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I think it's time for some good ole rantage.
First of all, take a look at this thread.
Not only is backwardhatclub's response totally heartless (and ultimately the embodiment of what is wrong with zealous capitalist thought), it's worthless. There is no wisdom to be gained from it--it's just "well you shouldn't have done that." The statement lacks UTILITY little boy! digbydolben's response to the young 'un struck the nail on the head--specifically, we must be helping each other make AMENDS for our mistakes instead of holding each other in ridiculous contempt. Telling people to "just not make mistakes" is awful because it requests the impossible!
Then you have polyanarch's wonderful response. Is there really ALWAYS a job to be had? I can't say I can vouch for this because I'm pretty well qualified to do a number of things (and I excel at technical endeavours) and last summer, although I applied at at least six different places of employment, in varying degrees of challenge (a few examples: cashiering at Stop & Shop, a pet store, and secretarial work at a bottling plant), nobody wanted me. I called back. I got nothing. Perhaps it wasn't meant to be. Perhaps I should have applied to sleazier places of employment to establish my humble beginnings. Perhaps. Regardless, despite my father's insistence, I have no evidence to suggest that I WOULD have gotten a job had I applied at such places.
Nature will provide enough sustenance to support life? Then WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT OF ECONOMICS?
Oh, and then you tell me that I have no excuse to steal from someone. You're telling me that I shouldn't steal. HOW WONDERFULLY PATRONIZING! Asshole, I asked a question. It is time to realize that the mark of a developed mind is the ability to entertain opposing thoughts at the same time. I asked a good question so that GINO (not this misogynist backwardhatclub or moron polyanarch) could better develop his argument. Gino can do that well. I want to help Gino make his argument as sound as possible. The only way to improve an argument is to CHALLENGE IT. But, of course, fools like polyanarch have no idea that people can ask selfless questions.
There's a huge difference between capitalist thought and zealous capitalist thought. So many politiks like to make adjective generalizations and it drives me NUTS. For example: fundamentalist Christianity. Now, there is such thing as Christian fundamentalism--but the fundamentalist is a QUALIFIER and not something that describes all Christianity. Likewise, when I say, "zealous capitalist thought," I'm not suggesting that capitalism is inherently zealous--I'm only referring to capitalist thought that is zealous. Like the Puritan "freedom-fighters" of free-market capitalism. It won't work in the real world. Get over it. Start making yourself useful again--you're smart enough to be valuable to the rest of the world.
Then you have the people like this. Yes, that's my post. Go ahead and read the comments, specifically starting here. I am so sick of 18- and 19-year-old people telling me Hilary Duff is 12. Goddamn. First of all, they're lying. She's 16. I called her "fine." That does not mean she's an exceptional human being. She's not even that fine. Something about my adolescent hormones just compelled me to say it. HOW MATURE SOMEONE IS HAS NO REFLECTION ON HOW "FINE" THEY ARE. There's a world of difference between "fine" and "attractive." Attractive relies on the personality, but fine doesn't.
Then you realize that there's only a two- or three-year difference between her and her detractors. They secretly hate her. It's obvious. They deride her as "immature" and all this other crap. Indeed, she's 16. I'm not here to stick up for a fucking celebrity--but YOU'RE ONLY 19 MORON! How can you even BEGIN to call yourself "mature?" WAKE THE FUCK UP AND SMELL THE MAPLE NUT CRUNCH! Then you have the classic retort, "I think there's a huge difference in maturity there." There's NOT, ASSHOLE! Maturity doesn't depend on age no matter how badly you want it to! You think that just because you've gotten a headstart you're still in the lead? You ain't got shit! You're 19, you're a freshman in college, and you don't know shit. Then you have someone like me who's 17, a freshman in college, and I don't know shit. Using YOUR logic, I can easily say that I'm ahead of you two years! In that case, WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?
And, of course, the "angsty teen" syndrome doesn't end even when you're almost 20. I don't mean to shun the depressed--but when you're not taking any steps FORWARD YOU ARE NOT HELPING YOURSELF. Writing about it in an abstract way like, "I'm depressed but I can't/won't tell you why," is useless. You learn and gain nothig from that. If you want to overcome the depression, you need to start articulating the cause of the problem. So, of course, I point this out. When somebody seems afflicted, I don't stand idly by. If I don't know you, and you're bleeding on the floor, and I run to give you some sweet first aid lovin', how the FUCK am I supposed to feel when you tell me, "Fuck off I don't know you! Maybe when you get to know me you can help me out!" More importantly, what's going to happen to you when I fuck off? How ridiculous would it be for me to just sit and watch you die while you wait for someone you "know" to help you out?
And if that weren't bad enough, simply BRINGING IT UP is bad? Holy crap. If you get angry when people bring it up, you're NOT over it, and you're NOT coping. You are NOT demonstrating emotional aptitude.
Now, time for some fresh air and a shower.
First of all, take a look at this thread.
Not only is backwardhatclub's response totally heartless (and ultimately the embodiment of what is wrong with zealous capitalist thought), it's worthless. There is no wisdom to be gained from it--it's just "well you shouldn't have done that." The statement lacks UTILITY little boy! digbydolben's response to the young 'un struck the nail on the head--specifically, we must be helping each other make AMENDS for our mistakes instead of holding each other in ridiculous contempt. Telling people to "just not make mistakes" is awful because it requests the impossible!
Then you have polyanarch's wonderful response. Is there really ALWAYS a job to be had? I can't say I can vouch for this because I'm pretty well qualified to do a number of things (and I excel at technical endeavours) and last summer, although I applied at at least six different places of employment, in varying degrees of challenge (a few examples: cashiering at Stop & Shop, a pet store, and secretarial work at a bottling plant), nobody wanted me. I called back. I got nothing. Perhaps it wasn't meant to be. Perhaps I should have applied to sleazier places of employment to establish my humble beginnings. Perhaps. Regardless, despite my father's insistence, I have no evidence to suggest that I WOULD have gotten a job had I applied at such places.
Nature will provide enough sustenance to support life? Then WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT OF ECONOMICS?
Oh, and then you tell me that I have no excuse to steal from someone. You're telling me that I shouldn't steal. HOW WONDERFULLY PATRONIZING! Asshole, I asked a question. It is time to realize that the mark of a developed mind is the ability to entertain opposing thoughts at the same time. I asked a good question so that GINO (not this misogynist backwardhatclub or moron polyanarch) could better develop his argument. Gino can do that well. I want to help Gino make his argument as sound as possible. The only way to improve an argument is to CHALLENGE IT. But, of course, fools like polyanarch have no idea that people can ask selfless questions.
There's a huge difference between capitalist thought and zealous capitalist thought. So many politiks like to make adjective generalizations and it drives me NUTS. For example: fundamentalist Christianity. Now, there is such thing as Christian fundamentalism--but the fundamentalist is a QUALIFIER and not something that describes all Christianity. Likewise, when I say, "zealous capitalist thought," I'm not suggesting that capitalism is inherently zealous--I'm only referring to capitalist thought that is zealous. Like the Puritan "freedom-fighters" of free-market capitalism. It won't work in the real world. Get over it. Start making yourself useful again--you're smart enough to be valuable to the rest of the world.
Then you have the people like this. Yes, that's my post. Go ahead and read the comments, specifically starting here. I am so sick of 18- and 19-year-old people telling me Hilary Duff is 12. Goddamn. First of all, they're lying. She's 16. I called her "fine." That does not mean she's an exceptional human being. She's not even that fine. Something about my adolescent hormones just compelled me to say it. HOW MATURE SOMEONE IS HAS NO REFLECTION ON HOW "FINE" THEY ARE. There's a world of difference between "fine" and "attractive." Attractive relies on the personality, but fine doesn't.
Then you realize that there's only a two- or three-year difference between her and her detractors. They secretly hate her. It's obvious. They deride her as "immature" and all this other crap. Indeed, she's 16. I'm not here to stick up for a fucking celebrity--but YOU'RE ONLY 19 MORON! How can you even BEGIN to call yourself "mature?" WAKE THE FUCK UP AND SMELL THE MAPLE NUT CRUNCH! Then you have the classic retort, "I think there's a huge difference in maturity there." There's NOT, ASSHOLE! Maturity doesn't depend on age no matter how badly you want it to! You think that just because you've gotten a headstart you're still in the lead? You ain't got shit! You're 19, you're a freshman in college, and you don't know shit. Then you have someone like me who's 17, a freshman in college, and I don't know shit. Using YOUR logic, I can easily say that I'm ahead of you two years! In that case, WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?
And, of course, the "angsty teen" syndrome doesn't end even when you're almost 20. I don't mean to shun the depressed--but when you're not taking any steps FORWARD YOU ARE NOT HELPING YOURSELF. Writing about it in an abstract way like, "I'm depressed but I can't/won't tell you why," is useless. You learn and gain nothig from that. If you want to overcome the depression, you need to start articulating the cause of the problem. So, of course, I point this out. When somebody seems afflicted, I don't stand idly by. If I don't know you, and you're bleeding on the floor, and I run to give you some sweet first aid lovin', how the FUCK am I supposed to feel when you tell me, "Fuck off I don't know you! Maybe when you get to know me you can help me out!" More importantly, what's going to happen to you when I fuck off? How ridiculous would it be for me to just sit and watch you die while you wait for someone you "know" to help you out?
And if that weren't bad enough, simply BRINGING IT UP is bad? Holy crap. If you get angry when people bring it up, you're NOT over it, and you're NOT coping. You are NOT demonstrating emotional aptitude.
Now, time for some fresh air and a shower.