And speaking of blather, How about now EVERYTHING these days is not just “changed,” but “changed forever." More empty pronouncements, phony drama, false profundity—everywhere. Nothing is forever.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
The Trump “Era” The “Era” of Covid How can 1 year or even 4 be an “Era”? Just more blather, suggesting profundity where none exists. https://youtu.be/dTRKCXC0JFg
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Am I just a hopeless curmudgeon or are others offended by all the Happy Thanksgiving emails from vendors etc. clogging the inbox?
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
“Look” Updated. It’s spreading so fast! IT’S A MEME! NO, IT’S A VIRUS! Officious and Arrogant combined.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
“Look” I am picking up an increasing use of this intro word when people are answering a question, especially finance types. “Look . . . “ followed by answer. Imperative and arrogant. Call me paranoiac, curmudgeon, misanthrope, or all three,...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Everyone, everything— in movie and music reviews especially— is suddenly “luminous.” But so much light gets to be blinding, so that we lose our sense of direction—and critical judgment.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Word Of The Year! Well, no sooner than i post the previous one, I see on my building's "elevator news" that Dictionary.com has chosen "existential" as its Word Of The Year for 2019! Say no more. I will be trying...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Why do I have to say it again? In a previous post, I already had to gag about this word: Everyone’s using it now along with the word “threat,” i.e. Existential Threat, a threat to the existence of something or...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex