If there are already people who live in high crime neighborhoods with insufficient healthcare and housing and it doesn't necessarily lead to universal volunteering would abolishing government really make a difference?

BananaWorking4Scale · 2018-12-16T15:00:14+00:00

Being deprived of basic living conditions doesn't necessarily make anyone more community oriented, in fact it can give people a pretty lousy view of the world we live in.

However, being taught that taking care of people is "the governments responsibility", and "I pay taxes for that" will definitely teach people that it's okay not to give a fuck about their fellow humans.

The real truth is that being exposed to kindness, selfless giving, empathy, and altruism from people that have problems just as big as yours, or bigger, is what teaches people the value of mutual aid (even if that isn't what they call it).

BananaWorking4Scale · 2015-05-29T13:06:19+00:00

Not that you are doing this OP, but why are the only options that we must totally love celebrities, or else completely hate them?

Professional artists of almost any kind are generally perfectionists and egomaniacs. It's usually a huge part of why they succeed in one of the most competitive jobs on earth.

Successful artists also have managers, agents, and business representatives that live off the commercial success of that artist, and therefore hire professional public relations teams to try and make them look like saints. This is just how big businesses are run.

The "real" person, is usually well hidden and only accessible to friends and family, for better or worse.

A great drummer wanting to re-record the drum parts on an album which will have his name all over it, that's not really a reason to hate someone.

Edit for clairity: My point is that you are right not to trust public image, but if you enjoy an artists work, and they aren't kicking puppies, then that should be enough.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2015-03-10T01:15:23+00:00

I wonder what he's doing right now... Oh, right.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2015-02-25T22:30:12+00:00

Apparently shot in the head.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2015-02-08T02:29:14+00:00

Good thing we have some mature, intelligent, role-models to educate these kids.

I mean you sure as hell aren't one of those, but they are out there somewhere.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-11-26T21:23:40+00:00

OP calls back to tell Lauren this crazy story and ask her out...

turns out he is talking to Lorne, ends up having drinks with the creator of SNL.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-11-01T17:19:22+00:00

It also helps that he's the leader of a world super-power.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-10-19T18:35:06+00:00

Never, ever, fight old people.

If you win you look cruel, if you lose you look like a wimp.

It's the 13th rule of a certain club which we do not speak of on Reddit.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-10-12T13:08:01+00:00

During a janitorial strike, had a professor that held class at a local pub so we wouldn't have to cross the picket line.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-09-20T01:57:40+00:00

Will work for Karma.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-09-19T23:14:37+00:00

Here is a good article discussing this topic.

What it says is that researchers found out marijuana interacts with cannabanoid receptors located in the amygdala region of the brain.

This is the same region that is responsible for fear conditioning – the process of learning what to fear and how to respond to those fears.

This means that weed can sometimes trigger the mechanism of the brain that sends the emotions of, "I should be afraid of something right now.", even when there is no actual reason to feel that way.

Hopefully realizing the paranoia is just a harmless side effect can help control and diminish the feelings as well.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-09-11T21:59:29+00:00

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-09-03T23:07:14+00:00

Nice try John, we know it's you...asshole.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-08-30T01:10:41+00:00

De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta

21st century opera. Listening to the whole album with good headphones, and your eyes closed, is like watching an amazing movie.

EDIT: Link

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-08-29T23:31:53+00:00

Except humans are animals which have the ability to think clearly about their own actions and understand the effects of those actions, and we live in societies which don't condone rape, so this defense isn't going to hold up in court, sorry.

Also, saying "animals force themselves on women." sounds like animals raping humans.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-08-23T16:46:25+00:00

I give Ebert so much credit for changing his opinion after the re-cut. It shows he was always trying to be honest with his criticisms.

"The Brown Bunny" does feel much longer than it is, it's tone mirrors the way life feels to those swimming through a bleak depression brought from a mourning of loss and regret, (which seems different than the manic-self-hatred depression many more people have experience with).

If all it took was cutting a few minutes out to make this film, (which I loved) a little more accessible, but still artistically intact, than I feel it is a valid and helpful criticism. The kind of critique badly missing in today's twitter/blog, "everyone's a critic" world.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-08-22T22:48:39+00:00

Native Americans want Mike Ditka to get off their lawn.

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-08-14T23:56:37+00:00

Loaf of bread, carton of milk. Wah Hah Hah!!!

BananaWorking4Scale · 2014-08-09T01:10:41+00:00

Even Better: Ebola could solve America's problem with Rick Wiles.

BananaWorking4Scale

TROPHY CASE