Debating Vice. Trust Me, I’m A Pertinent Expert.

Fatchecker
The Haven
Published in
3 min readJan 3, 2023
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Photo: Ignition Records. Careful you don’t end up claiming, “I’m just busting a windmill.”

Yo ev’ry body!

I’m here to tell you how to win arguments and influence people.

What makes me an expert? Well you’re here reading this ain’t you?

My advice rolls thick like plastic. See there,

there,

don’t forget there,

there,

and there.

However what is Vox Pop? A shortening of, Vox Populi.

“Vox populi is a Latin phrase that literally means “voice of the people”. — Wikipedia

So, someone sticks a microphone under your nose and asks you what you think about such and such an issue. What do you say?

Well anyone can string words two together and call it a comment. However what is harder is to be original in your commentary.

For an immediate impact, guarantee what is said has never ever, ever, been said anywhere else before. Make your statement so solid; it’s a lyrical tidal wave of ingenuity.

Sun Tzu, the Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher once said, “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting and without borrowed weapons.”

Be authentic. Be genuine. Keep it real original.

Use any of these, for the following topics, to show the world you are On Point:

photo of Buster Keaton accidentally hitting ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle under the chin
Photo: Alarmy Stock Photo. You’ve dropped your chin onto my mallet.

Politicians

They’re all the same.

They don’t represent me.

I don’t even know who my MP is.

I can’t tell them apart.

All they do is look after themselves.

They’re all as bad as each other.

They never give a straight answer.

They just talk the talk they don’t walk the walk.

I don’t vote.

I don’t do politics.

Trans Rights

Can a woman have a penis?

photo of Laurel and Hardy in a custard pie fight
Photo: MGM. “You put your face in front of a my pie.”

Strikes

I’ve not had a pay rise.

They’re holding the country to ransom.

Their demands, whatever they are, are unreasonable.

Immigration and Asylum

We’re all full up.

We’re only a small island.

We should look after our own first.

This country is a soft touch.

They could’ve stayed in France.

They’re all Albanians.

We can’t afford to feed our own never mind the immigrants.

Holiday camps are too good for ‘em.

We need to control our borders.

photo of Charlie Chaplin accidentally pushing a broom into a man’s face
Photo: Essanay Studios. “You’ve walked into my broom.”

Racism

How is it racist?

Sexism

How is it sexist?

Homophobia

Homo-what-ia?

Climate Change and the Environment

What about China?

What happens when the wind isn’t blowing?

What happens when the sun isn’t shining?

Climate change is cyclical.

Why would you leave coal in the ground?

Why would you leave oil in the sea?

Fracking is safe.

All the protestors are carpenters.

photo of Jacques Tati about to kick a man up the bum
Photo: Ronald Grant Archive. “Mind you don’t sit on my foot.”

Brexit

You’re not allowed to talk about it.

Feminism

No one talks about men anymore.

I hate Taylor Swift.

Feminists are liars.

Why do they hate men?

Toxic feminism is the real threat.

I’m not a feminist (only women should say this)

Social Media

I’ve started following you, now start following me.

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Special thanks to my girlfriend Hen.

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Fatchecker
The Haven

Culturally diverse blue collar ageing b-boy and incessant moaner. Midlander. yUK. Pronoun: Amateur hour.