Societal Cloak of Invincibility

Guess what guys (and gals, to be pc)? I am INVINCIBLE!!! I discovered this while I was driving a tractor doing what I do. I was reflecting back on how I'm not necessarily the safest driver in the world, but then again who doesn't text while changing songs on their ipod all while trying to finish off a burrito and wash it down with pepsi? okay, maybe it's just me. . .anyways, I discovered that I don't really have a huge concern towards my own safety when I'm driving, but it doesn't matter since i'm invincible. Why am I invincible?

Well it's simple. James Bond. . .Jason Bourne. . .Die Hard. . .Medal of Honor. . .Halo. . .Assassins Creed. . .Medicine . . .hospitals.

What do these seemingly random things all have in common? (besides the fact that they all have letters in their names) well, all of these are things from society that cause us to believe that we are invincible. . .and by we I of course mean all of us male specimens doped up on abnormally high levels of testosterone, the side effects of which include more hair in. . .everywhere, enough muscle to make us think we can take on a WWE star, and lets not forget the ability to focus on one object at a time, usually of a feminine nature. . .oh and the ability to ignore any ideas that we may be susceptible to skin cancer, high blood pressure, car wrecks, and randomly getting shot in drive by's.

Back to my list of random objects, James bond and Jason bourne (and of course the bald guy from die hard) all of these are action stars who never die. . .in fact, most of them never even get shot. they are invincible. . .Medal of Honor, Halo, and Assassins Creed, in each of these video games we can die, yeah. . .but we can respawn every time that we do. Medicine and Hospitals. . .these have given us the ability to survive almost anything that nature can throw at us. . .(except MRSA, cause you actually GET that in hospitals. . .go figure). . .in addition, medicine and hospitals have prolonged the average life expectancy by almost 20 years since the beginning of the 20th century.

In light of al this, the belief that we can't die at a young age is perpetuated by Society.