Truly Badass

Halfway expecting to be munched on while surf kayaking every weekend in 1994, I told myself I wouldn't hold it against any shark that might manage to strike while I was in the water. I was, afterall, encroaching in its natural environment, and doing so unwisely. I deserved whatever nature threw at me for being so bold. And evolution has made sharks as badass as they come, while by comparison I was a soft, easy meal bobbing along on the surf. I was surely a cringeworthy sight to folks safely sunning on the beach those weekends I was out on the water. Someone once yelled from the beach "THERE'S SHARKS OUT THERE!", but it didn't keep me from chasing the next wave crest and turning hard to ride it in to shore. And when the waves were big, like they were when tropical storm Alberto was hammering the eastern half of the gulf, surfing on them was exhilarating and made me feel sorta badass.

But I knew deep down I wasn't badass at all.

A shark on the hunt is truly badass.

Watching the convicted felon in the White House trying so hard and failing so completely to be badass by ordering attacks and dealing out death like a Foundation Empire cleon espousing peacemaker divineness is as cringeworthy as it gets. How anyone can take life and liberty from people and feel badass about it is beyond all comprehension. Also beyond comprehension is how the rest of our elite leaders are allowing him to easily get away with it.

He is not badass, just toxically endued.

Warriors surfing into the beach and fighting for peace in the world were truly badass.