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Crazy week. Mrs. Groovy signed us up for fostering rescue animals and we received our first client on Tuesday. I don’t know exactly what mix Mitzi is, but she’s a pip. She’s currently in heat and discharging an unnerving amount of blood. She also has a skin issue that requires bathing and medication. And did I mention she’s not exactly house-trained yet? Yep, Mitzi is a mess, but she’s very adorable and very loving, and we’re glad we can help her while she waits for adoption and a more secure future.
Needless to say, caring for Mitzi has proved to be very time-consuming, and I just haven’t had the time to sit down and craft one of my beautifully written posts. But rather than post nothing this week, I decided to post some of the random thoughts that have been swirling through my head lately. I think it will be fun. Let’s see.
Random Thoughts of Mr. Groovy
We go to jobs to produce things that someone else wants produced. We then drive home and pick up food that someone else prepared. Finally, once the takeout containers and wrappers have been dutifully chucked in the trash, we park our butts on furniture that someone else made and consume news and entertainment that someone else created. Is it any wonder so many of us are nuts? Human beings weren’t built to be so overwhelmingly passive.
Most people can’t build wealth and simultaneously be on the cutting-edge of fashion, technology, and status-signaling. Their paychecks just aren’t big enough to serve two masters. But rather than go for wealth, most people go for cutting-edge. The pain of looking poor is sadly more painful than the pain of being poor.
Sugar leads to obesity which leads to diabetes. Thankfully, most of our elites now discourage sugar consumption—which is great. But check this out. Promiscuity leads to irresponsible procreation which leads to poverty. Yet for some reason, most of our elites are active promoters of promiscuity. Why?
One of the primary purposes of culture is to guide the ordinary citizen. Culture, in turn, can be a blessing or a curse. It’s a blessing if it guides the ordinary citizen to make decisions that are painful in the short term but beneficial in the long term. And it’s a curse if it guides the ordinary citizen to make decisions that are pleasurable in the short term but ruinous in the long term. Now a question: is our current culture a blessing or a curse? I think it’s a curse, and here are three examples of how our culture leads the ordinary citizen astray: by telling the ordinary citizen that the government exists to give him or her money, by telling the ordinary citizen that college is for everybody, and by telling the ordinary citizen that consumerism is the key to happiness.
If the news you’re watching does nothing but validate your worldview, you’re not a good consumer of news. Your side doesn’t have a monopoly on virtue and wisdom.
An investor isn’t a loser until he or she sells a stock for a loss. Prior to the stock sale, he or she was just an investor with paper losses. Likewise, a person isn’t a loser until he or she starts blaming others. Prior to the blame-shifting, he or she was just a person with troubles.
We don’t have an income inequality problem. We have a self-sabotage problem. Too many Americans are working against themselves.
Here are three ways to become a problem-solver: Don’t be a lazy shit—you can’t fix problems with your butt festooned to a sofa or a bar stool. Don’t use ignorance as a crutch—ignorance surely complicates matters but it doesn’t totally preclude the possibility of success. And don’t fear frustration—it’s an integral part of the problem-solving process.
And here are five reasons I’m rooting for Tesla and an EV revolution: EVs have less moving parts to fail and put you at the mercy of a mechanic. No more oil changes. Less noise. Home “refueling” on most occasions. And no exhaust fumes or smells.
For nearly 20 years now, I greet Mrs. Groovy every morning with a kiss. I then hug her and lift her off the ground. Now, I’m not prepared to say that this ritual is the key to our fabulous marriage. But it sure as hell helps.
Final Thoughts
Okay, groovy freedomist, that’s all I got. What say you? Were my random thoughts on the passing scene a good read? Or were they an utter waste of time? Let me know what you think when you get a chance. Peace.
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