Personable Identifier

Being a divided country can have its benefits.  I think we should continue in this fashion and put it into overdrive.  Just think how things would be if there were personable identifiers that would stick out on each individual citizen.  What kinds of identifiers are we looking at here?  Would they be like lanyards that would hang around our necks that would instantly identify us as to who we are and how we operate?  Naw, those would be too small and unreadable at a distance.  Perhaps it should be the way we look or what we wear how we walk or talk?  On account of the space I allot myself for each article in the 1 page, 600 word length, I will only do personable identifiers in 2 of today’s most overwhelming topics: The Vax & Politics.  If you think about it, these 2 items are sort of a barometer.  For instance, I don’t go anywhere without my mask.  It’s my new visa card, “Don’t Leave Home Without It.”  I’m a real stickler about it and I even take it when I use my own bathroom.  The cool thing about masks is that you can kinda judge if someone voted for Trump.  Folks like me that always have our masks with didn’t and folks who always have to go back to get theirs did.  I can give you a real good example that just happened today:  I called my brother right when he was pulling into a parking spot at a shopping center.  He stayed in the vehicle while his wife went into the store.  Now I know for a fact, that they voted for Trump in 2016.  He may not have in 2020, but she certainly did.  I could hear other voices and noises coming through on his end and after 30 seconds or so, I could hear her open her door and tell my brother that she forgot her mask.  Case closed!  See how easy that is?  Okay, okay, I know, that was a shoo-in.  The problem is we have to have these identifiers on folks we don’t know.  There are certain giveaways such as the red MAGA caps.  We sane with our feet on solid ground folks don’t have that sort of identifier.  Perhaps I should market a blue cap that would say MASA meaning Make America Smart Again, for those of us who don’t live in an alternate universe.  Then there are those who walk around looking like bandoleros with misspelled tattoos who have a constant bulge in the corner of their mouth and spit between their tooth.  His name may not be Bubba, but his wife’s brother who is a 1st cousin is.  These folks are easily ID’d along with those who have lapel buttons that say, “Jan 6th - I Was There!”  Unfortunately, there are millions of non-descript folks who are not easily identifiable.  It is a problem.

Speaking of a problem, politics notwithstanding, Covid is alive and still causing havoc.  Unlike politics, there are no red caps when it comes to the vaccine.  There are two more items that I carry with me along with my mask when I leave home: my passport and my vaccine card.  This is an area that is extremely difficult in being a personable identifier.  How do we know if those we don’t know have been vaccinated?  There is no plausible way even up close.  They may be jocular robust folks with no masks performing all sorts of unconscionable activities and are spreading all sorts of airborne particles of pestilence without a care in the world.  Have they been vaxed?  No way of knowing without asking up front and if you do, it may turn into a real confrontation.  This is where a real marketing ploy should come into play here, but what?  We need a personable identifier that can break through barriers of sexual orientation; ethnicity; eye, hair and skin color; hunters or gatherers; conspiracy theorists or authentics; IQ; FOX or CNN; Classical, Country, Jazz, Opera or Rock n Roll.  There would be only 2 principles in it’s design: it must be invisible and completely innocuous.  Whoever out there that invents this PID will be in the elite income tax level.  Don’t forget your mask and vax card!  Stay tuned…..!



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