100 WORDS

I Have More Active Neurons Than there are People On This Planet and it Makes Me Feel Superior which is the Truth

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #6: Entitlement

I’m entitled to arrange the molecules, atoms, and electrons in my brain. . . . Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay

People read my writings and proclaim me entitled. I get called a racist by readers in Medium! Americans don’t realize that where I live I’m called extraño. Which is Spanish for stranger, or the only white guy in the village.

I do have entitlement. I’ve earned it. It’s particularly hard as I age and senility creeps in. Plus having had covid-brain murkiness I’ve felt at times that my intellectual life might be ended.

There’s a lady psychologist who says “a situational rush of entitlement can be a good thing; it can increase creativity and lead to novel, unusual solutions.”

That’s what 100 words amount to — what you just read. Not 99 or 101 words, 100 exactly. It’s tricky writing to do. I admire writers who can make it sound smooth. Not counting poets, who truly kick ass in these 50 or 100 word challenges.

Let’s see. Oh, the psychologist, Jane Adams Ph.D. here’s the source:

What We Mean When We Talk About Entitlement

I have certain people in particular to thank for these challenging challenges. First up is Jonica Bradley:

Prick the Entitlement Bubble

Then there’s Marla Bishop:

Happy Invasion Day!

Finally there’s the source, The Bad Influence:

The Bad Influence

Fred Ermlich, Twitter: @FearlessFast