Which addiction would you rather have?

There are days I feel like I have my phone with me for almost every hour I’m awake. I think to myself, “Geez, so this is what addiction feels like, huh?” I think about people who smoke or use drugs or drink alcohol in excess. I can understand what they feel even if the draw isn’t quite the same.

All of this leads to an interesting question…

Would you rather be addicted to smoking or addicted to your smart phone?

Sometimes I think a smoking addiction would be better for me in the long run. Maybe not for my lungs, but I wonder if there’s a higher sense of satisfaction that comes from the cigarettes. Certainly there are some payoffs to the phone addiction, but sometimes it just seems all-consuming. With smoking, you go outside, light it up, finish, then go about your day. The phone, in comparison, doesn’t really have those kinds of limits, and probably a lot less satisfaction. You can pretty much use your phone anywhere at any time.

Scary stuff! Which would you pick and why?

-Out of the Wilderness

Listing an item for $1 on Facebook Marketplace

It’s a pet peeve I’ve had for awhile but it’s my current (least) favorite. I can’t even explain how much it ticks me the heck off when someone lists an item for $1 but the description has the actual asking price. Talk about bad etiquette! THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD GO TAKE A LONG WALK OFF A SHORT DOCK.

It just happened the other day that I messaged a guy about something he listed for $1. I had a little fun with him because he not only listed it for a buck, but he also included “or best offer.” What an idiot. I messaged him a few times and his responses got less and less enthused as we conversed. Eventually he told me to stop harassing him and I knew my job there was done.

What is it with these lunatics that think they’re doing something revolutionary? All they’re really doing is making themselves look slimy and dishonest. Am I overthinking this or should these people GO KICK ROCKS!?

-Out of the Wilderness

Swimming underwater

Sometimes I have dreams where I can swim underwater without coming up for air. In fact, usually when I have to answer that “What would your superpower be?” I answer with this feat. I guess I should make clear that I’m a human and as a human, I can’t swim under water for too long before I need to come up for a breath. It sucks! Fish are so lucky.

I’m not really sure why this is something I dream of doing (Literally. Not like someone dreams of going skydiving one day or visiting Italy.). It just seems like such an amazing ability that would change so much for me (Literally. Not like someone saying that in a metaphorical way). I would’ve done a lot better in my first sprint triathlon where I totally embarrassed myself during the swimming portion of the three-event race.

When I’m swimming, sometimes my mind goes to a tragic circumstance at a state park last year. There’s a state park in Florida that has springs connected to underground tunnels that go hundreds of yards to other bodies of water in the area. I guess it’s called cave diving or something like that. All I know is that in this particular case three divers went down into the tunnels and caves and only two came back up. This happened one of the days my family and I were camping so part of the park was closed off while they figured everything out and searched for the missing person. What terror did this guy experience, knowing his air was getting low, or knowing he was lost, panicking that he might not know which way was out, back tracking or not being able to see his friends further up the path? Whatever the cause, it’s such a frightening thing to imagine. I can think of a lot of other ways I’d like to meet my maker before drowning comes up on my list.

Gee wiz, didn’t mean to get all dark and morbid! But swimming underwater… back to that! How fun would that be? If you’re a fish and feel like describing it to the group(er) of humans reading this, won’t you comment below? Thank you and please accept a virtual fish-bump from me!

-Out of the Wilderness

Volkswagen Jitterbug Commercial – The Music, Star Wars, and More

HelloOoOoOoOo there and thanks for coming by to check out more from the Volkswagen commercial featuring a dad and his adorable daughter. They’re both actors, most likely, or in the case of the toddler, one of the crews daughters but still, they both do well selling the warmth of a father-daughter relationship. Take a look then scroll down for more info!

UPDATE: Volkswagen has another relatable commercial, check out Volkswagen Let’s Go!

The Music. The song is NOT called “Jitterbug” although that’s probably the part that gets stuck in our minds the most when we hear “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham!, which includes George Michael, of course. Here’s the full track from 1984…

Volkswagen has an adorable commercial on their hands with this one, but the one I will always remember from VW shows another experience with a dad and his child. This time it’s a son, though. There’s just so much to love about this commercial! Featuring the music of Star Wars, check out VW’s best ad ever…

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-Out of the Wilderness

People are boycotting Florida… again!?

I gotta give major kudos to Democrat voters out there. It must be so hard to wake up every day with a new list of who to hate, who to support, what to complain about, and how to balance it all while blaming people besides their own political heroes. They are a lesson in fortitude.

The whole state of Florida is in the news (yet again) after the NAACP issued a travel warning for people of color and the entire gay/trans/bi-/non-/questioning/tri-/queer/quad-/spirit/up-down/down-up/left-handed community. Thank God we have the NAACP looking out for everyone, right? Hey, I’m left-handed, I can be part of that group, don’t judge me!

Allegedly, Florida governor Ron DeSantis (and Florida in general) hates everyone who isn’t a straight, white dude. If that’s you and your whiteness is showing… bless your heart, you’re the worst. Sad part is you probably don’t even know how terrible you are. I’m in that group but thank goodness I’m left-handed so I still get to have an opinion on things (unlike white guy Elliot Page). I’m not a Democrat, though. Otherwise, I would’ve awakened today completely perplexed about my existence in this country. On the one hand, I have white privilege. On the other hand, I hate white people. I love women but I don’t know what a woman is. I want to boycott Florida but I need to support Disney World. It’s just too much to handle! But I must comply. It’s my duty as a Democrat who loves democracy.

How do you think Disney took the news from the NAACP? First, conservatives decided to skip their Disney vacations (after Disney announced they’d pay for employees to travel to abortion-friendly states). Then the other half of the country (liberals) decide to boycott the entire state of Florida. This CAN’T be good for Disney.

Normal, every day Democrats are trying to walk the tightrope of boycotting Florida while still supporting certain businesses (Disney, for instance). Shopping in the Target trans section but not enjoying capitalism. Asking for equal pay for women without knowing what a woman is. Well, the reality is this: it’s not a rope they’re walking. It’s a leash. They have no idea they’re tied to one end and jerking them around like a lost puppy are the very people they adore.

I guess it’s comfortable to be fed every day. To be let out to potty a few times a day. To be told “good boy” and “good girl” and given a treat for behaving. To comply. But one day, I hope Democrats will wake up and realize their master has been playing tricks on them for decades. Until then, I wish them luck on all the new things they have to comply with today which will be different tomorrow and the very things they stand against now will probably be what they support next week.

Sounds exhausting.

-Out of the Wilderness