And some Einstein decided to put Wolf Blitzer outdoors to discuss it. Meaning we have a gathering of the masses in the background. People getting on their cell phones and grinning while they wave to the camera. Or that one teenager who would shift around for the best spot before pumping his fist or giving a peace sign. And really, why do people even want to do this? Tops, you’re giving fifty friends and family a bit of a kick… “Oh look, there’s Billy on CNN!” But if there’s five million people watching this worldwide, maybe half of them don’t even notice you. And maybe half a million think you’re being cute. That leaves two million people, around the world, who think you’re a twit. Bravo teenage fist pumper… bravo.
As a society, the western world is drawn towards cameras. Any chance to get seen on TV can not be passed up. Be it at sporting events or simple news programming, people will stop everything they’re doing and make a fool of themselves in order to stand out for a camera (or they’ll call everyone they know to tell them they're currently on TV). No wonder Donald Trump is president of the United States. He’s very much a sign of the times.
I’m not sure if my deadbeat neighbour is throwing away his electric lawn mower or if he’s just… well… being a deadbeat. But last Sunday he mowed his dandelion patch and, when done, left his mower on the lawn next to the end of his driveway.
My first thought was he left it where he ended his ‘work’ and would move it out of the way later. Though this is the guy that left an empty oil bottle on his lawn for a month and a jack-o-lantern on his front step for four months.
Anyway, the lawn mower still sits there, four days later. I guess it’ll be a permanent fixture to his property… or at least until the dandelions reclaim the space. That electric lawn mower will likely become as an Aztec ruin, buried in the jungle for centuries to come.
Jungle Mower
Ancient artifact
Hidden amongst the Dandelions
What happened here?
What story has the millennia forgotten?
Your society's destruction must have been swift
To leave you here
Alone in the wilderness
Perhaps an earthquake
Or maybe volcano
Leaving you alone
One last remnant
Of a forgotten time
