Outrage Paralysis

Regitze Ladekarl
Sep 7, 2018 · 1 min read

Sometimes it is just too much information. Pair this with Numb by U2.

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“Have you ever thought about why it’s so difficult to put on a seat-cover in restrooms with sensor-activated flushing?” She asks in an attempt to tear her attention from the big TV screen on the wall, which has a talk show host interviewing a lawyer to a lawyer to someone who blew the whistle on the leaker of a tape of the president shooting the vice president’s daughter’s bunny Marlon with a rocket-propelled grenade during the annual Senate picnic.

“I sometimes have to give up after three tries and just pee…” She says.


Regitze Ladekarl has re-emerged as a raconteur after a long, successful career elsewhere. She crafts universal tales from everyday lives with an honest, sharp and witty pen. Besides working on a forthcoming novel, she flexes her voice with personal essays, flash fiction, and method writing here on Medium.

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