Friday, October 30, 2020

Dumping Dixie Beer

 

There’s a popular meme floating around the internet that has a middle-aged, pot-bellied, suburban male standing by a charcoal fire with the caption below reading, “I just want to grill for God’s sake!” It has been seen as both an ideal (men just want to go about their weekly business without intrusion by the pet causes of the day) and a problem (for some could equally argue the attitude is one of indifference). 

The genius of the meme (and all good memes) is that it captures some truth in a single image. Here, it speaks to the frustration felt when constantly bombarded by talking heads telling a person to get upset over this issue and that. Why can’t a man just grill? Why can’t he enjoy the fruits of his labour and ignore those things which do not impact him directly? All in all, it seems a good view on the world. Who has ever solved anything by unnecessary worry? There are things within a man’s power, and things outside of his power. “You can’t let it get to you,” some say, “Don’t put yourself out there. Everything will blow over.”

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4 comments:

  1. Hi Brock!!,
    So Far.... DIXIE BEER is still "DIXIE BEER!!!" Whether the "Powers that be" at DIXIE follow thru with the proposal is yet to be seen.....
    I hope it was only a comment to try to shut up the left but who knows?? One thing for sure, if they do change their "Name!!," it will be the LAST THING THEY DO AS A COMPANY... Within 20 minutes after, they will cease to exist!!
    Audentes Fortuna, Ivat,
    skybill

    PS Just to remind the DIXIE Brewery owners... "AUDENTES,FORTUNA, IVAT!!," Means "Fortune Favors the Bold"...NOT...the Stupid....

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  2. All we wanted was to be left alone so we could enjoy our barbecue... but the lefties just had to keep pushing and pushing...

    Skybill above is right. If Dixie Beer caves, they'll be history within a year.

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    1. If Dixie Beer caves, they'll be history within a year.

      & if they cave, then I hope so.

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