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Tag: satire?

  • Inconsistent!

    The current world really enjoys this sense of justice where someone ought to behave the way they have, throughout their life. Celebrities are brought to this scrutiny, and so often we are forced to think this through.

    I feel this sometimes, thus again, talking about how I express myself here. I feel the need for transparency in my own life as I publish my works on Instagram, Medium, and wherever else I appear it.

    But at the end of the day, honestly, no one is ever consistent. The amount of times I can call bullshit on so many normal people is just incredulous. The amount of hypocrisy we through out day to day is just too much. And whenever I ask the people around me about it, the answer is usually “but who’s checking”.

    Me.

    I’m checking.

    Just because everyone else thinks they can check on celebrities because they’re in the limeline, therefore the layperson is off? No such thing.

    At the same time, who’s checking on me? you might ask. I’m checking on myself. I’m a hypocrite full of bullshit too. So what are you gonna do? You’re a hypocrite too.

    The comedy is unending.

    Basically, everyone’s not consistent, and honestly I don’t think it’s worth calling people out about being inconsistent anymore.

    I said everything and nothing in a post, because apparently that’s what media is supposed to be these days too lol!

    #satire

  • Top 10 Tips on How to Survive Hot Weather in Singapore

    1. Decide if you want to deal with it or not. (You could just complain about it and not do anything, that’s a real thing)

    2. Constantly refresh weather forecast apps, in hope of “rain”. Hope is extremely refreshing

    3. Stay in the shade as much as you can. Even the shadow of a traffic light counts as shade. (Again, another real thing)

    4. Stay under Air conditioning, by any means necessary.

    5. Queue in line for half an hour, for Mr Coconut Milkshake. It is worth the wait, despite the sunburn you get while queuing.

    6. Find some hot drama online, to make the actual heat seem cooling. What is 39 degrees celsius weather, when major local YouTube channels deal with whistleblowing? What is the point of worrying about sweat?

    7. Thank Indonesia for the good weather, at least there’s no haze.

    8. Convince the local governments that rain seeding is necessary during this time.

    9. Wear as little clothing as possible, meaning stay in active wear all day long, no matter where you’re going. It is Lululemon after all, and you want people to know you got it 😉

    10. Turn off your phone or computer that you’re reading or watching this on. It honestly creates some heat when it’s on. Stop it now.

    SATIRE THIS IS A JOKE

  • Bubble Boys

    I shall coin a new term, and I’m not going to research it right now. I thought just to put my idea out here straight away, and just to define what I think, and later I might read an article or two or three about what I’m talking about here.

    Bubble Boys

    Definition: Men, of different ages, but who experienced the Tech Bubble of the 90’s and early 00’s. Experienced either as a 1st hand participant: working for companies of the Tech bubble era, or as a 2nd hand observer: studying university and applying for jobs within that era.

    I find that the Bubble boys, much like every other group of people labelled by their era, find themselves in a weird struggle today. Against the millennials that have risen up in their companies, or against the current flow of Gen Z’s, the daily demands of what life should be looks entirely different.

    Success in itself is also lived differently. For example, I would think that the way a Bubble boy considers what a successful job would be one that allows the freedom to leave the job as and when, but at the same time, giving a great salary with great perks. Something like a win-win-win situation. I think of the Patrick Bateman of American Psycho and the Yuppie era. The Bubble boys are the same, hoping for these different perks. However, few are willing to leave the bubble and to venture into true jobless freedom. Many still hold fast to what they think they ought to keep to, to make their job appear legitimate to the previous generation stakeholders: the Baby Boomers.

    The Gen Z and Millennials (G&M), on the other hand, are so comfortable not doing anything, and truly willing to be fired for standing up for what they believe in. This creates risk for the Bubble boys, as they see their next generations floating away from them bit by bit.

    Thus arrives the flexible hours, and the extremely well stocked pantries and staff canteen in the major tech companies. Both Bubble boys and G&M’s like the same type of food, of course with the health nut and vegan options too. This becomes a point where the Bubble boys see as a possibility to have common ground, to share that life is indeed good, if you keep working for us.

    But after that, the mindsets approaching issues are so different. Where the Bubble boy saw success with tech taking over the world, revenge of the Nerds and the like, the G&M’s saw success as having an enclave, a small group to belong to. The size might not matter as much as the deep quality of the friendships, the relationships that came with it. Authenticity as the main trade value. This was very difficult for both sides to process, and other products of similar thought came along the way.

    I have a few more observations, but being a Millennial myself, I shall just end here because I have better things to do than to write more about the Bubble boys.

    Just a side note: there are no Bubble girls, because the Bubble boys didn’t know how to play proper with girls. lulz. Reference: Gamergate.