River: Surreal

[mdlbear]

The last few days have been deeply surreal. Between Tuesday's nail-biter of a runoff election, and Wednesday's coup attempt, ... I've spent the last four years feeling as though I was living in an occupied country. I was hoping for a change for the better, sure, but I never expected it to happen like this.

I'm looking at the news footage and finding it hard to distinguish from a badly-made zombie flic. I'm not sure which is more believable at this point.

Comments

[archangelbeth]

As the offspring says: MOOD.

[siliconshaman]

We owe apologies to a lot of writers... because you know when in the zombie/disaster film where people refuse to believe it's happening, and we said no-one would act like that...

Yeah, they totally would.

[acelightning]

Hugs. I know what you mean. I made a picture montage to use for my screen "wallpaper". It starts with a picture of Lady Liberty, "her name, 'Mother of Exiles'" and people around the world call on her as the Goddess of Freedom. Then I have Lady Columbia, the personification of America. She welcomes explorers and encourages progress. And I finish with Lady Justice, Keeper of the Balance, whose sword helps her maintain order. May these three Goddesses guide and guard our nation until things are better again!

[madfilkentist]

The difference is that the zombies want brains.

[alatefeline]

:hugs offered: ‘This is Surreal’ is definitely a common and (for me) relatable response to this awfulness.