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Any human being lucky enough to have a home.
In 2020, most people living on earth, confined to their home in an effort to slow the global COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2020, most people living on earth, confined to their home in an effort to slow the global COVID-19 pandemic.
by Monkey's Dad April 4, 2020
Get the homebody mug.The words spoken by George Floyd to Derek Chauvin and his fellow officers as Floyd was being arrested and killed on May 25, 2020.
"Please! Thank you!" said Floyd, as one of the officers offered to get into the back seat of the squad car with him, after Floyd expressed his extreme claustrophobia. "Please!" said Floyd, as Chauvin knelt on his neck, suffocating the life from him, "Please! I can't breathe!"
by Monkey's Dad April 20, 2021
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A silent life-affirmation, a promise of survival from someone who has been injured, is gravely ill, incapacitated or in pain.
A silent life-affirmation, a promise of survival from someone who has been injured, is gravely ill, incapacitated or in pain.
Lying intubated in the COVID ward, she could not speak and had no strength to respond to those who were writing, expressing their concern. To each, she simply texted an olive emoji, and all was understood - "I'll live."
by Monkey's Dad August 3, 2021
Get the Olive emoji mug.An extraordinary percentage of the American population was infected, if not yet with Covid, then with vaxxophobia. Sitting glassy-eyed and slack-jawed in front of their TVs, an American vaxxophobe listened to paid performers on Fox and Newsmax, all of whom had been quietly vaccinated, tell them that Covid was nothing but a liberal hoax, that the vaccine would allow the illegitimate Democratic government to take their freedoms and to monitor their location at every moment. If they didn't believe it, they could look it up on their smartphones.
by Monkey's Dad July 25, 2021
Get the Vaxxophobia mug.An unquestioning faith in commercially-manufactured, doctor-prescribed and psychologically-addictive medication as the answer to every perceived or imagined problem.
He could not live without his many pills every day. One allowed him to sleep, another quelled his anxiety, a third lifted his depression, others liberated or inhibited his bodily functions, lowered his cholesterol, regulated his heartbeat, soothed his aches, sharpened his vision, slowed his cognitive decline, boosted his testosterone, lowered his blood pressure, increased his immunity, banished unwelcome thoughts, made him feel normal. They interacted to grant him life - so he had been instructed by those selling them, and so he faithfully accepted, a devout disciple of pharmatheology.
by Monkey's Dad June 5, 2023
Get the pharmatheology mug.A person employed by the current administration to produce impressive figures supporting every false claim, from the crowd size at the inauguration, to the minimally-projected cases of coronavirus,
At yet another ginned-up campaign rally, the incumbent shouted huge numbers, concocted by his mythmatician, as proof that he was universally loved, admired and supported.
by Monkey's Dad February 29, 2020
Get the mythmatician mug.As taught in law school: A dog knows the difference between being kicked and being tripped over.
Perhaps the most vital component of trust and forgiveness, the factor of having committed an act inadvertently or willfully.
Perhaps the most vital component of trust and forgiveness, the factor of having committed an act inadvertently or willfully.
Although she felt hurt, she waited to respond, needing first to weigh the intentionality of his actions.
by Monkey's Dad February 26, 2020
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