The Current Thing

Notes on events and perspective

You might have noticed people discussing “the current thing”.

“The current thing” was COVID. Then it was Ukraine. Now, even outside of the US, it’s Roe vs. Wade. “The current thing” itself is a humorous reference to how the media fixates on a fashionable subject.

A meme which has sprouted off from this is “I support the current thing”, which mocks the kin…