Deprogrammed Engagement

As of late there have been a few posts on the latest, not really that late, craze of the media, mostly movies and the oh so hip network or two, ramming female sjw crap down viewers throats. I ranted about it at Blue's and the cat and Pat doesn't go on repeat like a certain Penwasser might. But I will say that I think it is stupid when they go all gender swapping movies. I think remakes in general are unnecessary and a cash grab to begin with. If you want to make a movie with all females or female driven, great! Alien and Aliens are prime examples. Buffy and Xena are a couple more. Maybe not so much the latter seasons of the former. All not remakes, at least I think. Everything is a rip off of something if you look hard enough. (Yeah, one movie to tv, but meh, movie sucked anyway.) And all not gender swapped. And none rammed it down your throat every two seconds that the lead was a woman. Unless one is blind and deaf, we can tell. What next? The sky is blue? Water is wet? Ice is slippery? 2 comes after 1? Hey, some may need to be told that too.

WAIT! Not going on about that. Well maybe I am, but in a way that you might not expect. For as much as the sjw go on about it and others go on about them going on about it, both (the others in particular as many a sjw get on an issue and hound it to death, so their tunnel vision may excuse them a bit) don't even wake up and realize that they are programmed by much of the same BS. It is just that this BS doesn't ra ra ra in your face and treat the viewer like a 2 year old needing everything explained to them. Nope. This BS is far far more sneaky. Don't believe that you are programmed to get screwed, and not in a fun way, with what you watch and see? Let's see if we can't break that programming with part one of our deprogramming series.

Engagement rings

You've seen it in many many movies and tv shows. You love when they get down on one knee and propose or go through some elaborate oh so romantic way to do it. You love it because that is the way it's always been. That is the way it must be. After all, diamonds are forever, diamonds are rare, diamonds are worth a lot...Do you smell the BS yet? Let me help.

It wasn't until the late 1930's that diamond engagement rings were even a thing. A certain company slapped a few ads up and our grandparents, or maybe great grandparents, or maybe great great grandparents(hey, some could be older than dirt) lapped it up, becoming the first engagement ring lackeys. They started the trend of paying 1000s for a shiny rock, or hunk of carbon, however you want to look at it. Had to keep up with Aunt Ruth, Cindy Lou down the street, and Bobby Joe Jim Bob the pen pal from 1000 miles away. Two months salary is the constant. Wait. Wasn't it one month? Oh, the diamond company CEOs need a third yacht, better make it two in the next ad. After all, that is how you get the girl and make all envious. The gold digging, look at me, look at me girl. And don't forget, that is how you know you have a great husband. He'll put you in debt thousands before you're even married so you get a shiny rock. You'll have one like all the others and be oh so...rare? Hmmm, do you own a dictionary? May want to look that up.

But but but they are rare. I don't need to look. They are rare. They are!

Maybe if you are bad at math. How many people are in the world? Near 8 billion now? And how many more have come and gone over the years? Lets go with lots because I want to be lazy at math like engagement ring lackeys too. So if millions have become engagement ring lackeys and there are hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of stores with dozens upon dozens of diamonds in them all over the world, did we miss the meaning of rare? Here, I'll be like one of those cringeworthy shows and spell it out for you.

Rare: not found in large numbers and consequently of interest or value.

Hmmm. Yeah, that can't possibly apply. Millions isn't a large number. That font is so big it has to be lying. I mean it is underlined. A clear sign of trying too hard. There are far less than rocks on the ground. That has to make it rare. It has to. Where's my shiny rock? Its forever.

Diamonds are forever. Does it hurt your brain to think about how stupid that sounds? Are you still blinded by the shiny rock? If I told you bananas are forever, would you agree then? Nope, as that isn't oh so romantic. Well guess who made sure you believe it is romantic? Any guesses? No, it wasn't Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny doing the hula. Of course if you believe diamonds are forever then you can catch that show in your backyard tonight. Go stand very still and they'll be there. I promise. It has to be true as I just said it here. Right? Damn, I forgot the catchy font, bright colors, models, and $100,000 a second ad space. Guess Santa and the Easter Bunny are going to have to hula somewhere else.

But why forever? Forever is a fun word. Forevermore. Forever and ever. Forever and a day. Forever Young. Get it? Forever makes it seem like you won't croak one day. Who really wants to think about that? And who really wants to think about ending a relationship and having to sell your shiny rock only to find out there are millions upon millions of them rendering your oh so shiny rock with no intrinsic value. Yeah, that's no fun. It's more fun to forever get screwed by a slogan for a shiny rock.

But even after reading this will you be deprogrammed? Probably not. Why? Because you can surf the channels and find a dozen movies, shows, ads, etc. that all perpetuate your oh so solid belief right now. It has to be true. They say it on TV. It must. Look, so and so is going to pop the question. Look at that big rock. He must have spent...Nope. More BS. Sorry. He spent absolutely nothing on that shiny rock because he is FAKE! You got that? Do I need to say it again? FAKE! And guess what? That shiny rock was probably either bought with a few thousand out of a million budget or loaned to the studio as a means of...wait for it...wait for it...advertising. Or, my engagement ring lackey, the ring is fake.

But the fake character said he spent thousands on a fake ring. It can't be true. It can't be.

Thus the can't be remains ingrained in your head all because of our gullible grandparents, great grandparents, or great great grandparents buying the shit they were selling, which is just how the diamond companies, or maybe just a certain company, wants it to stay. And people have the nerve to make fun of a cat for chasing a red dot that costs $5? Who's the real sucker? At least the cat gets exercise. Right. Your ring finger gains strength from holding a shiny rock that's oh so forever. That is oh so important. What? That forever banana is backing you up? Okay, you can go now. But just know that they make pills for that.

Are you satisfied to continue to get what rhymes with ducked by greedy corporations over a shiny little no intrinsic value rock? Don't you love the media? Would you rather the sjw scream in your face or be screwed from behind by corporations? Kinda funny how only the things they can shove in your face gets harped on, huh? But then again they could start whining how only the man proposes in most shows and movies. That is soooo bad after all. Pfffft. See you next time...

Wait! I have to clarify. Some may get lost. This post was written by a male without any shiny rocks. Damn, if only I was a female with a shiny rock on my finger, then I would be able to deprogram all. Guess I'll have to wait 6 months and gender swap the post. See ya then. In the meantime keep those shiny rocks a shining.