WTFs Next: A Relaunch

Those who know me ask why I don’t write here as often as I want. Or as often as I should. Or as often as necessary.

I usually laugh it off and say, “Who cares? No one reads my shit anyway.”

But, that’s just self-deprecation mean to distract from the real reason.

The real reason is that its hard, knowing my politics and my empathy, it’s just damn hard to write this stuff down and not get fucking angry.

I originally started this blog as something funny. I swear I did. It was meant to be a place for me to make fun of society, point out our collective silliness, and exclaim, “What the fucks next?“.

Hence the name.

But over the past decade or so, its been hard to look at culture, current events or the world, and focus on the humor. There are just too many things to be pissed about.

So I started writing about politics more. Culture more. Current events more.

But more as an editorialized version of my feelings, and less as a finger pointing guffaw.

I began to blame coming up with the shit I write here as the reason for my anger. If I don’t FOCUS on the bad, then I’m not angry, right?

However…

That’s a cop-out.

The world is the reason for my anger.

I think about that scene in “The Avengers”, where Bruce Banner rolls up, just as the battle is intensifying, and Captain American urges him to change into the Hulk and join the battle.

“Now might be a really good time for you to get angry.”, Cap says, alluding to the fact that anger triggers the transformation.

Banner looks at him and replies, “That’s my secret, Cap. I’m always angry.” And transforms as he turns away, going from man to hulk before our eyes.

That’s a great metaphor for what’s going on here, and for what this site will become over the coming weeks and months.

The fact is, posting here isn’t what’s making me angry. The world around me is.

And I’m ALWAYS angry.

Over half of the voters in this country elected a multi-convicted, serial sex abusing, philandering, racist liar to the highest office in the land.

AGAIN.

And in the heaps of shit smelling detritus left in his wake from his swearing in a little over a year ago, many of these same people still celebrate this man.

Despite his war on black and brown citizens and non-citizens in this country.

Despite his willingness to use our tax dollars in support of a genocide on the other side of the planet.

Despite his lies, shenanigans, and outright cover-up of what appears to be a multinational sex trafficking ring that targeted children…of which it appears he was both a player and a customer.

Despite rising prices, rising debt, rising unemployment AND his own family using the confusion to pocket $Billions in ill gotten gains.

Despite the fact that we are currently in a war that makes George W’s “Gulf War” seem justified, well planned and righteous in comparison.

These people still support him. Still send him money. Still buy and fly his merch in public.

And here I am, looking like an incognito Rorschach in “The Watchmen” with his ‘the end is nigh’ sign. Like some crazy person pointing at the world and screaming, “It’s NOT supposed to be like this!”.

Because, I’m always angry.

But…

It has dawned on me, that some of you out there might be, too.

Even though, lets face it…

No one reads my shit anyway.