Log On, Log Off

 

Log onto your computer and read the steady stream of bad news. Get increasingly angry and certain of your moral rectitude. Read only things by people with whom you agree. Go down rabbit holes, worm holes, and black holes, only coming out the other side unchanged and unenlightened. Don’t waver even in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary. Change the subject. Start penning a missive without supporting points. Find the logic in your own illogic. Ignore any hint of common sense. Use antonyms as synonyms. Lose friends and allies. Casually pass around idiotic memes written by imbeciles like a joint at the Winterland Ballroom circa 1974. Cosign things only people you like. Be a little bit tribal. Be certain. Dismiss doubt. Conform. Nothing is as it seems, except for you always being right. Sometimes a cigar is just a shadowy government orchestrated plot to rob two hours of your time, ruin your breath and leave a bad taste in your mouth. Don’t trust your gut. In fact, buy extra tums just in case. And right when you’re ready to hit post and share with the world your brilliance…

 

Log off.