What's important?

I don't often get complaints about my memes (click). Of course I sometimes make a spelling error. Not just because English is not my native language but also because I'm easily distracted. According to some I make mistakes because I have 'a busy head' and doctors have called it 'somewhere in the spectrum of ADD, maybe ADHD or autism.'. 

Whatever.

Yes, people don't always agree with the statements I make in my memes. But that's really my whole point of creating them: to start a discussion containing more than a few soundbites. To learn and to teach. To understand and to progress as a human being.

Most of my memes deal with politics. Because literally everything in our lives is politics.

Credit (click) to photographer Antonio Guillem and the models in this photo

That fact got me this complaint:

This was my response to 'Shady, the Rap God', probably (based on the memes he likes and creates himself (click)) a bored teen who likes Eminem, gaming and Spongebob:

I know, right? While almost everything else is much more important than politics. Liking posting pictures of Spongebob smoking pot, showing people the new costume of a video game character, stating how bored you are in school and all that other hilarious and really, really important stuff. But politics? Nah. That just deals with school, healthcare, your dad's car, housing, agriculture, infrastructure, the planet, fastfood, online gaming...

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Of course teens have other interests than adults but don't they teach children in school that literally everything in our lives is politics? How fast we can drive, the width of our housedoors, equal rights, the percentage of salt and sugar in (fast) food and drinks, education, taking care of the planet, et cetera.

Are you interested in politics aka everything in our lives? If not, why is that?

The same number appeared (a circle #poem)

The same number appeared 

everywhere

In the hotel,

in the forest,

in a street sign

He saw it in her eyes,

when she wrote it on her list

and when he wondered what went right.

It was on the box

and it was in the box.

But no matter where he searched,

it was always

the same 

number appeared 

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What do you think 'Sharia' means?

When you don't know what something means, you do your own research (look it up online, ask a friend...) so you will know what you're talking about. Right? Turns out: not everybody does. How many people simply take a popular quote and make that their 'own' opinion? Too many.

For example: in what religion does an often used word mean "the clear, well-trodden path to water"? In more plain English - and fans of Star Wars may recognize this - you could say: 'This is the way'. Or 'Tao' in other cultures.

Muslims know this set of rules as 'sharia (click)'. It's based on the teachings and words of the Prophet Muhammad and - like with all Holy Writings - these words are also subject to interpretation.

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the word 'sharia' and is that based on actual knowledge or just your 'gut' (meaning your favourite populists) talking?

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