{"id":7468,"date":"2015-04-21T06:20:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T11:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2015-04-21T06:20:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T11:20:27","slug":"ten-wonderful-things-im-grateful-for-irony-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7468","title":{"rendered":"Ten Wonderful Things I’m Grateful For (Irony Alert)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten Wonderful Things I’m Grateful For (Irony Alert)<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

Being grateful boosts your happiness. Ten wonderful things I’m grateful for.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Since every volume on the nearly endless shelf of pop psychology self-help books recommends working up some gratitude as the key to happiness, I’ve conjured up a list of what I’m grateful for.<\/b>\u00a0(Please turn your irony setting on.)<\/p>\n

1. I’m grateful that our choice of president has been reduced to two equally detestable dynasties or their proxies.<\/b>\u00a0This greatly simplifies the process of selecting a warmongering figurehead for the Empire and its bankers.<\/p>\n

2. I’m grateful that I can watch a full spectrum of entertainment, ranging from depraved to dreadfully unfunny<\/b>on any device at anytime. This\u00a0white noise<\/i>\u00a0helps block out any troubling clarity of thought or urge to ask what I might feel if I wasn’t constantly distracted.<\/div>\n

3. I’m grateful that there are so many opportunities to borrow money<\/b>, because if I couldn’t borrow more, I might miss an astounding opportunity to consume more of something I don’t really need.<\/p>\n

4. I’m grateful that every food item in the store now contains sugar in one form or another<\/b>, or a sugar substitute. This simplifies the process of maintaining my addiction to sugar, as all I need to do is eat anything produced by Corporate America’s food sector.<\/p>\n

5. I’m grateful I live in a country where the government can trample on the rights of its citizens behind a thin veil of legitimacy.<\/b>\u00a0After all, what terrible thing might happen if the government couldn’t arrest those horrible people tearing up their front yard lawn to plant a vegetable garden?<\/p>\n

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