Now that I think of it, the kind of white suburban girls who really are into stuff like NWA are probably the ones laughing the hardest at the girls wearing those shirts...
I think its pretty cool to see hip-hop/rap culture integrated into mainstream, instead of being forever relegated as an unaccepted subculture. You're right, those white kids are who made artists like Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, and Lil Wayne rich! Why should we hate on that?
I think its pretty cool to see hip-hop/rap culture integrated into mainstream, instead of being forever relegated as an unaccepted subculture. You're right, those white kids are who made artists like Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, and Lil Wayne rich! Why should we hate on that?
what this lady said
Fair point. But there is something of a bitter aftertaste to how it all came to pass. I guess it just goes to show that the Situationists were right: The spectacle assimilates all challenges to its supremacy, no matter how garish or radical.
Nothing is worth doing. But we have the instinct to do, and we should be wise enough to do the thing which is most nearly worth doing.
The world considers me lazy because I do not earn bread. The world expects of me that I should measure up to its standard of strength, which means that if I “got a job” for eight hours of office work (minus the time spent in being friendly to the other employees, in arranging for a party for the evening, in arguing the merits of a baseball scandal, etc.) [if it] constituted a day and paid me respectable money, I should be a man. It’s not so much my “being a man” that people desire, it is my being one of them.
I see clearly now that the only thing left for me to do in life is to justify myself for doing nothing.
I could paste this into the comments sections of certain blogs, and no one would notice.
It's punishing death with more death. It sends the message that if you don't agree with a person's actions, even ones as objectively wrong as murder or rape, death is an acceptable response. It contributes to the culture of violence that would cause a crime bad enough for the death penalty in the first place.
Nothing is worth doing. But we have the instinct to do, and we should be wise enough to do the thing which is most nearly worth doing.
The world considers me lazy because I do not earn bread. The world expects of me that I should measure up to its standard of strength, which means that if I “got a job” for eight hours of office work (minus the time spent in being friendly to the other employees, in arranging for a party for the evening, in arguing the merits of a baseball scandal, etc.) [if it] constituted a day and paid me respectable money, I should be a man. It’s not so much my “being a man” that people desire, it is my being one of them.
I see clearly now that the only thing left for me to do in life is to justify myself for doing nothing.
I could paste this into the comments sections of certain blogs, and no one would notice.
That was 22 year old B.F. Skinner, BTW
As nihilistic as that statement may be, I really like it. A lot. I mean, I think that it's missing a key next step, but I don't think that it is a step in the wrong direction.
It also gives a weird view of the sanctity of life, since the same party that advocates for it advocates for no abortion.
I always found that terribly strange and disturbing. There is a theoretical logical framework there, but then you factor in their attitudes with respect to war and assisted suicide and it all becomes just so very...
It's punishing death with more death. It sends the message that if you don't agree with a person's actions, even ones as objectively wrong as murder or rape, death is an acceptable response. It contributes to the culture of violence that would cause a crime bad enough for the death penalty in the first place.
Or, you know, maybe some people are just terrible human beings who don't possess a moral center(for whatever reason)
Is it wrong to not want that person in the world anymore?
It's punishing death with more death. It sends the message that if you don't agree with a person's actions, even ones as objectively wrong as murder or rape, death is an acceptable response. It contributes to the culture of violence that would cause a crime bad enough for the death penalty in the first place.
Or, you know, maybe some people are just terrible human beings who don't possess a moral center(for whatever reason)
Is it wrong to not want that person in the world anymore?
No. But wanting something is not the same as acting upon that desire. That is the key difference between sane people and the kind of people that we seek to put behind bars.
Execution also often more expensive than just keeping them alive, surprisingly.
It also occasionally screws over people who were falsely convicted, particularly in the pre-DNA era.
It also gives a weird view of the sanctity of life, since the same party that advocates for it advocates for no abortion.
Kind of like how the people who think an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old having consensual sex is rape also think that a man forcibly having intercourse with a woman dressed in skimpy clothing is not. It isn't really about respect at all; it's about control, over who lives and who dies, and over sexuality.
No. But wanting something is not the same as acting upon that desire. That is the key difference between sane people and the kind of people that we seek to put behind bars.
I'm talking about the people who have acted and done terrible things.
How about those people who beat and kidnap other people for years on end?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Emile, thank you for your very polished (if not quite fully proofed) essay. It was a pleasure to follow your argument with only the slightest editorial distractions. Well done!
This pair had been through roughly three years of hard wear and just four washes. Just by glancing at the below and after photos, one can only imagine what these have been through in this period of time!
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Fair point. But there is something of a bitter aftertaste to how it all came to pass. I guess it just goes to show that the Situationists were right: The spectacle assimilates all challenges to its supremacy, no matter how garish or radical.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Grandparents put in one of those chairs that goes up and down the stairs so you don't have to exert yourself going up the stairs.
I want one, those things are so much fun.
bleh
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Hello everyone, I am home from the daily pub, I call it a pub but that's just fancy british now isn't it?
Pub Pub Pub.
Anyways, the Chaos Theater wasn't too bad today, but I can't say I enjoy seeing the effect it has on other people.
Is it wrong to not want that person in the world anymore?
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Well, how seriously can I take someone with "Eldritch" for a last name?
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I'm talking about the people who have acted and done terrible things.
How about those people who beat and kidnap other people for years on end?