Father's Day

[intertribal]

The Gmail "call phone" function (the little green phone under Chat) has given me helpful tip today: "Reminder: Call dad."

I interpret this to mean "Reminder: Buy ouija board" or "Remember: Call medium" or "Remember: Hold seance."  This in turn is called humor to deflect pain.  It reminds me of that begging-for-donations letter from my alma mater around Mother's Day talking about how important our mothers were to us, how she was the woman that inspired us to go to this college - this wasn't true for me, but how much less true would it be for people who never knew their mothers? 

Ironically, Father's Day wasn't a thing for me when my father was alive (because it isn't a thing in Indonesia).

So, this is my Father's Day song:

Comments

[cafenowhere.livejournal.com]

In my case, the message would've translated to: "Reminder: call the man who beat your mom in front of you, the guy who hit his second wife in front of you, the perv who told you lewd 'jokes' but never when anyone else was in earshot, the deadbeat who didn't pay child support for three kids..." ad infinitum.

A simple "Reminder: It's Father's Day in the US" would've sufficed, dontcha think?

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I'm sorry. That's even worse. Or at least, also bad.

Yes, it would have.

[cafenowhere.livejournal.com]

Not worse, I'd never say that. Pain is pain. But it's not fun, either. You're definitely not the only person to be alienated by that marketing approach.