Does Everything Have to be Political?
I remember back in college. Going with my roommates to the dining hall. Getting our food, sitting down, talking about the most meaningless shit in the world. At the time it was important, but looking back; skipping lab? Overanalyzing sexts?
Half a decade later I find myself incapable of having a conversation with someone without it veering into the political realm. Does it have to be this way? Is it this way every four years, in preparation and in the comedown of presidential elections? Perhaps someone older than me can enlighten me. Why is so much of our happiness dictated upon who is President?
The media seems like an easy scapegoat. Blaming these COVID-19 lockdowns seems like an easy scapegoat. Why does it feel like everyone is so fatalistic? Does politics have to slither its way into everything, including Laker games, Sounders games? Eating a poke bowl?
It’s not just “politics” per se. Using the aforementioned poke bowl as an example, five years ago I may have had a conversation with a friend about a guy she’s been dating, and if his penis is too thick for her to handle. Now, the goes to “there are so little bluefin tuna left in the ocean” and “how do people work for $10 at a poke bar?” These are important topics, yes, but…
Do we need to feel guilty about everything?
