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Hey Art - thanks for the comment but you really should aim for shorter bursts of your passion - otherwise you'll come across as a bit manic (or even majorly manic) and people will turn off. Try for just a short paragraph and a few links - if people are interested, they will follow. If you did this on a less tolerant Stack than old Winston, you'd be banned.

Just trying to help :-)

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What the fuck did I just read?

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Jus a fun satire based on reality!

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This world is going to hell in a handbasket.

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Lol

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It’s a joke…and pretty funny once I realized … but I wasn’t sure at first! LOL

- but kinda scary too as this seems to be where we’re headed - which I believe … is the point. 😑🙄😩

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My thoughts exactly!

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PURRFECTLY GOOD SATIRE!

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Love it. But those kids shouldn’t be denied trans-species surgery.

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😂

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*** DOG RIGHTS NOW! ***

EMERGEBCY WARNING:

Cat supremacy is on the move! Everywhere we turn, the KIitties-First claw-genda is being paw-moted: in our schools nurseries, planned brooding-hood clinics and more.

TELL "BIG CAT" AND ITS GLOBOFELIINE SPONSORS:

NO MEOW-RE BRAINWASHING IN OUR KENNELS AND TRAINING CRATES!

We will not stop dogging the issue until this catastrophe has been taught to sit, roll over, and -- if woof comes to shove -- play dead

God belly-scratch us all,

Bark

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Gosh, that's funny!

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You can't beat the cats Mark. No matter how sophisticated your satirical monologue - cats still have 8 more lives than any dog!

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Woof. My mutt is bwoken.

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Seems to me that the NY eduCATion sector has gone to the dogs. I do like the current diversifiCATion in your substack Winston although some may not appreciate it and excommuniCATe you. I would suggest though that you don't overcompliCATe things (being a dog person myself)

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I can't do much about the diversification of my substack - I'm a hyperactive ideas man who's all over the place, unable to settle on any one thing - like my library! Hopefully readers who like a mix of CATegories will stick with me!

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Okay, you're just messing with us now....right?

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This is a joke. Right?

If not, l am a bit overwhelmed.

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I've read that a school in Toronto had to provide a kitty litter tray in the toilet for a student who identified as a cat!

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Can you share the article?

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I didn't keep the link; I think it was on some Canadian site. I'll have a search later.

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You didn't read the article before you commented, did you?

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It is satire, but there's good reasons to be overwhelmed as well (although I'd recommend against it).

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Be honest - you wouldn't post this if you did want to feed people's outrage.

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Absolutely. We continue to speed toward such things so there does need to be a lot more outrage.

Guilty as charged David.

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Outrage at something that doesn't exist?

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Still not that that good, why are they "focussing on grooming" and pressuring those poor children with their expectations? What's next? Body or fur colouring shaming? Oh, Mr. Smith, this is so funny excellent, thank you. Absurdity sans limits. Who would've thanked that stupidity was that limitless?! I still believe if those people had to worry about roof over their heads and the next meal

they wouldn't have time for this nonsense. PS. I know, you'd "ran with it" but

I also know there's enough of this nonsense going on for me to know that you're not too far off the mark here.

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not too far off the mark is what makes good satire - it's frighteningly funny.

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Thanks, Winston - your satire is most welcome on the first evening of the winter change of Daylight Savings time. God, I hate this unneeded intrusion, just one of the uncountable, forced upon us. Appreciate the way your satire is leavened just the right amount to give one paws to wonder, is this for reeow?

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Can we send Kat Hochul to Heaviside Layer already?

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I will never forget this woman telling a congregation that the 'vaccine' is God's gift to them and only the smart people are taking it. The Kat has to go.

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Yup. Absurdist satirical fiction flies high with a song where scores of well-argued incisive scholarly treatises trudge through the slushy morass with a heavy moan.

Not sure about the fiction part though: just give Kat squad a lil’ more time.

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Spot on daiva - I could have spent days researching the psychological and social impact of enabling kids with such delusional, exaggerated and age-inappropriate behavior, citing a dozen papers and drawing on my years of experience in psychology - and get a handful of people who will actually read the entire thing. OR I could spend 20 minutes bashing out a bit of satire, only stopping to find cat names for characters, and get a fantastic (albeit confused in some cases) response from readers. Both draw attention to the same insanity, but one method will stick with many more people.

(That's not to say I don't like to do the former, academic method, because I do, but the satire is way more fun).

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Second yup. We weird naked apes live off, by and for good stories. Reality stranger than fiction and all that.

(That's not to say I'm not confused 'bout the story of 20 min: Shirley you jest, right? 😇).

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