So I needed a picture of a long haired bass player. Nothing difficult, right? Off to Google I go, pop in the search images for long haired bass player and I get ~100 pictures of long haired dogs/cats, maybe half a dozen pictures of guitar players and Russell Brand…

What the heck does Russell Brand have to do with playing bass? And what exactly do you guys search for that confuses the algorithm results of Google so badly that it can’t tell the difference between a cat and Lemmy Kilmister?

Congratulations Internet, you have managed a new low.

So a bit over a month ago I saw a rash of postings of this meme. I got into a few arguments over it, in fact. Didn’t age too well, did it? For the record, the data on the left represents about 1 year, while the data on the right represents ~ 1 month(at the time)

Fast forward to today and we’re seeing variations on the same thing. It’s all political! They’re lying to you! It’s nothing to worry about! And my Mel Gibson favorite, “Freedom!”

Our politics and our media make it very hard to keep perspective on things, and our memories are horribly, horribly short when it’s convenient. This meme was 47 days ago.

Whether we should, or not, we’re effectively ending our national quarantine. Stay safe people.