The hippy has been shitposting prolifically since mid January. You can guess why. It’s how he’s coping with everything going so wrong, so fast. 

“Shit, I know shit’s bad right now…”. is a well known quote from a famous documentary entitled “Idiotcracy”. I highly recommend that you see it, but if you can’t, please don’t worry. Right now, we are all living it. Yay!

When the shit gets shittier, the sane start shitposting. I’d like to think that I’m sane, and I have definitely been shitposting. A lot. 

What’s a shitpost?

For me, it’s something that I’ve created that is swift, sharp, pointed, and hopefully amusing to someone out there. I try to make, and post them quickly, so they’re timely. 

The jokes are meant to be basic, with a very low bar. I try not to spend more than 5-10 minutes creating them. Here’s one I just made.

The trade war is just the latest outrage. Don’t worry, the next outrage will be along soon, and it will distract you from the previous one. Rinse and repeat!

I’ve always had a thing for jokes that make only one guy in the back, laugh. I also enjoy making Trump supporters upset. It’s not that hard, many of them were born triggered, and are seeking reasons to overreact.

Let’s face it, since he’s been back in the White House, Trump is destroying as much as he can, in America, and around the world. And it’s stressing everyone out, inside and outside of the states. Me included.

In the states, he is dismantling many of the federal assistance programs that people depend upon, like Medicare/Medicaid, and Social Security. And he’s gutting the federal workforce, so there will be fewer people left to deal with the messes he and his henchmen are making. 

And guess what? He’s not too bothered about whether these drastic changes hurt his supporters. He doesn’t really care about them, or anyone else. There are many Trump voters who are already publicly regretting their votes. That didn’t take long. 

Have you seen the snatch squad video clips? Goons in masks are kidnapping people right off US streets, on the flimsiest of excuses. Then they traffic them across state lines, and to foreign countries too, all extrajudicially. They even sent some poor guy who had the right to be in America to that shitful for-profit prison in El Salvador. The Trump regime says they can’t get him back. Did they even try? We both know the answer. 

How about foreign policy? Trump has told Netanyahu he can do what he likes in Gaza, because Trump has a plan to turn it into a resort for the rich, once all the Palestinians are removed. I wish that was a shitpost, but it’s true.

Meanwhile, Bibi has been asking Indonesia, and African nations if they’d be willing to take all the Palestinian residents of Gaza, so that Trump can execute his evil idea. This is Trump’s MidEast peace plan. And don’t forget, he’s still threatening to bomb Iran.

And then there’s Ukraine. Trump’s peace plan there involves America extracting all of Ukraine’s natural resources, while green lighting Putin’s desire to keep chunks of the country. If you ever doubted that Trump and the Republican party were compromised by Russia, I bet you don’t doubt it any more. 

Just remember, as it all goes very wrong, it’s never Trump’s fault. Or his regime’s for that matter. They’re perfect, just ask them. I even created a shitpost about the hierarchy of MAGA blame.

The dumber my shitposts are, and the less effort I give them, the better they perform online. Simple works best

Everyone copes with bad stuff differently. Shitposting is my coping mechanism. And I am coping fairly well, if the volume of my output is the metric you measure.

“Shit. I know shit’s bad right now…” and it is only going to get worse. And when it does, my prolific shitposting might very well save the world. (The previous sentence is a shitpost 😜)

After a 30 year career as a journalist, working for some of the largest news organisations in the world, including Associated Press and Reuters, and 15 years as a duty news editor for BBC News, Doug – the northlondonhippy is now a full time hippy, and writer. And for the last few years, he’s been #EpilepsyHippy. His life was a whole lot more fun before gaining that new title. For real. 

Doug is also the author of “Personal Use by the northlondonhippy.”   “Personal Use” chronicles Doug’s years of experience with mind altering substances, while calling for urgent drug law reform. It’s a cracking read, you will laugh, you will cry, and you can bet your ass that you will wish you were a hippy too!

If you want even more, (and who wouldn’t?) you could always check out Hippy Highlights – which is the best of the best stuff on the site, and it’s all free to read. What are you waiting for?