Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, tomorrow, April 8, there’s going to be a total eclipse of the sun. Maybe someday there really will be a total eclipse of the heart. But I digress…

Considering we’ve been hearing about this for, what, months? Why is it that suddenly people are running around looking for the special sunglasses they need to safely watch it? Today I was in a store and at least three customers asked about the glasses and were told to try “Cumberland’s or Big Lots”. And I doubt either of those places have them either.

These must be the same people who wait to the 11th hour to buy their Christmas gifts.

Oh well, you snooze, you lose (your sight, that is). Just don’t look at the sun. Better yet, don’t even look out the window. Chances are with the many places due to have some kind of cloud cover, the grand event isn’t going to be so grand for many.

In today’s world we are faced daily with various celebrities flinging their influence in our faces.

Everywhere you turn, from TV to social media, some VIP is telling us what to buy, what to eat, what kind of medicine to take, what kind of insurance to buy, what to wear, and even telling us to vote, sometimes even who to vote for. Have we stopped thinking for ourselves?

I’m not going to mention any names, but if we want a reverse mortgage, we’ll get one. If we want to try a certain diet and the foods included with it, we’ll try it. If we want or need insurance for a car or home, we’ll get it, but only if that particular insurance is available in our area. If we want to get vaccinated, we will. If we want to register to vote or vote in general, we’ll do it. Same goes for if we don’t want any of the above. We don’t need someone to tell us what or what not to do.

And why should anyone care if said celebrities want to or not want to do any of those things themselves? Simply because you do or don’t? That’s their business, just as it is yours.

I always thought the point of social media sites was for people to randomly post about different topics, maybe carry on a conversation, maybe have a debate or outright argument with someone, maybe just post some stupid thought and not want any response at all. So, I roll my eyes whenever I see posts from people commenting on how many followers they have or from people on another’s behalf encouraging people to follow them. Because I didn’t realize social media was a popularity contest.

I also don’t understand why (or like) how people comment on the relationships of strangers, whether the strangers be regular joes or celebrities. Most of us realize relationships are two-way streets. Nobody on any platform has an inkling what anyone else’s relationship is like, even if you personally know the people involved. 

It is wrong to surmise you know so-and-so created such-and-such based on the fact that they refused to marry someone or that someone refused to marry them. Maybe they had good reasons to not marry or end the relationship. Because do we really know there was a proposal? How do we know the breakup wasn’t amicable? How do we know it wasn’t the other side who ended it? We don’t know what level of bullshit was involved from either side. We don’t know what it’s like to live with either person. Nor should we give a fuck.