Haven't you mentioned multiple times being roughly 10 during Obama's first election, meaning you have no contemporaneous idea of the ramifications of the 2000 election, 9/11, the 2003 Iraq invasion, Abu Ghraib, Hurrican Katrina, and the 08 recession, let alone the Tea Party's ascension in 2010?
Hardly seems laughable when a lot of folk lived through those eras, let alone the ones who died.
Well, Im going to explain myself here because there are multiple elements at play. One is that I generally try to laugh at the world tragedies because otherwise the crushing weight of our own self-destruction and the incoming climate apocalypse would make me a lot sadder very quickly.
But, being more specific, what I find funny about that image is that I can definitely imagine myself feeling in the exact same way had i been born ten years earlier. I see Aaron"s reaction to 2010 and I can picture myself feeling the same exact way. In a way it feels both incredibly close to our current issues yet also a million years away.
I do try to inform myself about the past and ive read a bunch about it, but yes, its not a period i had to consciously face. Which means that, while said image was funny to me because of a weird connection I could make with it, I also understand that its possible that the memories it brings to other people are ones of despair and sadness. If thats the case, I apologize.
Sometimes I'm reading this forum and I'm reminded of how this is just a sports game to a lot of outside observers.
I come from theatre, where one of the main ideas our professor taught us was how much laughter could do when it comes to the political. Ive always tried to apply that to my life. If you found my comment stupid, I understand and Im sorry, but dont imply that this is a game to me because I tried to cheer myself up, because you simply do not know.
