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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWeirdness abides.
Watching coverage of the mess called Brexit, listening to why or why not, even some expressions of regret and wishing for a do-over . . . and the commercial break goes to an ad with very British voiceover, extolling the wonders of the Jag-you-are, followed by an ad for a laxative . . . then coverage of Trump in Scotland with his Nazi balls and Florida lighthouse . . .
Is the world on drugs?
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Anything that doesn't seem like anarchy and chaos is probably an illusion, in my opinion.
villager
(26,001 posts)ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)so no.
villager
(26,001 posts)ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)the universe has any greater purpose or anything like that. The only sense anything has comes from ourselves.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)flamingdem
(39,332 posts)Why? Why now
shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)Did anyone think that Nazi balls and Florida lighthouse could be used in the same sentence?
ReRe
(10,597 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)"Auf Wiedersehen".
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)Advertising and the "content" that exists to deliver it to you might as well be considered a drug. Its effect on your senses is much the same.
eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)Almost every aspect of Free Market ideology is based on the absurd premise that participants are perfectly rational actors. Bizarre consequences are pretty much inevitable.