Classic ‘Daddisms,’ Revised by a Super Woke Dad
In a world full of suffering and injustice, I don’t need to ‘give you something to cry about’
I don’t need to “give you something to cry about.” Just look around, there are so many things that demand a good cry. Our planet is melting, there’s injustice and human suffering everywhere you look, and your favorite YouTube couple just announced they’re getting divorced. Go ahead and cry. In fact, never stop crying. I literally cry constantly, and I’m a better man for it. Here. You can borrow my very snotty handkerchief.
It’s true that “a little hard work never hurt anybody,” but a lot of inadequately compensated hard work hurts lots of people. Billions of people, actually. Many are women, minorities, and those living in developing nations. We continue to hurt so many people, and for what? So we can consume more? So we can buy cheap plastic crap cheaper? It’s exploitation. It’s tragic. It devastates my heart. Can I have my snotty handkerchief back, please?
Sure, “money doesn’t grow on trees,” but I wish it did, because money trees would certainly be a more equitable way of allocating wealth than global capitalism, that’s for sure! Can you imagine it? All humans living as one, sharing our money tree seeds, planting them in our shared garden, watching them…
