I know little about the "King in Yellow" until I looked it up.
That got me to pondering about the piddletwits that I knew. They refused to utter Trump's name or even refer to him as "President." They had all sorts of names for He who is Orange. At first, I just figure it was like the people who had names for Obama like Obumer. But those people did call Obama, Obama from time to time.
Whenever I would refer to Trump in conversations with them, I felt like I was crossing a taboo. Especially if I said, "Donald Trump," "Mr. Trump," or the President. It was like I was ushering in a dread presence in their lives.
However, they would talk endlessly about the Orange Guy as if he was sitting on their heads. Or as I put it - owning their heads and charging them rent for their own heads.
What was going on? If they uttered President Trump's name, would something awful happen? Would they be invoking His Dread Orangeness?
But if that was true, then why all of the rituals and curses to get rid of Donald Trump? I don't get it.
I also noticed that the humor contests in the Washington Post also do this - never refer to the Orange Guy except by odd names.
Does the Dread Orange One have powers that are beyond my ken? I just thought that Donald Trump was a human being who is the U.S. President. Are these piddletwits creating a God or are they picking up on something?
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branchandroot
The King is Orange
Date: 2020-10-05 02:42 pm (UTC)That got me to pondering about the piddletwits that I knew. They refused to utter Trump's name or even refer to him as "President." They had all sorts of names for He who is Orange. At first, I just figure it was like the people who had names for Obama like Obumer. But those people did call Obama, Obama from time to time.
Whenever I would refer to Trump in conversations with them, I felt like I was crossing a taboo. Especially if I said, "Donald Trump," "Mr. Trump," or the President. It was like I was ushering in a dread presence in their lives.
However, they would talk endlessly about the Orange Guy as if he was sitting on their heads. Or as I put it - owning their heads and charging them rent for their own heads.
What was going on? If they uttered President Trump's name, would something awful happen? Would they be invoking His Dread Orangeness?
But if that was true, then why all of the rituals and curses to get rid of Donald Trump? I don't get it.
I also noticed that the humor contests in the Washington Post also do this - never refer to the Orange Guy except by odd names.
Does the Dread Orange One have powers that are beyond my ken? I just thought that Donald Trump was a human being who is the U.S. President. Are these piddletwits creating a God or are they picking up on something?
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