{"id":134469,"date":"2017-08-27T20:38:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T02:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134469"},"modified":"2017-08-28T07:07:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:07:40","slug":"houston-related-memes-ive-seen-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/27\/houston-related-memes-ive-seen-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Houston-related memes I&#8217;ve seen today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not to take away from the devastation and human suffering going on there &#8212; but humans often cope with horror through humor, and these mostly work as commentary <i>around<\/i> the disaster going on in Texas right now.<\/p>\n<p>(I certainly encourage looking for opportunities to send assistance to folk as the recovery efforts kick in.)<\/p>\n<p>Some of these I know are from previous disasters, but gallows humor doesn&#8217;t have to be original. It usually isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane+gluten+free.PNGimgmax=660.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134470\" title=\"hurricane gluten-free\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane+gluten+free.PNGimgmax=660-297x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane+gluten+free.PNGimgmax=660-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane+gluten+free.PNGimgmax=660-644x650.png 644w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane+gluten+free.PNGimgmax=660-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane+gluten+free.PNGimgmax=660.png 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 85vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-leroy-jenkins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134473\" title=\"hurricane leroy jenkins\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-leroy-jenkins-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-leroy-jenkins-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-leroy-jenkins-150x88.png 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-leroy-jenkins.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/when-youre-mid-evacuation-but-youforgot-your-phone-charger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134474\" title=\"when-youre-mid-evacuation-but-youforgot-your-phone-charger\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/when-youre-mid-evacuation-but-youforgot-your-phone-charger-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/when-youre-mid-evacuation-but-youforgot-your-phone-charger-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/when-youre-mid-evacuation-but-youforgot-your-phone-charger-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/when-youre-mid-evacuation-but-youforgot-your-phone-charger.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-socialism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134475\" title=\"hurricane socialism\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-socialism-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-socialism-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-socialism-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-socialism-650x644.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-socialism-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane-socialism.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-hurricane.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134476\" title=\"trump hurricane\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-hurricane-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-hurricane-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-hurricane-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-hurricane-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-hurricane.png 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6459149465128354161?authkey=CPuH-9CD_Z6yIg\">In Album 8\/27\/17<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Gf1qh1KCsaD\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not to take away from the devastation and human suffering going on there &#8212; but humans often cope with horror through humor, and these mostly work as commentary around the disaster going on in Texas right now. (I certainly encourage looking for opportunities to send assistance to folk as the recovery efforts kick in.) Some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/27\/houston-related-memes-ive-seen-today.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Houston-related memes I&#8217;ve seen today&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,748,30,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-weather-and-climate-change","category-jokes","category-religious-zanies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hurricane+gluten+free.PNGimgmax=660.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50208,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/competing-disasters-and-newsworthiness.html","url_meta":{"origin":134469,"position":0},"title":"Competing Disasters and Newsworthiness","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 29-Apr-15 4:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Shelterbox is, indeed, a very cool thing (http:\/\/www.shelterboxusa.org\/), and their efforts (and the efforts of all relief agencies in Nepal) should be supported. Indeed, in some ways Nepal is a much easier problem to address, short-term (even long-term) than Baltimore. Originally shared by +Doyce Testerman: What's happening in Baltimore is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13083,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/27\/ghost_towns.html","url_meta":{"origin":134469,"position":1},"title":"Ghost towns","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 27-Jul-08 11:35am","format":false,"excerpt":"An amazing collection of ghost towns\/cities, the victims of war, changing economies, or other disasters. Remarkable pictures....","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Travel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Travel","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/travel"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20920,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/01\/unblogged-bits-sun-1-may-11-2331.html","url_meta":{"origin":134469,"position":2},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sun.  1-May-11 2331)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-May-11 11:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... VIDEO: NRA Members Claim Obama Doesn\u2019t Believe In 2nd Amendment, But Can\u2019t Explain Why - So keep those cards and letter and checks coming! 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But his budget proposals are quite clear that the currently level of disaster planning,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unnamed-11-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":48709,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/08\/the-lisbon-earthquake-and-the-problem-of-evil.html","url_meta":{"origin":134469,"position":4},"title":"The Lisbon Earthquake and the Problem of Evil","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 8-Dec-14 4:03pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Probably a bit of an over-simplification (after all, the idea that sin leads to temporal punishment is hardly the clear message of the Bible, e.g., John 9:1-3 http:\/\/goo.gl\/eF65Fx), but as a broad theme, yes, events like this (and the fact that the continent could know about them so quickly) had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-12-08%2BLisbon_Earthquake.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-12-08%2BLisbon_Earthquake.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-12-08%2BLisbon_Earthquake.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39897,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/cold.html","url_meta":{"origin":134469,"position":5},"title":"Cold?","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 5-Dec-13 4:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Heh.Reshared post from +Kate Savage #BuyABook \u00a0\ufeff View this post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134478,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134469\/revisions\/134478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}