Messages from the Future

I refuse to buy clothing that won’t be fashionable in 12 months.

I’ll never get behind the ‘nothing matters anyway’ mindset.

Note to new parents: Avoid the temptation to combine your child’s birthday celebration with others in your family. Just because people share a birthday month doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have their own party. Growing up with combined birthdays leads to resentment.

The problem with AI is that you don’t need to be educated to use it. Our kids understand how it works, but they don’t need it for their education at all.

What’s it like to NOT have your phone on silent?

If it makes you feel better- The ‘Greatest of All Time’ will never actually be the Greatest of All Time until time itself comes to an end. So get out there and be proud that you’re somebody at all!

My 11yr old daughter’s eyes genuinely welled-up when she found out about Dolly Parton’s passing. What a reach she had; her greatness is inspiring Gen. Alpha.

Less weapons for war; more community-serving technology

On classist labels in print: When the rich purchase unnecessary luxury items, it’s labeled ‘excess’. When an average person purchases an unnecessary luxury item, it’s ’beyond their means’.

F**k heavily auto-tuned vocals. This is a post about The Strokes’ new album.

Widow’s Bay 🤝 311

You are not your child’s best friend. As their mentor during periods of critical brain development, you are their first example of how a responsible grown-up should function.

PSA - Turn off your headlights when parked and waiting in a parking lot. They’re obnoxious and unnecessary if you aren’t going anywhere yet.

To the people with the ‘Work for It’ bumper stickers: Who are you talking to? What is ‘it’, exactly? And what makes you an expert on the subject? It reads like unqualified assumption. Last time I checked, most people are working hard and many are struggling even with a job.

Young men & women today need more real hobbies. Working out? Not a hobby. It’s a lifestyle choice and is only problematic if it’s accompanied by vanity. Gaming is okay, but it can’t be the only thing. Access your creativity (it’s there).

When you claim you prefer a band’s ’earlier stuff’, you are subtly admitting you prefer a young, naive, formulaic structure over more grown-up, nuanced lyrics and music that compliments the message.

Whatever you do, never send your children to fight a war to appease playboy politicians

A spoiled child has a lower ceiling for life goals and experience later on as an adult. It’s no surprise then, if they later become bored and fall into debauchery because they’ve “done it all” by age 25.

Are you a proud American man, or are you just nostalgic about the machines we developed for war?

I’m all about letting people enjoy annoying, quirky or basic things I’m not into… until I find out someone I’m related to enjoys rolling coal.

Hypocrites hold themselves to flexible standards while holding everyone else to stifling, rigid standards.

Everybody wants to be respected, but so few actually want to be respectful to others.

I love emo but could never get into the band American Football. Sunny Day Real Estate was my starting point.

While there are definitely left-leaning news outlets relying on exaggerated stories… Conservative news is Trump-mandated fever-dream nonsense. Brain rot for people who are afraid to let go of grandpa’s politics.

The Ferris Bueller reference in Toy Story 5 though.

Imagine thinking highly of yourself

The numbness it requires to see comically large trucks on the road and think, “let’s go to a dealership - I want to broadcast my insecurities, too.”

Life skills that will matter when your kid transitions into adulthood: - being respectful - being responsible - being grounded enough to be content when things are going well

You don’t just step (or stumble) into government and assert your agenda with newfound power. You must establish relationships with those who arrived before you and figure out who among the wise is willing to listen to you and point the way. Please don’t vote for egocentric pseudo-celebrities.

Worcestershire? It’s pronounced, “Wuss-tur-shur” - the same way people from Boston pronounce Worcester ‘wuss-tur’. You slur the middle of the word, ignoring the r and c. You’re welcome.

America, I truly beg you to differ

250 years is nothing, compared to the rest of the developed world.

“What is truth?” The question that destroys democracies.

Younger generations will never know the the joy and exhilaration of haphazardly tossing their backpack over a fence without a care in the world before climbing up and jumping over to land flat-footed on the hard, sun-baked cement. They’ve all got expensive smartphones and laptops in their packs.

YouTube has become a source of mentorship to many teens. Its lack of vetted sources and structure is hindering many from becoming mature, socially adept adults.

What a shame it was when wealthy shareholders & business folk stopped putting “America first” as they moved jobs and manufacturing overseas…and then just kept doing it.

To be alive is magic

Due to the over abundance of similar narratives about personal struggles, including those featured in podcasts and vlogs, autobiographies will soon become obsolete. What’s left to learn from a society who won’t stop posturing themselves as the main character?

To parents, family members, neighbors and teachers: Hold the kids accountable, always.

You’ve publicly betrayed your ideals & convictions for money, and now you’re shocked that people despise you…?

Imagine going deaf…and the only reason is you thinking it’s not ‘masculine’ to use earplugs at loud events.

At the root of ‘fiscal conservatism’ you’ll find a refusal to share with those who have less than you.

You’ll know the nepo-babies by their poor spelling.

People misunderstand what ‘exercising Free Will’ means. It’s rooted in biblical principles. It’s the choice you have between living and behaving in an objectively good or objectively evil manner. It is not something that warrants reckless behavior, nor is it license to place others in harms way

Trump and every person who pushed him to enter a war with Iran…is normalizing pathological behavior and inhumane ideologies. The gullible (children & MAGA cultists) believe his foul rhetoric to be acceptable.

Red pilling is just a rebranding of ages of machismo. It’s always been stupid and teenage boys have always been an easy target for it because they look up to the ‘coolest’ adult male around them,… but that adult male doesn’t have to be sexist, irresponsible or insecure. Find those good dudes.