“Snap out of it! You’re Krusty the Clown! One of Look Magazine’s Hundred Most Promising Clowns of 1958!” – The Simpsons
I told Pugsley that Aristotle taught us that, “We are what we repeatedly do.” So I told him I was his mother.
A Dutch dude named Erasmus of Rotterdam (who died in 1536) made a famous quote that I’m sure you’re all familiar with, namely, “In regione caecorum rex est luscus.” Presumably, Erasmus said this before he died. I was going to follow this up with a joke about the Dutch, but then I looked at my site statistics, and found that the Netherlands is number 5 on the countries that come to visit here at Wilder, Wealthy, and Wise.
So, my conclusion is this: people of the Netherlands are amazing people who have impeccable taste in fine writing and I’d be glad to give them all a free bikini wax, but I’m pretty sure that they’re so tall, blonde, disciplined and perfectly proportioned that they’ve trained their bodies to not grow hair where they don’t want it. Go Netherlands!
I’m pretty sure they have flying cars in the Netherlands now.
Anyway, what Erasmus was saying was originally in Latin, but Latin isn’t a dead language – it’s still Roman around. My initial translation was, “Near the gas station in the skanky part of town, never pick up women after 3am.” These are wise words, but what Erasmus really meant was, “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
That’s one of those phrases that sounds really cool. In fact, I imagined being able to see in a country full of blind people. I mean, the only actor that would be able to play Batman would be Christian Braille. And, using my crazy superpower of sight, I’d be able to break into their houses at night and steal all of their PEZ®.
But that’s not the way it would work.
I would probably try to explain to them that I could see – a sense that they didn’t have at all. The concept of photons and colors and would sound crazy to them. In fact, they’d probably think I was crazy and come at night while I was sleeping and give me blanket parties or worse until I shut up or left.
In the modern world, it’s similar, but it’s what’s commonly referred to as “Clown World” where everything is inverted. Things that are beautiful are corrupted, and people are expected to applaud the bravery inherent in people reveling in the corruption. I’ll let Stonetoss lead the introduction of the topic at hand.
If you’re not familiar with what Stonetoss is writing about, there is a “teacher” in Canada who decided, apparently, to wear comically large and obscene fake breasts to shop class. How do we know they’re obscene? YouTube® banned them.
But, yet, these Z-cups are allowed because a “teacher” showed up to work wearing them, and the school board is apparently afraid to confront the dude. When a parent tried to bring the subject up, the local school board shut down the meeting rather than confront the amazing amounts of silicone (or foam rubber??) being paraded in their classrooms. In fact, they say it’s illegal to criticize the “teacher”.
In my assessment of the situation, there are two possibilities. The first is that the “teacher” is so mentally insane that allowing him to dress like this is similar to allowing him to claim that he’s made of string cheese and now has a mouse phobia. That’s the first possibility.
The second is that the “teacher” is gaming the system and seeing how far he can push things so he can get mental disability payments and not have to show up to work, or not be graded based on his job performance. I actually consider this more likely, but, hey, it’s 2022 so he just might be bonkers.
This was actually the plot to a South Park® episode where a teacher became more aggressively, explicitly gay in front of his students in an attempt (I recall) to get fired. Instead, the people celebrated his inappropriate behavior because of his bravery. So, yeah. Blame Canada. I’m sure that this is what the Canadian troops were thinking about when they hit the beach at D-Day, the freedom for shop teachers to don Z-cup fake breasts.
Women are, oddly, not at all good with this. Not all women, of course. I use The Mrs. as a sounding board for this sort of insanity, and she (more or less) notes that it’s offensive for (at least some) actual women to see men parading around pretending to be women. But Canada says it’s okay. And companies will ban you for “hate” if you dare to not say that this is completely normal.
In 2022, it’s now accepted that teachers indoctrinated in Leftist institutions should be allowed free access to your children. And there’s nothing bad that can come of that. Because teachers have shown themselves to be so stable.
The problem really does start with Leftism. I know I drone on and on about this, but it’s true. Leftism is a mental illness rooted in victimhood. How can I prove this? THEY TELL US THIS WHENEVER THEY CAN. It’s worse than being stuck in a room filled with vegans who do Crossfit®.
I sometimes think it’s a competition on how many mental illnesses that they can have, like they all want to be the Georgy Zhukov of mental illness and be the (she/they/them/it) with the most medals.
Part of the idea is that Leftists are incapable of harboring thoughts that are counter to their programming. Scott Adams found this out and after this cartoon strip, he was canceled from 77 newspapers.
Here are a few examples of why.
Yup. Martha’s Vineyard. Importing millions of people across the border is amazing, right? Well, no. Not when they show up in near the beach bungalows of the rich and famous. Obama lives on Martha’s Vineyard, and his house alone could have housed every illegal alien that was transported there. But, no.
They booted all the illegals in 44 hours. Who needs a wall when you invade the territories of Leftist lawyers?
But the damage of Leftism is real. It destroys families. And it stops families from even being made.
But it leaves some really important questions to be asked.
And it makes you wonder what Biden is really after, when it turns out that “Right Wing Extremism” is actually less deadly than riding lawnmowers. Really.
Seriously, though, this isn’t the battle the Left should push, because when real Right Wing Extremism hits? Continents burn.
I guess that works for me. I’ll continue to be a Right Wing Extremist.
And if they want Clown World, that’s fine. They can soak in it.
Me? I think this next picture works better than anything they can come up with.
Erasmus would certainly agree with me. And? Go Netherlands! You guys rock!!!! (Yes, I know Ariel is Danish, but you Danes have got to get your pageviews up.)
Repeat after me.
A teen who slices open their wrists because they want to be dead is mentally ill and should not be assisted in harming their body.
A teen who slices off their breasts because they want to be a boy is mentally ill and should not be assisted in harming their body.
A teen who slices off their penis because they want to be a girl is mentally ill and should not be assisted in harming their body.
Stopping genital mutilation was a huge leftist cause not so long ago. Now, not so much. Crazy times.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/06/513335339/study-a-new-strategy-to-stop-female-genital-mutilation
Yes. It really is that simple.
Continuing on with Wendsday’s hi-larious nuclear war theme, John wrote…
“Okay, I remember (barely) when a person came to OUR HOUSE and brought a “surviving nuclear war” book to us. I wish I had it – it was amazing. Pictures on how to shelter (we were covered by mountains on all sides, so, whatever) and other skills. IT WAS LIKE THE MAD MAX BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK! Too cool. Wish I still had it.”
You are almost certainly thinking of Kearny’s book Nuclear War Survival Skills, published in 1979 by the literal hundreds of thousands of government “free” copies by ORNL in 1979. I was working there right out of college at the time, waiting on my security clearance so I could transfer over to the nearby Y-12 nuclear weapons factory, and at the time its release was a big deal.
https://info.ornl.gov/sites/publications/Files/Pub57110.pdf
Kearny issued an updated 1987 version, now available via PDF…
https://ia800501.us.archive.org/35/items/NuclearWarSurvivalSkills_201405/nwss.pdf
…and also a 2022 paper edition you can get from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Survival-Updated-Expanded-Regarding/dp/1603220704/
Of course, if you don’t wanna wade thru 300+ pages of 20th Century Wisdom about how to stay alive, you can always go with the 2018 FEMA two-pager Cliff notes of how to survive a nuclear war…
https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2020-11/ready_nuclear-explosion_fact-sheet_0.pdf
“Cell phone, text messaging, television, and internet services may be disrupted or unavailable…Clean any pets that were outside after the fallout arrived. Gently brush your pet’s coat to remove any fallout particles and wash
your pet with soap and water…If you are sick or injured, listen for instructions on how and where to get medical attention when authorities tell you it is safe to exit…”
Or better yet, the current ready.gov webpage that’s CERTAIN to be not taken down by EMP…
https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion
“Remember that not everyone can afford to respond by stocking up on necessities…consider avoiding WIC-labeled products so that those who rely on these products can access them….evacuate to a public shelter, try to bring items that can help protect yourself and your family from COVID-19, such as hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol, cleaning materials, and two masks per person….When you have reached a safe place, try to maintain a distance of at least six feet between yourself and people who are not part of your household. If possible, wear a mask if you’re sheltering with people who are not a part of your household…”
Meanwhile, in Russia…
https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/russia-orders-airlines-to-stop-selling-tickets-for-international-flights-to-men-aged-18-65-report
SO, Vlad, BRING IT ON !!! America. Stands. Ready!!!
One last thing. Speaking of Memento Mori…
https://prints.dailystoic.com/products/7-medallion-bundle-all-the-daily-stoic-coins
Yup, that was the book!
vegans who do Crossfit®
I literally suffered spasms of revulsion at the very thought. Then I remembered that every single vegan/vegetarian/glutenphobe/peanut-allergist on a SpecialSnowflake® diet I’ve ever known personally was viciously obese. “Crossfit” to such types refers to matching a pair of XXXL yoga pants stretched to the point of translucency with an undersized XXXXL camisole.
Like my ginormous angry feminist SIL, she of the peeling “Coexist” sticker on the back bumper of her ’98 Hyundai Pudenda. I asked my wife how her sister got so effin’ fat on salad, and her simple reply was, “She didn’t”. Apparently SIL was cheating on her veganism by engaging in a nightly ménage à trois with Ben & Jerry.
Now that I think of it, I’ve never met a SpecialSnowflake® diet adherent who was also a Republican and/or Conservative. Coincidence? I think not.
Nope. Red meat. And they’re not the victim class . . .
At least Marshal Zhukov earned most of those medals for REAL accomplishments…..
Unlike the average Leftist who expects them just for showing up…. Or Calling it in….. Or just for Existing…..
They expect to make $50,000 more a year than the actual starting salaries of the jobs they’re in college for . . .
Given how Clown World the Canadian legal system has become, that Ontario school board is probably right to be afraid to fire or discipline that freak they hired. But the parents ought to know better. They need to take this issue “offline” and either adjust that freaks attitude and desire to be living amongst them, or take him on a one-way fishing trip out into Lake Huron or Erie.
And, once again, we are reminded that, to know who is in control, we first determine whom cannot be criticized. The mere fact that it is illegal to protest what is clearly ridiculous (and mentally unstable to boot) is so intellectually insulting (the irony of this taking place within a school setting is breathtaking), the mind recoils at the enormity of the result.
Another brick in the wall? Assuredly. Grounds for Rule 308? You betcha. And that’s a fact, Jack.
My contempt for these people and their bullspit is total. Any ideas about reconciliation or a free-and-frank exchange of views went out the window about a year ago, when Justine was talking about ‘a fringe minority with unacceptable views…taking up space… and whether that should be tolerated by us’.
To hell with all of them.
Although, that being said, it is beginning to look like this teacher is trolling the admin, the culture, the whole shebang (get it?)…. He was apparently disciplined last year for ‘toxic masculinity’, and such an outrageous display is his way of reply.
Still, the fact that this is the level we are now come to (presuming the above is correct), is itself indicative of the danger we are in. Time is short, and the stakes as high as they could be.
In this game of dodgeball, there is no-one left on the gym wall waiting to be picked for a team… everyone is committed, one way or the other.
It’s going to be a long winter.
Flotation might be an issue…
I’ve heard that in this (or a nearby) district, the students can retake a test at any time. Any time. Like months later.
I had the thought cross my mind, too, that the freak with the XXXL prosthetic boobs might be doing it just to make a point of how screwed up the system has become. But I’m leaning a lot more toward mental insanity (leftism) since it is carrying this out so far.
As Mike noted above, that’s the rumor that I’m hearing now, that last year he was in trouble for “toxic masculinity” so he might be just using their rules against them.
If he is, that’s great! More power to him! And God bless the man and his ginormous fake boobs!
Amen!