Papa Maverick's Murky Stream of Consciousness
“The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles … hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages … And we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet isn’t going anywhere.?
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WE are!
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We’re going away.?
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Pack your shit, folks. We’re going away. And we won’t leave much of a trace, either. Maybe a little Styrofoam … The planet’ll be here and we’ll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet’ll shake us off like a bad case of fleas.” ~ George Carlin
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My thoughts on the matter?
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What he said.
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The man just made a lot of sense.
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But where George and I part ways is on the moral jungle of species favoritism.
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Carlin was more sympathetic to animals than he was to people.
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Not I. Nope. I'm team Homo sapiens, all the way!
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Look, here we are, living in a world where we've got PETA throwing red paint on fur coats while half the human population is trying to figure out if they can eat their iPhones for sustenance.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm all for animal welfare. Hell, I once spent an entire afternoon with my uncle trying to keep a cow from falling into a dangerous ravine.?
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But when I see more people willing to donate to the panda bear than there are to help little Timmy get his first pair of shoes, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
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Look, I get it. Pandas are cute.
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They're like the Kardashians of the animal kingdom – famous for basically doing nothing but looking good in black and white.?
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But last time I checked, pandas weren't inventing life-saving medicines or writing the next great novel. Although, to be fair, neither are most humans these days.
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All I'm saying is that maybe, just maybe, we could redirect some of that "Save the Whales" energy into "Save the Humans." After all, humans are the ones who invented beer, coffee, and pizza, and I, for one, am not ready to give that up for a world run by our furry friends.
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Now, some of you think (foolishly) I'm ranting just for the hell of it.
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Believe it or not, there's a big sales lesson here, Chi-Chi.
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That said, I'd wager that nobody will spot this hidden sales lesson.?
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You've got a better chance of seeing Ingrid Newkirk wearing a mink coat. It's that subtle and hidden.
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If anyone does identify the lesson, then it will be because they're a longtime subscriber and I may have already talked about this powerful but rarely-talked-about sales insight.
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Here's an idea:
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If you think you know what the sales lesson is here, hit reply and tell me your answer. If you're right (you won't be), I'll gift you one of my very expensive books.
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If lots of you guess correctly (highly unlikely), I'll be gifting it to the first correct answer I read.
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As for tomorrow's content - I suspect I'll be bragging about how none of you spotted the sales lesson, and then... I will generously disclose and expand upon this powerful sales insight.
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Yup, just for you!
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I know, I know, I'm far too nice.
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Your friend,
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Kelvin
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P.S. Do you appreciate the value I give in these freebies? Good. Well, perhaps you should belly up to the bar and order a real drink, chief.?
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Interested?
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Then visit here: https://kelvindorsey.com/mavericks-inner-circle/
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Incrementum?sapientior!