Weekly Facebook 2026-05-11 (Sat May 16 12:17:19 2026)
Come see me live: Check out https://joshjohnsoncomedy.com/tour for dates and sign up for the waitlist to be notified when I’m performing in your city.
Hi Friends,
This week I wanted to share thoughts on a particularly weird story coming out of New Zealand. New Zealand is one of those countries I have always wanted to visit but haven’t made it to yet. Known as one of the safer countries to travel to it makes the story even more odd and shocking.
I also wanted to share my thoughts on what feels like the mind migration people are making as far as their political views and opinions. Have you ever had a conversation with someone who had deeply held beliefs on the economy, religion, the 2nd amendment, or women’s reproductive rights but the entire time they were talking you were thinking to yourself, how much of this is a performance?
Also with the rise in discussion about critical race theory, DEI, and inclusive language most people have had to ask for the first time what those things even mean as well as whether or not they agree with the narratives. One thing that always bothers me is when a new term or social attitude arises and there are some that, rather than learning with the rest of us, act like they always knew and were ahead of the pack because they’re just that good and holy.
We’re all learning, about the world and each other, and with that learning comes the need for patience and compassion. New ways of thinking don’t always mean right ways of thinking but discussion is the key to better ideas no matter how odd those ideas seem at first.
If you love my stories I have a podcast that comes out every week: https://bit.ly/3NQmpio
Hit me on them internets: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joshjohnsoncomedy
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@joshjohnsoncomedy
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JoshJComedy
Video Directed by Jacob Menache Recorded at DC Improv in Washington, DC
Sat May 16 17:13:54 2026
Weekly Facebook 2026-05-11
do you know Marvin E. Schlossberg? Watch this video to learn about the incredible life of beloved local TV & Radio weatherman Sonny Eliot. I highly recommend digging into his life story. He had a very interesting and eventful life.
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Sat May 16 12:17:19 2026
Weekly Facebook 2026-05-11
There are a lot of people who are in the “I don’t watch the news” boat. I understand that. I am a person who watches the news, perhaps a little too much. That’s on me.
There are other folks who “don’t watch the news, it’s too depressing” and they wear their media ignorance like it’s a badge.
I understand part of this: there are some really bad things happening right now. Not gonna name them because each of us has our own version of them. I do believe that “NEVER” dipping into what’s going on, it means that the folks in power who want to do harm to those who aren’t in power get a free pass. Frankl Zappa put it this way: it’s hard to get people to care about their rights going away if they don’t know what they are.
Then there are some folks kind of in the middle. These folks “don’t watch the news” but get a gist of what’s going on from various comedic outlets like Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Keity Olbermann (one of my favorites who has recently gone a health-related hiatus - I wish him well and hope I get to hear his takes in the future), The Daily Show, etc.
The Daily Show has spun out a few of these jester presenters of current events over the years. Colbert got his start there, and Jon Stewart is arguably one of the better folks we have out there telling us what’s going on.
Another Daily Show alum is Josh Johnson. He puts out a weekly standup routine that addresses current events in a tolerable way. This routine from a year ago and he talks about mice, drugs in candy, and whether Black people can be “racist” or not. I think it’s worth your time, and if you’re one of the folks who like to get your horrible news sugarcoated in comedy, he’s worth your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9GVr8PhXfM
Come see me live: Check out https://joshjohnsoncomedy.com/tour for dates and sign up for the waitlist to be notified when I’m performing in your city.
Hi Friends,
This week I wanted to share thoughts on a particularly weird story coming out of New Zealand. New Zealand is one of those countries I have always wanted to visit but haven’t made it to yet. Known as one of the safer countries to travel to it makes the story even more odd and shocking.
I also wanted to share my thoughts on what feels like the mind migration people are making as far as their political views and opinions. Have you ever had a conversation with someone who had deeply held beliefs on the economy, religion, the 2nd amendment, or women’s reproductive rights but the entire time they were talking you were thinking to yourself, how much of this is a performance?
Also with the rise in discussion about critical race theory, DEI, and inclusive language most people have had to ask for the first time what those things even mean as well as whether or not they agree with the narratives. One thing that always bothers me is when a new term or social attitude arises and there are some that, rather than learning with the rest of us, act like they always knew and were ahead of the pack because they’re just that good and holy.
We’re all learning, about the world and each other, and with that learning comes the need for patience and compassion. New ways of thinking don’t always mean right ways of thinking but discussion is the key to better ideas no matter how odd those ideas seem at first.
If you love my stories I have a podcast that comes out every week: https://bit.ly/3NQmpio
Hit me on them internets: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joshjohnsoncomedy
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@joshjohnsoncomedy
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JoshJComedy
Video Directed by Jacob Menache Recorded at DC Improv in Washington, DC
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Sat May 16 10:42:59 2026
Weekly Facebook 2026-05-11
One time in the 1980s, I did what would be called a “stay-cation” now. I lived next to Detroit, and so we went to all of the usual tourist things you go to if you visit Detroit. The Detroit Institute of Art, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (now know known collectively as “the Henry Ford”, or so I’m told) and we took a trip across the bridge to Windsor, Ontario where I sent a post card (with Canadian postage, of course) to the folks in my office saying that I was having a wonderful time, wished they were there.
Some folks didn’t appreciate the joke when I got back to work.
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Sat May 16 10:37:14 2026
Weekly Facebook 2026-05-11
Some words about property, coercion and who benefits from work
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Sat May 16 08:44:51 2026
Weekly Facebook 2026-05-11
FACEBOOK HAS PUT YOU IN DANGER OF HAVING CLONED ACCOUNTS MADE OF YOUR ACCOUNT BY DEFAULT!
This post shows you the simple thing you need to do to prevent this from happening to you.
This was resurrected by facebook “memories”. This post is about guarding your privacy and preventing people from cloning your account. There are two important steps you can take at the bottom of this post.
You know how you get a friend request from someone who is already your friend? This happens when your friend (or maybe you!) have your account settings open so that anyone who wants to can see who all of your friends are. They take the list of your friends and your publicly available pictures and create another account and start making friend requests from that account. (side note: you should go to your profile and turn these things off)
When the victim starts getting messages from their friends saying “Hey, i got a friend request from you but i’m already your friend”, that’s the part when the victim of the cloning sends out a message that says “hey, I’ve been ‘hacked’, don’t accept any friend requests from me bla bla bla”. You have certainly seen the messages.
This happened to my Aunt Maryann a couple years ago not just once, but twice. I haven’t checked recently, but at one point there were two cloned accounts based on her actual account. I tried to tell her about it at the time but she didn’t think it was a very big deal, don’t know if she’s done anything about it. As a practical matter, it’s made it difficult for me to send a message to her here on Facebook because I am not always sure which one is her actual profile.
What I found interesting was that the cloners also have this problem, so they make minor changes to the profile picture. This pic shows all three of her accounts, and they had added a little bit of “flair” to the profile pictures.
I just checked mine and i saw that there is a new one “who can see your followers” and it was set to “public”. You probably want to make this “Friends” or “Just me” This is at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=followers_and_public_content
The location for where to lock down your friends list seems to have moved since the last time I checked, as well. There is a setting called “Who can see your friends list” and you should also set this to “friends” only or “just me” https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=how_people_find_and_contact_you
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