Edgelord

from Green Screen by Chris Harris

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And yet I got called sanctimonious for making some comments on social media about the lack of action over climate change being highlighted by Greta Thunberg.

It made me angry until I realised that it wasn't me who had the problem. Following the edgelord path might give you a sense of superiority when you're a thirteen-year-old boy but if you still find it necessary to behave like that as a grown man, I'm sorry, but there's something very wrong with you.

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Lurking in the darkness with a keyboard in his hand
Overweight, and in over his head
He's been causing trouble since the Internet began
His brain, to all appearances, quite dead

Not too hot on punctuation, grammar is for snobs
No logic in his reasoning, as such
His strategy for winning is to be a massive knob;
methinks he overcompensates too much

He's so naive he thinks the Internet's a toy
Wants to be a rebel but he's just a little boy

Every other sentence starts with "Actually, I think..."
though thinking is a thing he's never done
Hopped up to the gills on overcaffeinated drinks
Each argument he last, he'll claim he won

In each debate he only has a single course to take:
he'll assert the opposite is true
Paying no attention to the points you try to make
because he thinks he's cleverer than you

Do not conclude that it is necessary to engage
Remember that he's looking for a fight
The one thing you can do to make him fly into a rage
is tell him that he's sure he thinks he's right.

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from Green Screen, released July 7, 2021

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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