Topsy-turvy times.
I’ll tell you what, friends. It is impossible
to land on the “right side” of anything anymore (read: left side).
Up is down, down is up, Liberals hate John F. Kennedy’s hunky
nephew and Conservatives hate wars against Russia. Wild times, to
say the least, with even the weather subject to vicious
disagreement.
The current U.S. President Joe Biden appears to be getting
busted for talking about sunshine, cloud, rains, etc. with a nice
fella named Devon Archer and a humble surf journalist, having just
celebrated his 5000th
culturally valuable story, received many licks for
suggesting that surfers should trade Teslas
in for ’69 Camaro Super Sports seeing that climate
change has been directly tied to bigger waves, at least as it
concerns California.
The Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans had
analyzed nearly a century’s worth of data and concluded that wave
heights, in the Golden State, have risen by an average of a foot
since 1969.
“This is just another indication that overall average wave
heights have increased significantly since 1970 — since the advent
of the upward trend in global warming,” Peter Bromirski, researcher
emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the study’s
author, told National Public Radio.
Climate change.
Carbon in the atmosphere etc.
Well, surfers thrilling at the thought of Making Cardiff Reef
Mavericks Again had allegedly been trading their earth-saving
electric Teslas for ’69 Chevrolet Camaro Super Sports, the gorgeous
piece of American Muscle that sports a 6.5L V8 pushing 375 hp that
gets, roughly, 6.7 miles per gallon.
Pure red, white and blue (minus the blue).
What should have thrilled patriots, though, seemed to annoy.
“I’m sorry but I want 3 minutes of my life back for reading this
useless article. the only thing it does is villainize surfers who
like classic cars, for crying out loud man let the guy buy a car,
I’m sick of Tesla fanboys claiming their car is the best thing in
the world. Watch this comment get deleted for being ‘aggressive’
when all I’m doing is telling the truth lol,” wrote Brian.
“Love how the journo kook that wrote this bitches about
pollution while smoking in his profile pic, what a “’bad ass,’”
added Pharm to Table.
“Neutral here, that is until, I saw the ‘marxist-ass-clown’
undertones in the writing of this article. We (real Americans) are
not giving up good’ol fashion American Muscle…for weakass E.V.’s
that are truly destroying the planet…” Nathan concluded really
bringing the issue home.
Which also raises a practical point.
Who, here, has a “weakass” E.V.? What did you drive before? Are
you happy with your choice?
I, currently, am in a 2017 Toyota Tacoma 4×4 that just ticked
over 100,000 miles. Should I press on to 200,000 or pull the rip
and get into… what?
Help!
Also, at time of writing Brian’s comment has not only not been
deleted but dubbed the 3,987,666 most aggressive comment on
BeachGrit thus far.
Mazel tov.