what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

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4:20 bro

April 20, 2022

the trajectory was clear

on the X - Y axis

 

the Z axis however

was lost on me

 

the Uber came to an abrupt halt then a passenger door flew open and a frat boy hopped out never looking up from his phone walking around the front of the car and then the Uber did a quick jaunt to the right and a full U-turn left 

 

whatever bro

 

variations on the theme 

play out in slow motion 

 

all around 

at all times 

on all days

 

get in line

pay your taxes

don’t ask questions

 

do me a favor

don't do me any favors

 

arbitrary goals  set

and      then      met

 

there’s no sense of accomplishment

no looking back to admire a day’s work

 

it’s a treadmill

stationary bike like

 

what’s next !?!

is that all there is? 

 

used to do a little

but a little wouldn’t do

so the little got more and more

 

trapped in a man-sized Skinner box pressing the lever with efficient frequency or frequent efficiency but the returns are clearly diminishing in a constant cost-benefit analysis. In the beginning the reward pellets were more sub sub sub substantial. It was as if they actually meant something

 

there is no reward for hard work

just as there is no penalty for being a gold bricking cherry picking total sack of shit 

 

ask me about sustainability

 

inflatable pools with unpatchable leaks leaching plasticky poofs of last summer’s last breath

 

spent toner cartridges packed up with postage-paid return labels if that makes you feel better thinking they’ll be recycled but they’re just on their way to a landfill in Eastern Washington

 

talking the talk sounds good on Earth Day

 

you’re all fucked  –The Replacements

 

it seems “tall drip” is written in sharpie on my forehead. The barista knows me and my coffee. A little further along the continuum and the forehead sharpie message reads “IPA” 

 

—OK google suck it out of my ass and save it on a server somewhere so you can sell it back to me later—

 

Cut & Paste the above statement into your browser a few times and take note  

 

 


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Judy Isaacson said...

There’s an earth day meeting on 45th—or was that yesterday?

Posted April 20, 2022 09:07 AM | Reply to this comment

pilder replied to Judy Isaacson...

the large state university in Seattle will be talking the Earth Day talk on Friday 4-22 this year

Posted April 20, 2022 09:11 AM | Reply to this comment

Alistair. said...

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Amazon and last but definitely not least, when it comes to a complete and total lack of situational awareness, is friends/parents dropping people off on campus. Zero fucks are given by most of these "semi pro" drivers, once their passenger has disembarked, or they've stopped staring at Google Maps on their phone so that they can figure out the final 50 feet. They just jet straight back into traffic without so much as a signal or a shoulder check. PUNCH IT CHEWY!

Posted April 20, 2022 07:55 PM | Reply to this comment

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