So, my mantra for this new year (I know it's already March, but think of it this way, anything you own that's only 3 months old is technically still new) was to complain less, love more and just relax, you know, don't sweat the small stuff. I have tried and tried and believe me, it's gone okay so far. BUT, then I get on this thing we call the internet and go on social media and it all goes to shit. I mean, I have not encountered so many passive aggressive, lazy, narcissistic, mother fuckers in my entire life. From posting selfies to picking up the new cause celebre, these fucking people just make me sick, or they are in fact what ails me. While I strive to set a good example for my demon spawn and my bonus child (google that shit, it exists) I'm not perfect. I drop the F bomb occasionally, I pass judgement every once in a while, but at the end of the day, I'd like to think that these little shits have learned some good from me as well. That's why, I know you think these people are "heroes", "do-gooders", humanitarians, or any other misnomer for an attention whore who happens do purport to do good deeds. Here's the problem with that, if in fact you are truly giving to give, there is no thanks required. If you are truly promoting a cause, you shine the light on the cause, not on yourself. If you see an injustice and seek to right it, you crusade, you don't FB post. I am sick and tired of seeing pictures of children from war torn nations going "viral" and having 11 million comments and none of them SAY A FUCKING THING. Yes, it's human nature to feel sorry for them, you'd be a fucking douche bag if you didn't but what are any of those people actually DOING for that kid? Post the picture, write your socially aware comment and move on to the next. What the fuck just happened there? People point to the millennials as the generation of do nothings, where do you think they learned that behavior? I am tired of watching people "share" photos or articles in the effort to make themselves seem somewhat socially aware and by virtue of a couple of keystrokes, social activists. Sitting behind a fucking computer screen typing, does not a social activist make. Unless you are typing letters to Congress to get shit changed. Unless you are typing emails to your local volunteer organization to ask when they need help next, unless you are fucking typing in the password to your bank account or credit card to donate to a cause you are a not social activist you are a fucking lemming hypocrite. All of those people that took that fucking ice bucket challenge, how many of them actually donated? All of those fucking celebrity hashtags that everyone follows, how many kids did they stop from getting bullied or being alone? I admit, there are some campaigns where social media has most definitely assisted in getting a cause off the ground where in pre-social media days, that might not have been the case. But in the end the reason for that is because someone took ACTION. Not just a picture, ACTION. As I stated in the beginning, I am not perfect. I could volunteer more, be more of a social activist in my own right but at least if I am outraged by something I take ACTION. You may not see the angry letter or see the money coming out of the bank account but trust me it happens. And right about now you mother fuckers are calling me out in your head saying, hey fucker, what if the people that share the photo or write the comments are doing the same thing but just not advertising it, and you're absolutely right, they might be. But considering the sad state of affairs that most shit is still in, I doubt it. So if you are in fact a true social activist (and your cause most definitely doesn't need to be posted anywhere on social media to qualify) then I applaud you and if you need support, give this chick a holla! But if this post just stop and made you think, well then good fucking for you, because you should be thinking. You should be thinking that your little world may be affected one day and wouldn't it be nice if instead of just sharing your woes on social media people actually got off their ass and helped?
Here are some organizations that actually do need some activism in their lives:
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
https://www.habitat.org/
https://www.amnesty.org/en/
http://support.angelfood.org/
http://nothingbutnets.net/
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