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Some of the holiest of space in the US.

#Bend #Oregon
(Earlier)
A woman confronts and shouts at a group of anti-lockdown demonstrators from her vehicle in Bend, OR, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/jBHJTa7EoP

— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) December 7, 2020

I have to admit, I am not certain how to properly react if confronted by an officer of the Covid Shame Police like her. Politics aside, we still have to conduct ourselves under the “Don’t Play Stupid Games” directives which sort of limits the kind of response on our part that she may deserve.

But one thing is clear: They do not feel constricted by basic social rules or even basic politeness, and that means the transition to more direct ways to try to convince you are possible future behaviors in people like her.

How many times have you read and heard “If you don’t wear a mask, you will kill grandma” or words to that effect? Do you think minds like hers will not make the jump to use violence because they feel they are defending themselves from you? “You are not wearing a mask! You are transmitting a deadly disease to me! I must kill you in self defense!”

I predict we will see at least one case like this in the not-so-far future.

Woke Santa Claus tells a little boy he can’t even have a nerf gun for Christmas. Leave your liberal bullshit at home next time. Let boys be boys! pic.twitter.com/IWtLGrCyjs

— Nicholas Connolly (@MrNickConnolly) December 7, 2020

Now, if the mom and dad wanted to force this kind into a girl, I am willing to bet Faux Santa would send dresses and make up for the boy alongside a box of “special” brownies.

And at least this Santa is forced to do the social distancing. I don’t know if he can be trusted to have kids sit in his lap.

Sent by reader Zeigfried Whiffle

Me AT GROCERY STORE:
Why is there plastic on the payment keypad?
Cashier: to protect people from Covid.
Me : but isn’t everyone touching the plastic keypad the same way they would the regular keypad?
Cashier: no words. Confused look.
Me : Why Don’t you pack the grocery bags anymore?
Cashier : Because of covid 19 to reduce the spread of catching or spreading the virus.
Me : But a shelf packer took it out of a box and put on the shelf, a few customers might of picked it up and put back deciding they Don’t want it, I put it in my cart then on the conveyer belt, YOU pick it up to scan it.. But putting it in a bag after you scan is risky??
Cashier : no words, confused look

Me AT DRIVE-THRU
Server: (holds a tray out the window with a bag of food for logical friend to grab)
Me: why is my bag of food on a tray?
Server: so I don’t touch your food because of Covid.
Me: didn’t the cook touch my food? Didn’t the person wrapping my food touch it and then touch it again when placing it in my bag? Didn’t you touch the bag and put it on the tray? Didn’t you touch the tray?
Server: no words. Confused look.

Me in SOCIETY
Society ; If you cough or sneeze do it in your elbow or sleeve,
Also society : Dont shake hands or hug anyone or you will spread the virus..
To greet people do an elbow tap instead.
Me : Elbow tap ? Isn’t that where you tell people to sneeze or cough? into their elbow? Now you want people to tap each other with that elbow
wouldn’t it be safer to sneeze into elbow and shake hands like we did before Covid

Me AT RESTAURANT:
Hostess: ok, I can seat you at this table right here (4 feet away), but I will need you to wear a mask to the table.
Me: what happens when I get to the table?
Hostess: you can take off the mask.
Me: then it is safe over there?
Hostess: yes.
Me: are those fans blowing above the table? Is that the air-conditioning I feel? Is the air circulating in here? Hostess: no words. Confused look.

SOCIETY : You are not allowed to stand and drink at the pub you have to sit down.
But at the shopping centre you are not allowed to sit down, all the chairs are roped off.
Who thinks this stuff up?
Life is hard for logical people right now. We are being raised without the ability to process and execute logic

Unemployment, and the miserable job search that followed, was a wake-up call to me.

One of the things that I decided to do was go back to school to get a second master’s degree in a particularly esoteric and unique field of engineering that very much suits my fancy.

I was inspired by a former co-worker who earned that degree and now has a job I am envious of.

Right now I won’t tell you what or where it is, but suffice it to say I am neck deep in shock physics and jump equations.  When I am done with this new degree combined with my previous education, the tagline for my resume will be “Better Killing Through Metallurgy.”

It is finals week and one of my make-or-break classes has a take-home final due Thursday morning and I am still working full time at a day job.

As such, I am going to disappear for a while.  I will be back.  In the meantime, there will be lots and lots of math.

Like a boss.