Handwashing vs Brainwashing

Two modes of processing intelligence concerning COVID-19.
She was tuned to CNN, he to Fox News. She believed you could not be too careful. He believed it was a liberal hoax. Their tiny apartment had become a Handwashing vs Brainwashing battlefield.
by Monkey's Dad April 05, 2020
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8 track tapeworm

A song stuck in your head, on auto-repeat since 1966.
Having blown their cash on a then-state-of-the-art sound system for the band truck, the guys only had enough to buy one tape. For the last five decades, Martha and the Vandellas had been singing endlessly in his head - "It's like a heatwave, burnin' in my hea-a-art, can't keep from a-cry-in', tearin' me apa-a-art", his personal 8 track tapeworm.
by Monkey's Dad March 08, 2020
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emergination

Imagining the nation emerging from lockdown.
In an act of emergination, she saw herself, and everyone in the country, opening their doors and bursting into the sunlight, hugging each other, throwing their masks in the air, breathing deeply and freely. She could dream.
by Monkey's Dad May 01, 2020
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Smart Lives Matter

Those who understand that the phrase "Please wear a mask" does not mean: 1) carry it in your hand, 2) wear it around your neck or 3) wear it covering your chin but not your mouth and nose.
YOU! Yes, you, coming within inches of me, breathing in my face, with YOUR MASK SECURED AROUND YOUR ELBOW!, please respect my right to live even if you don't care about your own, because Smart Lives Matter.
by Monkey's Dad September 13, 2020
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teaching your dog to drive

A polite suggestion that someone has admirable faith while being out of touch with reality.
"Brilliant idea, truly, but you're teaching your dog to drive."
by Monkey's Dad March 31, 2020
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In 2024 America, the conflation of celebrity and politics.
Many believed the singer could influence her millions of followers to vote Democratic. Others saw in the congresswoman's ability to grab the spotlight for any utterance, no matter its content, a promise of actual Conservative leadership. They were all swirling in the media's Marjorie Taylor Swiftification of culture, blurring the separation of Stage and State.
by Monkey's Dad January 12, 2024
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Red Dawn warnings

Code name for an early email chain among a prominent group of medical experts, sounding the alarm about coronavirus. For months it was ignored by the president, who said of the pandemic, "It will disappear as if by magic".
If the president had not refused to listen to the Red Dawn warnings, the pandemic could have been much more effectively controlled in the United States.
by Monkey's Dad April 12, 2020
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