I went on a walk through my neighborhood today listening to a podcast on my headphones. The host said they were going to go silent for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, the time the cop had his knee on George Floyd’s neck.
My first instinct was “AH I agree black lives matter, and I am short on time. I’ll just fast forward through this so I can listen to the rest of the podcast.”
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Just then, I looked to my right and saw a black family gathered on their driveway.
It was. Jim should do a politics only Podcast. I’d like to direct more of my same-thinking friends to listen to him but most of them are not pro wrestling fans.
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I don’t know if I would skip ahead or not. Right now, as I write this, I’m troubled enough by the death, and It’d be difficult to examine what he must’ve gone through. It’s not personal. It’s not that I can’t take that much time out of my life. I just don’t see it helping anything to upset myself more, currently.
I say there’s a difference between skipping the silence because “fuck all that / I’m tired of hearing about this shit / I don’t care about what happened” vs. skipping it because you’re upset, you’ve informed yourself about the facts, and now you’re burned out on the topic for a moment.
Personally, I absolve thee MyFootsZzzz and decree that thou art still a decent person.
To the O.P. - I’m the lapsediest of lapsed Catholics, but sometimes, a mystical nudge cannot be ignored.
A comedy podcast (The Complete Guide To Everything) didn’t release their usual podcast yesterday. Instead they released a short statement explaining how they didn’t feel appropriate “being funny” with what was currently going on.
