Author: mindful webworker

Cartoonist, songsmith, experimenter in audio, video, animation, and virtual reality. Or, political and social philosopher, theologian, and futurist. Some or all of the above.

Scaring Kravitz

“I don’t know what came over me, but I took off chasing her…”
h/t vmom on A♠

somebody says:
May 19, 2020 at 7:55 am

…On my way out the door there was a woman… with a bandana (small single layer) tied around her face as a “mask”. … When the “masked” woman got to the door she abruptly stopped to ponder her receipt. I stooped short and said “Oh my goodness, excuse me”. …Sooooo, the woman turns around, gasps, lets out a little scream as she yells “Oh my God!” and “Back off”, then she began power walking through and out the exit door. … I don’t know what came over me, but I took off chasing her…

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Tennessee Gov Yanks Business’s Choke-Collar

Richard D Hailey, Facebook
h/t Joe Mannix on A♠

I was going to do this as a video, but decided that I’m a bit too angry to be trusted with a camera and a microphone. The governor of Tennessee told everybody that he would not be extending his safer at home executive order, and that he would allow local governments to begin reopening their businesses when it expired.

Business owners reacted, bring in inventory, stocking shelves, bringing back employees, and spending money to get ready to reopen.

Today, just a couple of days before businesse were going to reopen, the governor issued a new executive order. Only some businesses would be allowed to reopen. Others would have to remain closed. Restaurants could open, but bars could not. Gyms could open, but swimming pools and bowling alleys could not. Stores could open, but playgrounds, amusement parks, theaters, auditoriums, arcades, race tracks, etc could not.

All of the theaters in Pigeon Forge were planning on reopening following the governor’s original announcement. They brought back their casts and crews, spruced up the theaters, and got everything ready to open up.

Now they can’t. All that time, effort, and yes, money, has been wasted as the governor, at the last minute, took away their hope.

This will be devastating to these businesses. Many of them will fail because of the governor’s about face. In a cruel parody of the last minute reprieve of the death row inmate, instead of offering a reprieve, the governor’s call has pulled the switch on Sevier County. …

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Gladys Calls Cops on Pokemon

The Karens/Gladys Kravitzes of the world need a big mirror.
h/t Misanthropic Humanitarian on A♠ Overnight Thread

Fox5DC: Neighbor calls police on mom, daughter playing Pokemon Go

Amy Kellems decided that while everyone was self quarantined in their homes amid the COVID-19 lockdowns, it was the perfect opportunity for her and her daughter to play Pokemon Go in her empty neighborhood in Minnesota.

That was until the two were pulled over in their driveway after their neighbors reported a suspicious vehicle on their street. …

Oopsie, said neighbor Gladys. That cake says it all. SORRY WE CALLED THE COPS ON YOU. Article says, the Mom “posted about the humorous incident on her Facebook page.” Humorous. Right. SHE CALLED THE COPS! Not funny.

Hope the daughter learned something.

Austin Williams, the author of this article, felt the need to remind us that

Pokemon Go has been at the center of controversy after many of its users have been the victims of crime while playing the game.

OH, please! And, some South Korean kid died playing games non-stop in a cybercafe. No relation.