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[groovyjefrey]

It Only Takes a Global Pandemic for People to Realize The Value of the Golden Dollar

So I’ll skip through the covid part. I think we all lived it and saw it first hand. Isolation. Man... did a lot of people not see that one comming. It really pushed everyones mental limits. Some people even lost their goddamn mind. Im I hitting too close to home? There must be a sociological experiment out there that was already studied on this matter. I do not know it, but in this instance, we were the subjects a.k.a the lab rats. I know most people realized who were the real people in their lives. Real how? The only 2 people that probably checked on you over a period of 8 months in the midst of a global pandemic. It made people go into depressive states and increased their anxieties. Some people even killed themselves. It was the result of having too much time to think, not doing much, being confined, and away from the only people they knew. So, those that are still here, I hope you realize that your 400+ Instagram friends are not going to save you, nor do they care how you are doing. You think they care because they like your stuff? Think again. What im trying to say is that we need to realize that we need to hold on to the handful of lovable people in our lives. The ones you know in your heart to be true. Those are the only ones that truly matter. That is the lesson. Quality over quantity. You don’t need 98 pennies when you have 1 golden dollar.

[groovyjefrey]

On Why Narco Culture Ain’t It

Being Mexican isnt easy. It comes with a lot of assumptions. Oh you’re Mexican living in the U.S.? multiply those misconceptions times 3. Growing up Mexican in California entails a lot of familiarity, even Californians speak Spanish. There are taco stands all over town. Its like one never left home. During a typical Southern Californian’s school life during the 2010s, a kid is quick to notice that the guy that acts the hardest, the “Mexicanest,” is the one to get all the hynas. Going deeper, banda, narco corridos, speaking chopped Spanish the loudest, and threatening every individual with the gun they supposedly own, and sits safely in their house, that's the guy that every desperate for attention girl wanted to be around inside and outside of the school. Did I mention that this dweeb, wanna be, also tells every person, that didn't ask, and they couldn't care the least, that his uncle is none other than El Chapo Guzman? yeah it must have been some child abandonment issues that were deeply rooted. In the end, the man became nobody. He was lucky if he even graduated high school. You realize that the real narcos don't talk about it. They are either locked up or dead. It is not something young ones should aspire to be. No one wants to die for nothing. No one wants to be perceived as a narco. At least not anybody who considers themselves a hardworking, peaceful, honest person.