HeyJaredthe bleating goat
Writing on current events and modern culture with a mix of gloom and humour
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Abolish apostrophes (opens the original)
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This is going to be an unpopular one. Get rid of apostrophes. Entirely, with one minor exception to be revealed below. Why?the bleating goat is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
I love Trump (opens the original)
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Disliking Donald Trump is perfectly healthy and rational - he presents as an absurdly boastful, dishonest and foolish person. In fact, liking Donald Trump, as in finding his personality attractive, is a red flag for a range of psychological disorders. You can understand why someone voted for Trump, along the lines of: “I don’t like the guy, but he’s going to sort out the border [which he did] or he’s going to be good for the economy [not yet, and not looking good] or he’s going to reverse all th
Unbroken Britain (opens the original)
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The key to a happy life is simple - be positive. You are going to die, possibly sooner than you think. Enjoy the ride. Don’t spend it complaining, envying others, regretting what might have been, or being sad that it will soon be over. Carpe diem. Here’s the extraordinary scene from Dead Poets Society:Yet the British moan all the time about trivial inconveniences or injustices. Reprehende diem. Someone sent me a photo yesterday of chicken korma sold out at the supermarket. Post online. Awful! Wh
Rise of the “far right” (opens the original)
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Alternativ für Deutschland won 44% of the votes in a German state election yesterday, far ahead of the next party on 17%. It was an election in Saxony-Anhalt, a small state of 2.1 million people in former East Germany. But despite finishing 26% ahead of the next party AfD may not form the next government in the state parliament in Magdeburg, because they have vowed not to cooperate with other parties and other parties have vowed not to cooperate with them - the so-called Brandmauer (Firewall) po
Day of the jellyfish (opens the original)
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Jellyfish? Take over? Are you having a laugh?In John Wyndham’s excellent 1951 novel Day of the Triffids, most of the human race are blinded after watching a meteor shower, putting them at the mercy of triffids - tall carnivorous plants capable of locomotion. I was thinking of this book as I squinted at the recent solar eclipse, sans colander or special glasses. Would millions of people like me wake up blind the next day? It did seem to go worryingly dark for a few minutes after I looked directly
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