I was wondering, are there more narcissistic creeps now than there used to be, or do I just notice them more in these Covid years?
More to the point, why do we have to hear the terrible reckons of these people? These, well I guess what the PM would call, “arrogant pricks”? We should stop giving so much airtime to the views of the wealthy and powerful.
For example Elon Musk’s latest cry for attention is a declaration of war on the person responsible for America’s mishandling of the Covid pandemic. No, not Trump - that’s his bud, and fellow wealthy entitled loudmouth. No, the one in Elon’s sights is Dr Fauci - the chief medical officer. Are you serious?
Over the weekend, the Tesla founder decided to take on outgoing National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr Anthony Fauci, tweeting out of nowhere that: “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci”.
I don’t think so Elon, I don’t think those are the pronouns many of us are thinking of. How about “somewhat” in combination with something else, or just “whatever”?
It’s like Elon Musk is already well in the lead for jerk of the year but he passes a drink to himself saying “hold my beer, Elon - you ain’t seen nothing yet”.
Attacking Dr Fauci, almost as mental as it would be if we held an inquisition into the Covid response here. You know, that world leading response to a once in lifetime pandemic, unprecedented in the modern era.
Imagine if we investigated that response looking for any little fault to amplify rather than just saying “ah they did pretty good, sure with hindsight a few things could’ve happened a bit faster or a bit slower but damn they did well.” Imagine if we were doing that.
Oh.
Of course you don’t need to go all the way round the world to find narcissists with too much money and apparently too much time on their hands.
Stand up Ian Taylor! You might remember his tantrums during Covid outraged that the same rules applied to him as others and that he couldn’t just make his own. His latest brain fart, in the Herald on Monday, was about the appearance of the Prime Minister in the Woman’s Weekly.
The pictures of the Prime Minister accompanying the article clearly demonstrated that the crisis was not something that was at the forefront in the thinking of whoever approved those pictures. Under other circumstances, the pictures might have been viewed as aspirational, but in the context of the very real cost of living crisis, they simply flew in the face of the thousands of Kiwi parents who are struggling every week to find ways to simply clothe and feed their children.
Having access to the designer clothes the Prime Minister featured in the article must have seemed like some far-off fantasy land where the cost of living was never an issue.
Anyone remember John Key being criticised in the pages of the Herald by prominent business people for wearing an expensive suit during the GFC? No, because that would never happen, would it.
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