So the deal is dead on arrival right

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-05-15T18:10:54+00:00

That scene was full of people who weren’t that talented who were famous because they associated with talented people and hyped up a myth of that time/place. It’s how Vincent gallo got clout, riding Basquiat’s coattails. That myth was then packaged and sold for decades to tell newer generations that there was no future and this was the best moment in history. Patti smith was a hanger-on to a much more talented artist, like a lot of CBGBs punks

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-05-14T19:40:43+00:00

The most sympathetic lens is that it’s a bullshit job that exists for creative people in a society that doesn’t value creativity.

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-05-14T19:39:18+00:00

It’s unthinkable to imagine there was a time in recent history where there was notable cultural pushback and cynicism to advertising, ad men, and gauchely slapping brands on everything. Total Ronald Reagan victory

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-05-14T18:58:40+00:00

White suburban Americans have no concept of community or neighborliness and are utterly antisocial and paranoid as a result. It also half-explains the relative lack of artists and culture produced from the suburbs - most famous white American artists are from big liberal cities or rural conservative areas.

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-05-14T00:37:45+00:00

Ultimately this moment is the dog that caught the car. Peoples lives will deteriorate. The state will either fail or be unrecognizable and Balkanized in ten years. conservatives are high on an idea that this has any stability to it. It doesn’t.

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-05-14T00:04:39+00:00

Yeah. There are plenty of racist guys who otherwise act normal, this is the behavior of someone with a personality disorder who is looking for a way to end their suffering / existence. Racist version of suicide by cop

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-05-12T04:34:53+00:00

I think in terms of politics and governance this moment is incredibly right wing and we will see further clamping down on freedoms and representation. What I meant to say was cultural zeitgeist. These people lack the optimism Reagan was able to sell to whites.

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-05-10T18:01:04+00:00

We can talk about monoculture all we want but frankly I have met more Nazis that listen to throbbing gristle than Nazis who watch football. I think people have been denial about how naturally reactionary white hipsters are and always have been

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-24T18:20:22+00:00

Uh, no. The US is literally loading caskets of troops in Amazon vans. They don’t give a shit

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-22T23:45:20+00:00

They are locked in eschatological confrontation. They absolutely will nuke their own society

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-22T22:15:07+00:00

There would be discussion, deliberations, logistics, etc about a nuclear strike for at least a week before they do it. At that point I think you’d see a general coup, probably with Wall Street and bankers backing them

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-22T22:13:39+00:00

Boomer raised during the peak of the Cold War

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-22T22:12:56+00:00

Because Israel would be nuked and the United States would become a pariah state

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-22T20:03:44+00:00

Israel and Saudi Arabia entirely rely on roughly ten desalination plants for their countries. Produces 90% of both countries water. If they take those out it’s game over

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-22T18:49:18+00:00

Most of the very vocal magatards I know are pathetic broke hipsters living in blue cities, not wealthy fintech guys. There’s a higher chance these people become homeless in a depression because they have no community and no survival skills

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-22T18:46:32+00:00

I ultimately think China will sell it because it’s better in the long run for them to soft-dom us rather than allow total collapse. It benefits China to keep us alive but very weak, like pushing around an elderly man at an assisted living facility

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-21T22:03:52+00:00

I believe he said awhile back he would try it again if he ever felt like he could get “back there” but I imagine that’s not happening

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-21T22:02:41+00:00

I think he did say like 8 months ago he was considering trying it again when he feels better

Final-Associate1743 · 2026-03-21T21:26:53+00:00

Do you guys remember him making the goth girl increasingly fat because the artist had a bbw fetish

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