It's FED-UPRising 2020, and YOUR META is HERE FOR EVERY MINUTE OF IT, bringing relevance and relief, self-awareness and SELF-CARE...NESS!
Our guest for this week's INTERVIEW is Anti-ECT advocate and activist, Lauren Tenney!
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor. Photo accessed from Laurentenney.us, by beetle, on July 14, 2020.
AIN'T BORN TYPICAL? GOOD FOR US!
- Resources, citations, and extras for TODAY'S SHOW can be found in the credits archive, here: 'July 14, 2020: "Ain't Born Typical"'
- NEW META-FUEL PAGE: FED-UPRising 2020: Archive of Related Resources, Research, and Relevant Interests
- Credits for all episodes are archived at: 'Bug's Meta-Fuel: Credits, Sources, Citations, and Extras for WKNY's "THE BLACK META"'
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P.S. . . . AND WE'RE HERE FOR A FEW LOLZ. . . .
Keegan Michael Key, Jordan Peele. Key & Peele, S4e2, "When Your Friend Goes Steampunk" (2014)
Levi: Oh! There you are, Cedric!
Cedric: 'Sup, dude?
Levi: 'Tis well, Cedric, 'tis well.
Cedric: Yeah, can I ask you a question, man?
Levi: Mm.
Cedric: Why the hell are you dressed like this and what the hell did you do to your bike?
Levi: You ain't heard? I'm Steampunk, now.
Cedric: Yeah, I don't know what that is, man.
Levi: Jules Verne, motherf*cker.
Cedric: I seriously think that you have cracked up, man, alright? Like—like, in your mind.
Levi: Nah, I ain't cracked up. I live in a clock now. Umbrellas and blimps and sh*t.
Cedric: You're wearing a top hat with a door on it.
Levi: I'm just an ill-ass Lemony Snicket, up in this b*tch, but you? What's with you? 
"When Your Friend Goes Steampunk - Key & Peele." Key & Peele, Youtube. [3:18] Levi’s latest style decision makes Cedric question his sanity. About Key & Peele: Key & Peele showcases the fearless wit of stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as the duo takes on everything from "Gremlins 2" to systemic racism. With an array of sketches as wide-reaching as they are cringingly accurate, the pair has created a bevy of classic characters, including Wendell, the players of the East/West Bowl and President Obama's Anger Translator. April 9, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbq6Wfh9fi4
Dudley Moore, Arthur (1981)
Susan: A real woman could stop you from drinking.
Arthur: It'd have to be a real big woman.
Screaming woman: MY HUSBAND HAS A GUN!!!
Arthur: I'm sure he does, madam. For all we know, he may have shot it while you screamed.
"Great Moments 11: Arthur." Brett Clark, Youtube. [0:39, cued to 0:17] Great moments, film history, film fan, films, nostalgia. June 2, 2010. https://youtu.be/fojX7Ip4jSs?t=17
"Screaming wife scene from Arthur." Jbeir, Youtube. [1:01] Don't we all know a couple like this? May 8, 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzzRvrjIQu8
. . . AND RADICAL SELF-CARE . . . 2020-STYLE!
Rick Sanchez: “Your boos mean nothing, I’ve seen what makes you cheer.”
Rick Sanchez: “Every breath I take without your permission raises my self-esteem.”
Rick Sanchez: “Sometimes science is more art than science. Lot of people don’t get that.”
Rick Sanchez: “Have fun with empowerment. It seems to make everyone that gets it really happy.”
Rick Sanchez: “I’m sorry, but your opinion means very little to me.”
Rick Sanchez: “Excuse me. Coming through. What are you here for? Just kidding, I don’t care.”
Rick Sanchez: There’s pros and cons to [burps] every alternate timeline. Fun facts about this one: It’s got giant, telepathic spiders, eleven 9/11s, and the best ice cream in the multiverse!
Rick Sanchez: What about the reality where Hitler cured cancer, Morty? The answer is: Don't think about it.
Rick Sanchez: Those guys are inside you building a piece of sh*t, Ethan!! They're inside you building a monument to compromise! F*ck them. F*ck those people. F*ck this whole thing, Ethan!
Dr. Wong: Why didn't you want to come here?
Pickle Rick: Because I don't respect therapy. Because I'm a scientist. Because I invent, transform, create, and destroy for a living, and when I don't like something about the world, I change it. And I don't think going to a rented office in a strip mall to listen to some agent of averageness explain which words mean which feelings has ever helped anyone do anything. I think it's helped a lot of people get comfortable and stop panicking, which is a state of mind [belch] we value in the animals we eat, but not something I want for myself. I'm not a cow. I'm a pickle. When I feel like it. So... you asked.
Dr. Wong: Rick, the only connection between your unquestionable intelligence and the sickness destroying your family is that everyone in your family, you included, use intelligence to justify sickness. You seem to alternate between viewing your own mind as an unstoppable force and as an inescapable curse. And I think it's because the only truly unapproachable concept for you is that it's your mind within your control. You chose to come here, you chose to talk to belittle my vocation, just as you chose to become a pickle. You are the master of your universe - and yet you are dripping with rat blood and feces, your enormous mind literally vegetating by your own hand. I have no doubt that you would be bored senseless by therapy, the same way I'm bored when I brush my teeth and wipe my ass. Because the thing about repairing, maintaining, and cleaning is it's not an adventure. There's no way to do it so wrong you might die. It's just work. And the bottom line is, some people are okay going to work, and some people... well, some people would rather die. Each of us gets to choose.
Butter robot: What is my purpose?
Rick Sanchez: You pass butter.
Butter robot: Oh my god.
Rick Sanchez: Yeah, welcome to the club, pal.
Morty Smith: Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. We're all going to die. Come watch TV.
Morty Smith: Gaslighting doesn’t exist, you made it up because you’re f*cking crazy.
- Key & Peele, S4e2 (2014): "When Your Friend Goes Steampunk." Photos accessed by beetle, July 12, 2020. (https://data.whicdn.com/images/148203990/original.jpg) and (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/By6QZ8sCUAA0GcE.jpg)
- Arthur (1981). Photo accessed by beetle, July 12, 2020. https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aN02xD4_460s.jpg
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