I slept like a log last night, but I still wasn’t feeling
on top form when I woke. I made myself a bowl of granola and scoffed it whilst
watching an episode of “Schitt’s Creek” in the hope I might perk up.
With telly watched I had a little look at the Internet.
This time last week I mentioned that I’d reported a porn-monger to Facebook. A
profile linking to mucky sites asked to befriend me, so I squealed them up to
the Facebook feds. A week later that site is still active. Amazing how
advertising graphic sex doesn’t go against the Facebook “community standards”,
isn’t it? But other that his/her/its non-removal, not a lot had happened on
Facebook overnight. I sent out four birthday greetings, then had a look at my
emails.
They too were equally dull.
I captured bouncers in the tree house and the Skyland (it’s
a Munzee thing) and got ready for work.
As I drove to work the pundits on the
radio were interviewing the head honcho of some airline or other. This bloke
was banging on about how all the public should be wearing face masks to prevent
the spread of coronavirus. Apparently wearing masks reduces the risk by
ninety-eight point five per cent (or so this bloke claimed).
They then wheeled on professor doctor
someone-or-other who asked what specific
risk had been lowered by ninety-eight point five per cent (spreading the
virus, contracting the disease, getting run over by a bus... it could have been
the risk of absolutely anything), and what evidence there was to support
this utterly unsubstantiated claim. The airline bloke didn't know; he'd just
heard something somewhere that mentioned ninety-eight point five per cent.
Presumably he'd totally misunderstood what was going on and seemingly made up
the rest. But he was insistent that because he'd heard it somewhere, it had to
be true.
This was followed by an interview with
some transport manager (it was a bit vague as to exactly what it was that he
managed) who said that he'd heard that there was no real evidence that
wearing face masks actually achieved anything , but since everyone else was
wearing them, he would as well. Apparently that "stood to reason"
and "made sense".
I took a deep breath.
For thousands of years it was common
knowledge that the world was flat because that too "stood to reason"
and "made sense". I've
mentioned before that the stupidity of my fellow humans never fails to amaze
me; and none more so than that which is broadcast live on national radio.
This was followed by the "Thought
for the Day" section which I thought was rather apt considering my
rant of yesterday. Some leading Methodist went on (very earnestly) about
seeing how God had failed the righteous in countless historical disasters in
the past, why should God do anything about Coronageddon? Apparently standing
idly by and watching calamity unfold is what God does best, and anyone who expects
anything more doesn't really understand what God is all about. It would seem
that completely letting down a believer's faith is in itself a test of faith
One lives and learns... the convoluted
logic that the righteous employ to make excuses for the failings of their God
have to be heard to be believed...
I got to work; I deployed a few Munzees
and got on with my work. And with work done I came home again. As I do.
"er indoors TM" boiled up a
rather good bit of dinner which we scoffed whilst watching “Ricky
and Ralf’s Very Northern Road Trip” which was rather good.
I think I’ll have another early night –
yesterday I mentioned I wasn’t feeling that good; I’m still feeling a tad ropey…
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