“Is there anything else I can help you with?”
“No, just the thing I already asked you.”
Communication companies are the worst at communication. Is that an irony, or laissez faire or another benchmark on our continual plummet?
On hold, callbacks, apps, pins, passwords, and the service rep who says, “How can I help?” when they mean “I don’t give a fuck.
I am still in recovery mode from reading bad sci-fi and think on ‘as’-prefix words today, ‘as’ meaning ‘with regard to’. Askance (a look of suspicion), Askew (not in a level position) & Asunder (apart).
Looking askance, askew on the heath, the lamb bleated not to be torn asunder.
It is odd how we use words as if they are the thing in itself – like “language” or “number” – when the word is only a reminder of what we want that thing to be.
The highest point in the development of something as in “Many believe that The United States reached its apotheosis some time ago.”
Can also mean the elevation of someone to a divine status as in “Trump considers him the most likely to achieve apotheosis in the room.”
Ubiquitous (appearing everywhere): “The ubiquitous masks and gloves in New York are a constant reminder of Covid-19”. Obsequious (attentive to servile degree): “The obsequious manner of the many homeless are an example of a failed society.”
The ubiquitously obsequious nature of the current White House staff indicates that none of this will end in the foreseeable future.
Definition: In a way that is impossible to prevent.
As in: “Despite what some less intelligent folks might believe, Covid-19 will continue inexorably on.”
Definition: Amount of material or money supplied to an enterprise (originally a prospector for ore) in return for a share in the resulting profits.
As in: “The US government has decided to give two trillions dollars to corporate America as another grubstake for big business.”
A punchinello is a fat, short humpbacked clown or buffoon which appears in Italian puppet shows or, more recently, as President of the United States.
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