familiar
Occasion Sprite is a typical windmill that ponders occasions to make destruction. Numerous families have one individual who drinks excessively and afterward makes an imbecile of himself over special times of year. These individuals are normal the entire year, aside from Christmas, Labor Day, Memorial Day, or even family social occasions. Now and then it's the day of the occasion, here and there a little while previously or after, however you can generally trust you appear. You see this individual getting insects, and you realize what is coming. After quite a long time after year, ten years after ten, regardless of whether they don't drink or utilize drugs they appear to be continually taking up wars and making issues on extraordinary events.
By albert bean5 years ago in Humans
Welcome to Our Alien Overlords
I’m going to tell you something that maybe a surprise to some of you. believe in aliens. I know, it’s hard to believe that someone who loves Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who and superhero comic books, believes in alien life out there in the galaxy. Well, here's two reasons why I believe this:
By From the Mind of Nobody5 years ago in Humans
A Nice Pear
A Nice Pear (forbidden fruit) Original Sin It all began at the end of the beginning. Eve was sitting quite content, underneath what she thought was an apple tree. A breath of wind shook the tree in the gentlest of way, but enough to dislodge a dangling fruit. It landed on Eve’s lap. Eve looked down in puzzlement. The fruit was a little bit yellow and quite a bit red and looked very enticing. Curiosity got the better of her. First, she lifted it to her nose, and sniffed it. Indeed, it did smell fruity even though Eve had no idea what a fruit was. She was mesmerised. It seemed to be the only object catching her interest.
By Gavin Mayhew5 years ago in Humans
