What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?
Did not grow up having any kind of traditions and that is the path I have followed… is that a tradition?
Tag: dailyprompt
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Was today typical?
I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photographHe blew his mind out in a car
He didn’t notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They’d seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of LordsI saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I’d love to turn you onWoke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dreamI read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I’d love to turn you onSource: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney
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I have a hard time writing stuff like this probably the main reason I refuse to go on any dating app.
I am your typical Gen X… sarcasm is my first language and a lot of the time when I am around other I have been described as a walking ‘eye roll’. Also like many of my generation I will do anything for another if they need me but I will never ask for help myself… I truly understand the meaning of ALONE and at this point it is a choice that I have made… Self sufficient I suppose that’s how I would describe myself to someone.
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If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?
The irresponsible nature to want to bring back a giant long extinct animal speaks volumes about the nature of man. To bring back an animal that consumes an exorbitant amount of resources for our amusement or an apex predator that would cause untold harm is scientific insanity. We have to technology to recreate images of these beast without the damage that physically bringing them back. Let’s focus on fixing what we have broken instead of recreating something that has long past.
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What are your future travel plans?
Most immediate will be to go to a Packers game for the up coming season, hopefully Packers/Bears at Soldier Field in Chicago… Big endeavor is to go to South Africa for at least 6 months to try and find my maternal grandfathers lineage, all I have is his name and when he moved from England to South Africa.
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Changes to Modern Society
Dwain Northey (Gen X)
This is a question that could warrant a Doctoral Thesis because there are so many angles that one could take in adequately addressing the multitude of transformative things that could be done.
Frankly the evolution that modern society has undergone is not at all surprising based on the history of our species. From the minute homoerectus and homosapien were able to walk upright the mission was to exterminate one another… that hasn’t changed only the methods have become more efficient. We evolved to bond into social groups for mere survival because we, as a species, were not the strongest or fastest. We individually were not on top of the food chain, but as a group our ancestors changed the odds.
That would have been fine if that’s as far as group think went but as we all know it didn’t stop with just survival then conquest came into the equation. Conquest created wars… wars over land, riches, ideology and any excuse to take. Religion was I assume a hope to quell the mass murder of others but the man-made idolatry has only gave the bipedal thinking mammal another reason to disagree and dominate another.
Honestly there isn’t anything that will dramatically change the direction of modern society. We could instill in every person the Golden Rule, do unto others as you would have them do to you. That would be great, but it discounts sociopathy, the lack of empathy for others. It also ignores one of mans biggest downfalls, greed.
If by some cosmic phenomenon, karma kicked every person in the ass every time they, intentionally or not, hurt another maybe thing could change… and then again I may win the Lottery.
All we can hope to do is be our best selves, threat others with kindness and compassion and treat our children to do the same, then maybe someday the utopia that Gene Roddenberry & Star Trek envisioned will become a reality…
Esoteric Meandering Shouting Into the Void 