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In defense of apathy
There was a time years ago when I used to be more into social justice and fighting for what I thought was right for my community. But over time I’ve become apathetic,😐 more willing to give into the demands of political power, more interested in how I can get my own cut and better my own life rather than change society for the better.
Maybe it’s a cynical decision but I’ve learned over the years that usually powerful people win and while organized groups can put pressure on the powerful, its often better to play along and skim off what you can 💩without actively opposing things that you disagree with.
I’ve also learned that a lot of regulations and official policies are about bluster and making a statement rather than enacting change.👾Unpopular policies enacted to please a certain constituent group often go largely unenforced when it comes to implementing them.
Ultimately while I would like to make our country a better place to live, I’m satisfied with just improving my own life and 🤑 the conditions I live in. Decisions I make myself about my own life are often more impactful at least to myself than any social cause I might take up.
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Garfield Is 40…Or 280 In 2018
Garfield Turns 40 Today
"Garfield is a comic created by Jim Davis. Published since 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, Garfield, the cat; Jon Arbuckle, the human; and Odie, the dog. As of 2013, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated comic strip."
"Though this is rarely mentioned in print, Garfield is set in Muncie, Indiana, the home of Jim Davis, according to the television special Happy Birthday, Garfield. Common themes in the strip include Garfield's laziness, obsessive eating, coffee, and disdain of Mondays and diets. The strip's focus is mostly on the interactions among Garfield, Jon, and Odie, but other recurring minor characters appear as well. Originally created with the intentions to "come up with a good, marketable character", Garfield has spawned merchandise earning $750 million to $1 billion annually. In addition to the various merchandise and commercial tie-ins, the strip has spawned several animated television specials, two animated television series, two theatrical feature-length live-action/CGI animated films, and three fully CGI animated direct-to-video movies."
"Part of the strip's broad pop cultural appeal is due to its lack of social or political commentary; though this was Davis's original intention, he also admitted that his "grasp of politics isn't strong," joking that, for many years, he thought "OPEC was a denture adhesive"."
New York AG sues Trump, alleging ‘illegal conduct’ at his charity
“As our investigation reveals, the Trump Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his businesses to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality,” Underwood said in a statement. “This is not how private foundations should function and my office intends to hold the Foundation and its directors accountable for its misuse of charitable assets.”