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- Jun 11, 2018
Self-deprecating humor, when used the right way and at the right time, can be a good thing. How many of us have poked fun at ourselves after doing something boneheaded?
What I suspect is that people are so fixated on political correctness, social justice, etc. that a joke at the expense of anyone -- including one's self -- is now deemed too "problematic" even if there's no malicious intent behind it.
I'm not surprised. Years ago, the corner gas station went independent when every chain expected franchisees to put in a convenience store and spend more time selling groceries than they did working on cars. The owner at the time said, "we went into business to service cars, not be grocers."
That's the biggest thing that sucks with gas stations. Although the chain ones may be "independently owned and operated," the owners are still expected to do whatever corporate dictates whether they want to/like it or not. Worse is that it's harder for independent stations to make it on their own. The independent station across the street from my office eventually became part of a chain because it couldn't compete with the chain a few blocks down the road despite having slightly better prices and not charging extra for credit card purchases.
That's the case nationally because I think it's part of a Federal drug regulation. In the past, I needed some sinus medicine. Based on the limits for ephedrine, it looked like I could get two boxes and still be under the posted limit. Unfortunately, the law (at least in my state if not nationally) limited me to just one box despite the numerical limit
. The part that sucks is that it seemingly does nothing to stop the methheads from making their junk whereas those that actually use and need the medicine have to deal with artificially-low limits on how much and how often they can get it.
