Honk if you’re dreaming

At the gallery, you could easily find a large selection of ammies.

Tariff attacks—especially broad ones—are like throwing grenades into a delicate tea party. Here’s a casual sketch of what probably happens next, if a country (let’s say the U.S., for example) starts slapping everyone, big and small, with tariffs:

🌍 1. Retaliation Nation

Every affected country pulls the old “you raise ours, we raise yours” trick:

Tariff tit-for-tat explodes: suddenly apples from California cost double in France, and French cheese is $50 a wedge in Boise.
Even tiny nations hit back symbolically, maybe with tariffs on American culture
—Netflix, Levi’s, Taylor Swift albums (😱).

📉 2. Global Trade Slowdown

Nobody wants to play ball with bullies:

Supply chains start hiccuping like a drunk after Mardi Gras.
Manufacturing costs go up everywhere, especially for countries that rely on imported parts.
Inflation rises, wallets cry, and someone somewhere starts yelling “recession!”

🛡️ 3. Alliances Reshuffle

Other countries start side-eyeing each other like, “You wanna build a clubhouse without the U.S.?”

New trade blocs emerge: EU-Asia deals, Latin America forming tighter internal networks, Africa going intra-continental.
The U.S. gets partially frozen out of future trade negotiations—still powerful, but increasingly isolated.

🧠 4. Domestic Blowback

Tariffs aren’t magic shields—they’re taxes in disguise:

Prices go up at Walmart, Costco, Dollar Tree… even the lemonade stand.
Farmers, manufacturers, and exporters scream, “Where’d all our buyers go?”
Politicians scramble to spin it as “economic nationalism,” but people aren’t buying $400 microwaves with a flag sticker.

🤖 5. Acceleration of Automation & Localization

To dodge tariffs:

Big corps automate faster: fewer workers needed, faster machines, and less reliance on cross-border goods.
Countries push self-sufficiency, which sounds great… until you realize it means more expensive, lower-quality stuff for a while.

🔮 6. Black Markets & Workarounds

You can’t tariff what you can’t track:

Underground trade grows, especially for luxury goods, electronics, and rare parts.
Smuggling gets a weird golden age. (We’ll need trench coats and burner phones.)

🎭 Bonus: Cultural Satire Blooms

Tariff wars always birth good protest art. Expect:

Satirical songs.
Memes of world leaders haggling over pickles.
Maybe a new underground hit called “The Price of Beans is Treason.”

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How about some songs???

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Honk if You’re Dreaming!

[Verse 1]
I drove through a cloud made of bubblegum soup
Saw a goose in a trench coat conducting a troop
The trees did a shuffle, the moon took a bow
And a squirrel read my taxes out loud somehow

[Chorus / Hook]
Honk if you’re dreaming, blink if it’s fake
Wave to the llama on roller-skate lake
If the sky turns plaid and the ducks start scheming—
Lean on your horn, honk if you’re dreaming!

[Verse 2]
My toaster just offered me stock advice
Then a doorbell flew by shouting, “Twice is nice!”
The floor turned to cheese, and the cheese had a plan
To marry a lampshade and move to Japan

[Chorus / Hook]
Honk if you’re dreaming, or lost in the fog
If your dog just filed a blog
If time does cartwheels and logic’s teeming—
Give it a beep—honk if you’re dreaming!

[Bridge]
Is this real? Is this sleep?
Are we counting interdimensional sheep?
If your bed just asked for a snack at noon—
You’re either awake, or on the moon

[Final Chorus]
Honk if you’re dreaming, snore if you’re not
Do a dance if your toaster’s hot
When dreams make sense, that’s when I start screaming—
For now I’m just honking… yeah, honk if you’re dreaming!

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🎶 Last One Out, Turn Off the Radar

(Sketch – Verse, Chorus, Bridge)

[Verse 1]
We built towers in the desert, lit up foreign skies,
Whispers in the barracks, flags begin to rise.
Boots leave prints in powder sand, then vanish in the night—
No one’s sure who’s watching now, or if they’re wrong or right.

[Chorus]
🎵 Last one out, turn off the radar,
Shut the door, don’t leave a scar.
This was never really ours,
Just borrowed time and fallen stars.
Last one out… turn off the radar. 🎵

[Verse 2]
We mapped the world in circuits, in codes and phantom lines,
Now nations tap their watches—say we’re out of time.
Allies turn to neighbors, build their walls with care,
The empire’s gently fading like smoke into thin air.

[Bridge]
Signals lost in cosmic snow,
The quiet hum of letting go.
Not a bang, not a war—
Just the echo of a closing door…

[Chorus – repeat]
🎵 Last one out, turn off the radar…
Don’t forget who you are.
Leave the ghosts in every bar,
Fold the flag, but keep the scar.
Last one out… turn off the radar. 🎵

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🎶 Einstein and Newton and Me

[Verse 1]
I built a clock that runs on dreams,
Solved the riddle of moonbeams.
I found a flaw in gravity—
(It winks when no one’s watching me.)
I whispered secrets to the sun,
And juggled quarks just for fun.

[Chorus]
🎵 There is no one else as smart as we three—
Einstein and Newton and me!
We charted time on a melody,
Turned soup into alchemy.
The universe agrees, you see—
Einstein and Newton and me! 🎵

[Verse 2]
I played chess with Galileo’s ghost,
Won with moves he liked the most.
Scribbled proofs on café napkins,
Invented socks that fold by happenin’s.
Built a hat that reads your thoughts,
And turns your daydreams into plots.

[Chorus – repeat]
🎵 There is no one else as smart as we three—
Einstein and Newton and me!
We cracked the code on destiny,
Bent the light so we could see
The punchline of reality—
Einstein and Newton and me! 🎵

[Verse 3]
They mocked me at the science fair,
But now they all just stop and stare.
My toaster talks in Mandarin,
And sings Bach with a violin.
I’ve got the plans for time to bend—
Just waiting for the world to end.

[Bridge]
🎶
One had apples, one had light,
I’ve got dreams that burn all night.
They had questions, I’ve got flair—
I keep my brilliance in Tupperware.
🎶

[Final Chorus]
🎵 There is no one else as smart as we three—
Einstein and Newton and me!
We danced around the entropy,
Sipped equations with our tea.
Genius is a jamboree—
Einstein and Newton and me! 🎵