It may be because I'm an old guy, but I really don't understand all of the excitement over North Korea. I just don't get it at all.
North Korea is a piss ant country, chock full of piss ants. Why in the hell is anyone bothering to even notice them and feed their need for attention?
They are nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zip. Piss ants - and no one in their right mind even notices piss ants... until they make themselves such an annoyance that one simply HAS to notice them, whereupon they are promptly squashed like the bugs they are. End. Of.
There aren't negotiations and sanctions and emergency cabinet meetings and all the rigamarole feeding into the decision whether to squash piss ants or not - you just do it, and get on with your day, only noticing them long enough to end them.
End. Of.
There is just some thing about the modern world I don't quite get. I was probably born a hundred years too late, or maybe I've just lived a hundred years beyond my usefulness. Modern society reminds me of a spastic mother whose child is holding their breath until mama immediately caves in and gives them what they want. One of my kids tried that, one time. ONE time. His ma was getting frantic by the minute trying to soothe his little bitty kiddie tantrum. I walked away. She got mad at ME, said I didn't care if he died from holding his breath, and "ohmygodhe'sturningblueDOSOMETHING!". Pffft. I shrugged and explained to her that he would only hold his breath until he passed out, nature would take over and he would start breathing again. Not my problem. After a few cycles of that, he'd figure out on his own that a) - it wasn't a good idea, and b) - it would not get him the results he was after.
Yeah, I'm cold-hearted like that... but he never again held his breath at ME to get what he wanted, because there just wasn't any profit in it, no percentages there.
So why is anyone noticing Little Kimmie's piss ant tantrum?
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North Korea is a piss ant country, chock full of piss ants. Why in the hell is anyone bothering to even notice them and feed their need for attention?
They are nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zip. Piss ants - and no one in their right mind even notices piss ants... until they make themselves such an annoyance that one simply HAS to notice them, whereupon they are promptly squashed like the bugs they are. End. Of.
There aren't negotiations and sanctions and emergency cabinet meetings and all the rigamarole feeding into the decision whether to squash piss ants or not - you just do it, and get on with your day, only noticing them long enough to end them.
End. Of.
There is just some thing about the modern world I don't quite get. I was probably born a hundred years too late, or maybe I've just lived a hundred years beyond my usefulness. Modern society reminds me of a spastic mother whose child is holding their breath until mama immediately caves in and gives them what they want. One of my kids tried that, one time. ONE time. His ma was getting frantic by the minute trying to soothe his little bitty kiddie tantrum. I walked away. She got mad at ME, said I didn't care if he died from holding his breath, and "ohmygodhe'sturningblueDOSOMETHING!". Pffft. I shrugged and explained to her that he would only hold his breath until he passed out, nature would take over and he would start breathing again. Not my problem. After a few cycles of that, he'd figure out on his own that a) - it wasn't a good idea, and b) - it would not get him the results he was after.
Yeah, I'm cold-hearted like that... but he never again held his breath at ME to get what he wanted, because there just wasn't any profit in it, no percentages there.
So why is anyone noticing Little Kimmie's piss ant tantrum?
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’