The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Serious question: Has a good majority of this country completely blocked COVID out of their memories?  I ask this, because during election season, Donald Trump and other Republican politicians kept asking, "Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?"  When I first heard this, my immediate thought was, "Of course we're better off! Do you think we're f*cking stupid?!? We were going through the worst pandemic in a century 4 years ago!" Well, sadly, in answer to my question, we are f*cking stupid - that or we've completely blocked out the traumatic event which was COVID. The years 2020 and 2021 were quite the surreal experience. Since I doubt any of us were alive during the Spanish flu, COVID was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Perhaps that's part of it. People think this kind of thing only happens once in a century and they won't have to worry about it again, so why think about it more than is required? How can we forget, though? I remember 4 y...

Remember when then President George W. Bush visited a mosque not long after the 9/11 attacks? If you answered no, you're not alone, for it seems many Republican politicians don't recall this event either. Even before Barack Obama visited a mosque yesterday, which was the first time he had done so during his presidency, Fox News, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and others felt the need to criticize him for it. Speaking to Fox News' Greta Van Susteren, Trump said, "I think that we can go to lots of places. I don't know, maybe he feels comfortable there. We have a lot of problems in this country, Greta. There are a lot of places he can go and he chose a mosque. I saw that just a little while ago. So that's his decision, it's fine." Rubio went one step further, as he made the following comments: "I'm tired of being divided against each other for political reasons like this president's done. Always pitting people against each other. Always! ...

Are you tired of being taken advantage of because you're nicer than a stoned Mister Rogers? Is your memory better than most computers, even after you've done four shots of Everclear and don't want to remember the evening's events? Would you rather not give yourself away so easily when telling a lie, as your face turns redder than Rudolph's nose? Well, place that good, moral, honest person to the side! Introducing - Romnesia! Be a dick and not care! Tell a lie without hesitation! Forget what you did or said just two minutes ago! With Romnesia, you will be rid of those pesky things called memories, feelings and a conscience. Just listen to these incredible testimonies from fellow users of Romnesia: "I told my wife I had never cheated on her, even as she saw me banging her sister!" - Trailer Park Teddy "I had forgotten that I put the family dog on the roof of our car just a second after I did it. I've forgotten about it ever since, even as I'...