I have some requests for the coming year and they are as follows:
Can we all please recognize the fact that a lot is two words? This would save a lot of frustration.
Can we all please recognize the fact that there is no s at the end of anyway? Anyway, I think it's a good idea.
Can we all please, when discussing making plans, not say or write "planning ahead" or "pre-planning." The latter two are redundant.
Can we please try to limit the use of word, "guys"? Let's be creative -- people, folks, friends, dudes, homies, comrades, mates, peeps, brethren, brothers and sisters, colleagues, fellows, readers, followers, listeners....
Can more people please come to their senses about the ongoing pandemic? Can an increasing number of adults please wise up and get vaccinated? Of course for themselves but also for the community. (I realize that it's a stretch to expect conservatives to think of anyone besides themselves -- personal freedom -- and think of the greater good, but one can dream). It would also be nice if some people were less afraid of wearing masks.
Can this please be the year that Trumpy finally pays for his sins? He's broken any number of laws (obstruction of justice, campaign finance, intimidating election officials, bribery, perjury etc.) Time to lock the son of a bitch up. He's a noisy, obnoxious menace and I know I'm not alone in being sick to death of the narcissist blowhard and the fact that we walks freely among us.
Can we please declassify all the government files on the JFK assassination? It's well past time we learned the full story.
While we're at it, can we please declassify all the government files on UFO research and findings too? We CAN handle the truth.
Can we please stop saying and writing to each other, "you're probably the type of person who..."? It's rude, condescending, often wrong and shows a lack of imagination.
Can we please stop showing ads before online movie trailers? You're making people watch an ad before watching ad. Ridiculous.
Can people conducting post-game sports interviews please stop asking "how important was it..." or "how great was it..." or "how much fun was it..." or any of the endless variations thereof? You're forcing athletes to say things like "it was super important...." or "it was really great...." Come on you're journalists, do better.
Can people in the service industry please stop saying that a customer's decision is "perfect" or awesome? I recently checked out at a Target and was asked if I needed a bag. When I admitted that I did, the checker said, "perfect." Hunh?
Speaking of people in the service industry, can we please make a special point to be nicer to them? Apparently these oft mistreated souls have suffered even more abuse at the hands of rude customers during the pandemic than before. Be polite.
Can we please raise the federal minimum wage?
Can drivers please start recognizing that a stop sign is not a suggestion but a command?
Can college football please announce start times for all games two weeks BEFORE the start of the season? You know, as a way of showing consideration to fans. Also could start times reflect the desires of fans attending the game?
Can streaming services please let us watch the closing credits of a movie without trying to prompt us to immediately watch something else?
Can people who make scam/spam calls please be found and punished? At the least they waste our time, at the worst they rip folks off.
Can we please legalize marijuana in all fifty states? Any state that doesn't believe grass should be legal should then prohibit alcohol, an infinitely more harmful substance.
Can we please stop referring to the holidays as the season of giving as if it is the only time of year that we can help the needy and less fortunate?
Can we please pass meaningful gun control legislation in the United States that includes banning assault rifles? I know I'm coming off as a dreamer on this one, but it's too important an issue to give up on.
Can someone please explain to me why prostitution is illegal and making porn films is legal? What the hell is the difference? In both cases a person is being paid to have sex.
Can people please stop taking the Oscars seriously? They are in no way a reflection on the best cinema has to offer in any given year. Just consider this: people win awards based on how much they campaign for them. Imagine.
Can we please give the District of Columbia a senator or two? Wyoming and Vermont have smaller populations than DC but each have two senators. Ridiculous.
Thank you for your consideration in these and other matters.
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