In the Land of the Blind...

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Why would the fact that he has one eye make him the king of the land of the blind? Blind people still have eyes but they can't see, this would mean that their king is a blind man with only one eye whereas the rest of the blind people still have two.
Unless they mean that "in the land of the blind the one eyed man - who can see, is king" but that may as well say "in the land of the blind the person who can see is king."
Can he actually see? That means he shouldn't be in the land of the blind, he should be in the land of the people-who-can-see or even the land of the one-eyed-people or land of the partially-sighted. Did he sneak in and take over? Or was he voted for. Maybe it was pure chance, they all voted and it just so happened that the blind man they elected only had one eye. Would it be through vote that they chose a king or would it be royal decent? Is blindness hereditary? If so maybe the royal blood line has its sight back, come to think of it - if there were people living there in families surely as the population grows people are born with their sight. Unless the land is cursed and everyone is born blind except the royal family who can see but only have one eye. That would make it more of a statement of fact -
"Hey Ted, did you know that In the land of the Blind, the One Eyed man is King?"
Possibly when everyone is born they are taken to whatever land they belong - the blind, the deaf etc. each one is perfectly tailored for each person the land of the blind is soft and everything is organised be what it feels like and everything tells you what it is. The land of the deaf has writing on everything.
THAT'S IT!! - the blind people need to be watched over because they can't see where they are so to keep an eye on them there are cameras everywhere - the one eyed man is a camera! Each camera has a speaker in and if there is a problem the person watching will call out to the blind person to help them. BOOM! Dissected and solved.
The whole world has been split up into different lands, each with its own very specific purpose. The rulers of the world keep a check on each person and assign them to whichever land is best for them.

Well, not really. That's just some fantasy world I made up to go with the saying.
I guess its just another flawed saying we still use. The meanings I found behind it are -

1. Among others with a disadvantage or disabilty, the one with the mildest disadvantage or disability is regarded as the greatest
2. Even someone without much talent or ability is considered special by those with no talent or ability at all

Which still doesn't make sense, having one eye is still a far far greater advantage than being blind. Bad comparison.

I still like the idea of the world with different lands for different people... could make an interesting story. It sure looks it in my head.

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Hipsters......
Fuckin Hipsters.......
Even hipsters don't want to be called hipsters because its to much of a label but they do want to be recognised as hipsters because its whats-cool but that makes them not want to be known as hipsters because everyone else is being a hipster but their hipster style is original to them but so is everyone else's bla bla fuckin bla.

Those fuckin glasses, sweet Jesus, those horrid fucking glasses. Do you need them? Christ no! Please, please leave them alone. I am going to start wearing hearing aids that don't actually work and fake prosthetics too. Arg, your hair looks stupid, your clothes look stupid, you sound stupid, you are stupid.

The reason I mentioned them lot ^ is because I was just looking on the usual comedy picture sites tickld, failblog, etc, for a good laugh and I noticed they have now moved beyond just comical pictures and stuff. Like most things in this world it has become a competition, why was the picture created? Comical? Clever? Meaningful? No, it was made so your picture would appear on the "HOT" page or have the most likes so that you could get the most followers and you would be, in your own little world, in your corner of the internet, a mini celebrity. Your wit and comedy, depth and understanding would be admired by all those pseudonyms and falsities from anywhere else, as we all hope to be noticed in the ever-churning, ever-changing race of life. All the trends change so fast it is actually impossible to keep up with them if you are not glued to the internet 24/7.
Everyone has to prove that they are as cool as they say they are by posting photos, showing evidence of funny texts they sent, witty retorts on facebook. Have to show how much of a NERD or GEEK they are.AND that they all did it before everyone else and that it was cool.

Well... I am here to say that I DID IT BEFORE IT WAS COOL, I PLAYED IT BEFORE IT WAS COOL, I WAS WITTY BEFORE IT WAS COOL.
But it wasn't before it was cool, it was before it was COOL. When I did all these things they were cool and fun and I fuckin enjoyed them. I didn't have to boast and parade it around in front of everyone, I did it because it was who I was. I don't have to have a picture of something whats-now-called Retro, or some paragraph about old tv shows to remind me that "GAR SHUCKS, AH HAD A GUD CHALDHUD" I use my memory, I talk to my friends and we look back and we laugh, hahaha - like that.

ONLINE GAMES! I don't want to sit miles away from my friends and play games, I want to sit together and actually converse and communicate and touch them if I really need to.

I don't look for recognition in what I do but I appreciate it when I get it. I do nice things because I want to, I do what I want to do because I bloody want to do them.
But should I? Do I want to be recognised? Do we all just politely step back because we don't we make a fuss? Those people with pointy elbows and bad manners get everything before us, our country is run by bullies and we stand in the queue's waiting to be told off.

We should stand up and be heard!... well,... maybe when its my turn I will... here we go... I JUST WANTE.... oh sorry, no, no you can go first... yes you were behind me in the queue but I am not in a rush....right... I JUST WANTED TO....what? that last guy was given everything he wished for and all he opposed was righted and I get?.....nothing? there's nothing left? ok....I will just go and join another queue.....hmm? They have all stopped? why? ...Oh the last guy was greedy and rude and took everything from everyone and he is now in charge... I'll just go sit in the corner.

But I still feel good about myself, I know I am a good person and I don't ask to be commended on what I do, I don't even mind if nobody even reads these, its a bit like a online pensieve. Blloooop bloooop. I hope they make that noise when they are added to.
Thats all for now,

Be nice for the sake of it. And be you for the sake of it.
I don't even read back over these things, it probably doesn't even make sense..... ah shit.

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