Crow posted:

Reminds me of the time I was walking home one evening and came upon a clearly depressed man standing at the edge of a bridge, looking like he was about to jump. I called out to him to wait, and ran over to see what was the matter.

"It's this country," he lamented. "It's falling into ruin and there's nothing I can do about it. The election was the last straw. I don't want to live on this planet anymore."

i prefer the commie version

An old revolutionary walks across the Brooklyn Bridge one day, and he sees man of a similar age standing on the edge, about to jump. He runs over and says: "Stop. Don't do it."

"Why shouldn't I?" he asked.

"Well, there's so much to live for!"

"I'm just depressed, I've been a Communist all my life and the revolution seems as far away as ever"

"You're a Communist?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I am as well!! Did you originally join the Communist Party USA?"

"Yeah"

"Me too! Did you join the pro-Trotsky Communist League of America in 1928, which later merged with the American Workers Party to form the Workers Party of America in 1934?"

"Yeah"

"Spooky, Me too! After the WPA was expelled from the Socialist Party of America in 1936 did you then go on to join the Socialist Workers Party USA and the fourth international?"

"I did actually…"

"Me too! In the 1940 dispute did you side with Cannon or Shachtman?"

"Cannon."

"Me too! In 1962 did you join Robertson's opposition caucus, the Revolutionary Tendency?"

"Yep."

" Holly shit! And of course like me you were expelled and went on to join the International Communist League (Spartacist)"

"Well that goes without saying!"

"In 1985 did you join the International Bolshevik Tendency who claimed that the Sparts have degenerated into an "obedience cult""

"No way!"

"Nah, me neither. In 1998 did you join the Internationalist Group after the Permanent Revolution Faction were expelled from the ICL?"

"Yeah! I can't believe this! Maybe I won't…."

"Die counterrevolutionary scum!". And he pushes him off the edge


And one more:

Two greek anarchists are making molotov cocktails. One says to the other, "So who will we throw these at then?" The other replies "What are you, some kind of fucking intellectual?!?"

tpaine posted:

*discipline sees a table full of black female pastors and images flash in her mind sequentially of them stiffing her on the tip, her landlord yelling at her and kicking her out of her house, of her dumpster diving and busking on the streets* "wow, evolution is real" *she gets the new guy to wait on the black table and she picks out a nice japanese couple*

"Nice" japanese couple, hehe g1

stegosaurus posted:

as David Grab Ya Lady points out in Debt: The Welf of Nationz: The $crewed Up Click Story pt. 1, debts, obligations to pay, typically imply a rough measure of equality, such as that could not possibly exist between a single natural man and the Divine, or between a man taking a wife and a family giving up a daughter. in the same sense that a tithe or a bride-payment is in many ways an acknowledgement that what has been given can not possibly be repaid in any earthly sense, so is the tip an acknowledgement that refills of coffee, prompt service, the entire environment of the modern restaurant are in a sense irreducible to the common vulgar stuff of money. you would expect a priest, of all people, to understand this type of relationship. you give 18% because you also give 10%. the amount is literally and figuratively immaterial, spiritual.

i'm not voting this up w/the people of people who did because it's wrong & tips do exactly the opposite here and in fact reduce the basic acts of kindness & social niceties into a financial transaction. this is why in many non-american cultures it is insulting to try to tip someone.

perhaps all the upvotes are ironic and so is your post but whatever

drwhat posted:

stegosaurus posted:

as David Grab Ya Lady points out in Debt: The Welf of Nationz: The $crewed Up Click Story pt. 1, debts, obligations to pay, typically imply a rough measure of equality, such as that could not possibly exist between a single natural man and the Divine, or between a man taking a wife and a family giving up a daughter. in the same sense that a tithe or a bride-payment is in many ways an acknowledgement that what has been given can not possibly be repaid in any earthly sense, so is the tip an acknowledgement that refills of coffee, prompt service, the entire environment of the modern restaurant are in a sense irreducible to the common vulgar stuff of money. you would expect a priest, of all people, to understand this type of relationship. you give 18% because you also give 10%. the amount is literally and figuratively immaterial, spiritual.

i'm not voting this up w/the people of people who did because it's wrong & tips do exactly the opposite here and in fact reduce the basic acts of kindness & social niceties into a financial transaction. this is why in many non-american cultures it is insulting to try to tip someone.

perhaps all the upvotes are ironic and so is your post but whatever

i'd been thinkin about doin a Post where i argue against charity on the grounds that by its nature it creates a toxic power relationship, comparing it unfavorably with bureaucratic service institutions wherein the recipient has a right or entitlement to the service. rightists hate "entitlements" and prefer charity precisely because the latter and not the former put the recipient in a subordinate place. i was gonna include a good aside about how the great religious traditions ideally avoid this by, at least in their purer forms, almost always casting charity in terms of the duty of the giver rather than the need of the recipient like LIBERALS do.

was gonna do that but now i'm just doin this

thirdplace posted:

drwhat posted:

stegosaurus posted:

as David Grab Ya Lady points out in Debt: The Welf of Nationz: The $crewed Up Click Story pt. 1, debts, obligations to pay, typically imply a rough measure of equality, such as that could not possibly exist between a single natural man and the Divine, or between a man taking a wife and a family giving up a daughter. in the same sense that a tithe or a bride-payment is in many ways an acknowledgement that what has been given can not possibly be repaid in any earthly sense, so is the tip an acknowledgement that refills of coffee, prompt service, the entire environment of the modern restaurant are in a sense irreducible to the common vulgar stuff of money. you would expect a priest, of all people, to understand this type of relationship. you give 18% because you also give 10%. the amount is literally and figuratively immaterial, spiritual.

i'm not voting this up w/the people of people who did because it's wrong & tips do exactly the opposite here and in fact reduce the basic acts of kindness & social niceties into a financial transaction. this is why in many non-american cultures it is insulting to try to tip someone.

perhaps all the upvotes are ironic and so is your post but whatever

i'd been thinkin about doin a Post where i argue against charity on the grounds that by its nature it creates a toxic power relationship, comparing it unfavorably with bureaucratic service institutions wherein the recipient has a right or entitlement to the service. rightists hate "entitlements" and prefer charity precisely because the latter and not the former put the recipient in a subordinate place. i was gonna include a good aside about how the great religious traditions ideally avoid this by, at least in their purer forms, almost always casting charity in terms of the duty of the giver rather than the need of the recipient like LIBERALS do.

was gonna do that but now i'm just doin this

haha one time i got in an internet argument with a dude wwho was against welfare/health care who said he already looked out for the well-being of his fellow citizens because he lived in a deeply impoverished era and gave to charities. i said something like:

fuck charity. food, housing, and medical care should be a RIGHT, not charity given at the whim of the wealthy. hey poor ppl, beg and grovel for your humiliating charity and maybe one or two magnanimous rich guys will give you something and go to sleep easy, feeling like heroes lol. so you;re so rich in a deeply impoverished area and youre dishing out charity, i hope those lucky buggers give you the thanks oyu're due (a knife in the back).

anywahg he got totally shocked and outraged and said he wudnl't talk ot me anymore, good times.

ilmdge posted:

so you;re so rich in a deeply impoverished area and youre dishing out charity, i hope those lucky buggers give you the thanks oyu're due (a knife in the back).

anywahg he got totally shocked and outraged and said he wudnl't talk ot me anymore, good times.

yeah people don't take kindly to people calling for their deaths.

tpaine posted:

Too bad he's a volunteer sheriff for Joe Arpaio

peepaw posted:

gyrofry posted:
the muzak version of Rikki Don't Lose That Number


wouldn't that just be the original version?

Damn peepaw......i wouldnt want to be steely dan right now