I recently realized that politicians and men trying to pick you up have a few things in common. 

They are both stubborn and persistent to the point of annoyance; they almost never give you a straight answer to a question—preferring to sugar-coat and generalize, avoiding any topic that might make you lose interest in them (or pick a different candidate); and they will tell you anything you want to hear as long as it gets the poles at the right level. The worst similarity? Almost all the good-looking ones are taken, weird or Republican.

That’s why is seems appropriate that Twitter has been abuzz with tweets about our recent government shutdown #cornypickuplinestyle

When Hostess was nervous about an impending shut down—which never actually happened—Americans were seen purchasing Twinkies by the cartload, stocking up in anticipation for the shortage to come.

When the government shuts down?  We Tweet about it.

How could we handle it any differently?  It’s hard to care about things over which we exercise no control. The decisions of the federal government have led our economy to this point of debt and it’s also in charge of finding a solution. 

As U.S. citizens, we are not only nervous about our country’s economic future we are helpless to effect changes to the federal debt.

We can certainly stock up on Twinkies before Hostess shuts down, but what could be possibly to affect the “negotiations” between two childishly stubborn politician.

So, instead of feeling helpless, we entertain ourselves, getting our news from Stephen Colbert and bathing our social media profiles in satire.

#wereallscrewedanyway #letsgodownlaughing.

Just like a woman does to the man with those insistent corny pick-up lines, we ignore them until the task becomes impossible at which point we poke fun.  Because, hopefully, you will wake up tomorrow when it’s over and laugh about it will your friends.