So, I have a CRAZY brother (I’d add “who lived in California”, but wouldn’t that be like- so-really-totally-gag-me-with-a-spoon redundant?) And don’t we all have one, or two, or three or more Crazies in the family?
It has always been well known that ALL Californians are CRAZY. Why? The weather. Plain and Simple. People were meant to suffer through freezing winters, and unbearably hot summers. But, in California -- hey, the weather is always great and you never need to worry about Freezing to Death or Dying of Heat Prostration, and so everybody there goes Crazy. The Environment is just Completely Unnatural, and humans weren’t meant to live in such Unnatural Environments. We got kicked out of Garden of Eden 6,000 years ago, I think they say.
So, anyway, this brother, My Brother, from California, who is now living in Ajijic Mexico, which has even BETTER weather year round, goes back to California Bay Area for a visit, to sell his partner’s house that is worth 200k$ more this year than last year (at least according to Zillo), and I ask him, “So, how is to come back and live in Civilization again?”
And what did he say?
He said the weather Sucks.
So, like, I'm thinking:
IF all Californians are Crazy because man was not meant to live with such perfect weather, as people are so blessed with, I mean cursed with, in California,
THEN, my brother, My Brother, now living in Ajijic, must now be (CRAZY)^2, i.e. CRAZY**2, i.e., CRAZY times CRAZY!
But, you know, he's my Brother, so I accept him even though he is Completely CRAZY!
It’s not his fault … It’s the weather.
And this is an example of his Further Craziness: He, who has had CoVid (along with his partner) (just a little post-nasal drip for a few days, so he knows his body can handle it, no problem, no big deal, like having a very mild cold, and now he’s immune), and he also knows that CoVid-1984 is 90% a Fake-PCR-Test-Totallitarian-Mind-Fuck, and now that the Plan/Scam/Case-edmic is about over, went out and got the Jab because he wants to be with his very smart friends that don’t want to die if they meet with him. Just too much peer-pressure to not get vaccinated. Just too hard to fight the herd, and he likes his friends.
Sigh. Another one has fallen …
So, like I'm thinking, supposedly there is this "Virus" out there for which you only have a 99.7% survival rate even using the at-least-an-order-of-magnitude-inflated “numbers”. And people take a “90% effective vaccine" against it, which should give them a 99.97% Survival Rate, if I did the simple arithmetic approximately right, and throw in another 9 due to the inflated “cases” and “deaths” from meaningless PCR Tests with over 40 cycles, and the real number is about 99.997% survival rate. Or a 0.003% chance of dying. Maybe. If you’re not healthy and don’t get out in the sun.
And, if they are like my age, 65, they have a more than 50% chance of dying in next two decades, on average. Period. Hell, my Dad died at 74 so maybe I only have another 9 years.
But people can't do even the simplest Arithmetic. (It's the Public Schools !!!! [Dig at my Crazy Brother who taught in the Public Schools] or maybe it’s the Weather. I don’t know).
And, what is Really Cool, is that I still respect him, and he also respects me. But, another one has fallen to the Group-Think CoVid-1984 Totalitarian “Follow-the-Science” Religion, even if only for appearance-sake, and to be with his smart friends.
Really, when you come down to it, and I learned this from Diane, it’s all about RELATIONSHIPS. Plain and Simple. And so you sometimes do things to preserve these relationships. And I have a great relationship with a geriatric wolf who now does most of his pooping (and now peeing) in the house, so don’t worry about me, even if I haven’t been vaccinated.
I thought of my crazy brother when I read this article:
https://off-guardian.org/2021/05/14/a-primer-for-the-propagandized-fear-is-the-mind-killer/
which is re-printed here (where I find the Comments more entertaining than the article):
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/primer-propagandized-fear-mind-killer
And, so, yes, there is the irrational MSM-promoted Fear for most people. For some it is the Fear of the CoVid-1984, for others it’s also the Fear of not fitting in with the herd which is true for most people, for sure. I think in my Crazy Brother’s mind, “Life is short, and I want to enjoy what’s left as much as I can”, so he gets the jab so can enjoy being with his friends. I think in my mind, “Life is short, and I just won’t do bullshit, and I don’t have any friends anyway”. And, furthermore, for me, its probably a little too late to try to fit in anyway. And he’s probably more “right” than I am.
For example, I know for a fact, my father for decades got dressed up every Sunday and went to the Catholic Church with my mother, and recited all the prayers including the Nicene Creed, and I know, for a fact, he sure didn’t believe in the Virgin Birth (or most of the other stuff). And he was probably “right” to keep his mouth shut.
Footnote 1:
I wasn’t sure I should post, this, so I first sent a draft to my Crazy Brother and he said he liked it, which, duh, further confirms that he is Crazy!
Following is an excerpt from a friend and Ph.D. scientist colleague of mine:
"... though I got 2 doses of Moderna 6 weeks ago, also reluctantly and under tremendous pressure from my family and my lab co-workers."
When even the brightest among us are feeling forced to "go along to get along", I have not too much hope for the present, or the future.