There goes a friend. Was it worth it?

 

Online ranters ain't what they used to be. 

Or is it just that I've 'cleaned out' the perpetually outraged?

Comments sections on public posts probably prove that nothing has changed. 

Ramble with bite

 

I never stopped questioning

Or challenging the status quo

(No matter the political divide)

Yet its relevance

Externally

Had no impact

Other than an occasional argument

With another non-entity.

 

Which draws the conclusion

That it’s pointless

Mere ego stretching

Achieving nothing

For some it bolsters self-importance

Worth the price of admission

Though most believe it matters

And is worth losing control

And even friendships over.

 

Finding the like minded

Is merely a collection of mirrors

Patting themselves on the back.

 

Millenia old

Never to change

Irrelevant opinion

Holds too much sway.

 

The Grandiosity of One

Raises some

Undoes many.

 

 

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What's your experience with arguing a point or shouting your opinion or having someone shout theirs at you? We all see comments that piss us off but is it worth our time engaging?

Any thoughts on any of these issues, I'd love to hear. Just please don't shout. 😉

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You too can...

A) Feel better about yourself.

B) Be morally superior to others.

C) Build your online reputation  (and potential employment opportunities) as someone who really cares and is passionate about reform.

The upside is you barely have to do anything! All you have to do is a write a couple of online posts, spit out a couple of rants, share a few articles and that's it! You don't actually have to do any real work. You don't have to become a volunteer. You don't have to donate to any charity. In fact, you can do sweet fuck all. At the very most, you will have to go and join a protest. It's another way of doing sweet F.A. and you'll get some great selfies and hashtags out of it!

Busy people

Just like you, we're really busy. For heaven's sake, who's got time to do anything of substantial value that takes time and money? We have full time jobs. We work really hard. There's meeting up with friends for coffee to be done. Go out on dinner dates. Binge the latest series on Netflix. Scroll through hours and days worth of pointless Instagram and Facebook posts and do some online shopping for crap you don't need, imported from slave labour camps in China. No doubt you'll have holidays to plan too! That shit takes time!

All it takes to become a real online Warrior is well, nothing much at all. Come and join the online college and we will teach you how to become a Social Justice Warrior in under 10 minutes! Because that's all there is to it. In fact, now that you've read this post, you've practically graduated! Congratulations! Go forth and keep up the good fight. Remember, it's not a fight unless other people see it, so get out there and start ranting.

Hashtags

Here are some ready made hashtags. 

Just copy and paste. Even less work for you!

# save the planet, free the refugees, free the turtles, ban plastic, more power for women, no coal seam gas, white men suck, raise the pension, say no to poverty, bring down the government, black lives matter, white is shite, end the rape culture, trump is naughty, destroy the patriarchy, capitalism is bad, marxism is the new black, communism is looking better by the day etc.

* (written in late 2019)

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