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Bonusquote: unmasked among the masked sheep and lemmings

21-06-2021 16:06

Een mondkapje. (Pixabay)

“I made a trip to Trader Joe’s to stock up on Ultra Chocolate ice cream. And yes, I see the irony of buying the least healthy item in a store stocked with expensive organic bruised bananas and dairy-free cashew cheese alternative mozzarella-style shreds. The parking lot was practically a showroom for Teslas and Prii.

I counted 50 shoppers, 49 masked. Did these people not get the unmasking memo? I was the only one not wearing a mask, and I was loving it. California is operating on an honor system, and though I’m fully vaxxed, I wish I weren’t. That very same day, Mr. Newsom was at Disneyland doling out $1.5 million prizes (taxpayer money) to 10 winners of a California vaccine lottery. That beats President Biden’s “Get a shot and have a beer.” Lesson learned: Next pandemic, I wait to get paid.

Maybe those 49 maskers haven’t yet been vaccinated? The adage is: To find the next measles outbreak, find towns with Whole Foods supermarkets. Those places usually have high concentrations of antivaxxers. That adage could probably apply to Trader Joe’s, too.

Were these 49 shoppers simply Linuses unwilling to let go of their security blankets? Or were they more like robotic Stepford wives, preprogrammed and obedient? I will admit to mumbling “sheep” and “lemmings” and other things under my breath.”

Geen idee wat grappiger is: die opmerking over Tesla’s en Toyota Prii op de parkeerplaats van een biologisch-organische Whole Foods market of het uitlachen van mondkapjesdragers terwijl er geen mondkapjesplicht meer is. Of gewoon beiden.