Monday, January 21, 2019

it's a challenge

 You've heard of the Bird Box challenge and the Tide Pod challenge.  Well I've got a new challenge for these millennials. It's called the weather challenge! The object of the game is to go to work or school despite the weather. As I listened to the news this morning, a good portion was about the weather. All the warnings about the cold and the wind temperature. I even heard them extolling, don't go outside unless you have to. But I 'm proposing you go outside anyway! Yes, just go outside even when it is cold. I know it's a Holiday, MLK day, but don't use that for an excuse either. Get out there, like a pioneer. LOL You could wear a ribbon, a white one perhaps, and then tell people how you are a survivor. Maybe even get a trophy. I survived the cold of 2019.
 I'm waiting to see how the Democrats are going to blame Trump for this. Isn't it supposed to be global warming? Oh no, they changed that to climate change. Sounds much better and you can't dispute the weather changes. Well the weather is the climate, right? Well the weather determines the climate at a given place over time anyway. That's why we measure the ice at the North pole and complain the weather is changing in Florida.
 I don't know every time it happens I just shake my head. Today it is the weather. The news folks will drone on and on about the cold. It's the lead in to almost every story. I thought it was excessive when the evening news went from a half hour, to an hour, to two hours. The same story is repeated every ten minutes! Over and over again, drives me crazy. I heard it the first time. Now, I understand you may have come in a bit later and that's why it is being repeated, it's just that I think it is getting to be too much. And I also believe that is why the news has become what it is today. It is more entertainment than informative. The reason is basic economics, you have to pay for all that airtime. In order to do that you have to attract viewers. And that's why the news is entertainment today. Opinions making the headline and models reading the news and weather. We have a few guys around, the union says they have too, but attractive women are preferred. Why is that? The guys control the remote right? Yes, that's the thinking in the marketing department. What a bunch of sexists they must be. The guys tuning in to watch the weather girl? That's where it began didn't it? It has now spread to the anchors. The explanation is, there are more women in broadcasting today. Yes, I understand that. It's a liberating thing for the women of the world, equal opportunity. Really though a lot depends upon their physical appearance and anyone trying to deny that is just crazy. The more things change, the more they stay the same. The weather is no different.
 Well, like I said it's a challenge. It's cold outside! In six months it'll be hot outside. Could be snow or rain. Maybe the wind will blow. The weather, you just can't depend upon it to cooperate with your desires. Oh, it's a challenge alright!  A challenge no different than other real things! You know like, sometimes people won't agree with your opinion. Reality seems to be a challenge to a lot of these millennials. Things like, I have to have a job to get money! But its' cold outside, I should stay home and get paid. I should get my basics needs for free! I should only have to work to earn money to buy things I actually want. You know like two hundred dollar sneakers, Starbucks coffee and thousand dollar I-phones. Paying for medical insurance? What's up with that. Next thing you know they'll be telling me I have to make my own dream come true! Don't these old people realize that's the function of government? Dreamers gotta dream! We have no time for working.
 I got distracted a bit with all these challenges. Got off topic a bit I guess. It's just that I do tire of hearing the obvious stated over and over. It's 16 degrees outside, yup, that means it's cold. So glad I have a news anchor to keep me informed. And then I'm told if you go outside you could get, wait for it, cold. Frostbite is a possibility. Oh, and there could be ice out there, it's below freezing you know. The wind is blowing too, makes it feel colder, well who knew? Ah, modern information technology saves the day. Oh and don't forget to bring in your pets! Pets get cold too, again a revelation. Sure glad the news is on for two hours, it's a lot of information to take in. Why, it's a challenge.
     

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