Friday, July 08, 2016

Was it not real?

That article on Trump has had me spooked all day. What if he's not real?

About an hour ago I googled something like "is this real?" Just to see what popped up:

Brexit was fueled by irrational xenophobia, not real economic grievances-Vox

Yeah, that's another one.

The “struggle” is not real: From tiny houses to my own lunch, poverty chic commodifies working-class life-Salon

I don't know what poverty chic is but I don't think the American working class struggles. I mean compared to what?  India? China? Africa? Past American generations? No.

Dear Teenagers: Porn Sex Is Not ‘Real Sex’

Boy, that is a good one. And not just about teenagers! I have heard that more guys, maybe women too, I don't fucking know, have watched so much porn they expect three positions, anal, finish with a facial on a normal, like, date.

Is it real?-YouTube.
"Have you ever come across a viral video and you can't tell if it's real or fake?"

The Golden State Warriors used virtual reality to woo Kevin Durant-TechCrunch

Oh fuck them.


"Reality" TV shows are another one-back to Trump again. To state the obvious, we, me included, live increasingly in a virtual real universe. I'm sure most of you have heard of "Second Life," no? And, what I'm not so sure is obvious, some of us mistake the virtual for the real. Maybe like Trump. Like those porn star imitators. The Second Lifers. And, are not sure what is virtual and what real. The Civil War veterans who asked themselves the title question. Or, and here the first two become one, we prefer our second, virtual, life to our real life; we spend so much time in our virtual world that it becomes our real life.  Some people have lost their families over Second Life.

Is somebody really running for president of the United States who really doesn't want to be president?

Who maybe wishes it hadn't gotten this far? MEANING: who has gotten so many more real votes from real people that he has about a one-in-four chance of becoming president?

Who has never been elected dog catcher before?

Who may, MAY, be thinking of dropping out?-"Bored billionaire Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) decides to entertain himself by stealing a Monet from the Metropolitan Museum of Art."-If so, are those votes real? Like really-real. If you don't have the intent to become president-or to steal a painting-can you give the votes back or return the painting and the whole thing never really happened? (No, with regard to theft.)

What if Trump voters were in on the scheme? What if they knew, not really knew, but knew-knew, it
was all a reality show by Trump and he never intended, and didn't want, to be president, and they
went along with it and voted for him. Would they be participants in a reality TV spoof or a real
presidential election? Would their votes count then? (Yes.)

What if they were DUPED? What if, this sounds unreal, they voted for Trump really thinking he'd make a great president? When everybody else, including TRUMP, knew he was unqualified? Would their votes count if they were duped? Yes. Would Trump be guilty of some crime, knowingly and
falsely impersonating a presidential candidate say, if he got their votes AND BECAME PRESIDENT
under false pretenses? No. Sucks to be stupid.