consolidation...
I've been thinking, as usual, but I haven't spoken a word to anyone since about 8 or 9 last night, so about 16-17 hours or so now. What I was thinking about was that apparently to to headline news its some kind of super tuesday today and spewing all kinds of poll information that is useless. I dont need to know women prefer hillary to obama. guess what, they're women! wow. prize for the sharp tax up front who got that one.
Anyways aside from obvious issues like war and abortion, politicians just dont care about any of the issues that stand out to me. free speech issues, mommy-state legislation like video game bans, this insane school in VA that banned all kinds of physical contact what so ever, and other stuff like net neutrality all show that no one who is in charge of anything has any clue about technology or modern issues. The RIAA is still allowed to continue to circumvent the law in order to shake down anyone who's ever ran a p2p program, or hell, people who dont even OWN a computer. Or abuses of business practices, for example: Why do we have to buy a $95 package of cable internet with a massive tv package or just $80 for cable and $20 basic cable.
I'm pretty sure I just ate a day's worth, wait no make that 102% of a days worth of salt from a meal at McDonald's. Opps, but that is a little sick and wrong, but what I'm mentioned this for is to set up this little story. As I walked out of the store to my car I saw a minivan with the bumper sticker "Abortion is not healthcare" And honestly I just wonder who the hell writes these things. I wanted to stop and ask the driver what in the hell it meant. The statement doesnt make any sense. I understand its trying to say "I'm aggenit" but really now, that one just sucks, it doesn't even bother to say what all the real anti-abortionists are trying to say, "You are all sinners and I hope you burn in hell babykiller." I saw the guy loading his 2-3 kids back into the car as I went by and I wondered to myself, and nearly stopped to ask him some questions about his stance based on the bumpersticker. The first being, what would change his stance on abortion? Would it be 'healthcare' if the next time his wife was carrying, the baby was going to threaten her life. Would he just say tough luck sweetie, see you in heaven, I'm going to remarry your sister? Or if the little long haired daughter of his, who was chewing on her happy meal toy, was raped on the church's young adult group trip in the city 15-20 years from now. The non-religious stance of the sticker was really what intrigued me. I'm used to people who stand that way based on their misconceptions of religion, stupid statements like associating abortions as a form of birth control or how a fetus is the same thing as a fully grown human, I dont think anyone sees a traumatic surgical procedure the same way they see a condom. And I certainly dont think a fetus would do much living without a living mother, where as a newborn will. Anyways, I kinda want to get into it with a religious anti-abortionist (not that its some 'special' kind) and just at the end of it just say I hope that God one day changes his mind and that I would pray for him to find his way. I don't think a lot of people taking a stance like that would be able to respond to that, taking their own faith, which they are used to wielding like a weapon to control others. turned around on them, have someone treat them like they are the one going to hell, they are the wicked Jesus-less devil. So much of those kind of people's armor is made of the assurance (illusion) that they are better than others, they are above and beyond others on moral ground and have the right to talk down to people.
In other news, Joyce is pretty cool in a first date kind of way, you know where you only talk about what your favorite movies, music, books are way. She and I overlap on a lot of music and movie stuff and when we were talking it was just nice to say outright once that Jack Johnson, the Shins, and 'Dave' suck, and that even if I did, I wouldn't own up to it because I dont want to be associated with your fans.
I also wish people would use the word shiny as a replacement for good. Like "Everything is shiny" or "How did that interview go?" and respond "Shiny"
Also I haven't done my daily ritual of listening to a song abusively loud therapy in days, maybe weeks before yesterday, I just did it though and I feel excellent now.
And just a small pattern I've noticed in my life, the amount of people who have used the phrase "if only" to me in a tragic way is truly staggering and I'm going to go apeshit if I keep hearing it.
Anyways aside from obvious issues like war and abortion, politicians just dont care about any of the issues that stand out to me. free speech issues, mommy-state legislation like video game bans, this insane school in VA that banned all kinds of physical contact what so ever, and other stuff like net neutrality all show that no one who is in charge of anything has any clue about technology or modern issues. The RIAA is still allowed to continue to circumvent the law in order to shake down anyone who's ever ran a p2p program, or hell, people who dont even OWN a computer. Or abuses of business practices, for example: Why do we have to buy a $95 package of cable internet with a massive tv package or just $80 for cable and $20 basic cable.
I'm pretty sure I just ate a day's worth, wait no make that 102% of a days worth of salt from a meal at McDonald's. Opps, but that is a little sick and wrong, but what I'm mentioned this for is to set up this little story. As I walked out of the store to my car I saw a minivan with the bumper sticker "Abortion is not healthcare" And honestly I just wonder who the hell writes these things. I wanted to stop and ask the driver what in the hell it meant. The statement doesnt make any sense. I understand its trying to say "I'm aggenit" but really now, that one just sucks, it doesn't even bother to say what all the real anti-abortionists are trying to say, "You are all sinners and I hope you burn in hell babykiller." I saw the guy loading his 2-3 kids back into the car as I went by and I wondered to myself, and nearly stopped to ask him some questions about his stance based on the bumpersticker. The first being, what would change his stance on abortion? Would it be 'healthcare' if the next time his wife was carrying, the baby was going to threaten her life. Would he just say tough luck sweetie, see you in heaven, I'm going to remarry your sister? Or if the little long haired daughter of his, who was chewing on her happy meal toy, was raped on the church's young adult group trip in the city 15-20 years from now. The non-religious stance of the sticker was really what intrigued me. I'm used to people who stand that way based on their misconceptions of religion, stupid statements like associating abortions as a form of birth control or how a fetus is the same thing as a fully grown human, I dont think anyone sees a traumatic surgical procedure the same way they see a condom. And I certainly dont think a fetus would do much living without a living mother, where as a newborn will. Anyways, I kinda want to get into it with a religious anti-abortionist (not that its some 'special' kind) and just at the end of it just say I hope that God one day changes his mind and that I would pray for him to find his way. I don't think a lot of people taking a stance like that would be able to respond to that, taking their own faith, which they are used to wielding like a weapon to control others. turned around on them, have someone treat them like they are the one going to hell, they are the wicked Jesus-less devil. So much of those kind of people's armor is made of the assurance (illusion) that they are better than others, they are above and beyond others on moral ground and have the right to talk down to people.
In other news, Joyce is pretty cool in a first date kind of way, you know where you only talk about what your favorite movies, music, books are way. She and I overlap on a lot of music and movie stuff and when we were talking it was just nice to say outright once that Jack Johnson, the Shins, and 'Dave' suck, and that even if I did, I wouldn't own up to it because I dont want to be associated with your fans.
I also wish people would use the word shiny as a replacement for good. Like "Everything is shiny" or "How did that interview go?" and respond "Shiny"
Also I haven't done my daily ritual of listening to a song abusively loud therapy in days, maybe weeks before yesterday, I just did it though and I feel excellent now.
And just a small pattern I've noticed in my life, the amount of people who have used the phrase "if only" to me in a tragic way is truly staggering and I'm going to go apeshit if I keep hearing it.
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