Welcome to the fourth year of 2020. What a time to be alive!
Doesn’t the tension feel palpable? It’s the gathering!
“… when there are only a few of us left, we will feel an irresistible pull towards a far away land… to fight for the prize…” – Ramírez (from The Highlander)*
Enjoy the show! It’s the gathering y’all!
Lucky for us it’s the dipshit gathering, not the deadly serious meeting of skilled and cunning immortals we’re told to fear. Our time is the uneasy faffing of stupid clumsy sweaty incoherent dweebs. The losers who got bullied in high school and never scored in college somehow got their hands on the wheel. Having gleefully driven into a ditch they’re stuck in the fucking ditch. They painted themselves into a corner. They ate the seed corn. They burned the bridges. They divided by zero. They made a mess so huge they themselves can’t wish it away. That’s what we’re feeling, the despair of losers who fucked up because they got power they didn’t merit. Their despair is not ours. They don’t know anything else but to double down on fucking up and it’s not working; which is not my fault. Nor is it your fault.
*(If you haven’t watched the movie Highlander drop everything and watch it. Also if you watched the eleven dozen knock off sequels and reboots, what the hell were you thinking? Bad sequels don’t exist in my world because I don’t let people muck up great stories with derivative cash-grabs. The single exception is Mad Max 2 which was somehow better than the original.)
Where was I? Oh yeah, reflecting on the mess that is now. Can you smell the unease in the air? Does it not feel like the tension before a thunderstorm? Do you sense the tide pulling back? Is that a tsunami building beyond the horizon? Do you see politicians looking panicked? Not just some politicians look panicked… they ALL do! Do you see every single authority figure twitching nervously as they reflect on their incompetence and try to outrun their mistakes. Which is more debased? The press or the church? Congress or the NFL? Banks or businesses? Ever see a pissing match where nobody deserves to win? I do! I see systems slowing and bureaucracies grinding to a halt. That which worked is replaced with that which makes the incompetent feel elite and it’s finally coming to a head. It could be huge. You know “the big one” is out there. We all know it.
We all know it’s coming. We just can’t tell what “it” is. Is it 1789, 1861, 1980, 1991? Will it be the storming of the Bastille, firing on Fort Sumpter, the completely unexpected miracle on ice, or the inexplicably war-free dissolution of the mighty and feared Soviet Union? Didn’t expect the last few did ya’? All we really know is there will be change. It will probably suck but it doesn’t have to suck. Sometimes what looks like an end is really a birth. Also, we don’t know if it’ll be one event or a series of shitstorms. Remember that the USSR was strong and unstoppable until the day it wasn’t. Remember “the war to end all wars” came to be known as “part 1”. (I told you sequels suck!)
“It” could be everything all at once or a fart in a windstorm. It might be dispersed chaos as political assclowns create a multiverse of circular firing squads. It might be one big non-political thing like a methed up sixty foot dinosaur that wants to stomp Tokyo. Or, and this is just a small chance but it’s possible, it could be something positive. Nobody sees whats coming, we only know that everything now is unstable.
Clear yourself of normalcy bias. That which “has never happened” has been happening. It’s been obvious since at least 2020. Maybe it started decades or centuries ago. All we know is it’s knocking on the door; whatever the hell “it” is.
For the rest of this whole damn year never let the phrase “that’s impossible” pass your lips!
Nothing can be assumed, nothing can be ruled out, nothing is impossible. There once were borders around the possible but that’s long gone. This far down the rabbit hole there is nothing inconceivable. Everything is possible, none of it likely, all of it unpredictable. Social conventions built to keep things in general balance (such as rule of law) have been battered and largely destroyed. They can’t do their primary function. Your gay priest, your profit free business leader, your biased judge, your incompetent doctor… none of them can summon authority because they cannot summon competence. They cannot fake what they failed to earn. So nothing is impossible.
For better or worse, it’s going to be a hell of a show! Hang on folks because shit’s going to start weird, stay weird, and finish (or not) with a flourish. Your goal, your only goal, is to laugh at the ridiculous and keep on keeping on. Sinking into despair is for the weak. Don’t go there.
In all times, but especially now, attend to yourself. Hydrate, get some exercise, hug those you love, get plenty of sleep, pet a dog, eat a salad, this is no time to neglect yourself or others. The thing most under attack is your mind. Keep it together. If your head is screwed on straight, most of the rest will work out as well as possible under the circumstances. Remember the basics; avoid crowds, brace yourself for more lies, and keep your wallet where you can see it. When you’re being manipulated recognize it and take countermeasures. Exercise caution because nobody is coming to help you; wear a seat belt, put on a helmet, get some sturdy boots; act like you’re a thousand miles from the ER because even if the ER is ten miles away it’s really in the past, back from when doctors did medicine. Believe nothing you can’t personally verify. Stay away from crowds. Show some discernment; value only the opinion of people who’s opinions merit value. Mock the rest. They’re ridiculous and you might as well let them know you’ve figured it out.
Above all, get away from the screen so you know the difference between real and imaginary. Things aren’t as bad as they seem. The literal world is fine, it’s the virtual one that’s a mess. The earth keeps turning and nature is as true and pure as ever. Even as society crawls up its own ass, the sun will rise in the east, set in the west, kittens will be fluffy, and summertime caterpillars will turn into butterflies only to die over the winter.
If properly anchored and sailed to shelter in time, a sound craft will ride out any storm.
I’m rooting for ya’! Happy New Year and good luck!
“If properly anchored and sailed to shelter in time, a sound craft will ride out any storm.”
There is a lot of qualifiers in this very accurate statement.
Your words about keeping your mind sound is but the “sound craft”, reacting, running around in fear is doing OTHER’S Biddings. Properly Anchoring, a proper shelter and “in time” all need thought and action.
Winter is coming? Nay, Sir, Winters frozen breathe is HERE.
Grahams Killhouse Rules spring to mind.
Thank you for excellent words on this Third day of January.
Wow, that was a great, centering, “pay attention” pep talk! All of it was good, but the 1st paragraph was a great foundation layer (like egg layer).
Tree Mike, still not a word smith. It’s not easy being a tard, but I make it work.
Again, thanks for your effort and time. Those things are precious and expensive.
Everyone I’ve spoken to in the last month or so, mostly foresters and loggers and other ne’er-do-wells that didn’t take the jab, are all feeling it.
For me it’s like a nearly-constant low voltage charge running through my body, more apparent in the morning and when I’m attempting to fall asleep. More of an annoyance, I think it’s either Anonymous Conservative’s satellite beams or Universe telling me to pay attention to what’s coming up soon.
Guess we’ll find out what is coming up and the role we’ll all play, as long as we pay close attention. I say this because in consecutive trips on US-2, passing vehicles either completely missed that I was in the incoming lane, or there’s a plan to kill me by controlling jabbed drivers with something other than 5G (none in the Big Swamp).
That may sound self-centric, but with everything being fake and gay it might actually be bad actors using NPCs to wipe put any remaining free-thinkers, and it might be that I’m retarded and overthinking everything because reality itself is retarded, I can’t tell yet.
I’m just glad it got below freezing so my joints aren’t screaming because mid-30s and 99% humidity.
Well said! I plan to save this particular blog, print it and post it on my refrigerator so I can come back to it when things go weird(er) in crazy world. Having become a pretty decent hermit the last few years, your words remind me of why I’m here in the boonies and letting the shitstorm happen somewhere else to other more deserving idiots. Thank you!
One of the things that stuck to me after reading “When Money Dies”, by Adam Fergusson, was how in Germany after WW1 people kept thinking “well, it’s been bad, but it’s going to start to get better now” – and it kept getting worse, year after year after year. We won’t know how bad things will get, until after it happens. So worrying, now, doesn’t really get us anywhere. You are 100% right – looking after ourselves is the best plan we can have. May 2024 bring you (and us, your loyal followers) internal peace no matter what’s going on outside our own little sphere of influence.
(Oops – forgot to sign off properly)
Steve O
Excellent summary, Curmudgeon. Good advice.
“He who is prepared shall not fear”. Got precious and semi-precious stuff (not necessarily metals)?? Got a bugout bag? Got a PLAN? Got milk?
Mental attitude and the ability to stay calm and think things through is precious, and like muscles can be strengthened through training/exercise. Trust, but verify. Accept no substitutes. Remember that prices are higher east of the Mississippi, and Politicians are descended from Slime Mold.
Vote for people you can TRUST. Which is practically nobody. Hold your nose instead and vote for the least damaging person, which leaves out all Democrats and most Republicans. Check out the Independents, you might find a good one. Good in a relative sense, that is.
Have you phoned or told your Mom and Dad you love ’em lately? Do it before it’s too late. When things get spicy (and they WILL!) you will not get the chance. Remember that Family is the most precious thing of all.
Carry on!
Read this twice, it was worth it!
Michelle_in_NB
Thanks.
Vote for people you can TRUST.
I understand what you mean, but getting that result is no longer possible.
I used to hear “we need the vote to be bigger than the level of cheat”. However, the Dominion voting machines were the Swamp’s answer to that, along with the Soros Judges dismissing court cases challenging the cheat. It doesn’t matter who you vote for as long as the machine can change your vote to be 52 – 48 in favor of the Swamp’s candidate. And to make the steal more plausible, they only need to do it in the battleground states that will determine the winner.
The 2020 election provided an example of that, along with the 2022 election in Georgia. The Republican candidate(s) is/are winning thru the night, and all of the sudden, POOF, and the Democrat has the 52-48 votes to win.
voooote haaaarder is the new opiate of the masses.
“If only we had enough votes”, or “If people hadn’t stayed home”, etc. the good candidate would have won, instead of losing 52-48.
Steve
I am just waiting for SMOD (sweet meteor of death) to arrive and clear up most of this mess the humans have thrust upon themselves. To me it is too early to worry about the polls. Maybe the middle of October of this year I will start to read what the polls are doing for everyone trying to get elected. So many things can happen between now 7 January and November of this year. So I wait.
I’m trying to ignore polls (it’s hard because they’re perfect clickbait!). Polls sometimes capture the zeitgeist (with plenty of caveats) but they’re almost entirely unrelated to who gets elected. Even for “unbiased” polls (to the extent they exist) reports are more interested in slicing and dicing that reporting the results. “Candidate X lost 1% support among one legged lesbian flute players”. Ascertaining the general will of the people is the whole point of all this, which is why everyone ignores that core data.
I also vote regardless of polls. If candidate Y is polling badly but I like his policies I’ll vote for him anyway. It’s not fantasy football where the goal is to pick the winner and cement your place amid the biggest crowd.
Also knowing your vote may be diluted or overridden by cheating isn’t pleasant but it doesn’t mean voting is stupid. Every legal and honest vote occupies a slot in the voter rolls. Unused slots in the voter rolls are a place where cheating happens. I like to fill that niche with an honest ballot.
Great fucking post my man.
Here’s to riding the whirlwind.
You are absolutely right about the world still being here whatever comes to pass.
Thanks.