People need to get over referring to communication and socialization over the internet as not being a part of 'real life'.
The difference between 'internet life' and 'real life' is that if I blow you away with a shotgun in Doom Deathmatch you'll simply respawn and rejoin the fight. If I blow you away with a shotgun in real life you most definitely won't respawn.
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I've always had these discussions with people about how our culture is turning to a pile of shit because corporations found it's so easy to tell us what to like instead of us deciding.
It's just bitching and moaning, the point being to make the speaker feel superior to the masses/the lemmings/the proles/whatever while giving them someone to blame for the fact that they aren't part of the 'in' crowd. Just teenage rebellion, which some people never get over because they never grow up.
It could be that the RIAA/MPAA give the majority of people *exactly what they want*. So they don't cater to minority interests? So the fuck what? Businesses exist to cater to their clientele, and if you aren't part of that majority demographic then that doesn't include you, nor should it.
If slashdotters want to whine about the draconian tactics of the RIAA/MPAA designed to exert CONTROL over the consumer, more power to 'em. Personally I think the oligopolies sees profit as a secondary motive and power-seeking authoritarianism as the primary motive. But the tastes of people vary, and liking band A or band B doesn't make you a superior human being just because band A is unknown and band B is popular. Nor does it indicate that the people who like band B are spineless, weak-minded brainwashed fools.
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The good news for us consumers is that we no longer have to rely on the selection of prefab rubbish fed to us by the record companies
That is, until the RIAA/MPAA buy enough Congressmen to pass a law whose ultimate effect is to outlaw all independent, small-time productions in film and music. Coming soon to a theater near you!
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Which is just another way of saying "if I like it, it's music; otherwise it isn't." Dress it up all you like, it's still the same old crack whore we've all seen before.
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Because the poster is a pseudo-intellectual prick who thinks that by slamming Spears he'll gain the respect of other pseudo-intellectual pricks. No doubt he thinks his 'rebellion' against pop culture is somehow new and fresh and the mark of a superior mind - just like every generation of 'rebellious' teens before him.
I have a gun, I know how to use it. My friends have guns. I'd like to see you try.
That's anarchism for you. Whoever has the most firepower wins. There's a name for that in a variety of Third World shitholes: it's called 'rule by the local warlord'.
Most Anarchist societies, or proto-Anarchist societies have been destroyed from the outside, not the inside.
There haven't been any anarchist societies. Only periods of anarchy between governments, uniformly rejected by all concerned as being worse than just about any form of government.
If you have some examples of these exemplary anarchist societies woefully destroyed by outside forces, why don't you provide us with a definitive list?
Yes, the Government is no longer able to keep us from killing ourselves in the name of adventure.
I see, you're one of those fuckwits who thinks the government should have absolute control over our lives. Well boy, there are plenty of countries around the world that try to do just what you want; so why don't you haul your wannabe-tinpot dictatorial ass off to a Third World shithole of your choosing and rot in your Big Brother utopia.
a) you can't just go around appropriating words and redefining them as you please. Or actually you can, but rational people will think you're an idiot. Or illiterate. Or both.
b) if there's no way to enforce the rules, does that mean I can wander over to your house, put a bullet in your head with my.38, and take all of your stuff? Well, yes it does! That's anarchism for you, which is why it has a 100% rejection rate throughout world history!
Lets just keep talking with a dictator that kills his own populace for pleasure
So by your standards we should be taking out all the 100+ dictators world-wide, right? So who's next in this 21st century New Crusade? Will it be Saudi Arabia? China? Cuba? Iran?
Please, why should Iraq get to have all the fun? We know North Korea has WMDs - why aren't we bombing the shit out of them? Too much of a fight for pussies like you?
I don't hate Bush. I think he's a raving lunatic, but I don't hate him. I do, however, hate the cesspool my political system has become. And I very much despise both the Democrats and the Republicans, and all who unthinkingly support both parties.
Anything Israel does (like defending themselves from terrorist groups) does not have the United Nations seal of approval.
What the UN thinks about the matter isn't relevent. As an American, however, I'm for ending all U.S. aid to Israel - primarily because I think the money, MY TAX MONEY, could be better spent at home. And if the Israelis can't make it on their own after more than 50 years of statehood, then they don't deserve a nation in the first place.
I'd have to say there may be at least a grain of truth to the rumours circulating about George's mental health.
Although it certainly isn't PC to say it about a sitting president, his observed behavior sure fits the bill for clinical sociopathy. I'd love to get that guy alone for day-long interview to see if my armchair analysis is correct.
From the Random House American English Dictionary (the closest dictionary to my chair at the moment):
Anarchism, n. a doctrine advocating the abolition of government or governmental restraint as the indispensible condition for full social and political liberty.
Seems most of you so-called anarchists don't have a clue what anarchism is about either. Been there, done that countless times in human history, *it didn't work*.
Whether or not Clinton got a blowjob in the first place wasn't anyone's business except for Clinton, Ms. Clinton, and the person who sucked the presidential member.
The odd thing is that Clinton couldn't have gotten re-elected, so why lie? Getting a blowjob isn't against the law, so far as I know. Getting a blowjob by from a woman who isn't your wife isn't against the law, either.
If I were the President I'd just tell Congress to bugger off, and that whatever blowjobs I (gratefully) receive aren't any of their business. Hell, I might even tell them that I was about to nuke North Korea, but the blowjob distracted me from pressing the button.
Those of us who just like to fuck were bummed by the fact that Justin didn't take Janet doggy-style right there on the stage, in high-definition TV. No matter which side of the aisle you're on, the half-time show was a big disappointment.
Personal responsibility requires trust, which the government clearly isn't willing to extend to the people it supposedly serves. Better to spy on everyone, I guess.
Which is just the sort of thing the working poor can do also.
The working poor don't have any money to save. According to our own government, the majority of them need assistance just to cover basic expenses, like food, rent, and heat in the winter.
What you're talking about is the working lower class.
One thing the networks don't realize is that they've given proof positive that you can produce a popular show on a shoestring budget. Mark my words, some enterprising college kids are going to clue into this fact and start selling their own 'reality show' over the internet, making their money off the advertising revenue their site will bring in. And this show won't be subject to any of the restrictions that regular network TV has to abide by.
If there's one thing that would sell better than the current crop of reality shows on TV, it's a reality show that doesn't have to play by the rules. The TV execs have unwittingly paved the way for future competitive ventures.
Can't wait to see what they do when this happens. Perhaps buy some Congressmen and ban internet shows?
And people are actually stupid enough to fall for this? Hell, I have a dozen gmail accounts and just about every one of them has an invite. Perhaps I should make this my sig:
"send me a nice picture of teen porn and I'll send you a gmail invite! Woohoo!"
for someone calling me "junior" and "little boy," you sure have a lot of childish insults up your sleeve that are in no way relevant to the discussion.
Hey, if the shoe fits....
If they hadn't picked her out of nothingness to elevate to golden calf status, it would have been someone else.
That doesn't change the fact that your personal opinion of Avril's talent is irrelevent. It's completely meaningless.
it's less about having the best content rise to the top, and more about having an almost random lottery to pick people from the "great unwashed" to become "superstars."
Goddamn, but you are one arrogant little prick. It all boils down to "I don't like the music, therefore it isn't any good". Has it occurred to you that the reason popular music is, indeed, popular is because it's some of the best music around?
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People need to get over referring to communication and socialization over the internet as not being a part of 'real life'.
The difference between 'internet life' and 'real life' is that if I blow you away with a shotgun in Doom Deathmatch you'll simply respawn and rejoin the fight. If I blow you away with a shotgun in real life you most definitely won't respawn.
Max
I've always had these discussions with people about how our culture is turning to a pile of shit because corporations found it's so easy to tell us what to like instead of us deciding.
It's just bitching and moaning, the point being to make the speaker feel superior to the masses/the lemmings/the proles/whatever while giving them someone to blame for the fact that they aren't part of the 'in' crowd. Just teenage rebellion, which some people never get over because they never grow up.
It could be that the RIAA/MPAA give the majority of people *exactly what they want*. So they don't cater to minority interests? So the fuck what? Businesses exist to cater to their clientele, and if you aren't part of that majority demographic then that doesn't include you, nor should it.
If slashdotters want to whine about the draconian tactics of the RIAA/MPAA designed to exert CONTROL over the consumer, more power to 'em. Personally I think the oligopolies sees profit as a secondary motive and power-seeking authoritarianism as the primary motive. But the tastes of people vary, and liking band A or band B doesn't make you a superior human being just because band A is unknown and band B is popular. Nor does it indicate that the people who like band B are spineless, weak-minded brainwashed fools.
Max
The good news for us consumers is that we no longer have to rely on the selection of prefab rubbish fed to us by the record companies
That is, until the RIAA/MPAA buy enough Congressmen to pass a law whose ultimate effect is to outlaw all independent, small-time productions in film and music. Coming soon to a theater near you!
Max
Which is just another way of saying "if I like it, it's music; otherwise it isn't." Dress it up all you like, it's still the same old crack whore we've all seen before.
Max
Because the poster is a pseudo-intellectual prick who thinks that by slamming Spears he'll gain the respect of other pseudo-intellectual pricks. No doubt he thinks his 'rebellion' against pop culture is somehow new and fresh and the mark of a superior mind - just like every generation of 'rebellious' teens before him.
Max
I have a gun, I know how to use it. My friends have guns. I'd like to see you try.
That's anarchism for you. Whoever has the most firepower wins. There's a name for that in a variety of Third World shitholes: it's called 'rule by the local warlord'.
Most Anarchist societies, or proto-Anarchist societies have been destroyed from the outside, not the inside.
There haven't been any anarchist societies. Only periods of anarchy between governments, uniformly rejected by all concerned as being worse than just about any form of government.
If you have some examples of these exemplary anarchist societies woefully destroyed by outside forces, why don't you provide us with a definitive list?
Max
He should *never have been asked about it in the first place*. What part of that do you not understand?
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Don't tell me about how the "working poor" live - I was the working poor, almost certainly unlike you.
Don't presume to know me or my life, you little fuck.
Max
Yes, the Government is no longer able to keep us from killing ourselves in the name of adventure.
I see, you're one of those fuckwits who thinks the government should have absolute control over our lives. Well boy, there are plenty of countries around the world that try to do just what you want; so why don't you haul your wannabe-tinpot dictatorial ass off to a Third World shithole of your choosing and rot in your Big Brother utopia.
Max
a) you can't just go around appropriating words and redefining them as you please. Or actually you can, but rational people will think you're an idiot. Or illiterate. Or both.
.38, and take all of your stuff? Well, yes it does! That's anarchism for you, which is why it has a 100% rejection rate throughout world history!
b) if there's no way to enforce the rules, does that mean I can wander over to your house, put a bullet in your head with my
Max
Lets just keep talking with a dictator that kills his own populace for pleasure
So by your standards we should be taking out all the 100+ dictators world-wide, right? So who's next in this 21st century New Crusade? Will it be Saudi Arabia? China? Cuba? Iran?
Please, why should Iraq get to have all the fun? We know North Korea has WMDs - why aren't we bombing the shit out of them? Too much of a fight for pussies like you?
Max
Everyone here loves to hate Bush.
I don't hate Bush. I think he's a raving lunatic, but I don't hate him. I do, however, hate the cesspool my political system has become. And I very much despise both the Democrats and the Republicans, and all who unthinkingly support both parties.
Max
Anything Israel does (like defending themselves from terrorist groups) does not have the United Nations seal of approval.
What the UN thinks about the matter isn't relevent. As an American, however, I'm for ending all U.S. aid to Israel - primarily because I think the money, MY TAX MONEY, could be better spent at home. And if the Israelis can't make it on their own after more than 50 years of statehood, then they don't deserve a nation in the first place.
Max
I'd have to say there may be at least a grain of truth to the rumours circulating about George's mental health.
Although it certainly isn't PC to say it about a sitting president, his observed behavior sure fits the bill for clinical sociopathy. I'd love to get that guy alone for day-long interview to see if my armchair analysis is correct.
Max
From the Random House American English Dictionary (the closest dictionary to my chair at the moment):
Anarchism, n. a doctrine advocating the abolition of government or governmental restraint as the indispensible condition for full social and political liberty.
Seems most of you so-called anarchists don't have a clue what anarchism is about either. Been there, done that countless times in human history, *it didn't work*.
Max
Whether or not Clinton got a blowjob in the first place wasn't anyone's business except for Clinton, Ms. Clinton, and the person who sucked the presidential member.
Max
The odd thing is that Clinton couldn't have gotten re-elected, so why lie? Getting a blowjob isn't against the law, so far as I know. Getting a blowjob by from a woman who isn't your wife isn't against the law, either.
If I were the President I'd just tell Congress to bugger off, and that whatever blowjobs I (gratefully) receive aren't any of their business. Hell, I might even tell them that I was about to nuke North Korea, but the blowjob distracted me from pressing the button.
Max
If I voted my conscious I wouldn't even show up at the polls. There isn't anyone running that I feel confident in backing.
As is, I'm going to vote for Kerry in the hopes of deadlocking my government for the next four years. It's the best of all possible (bad) outcomes.
Max
Those of us who just like to fuck were bummed by the fact that Justin didn't take Janet doggy-style right there on the stage, in high-definition TV. No matter which side of the aisle you're on, the half-time show was a big disappointment.
Max
Personal responsibility is dead.
Personal responsibility requires trust, which the government clearly isn't willing to extend to the people it supposedly serves. Better to spy on everyone, I guess.
Max
Which is just the sort of thing the working poor can do also.
The working poor don't have any money to save. According to our own government, the majority of them need assistance just to cover basic expenses, like food, rent, and heat in the winter.
What you're talking about is the working lower class.
Max
One thing the networks don't realize is that they've given proof positive that you can produce a popular show on a shoestring budget. Mark my words, some enterprising college kids are going to clue into this fact and start selling their own 'reality show' over the internet, making their money off the advertising revenue their site will bring in. And this show won't be subject to any of the restrictions that regular network TV has to abide by.
If there's one thing that would sell better than the current crop of reality shows on TV, it's a reality show that doesn't have to play by the rules. The TV execs have unwittingly paved the way for future competitive ventures.
Can't wait to see what they do when this happens. Perhaps buy some Congressmen and ban internet shows?
Max
And people are actually stupid enough to fall for this? Hell, I have a dozen gmail accounts and just about every one of them has an invite. Perhaps I should make this my sig:
"send me a nice picture of teen porn and I'll send you a gmail invite! Woohoo!"
Max
for someone calling me "junior" and "little boy," you sure have a lot of childish insults up your sleeve that are in no way relevant to the discussion.
Hey, if the shoe fits....
If they hadn't picked her out of nothingness to elevate to golden calf status, it would have been someone else.
That doesn't change the fact that your personal opinion of Avril's talent is irrelevent. It's completely meaningless.
it's less about having the best content rise to the top, and more about having an almost random lottery to pick people from the "great unwashed" to become "superstars."
Goddamn, but you are one arrogant little prick. It all boils down to "I don't like the music, therefore it isn't any good". Has it occurred to you that the reason popular music is, indeed, popular is because it's some of the best music around?
Max
Nope, you're dead wrong. here is the reference in case you need a link.
First World = western democracies, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
Second World = the old Soviet Bloc countries and other so-called communist regimes.
Third World = just about everyone else
The United States has always been a part of the First World, and no amount of European revisionism will change that.
Max