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People also like McDonald's and coca cola ...... even when they have runaway diabetes.
The popularity of something or someone is just a barometer of the general intelligence of a population ..... and judging by what's happening in the US, it's a very low level indeed.
The kind of diabetes Soul Asylum get on a train?
I know you were making a joke about everything .... but your reminder and note about the song Runaway Train by Soul Asylum was just the right thing I needed right now. I love that song and its always a reminder of just how lucky I've been in my life. I'm middle aged now and I've built some sort of life for myself ... I have enough, I've done lots and I've yet to do more ... if circumstances hadn't have turned out when I was lot younger (and trust me, I had plenty of opportunities to ruin my life early on), I would have ended up in similar lost stories as some dumb kid that disappeared into nothing never to be heard from again.
So whatever, your meaning to post your comment and that link ... I thank you from the bottom of my heart. It's a subtle little nudge in my life that I needed today.
Thanks ever so deeply.
You're so extremely welcome! I love the song too and am happy that reminding you of it brought you some needed positivity!
I'm gonna go ahead and post it in a couple music communities in case anyone else needs to hear it 😁