Chappy’s Blog April 22 2022
Attention Span: the length of time for which a person is able to concentrate mentally opn a particular activity.
March 27, 2022, Will Smith in response to a perceived insult directed at his wife, Jada Piinkett Smith, at the Academy Awards show, walked onstage and slapped emcee Chris Rock. Instantly, millions of people hit the social media sites with their take on the incident. All the usual news outlets reported on the story, and soon the blame game started. Two weeks have passed and the story has begun its interest downslide. Because of this incident, Smith and wife are the enemy of one faction or another. The 15 minutes of stimuli now gone, the crowd is looking for blood in other corners of the universe.
Next! Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, Amber Heard have entered the ring of interest, so it is now time for their 15 minute tussle. The judges are at their favorite electronic device to view the event, eagerly awaiting the punches to be thrown, and the promise of blood splattered all over the ringside spectators. News channels are at the ready to broadcast what the two combatants have done to each other. Exciting stuff for the masses, as two peoples lives are chewed up and spit out. After all, they’re celebrities, we need to get involved in their lives, our opinions matter, and besides, it feeds our need to fill the 15 minute time slot. This too will pass. Insatiable appetites for the thrill of it all, will find a new scandal or event to spend their 15 minute allowance on soon enough.
Even the news feeds suffer from the stimuli fix. The most important story of the day and maybe of our survival is the Ukraine story. It was big news for about a solid three weeks, as channels reported on the very real conflict that Russia and the Ukraine are locked in. With the exception of the BBC, outlets are reporting less and less on the conflict, as they concentrate their efforts on the political news of the day, clearly illustrating the 15 minute precedent given to any subject. Our priorities are gone, erased by a lack of real responsibility to one another. The threat to world peace is no longer an empty idea. The danger is at our doorstep. Our 15 minute psyche has failed us yet again.
I think that I know where all this judgemental, self-righteous, opinionated, 15 minute business started. It all started with the the assassination coverage of President John F. Kennedy, the Watergate affair, and especially during the coverage of the O.j. Simpson trial. Coverage of all these events was intense, but the O.J. trial coverage had the greatest impact of the three. During O.J.’s trial, the masses hunkered down and were glued to their television sets all day, and everyday, during the entire proceeding. This is when viewers became the opinionated, judgemental subscribers that they are today. Blacks and whites were literally at polar ends of the spectrum during the trial, and after, pointedly so when the verdict came out. This trial became the ultimate 15 minute fix. A new kind of addict was born. The couch became the judges bench as people felt a power they had never felt before, the power to become a consensus freak. Certain people soon took notice, and the “woke” arose!
Don’t start freaking out on me! I too was glued to the set for a time.
The key factor used by “woke jokes” today is emotion. If a persons mood can be triggered, control over their actions are more easily triggered and controlled. This tactic along with a constant barrage of woke jokes are thrown at us, keep us focused on the latest woke tactics used to attack people or idea’s. Politicians use media types to hype it, and soon the 15 minute quick succession fusillade attacks began. The result is a people divided, steeped in unproven fact and inuendo…..Hate emerges from the rubble, and the desired outcome is achieved. Then, on to the next target. How does this affect us? Answer: We lose our identity and individualism…..we are under control! Think about the last four or so years! Tactics used on us were, Fear, and Unsubstantiated Accusations were used to control and lock us down. The 15 minute rule was used to effectively run our lives during this time, and will be used again. You can be political or not, but you have to agree that we were used to further woke agenda’s. I’ve figured all of this out, so why can’t others see it too!
The Ukraine is suffering from oppression, as are parts of Africa, Mexico, the Middle East, Israel, parts of South America, China, Russia, America, Europe, and other small countries. 15 minute attacks are also targeting God, and religion, the family, babies, the elderly, and our autonomy. Countries are melting as the onslaught escalates, and hate against your brother increases with each attack. We together, as a people have to stand up and change what our politicians and church leaders are failing to address. The Ukraine could explode into a regional conflict and maybe beyond. I don’t know if this will happen, but we are in the middle of a very weak presidency, and we seem to not have the strength or resolve to confront the threat. We need to reflect on what we have become, repent and change our ways. If we can change ourselves, we can everything. It wasn’t perfect before hate won over, but it was more reliable.
If you read my blogs regularly, you know by now that I give you information on any given subject, but only enough to perk your interest. I could give you in-depth studies and commentary, but you would be bored in no time at all. I feel that if an article interests you enough, you will do the rest, and find out the real truth for yourself. We are being managed by the lie of those that want to reshape the world, and our lives. The “thrill”, “chill” emotional ties should be severed, and the 15 Minute attention span expunged from our lives.
Do and Think for yourself !