🙃 Unprecedented times?

It’s like being killed by a bear. Lots of people have been killed by a bear, and so that’s not at all unprecedented. But in this case, the bear is wearing a thong and he beats you to death with a dead, wet owl. The problem and outcome are the same – bear attack, death – but somehow, it all feels so, so much stupider.

– Chuck Wendig, “How to Write Words and Make Art in This Dire Era of Clowns and Cowards,” terribleminds.com.