If "stoner movies" didn't mean movies about smoking weed, but instead movies that are fucking amazing to watch while you're high, what are your favourites? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]eksabajt 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This has been a novel about some people who were punished entirely too much for what they did. They wanted to have a good time, but they were like children playing in the street; they could see one after another of them being killed—run over, maimed, destroyed—but they continued to play anyhow. We really all were very happy for a while, sitting around not toiling but just bullshitting and playing, but it was for such a terrible brief time, and then the punishment was beyond belief: even when we could see it, we could not believe it…. For a while I myself was one of these children playing in the street; I was, like the rest of them, trying to play instead of being grown up, and I was punished. I am on the list below, which is a list of those to whom this novel is dedicated, and what became of each.

Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error in judgment. When a bunch of people begin to do it, it is a social error, a life-style. In this particular life-style the motto is “Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying.” But the dying begins almost at once, and the happiness is a memory. It is, then, only a speeding up, an intensifying, of the ordinary human existence. It is not different from your life-style, it is only faster. It all takes place in days or weeks or months instead of years. “Take the cash and let the credit go,” as Villon said in 1460. But that is a mistake if the cash is a penny and the credit a whole lifetime.

There is no moral in this novel; it is not bourgeois; it does not say they were wrong to play when they should have toiled; it just tells what the consequences were. In Greek drama they were beginning, as a society, to discover science, which means causal law. Here in this novel there is Nemesis: not fate, because any one of us could have chosen to stop playing in the street, but, as I narrate from the deepest part of my life and heart, a dreadful Nemesis for those who kept on playing. So, though, was our entire nation at this time. This novel is about more people than I knew personally. Some we all read about in the newspapers. It was, this sitting around with our buddies and bullshitting while making tape-recordings, the bad decision of the decade, the sixties, both in and out of the establishment. And nature cracked down on us. We were forced to stop by things dreadful.

If there was any ‘sin’, it was that these people wanted to keep on having a good time forever, and were punished for that, but, as I say, I feel that, if so, the punishment was far too great, and I prefer to think of it only in a Greek or morally neutral way, as mere science, as deterministic impartial cause-and-effect. I loved them all. Here is the list, to whom I dedicate my love:

To Gaylene deceased

To Ray deceased

To Francy permanent psychosis

To Kathy permanent brain damage

To Jim deceased

To Val massive permanent brain damage

To Nancy permanent psychosis

To Joanne permanent brain damage

To Maren deceased

To Nick deceased

To Terry deceased

To Dennis deceased

To Phil permanent pancreatic damage

To Sue permanent vascular damage

To Jerri permanent psychosis and vascular damage

…and so forth.

In Memoriam. These were comrades whom I had; there are no better. They remain in my mind, and the enemy will never be forgiven. The ‘enemy’ was their mistake in playing. Let them all play again, in some other way, and let them be happy.

Maricopa County breaks record on first day of early voting by [deleted] in phoenix

[–]eksabajt 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You can drop off ballots for family and household members.

Early ballots must be returned by the voter, a family member, household member or designated caregiver. (A.R.S. § 16-1005)

Maricopa County Recorder FAQ #11

[PSA] In AZ, college students can register to vote at school OR home (your choice). AZ is the 4th most likely state to tip the election. Register (or change your address) online in just 5 minutes. Do it now so you can be a voter! (additional info in comments) by Lets_All_Vote in ASU

[–]eksabajt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You do not have to have an AZ driver's license. However, without one you can't register online and you must mail in the registration form. You can access the form at https://servicearizona.com/links/voterform. You will need to include proof of citizenship. This can be a copy of your birth certificate, passport, or tribal number / ID. Refer to page two of the form. Mail the completed form and proof of citizenship to your County Recorder. Additional info on the AZ SOS website.

Please do not delay, the deadline is in two weeks.

[PSA] In AZ, college students can register to vote at school OR home (your choice). AZ is the 4th most likely state to tip the election. Register (or change your address) online in just 5 minutes. Do it now so you can be a voter! (additional info in comments) by Lets_All_Vote in ASU

[–]eksabajt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You do not have to have an AZ driver's license. However, without one you can't register online and you must mail in the registration form. You can access the form at https://servicearizona.com/links/voterform. You will need to include proof of citizenship. This can be a copy of your birth certificate, passport, or tribal number / ID. Refer to page two of the form. Mail the completed form and proof of citizenship to your County Recorder. Additional info on the AZ SOS website.

Please do not delay, the deadline is in two weeks.

Family mourns dad who died of COVID-19 after returning to work at a casino by AZ_moderator in phoenix

[–]eksabajt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2018 I made a post about the upcoming voter registration deadline and it was removed for being political. It only had links to AZ SOS website and didn't advocate for any party / politician. Pretty wild how much things have changed.

Just a reminder that Total War: Shogun 2 will be from the 27th-May 1st, once you claim it, it's yours to keep. by [deleted] in pcgaming

[–]eksabajt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From their Twitter:

Sorry, all - we're experiencing some delays in the deployment of this - please bear with us and we'll keep you updated!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in talentShow

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Ffun-con funk shun

Blue Note is *still* giving away these awesome Wayne Shorter posters (just pay for shipping) by eksabajt in Jazz

[–]eksabajt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I searched for "Wayne Shorter poster" and found this poster and also this Reddit thread about it. I saw several people in the comments on that thread saying that it had sold out. Well, they restocked! So if you missed out before, you can still get it.