Carole Simpson

Top 10 List of 2020’s Good Things

Dec 31, 2020 | 2020 Election, Black Lives Matter, Coronavirus, Family, Journalism, Something. To. Say. | 0 comments

Top 10 List of 2020’s Good Things

Hello Everybody. I have something to say about the demise of the year 2020. It was awful and you know what was awful about it. But I gave it another think and managed to eke out some positive results. So, without further ado, My Top Ten List of the good that came out of 2020.

BIDEN

  1. We elected Joe Biden as our new president. And Kamala Harris, a woman of color is going to be vice president.

 

TRUMP

  1. We won’t have to see Donald Trump’s orange face and crazy yellow hair. We won’t have to hear his narcissistic ravings or read his crazy tweets.

 

VACCINE

  1. We saw scientists and researchers spend only 9 months in their labs to invent several vaccines to prevent us from getting the Covid-19 coronavirus.

 

          FAMILY

  1. Because many of us were locked down, we spent more time with our families. Parents liked that. Kids liked that. They got to know each other better.

 

NEIGHBORLINESS

  1. And we saw selflessness. Neighbors helping neighbors. Young folks getting groceries for old folks. People cooking and delivering meals to families where the parents have lost their jobs.

 

PRESS

  1. We saw some of the best investigative journalism ever practiced at one time in our history. Reporters proved to many that they aren’t the enemy of the people, but the protectors of our democracy.

 

TECHNOLOGY

  1. With technology, we learned you can do a lot of things virtually. Doctors’ appointments, conferences, meetings. And that technology like Zoom is being used to teach our kids.

 

ENTERTAINMENT

  1. We didn’t go to movie theaters, so the movies came to us. Yes, we could watch big blockbuster films in our homes through streaming services.

 

COOKING

  1.   We re-discovered the joy of cooking. But now, with nothing to do, nowhere to go, we learned that it’s tough to beat a good home cooked meal.

 

         BODIES GOT A BREAK

  1. We gave our bodies a break by not wearing restricting ties, brassieres and Spanx in favor of sweatpants and lounging stuff.

 

It goes without saying that it was positive, what doctors and nurses and first responders did to help us during the pandemic. It’s good, that people now realize how much they do for us.

 

   Now we welcome 2021. As we do every year, we pray that the new year will make up for the year before. So, we’ll try this again. Happy New Year.

FaceApp Promotes Ageism

Jul 22, 2019 | Ageism, Something. To. Say., Technology | 0 comments

FaceApp Promotes Ageism

Hello Everybody. I have something to say about the incredibly popular FaceApp.

You’ve probably heard about the FaceApp…the mobile phone application that will show what you’ll look like when you when you get older. Now there’s widespread concern about people sacrificing their privacy to use the application and they’re being urged to delete the app from their phones because the Russians developed the program.

     Well, I have a concern too…that the FaceApp is promoting ageism.  I understand that people are anxious to see how they will look at 75 or 80.  Younger folks probably look at themselves and laugh at their white hair, and wrinkles, and saggy jowls.

       But later, on reflection, they probably think, “Oh, my God, I’m going to look like that. I don’t want to look like that. Then, I’m going to be sick and then I’m going to die. Oh, no.”

      So younger adults will avoid older people because they don’t want to be reminded of what may befall them. They won’t hire older people or socialize with them or live next to them. And that’s just wrong.  So I say delete the FaceApp from your phone for the privacy reasons and for my fear that it is increasing ageist attitudes.

     We all have to stop worrying about what will become of us. That is in the future. All of us need to live the best life we can live, NOW. Tomorrow is going to take care of itself.

      See you next time.