Tuesday, July 1, 2025

What exists anymore?

Is there a department of education? Will children have to take tests anymore? Can high school drop-outs now teach high school? Are there standards or something else instead? Are all future teachers required to bring AK-47s to class and excel in leading children in active shooter drills? Does that require the ability to read? Do we care about reading still if ChatGPT does it for us anyways? Are you a human reading this?

Is there a national science foundation? I heard they no longer have a physical building. Most programs were cut. Maybe next year they will no longer exist but they are currently still funding just what was previously promised. Maybe there will be no online portal, so no one will know if they exist still. Maybe no one will reviews. Maybe reviews won't matter as long as you don't use the word "trans" anywhere.

Is there a national institute of health? Is there research on cancer anymore? What about hearing loss? What about vaccines or ebola? I mean, when I was a kid, ebola was scary. The pandemic was scary. What are the plans instead? Are we just going with health "vibes" now? Does anyone with a medical degree or phd still work for them?

Is there an FDA? Is it now safe to put anti-freeze in wine like they did in that one episode of the Simpsons? Should I expect my tomato sauce to contain high levels of mercury? I heard that apparently asbestos is no longer illegal and that sounds like very dangerous stuff. Does someone work at the FDA?

Do we have a right to a lawyer in court? Can I say that the president is a pathological liar and evil jerk and not be put on a list of "potential dissidents"? Do I have free speech as I used to understand it as a child? Does the white house print the bill of rights on all of its toilet paper or just what the president uses?

And while my escapist dreams flow, does the FAA exist still? or is someone who once watched a lot of piloting tiktok videos in charge of air traffic control now? Are women allowed to be pilots still? or black people?

Does the EPA still exist? Should I come to expect high levels of toxic algae and arsenic in the tap water? Are companies now allowed to dump sulfuric acid into every river? Does anyone test the air for its quality or have we given up on that idea altogether? Does the person now in charge of that office consult with chemists and environmentalists? or just lobbyists?

And as long as we're outside, can I go to the park? or are they all closed for mining? Do park rangers still exist?

And is there immigration still? Are you screened for your skin color before you consider moving into the Divided States of America? Apparently people still are going to naturalization ceremonies, but are they still considered citizens if they disagree with anyone who is white?

Do actual journalists go to executive office press hearings? or do they mostly just low-ball the malicious correspondent who hates to talk to people? Are questions allowed that are not preceded by "Bless our dearest leader"? Do newspapers take any of the answers seriously? Are facts allowed?

Do my taxes pay for anything that serves me? Or is most of the money used for the military and to fund American concentration camps and its gestapo? Does the American gestapo get paid by the number of wrists they zip-tie? or by the number of small children they toss into jail cells? I hear that it's easier to kidnap children if they don't know to ask for your identification. Does identification still matter or are we going with gestapo vibes instead? Does the gestapo get paid vacation? 

What exists anymore? Nothing is obvious to me, so any help would be appreciated.

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