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    Retro

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    People are always whining about the good old days. , but Im talking totally ripping off fashion, music, aesthetic. And making a quasi shittier version. It started somewhere around the early 2000's with Tumblr and the skinny jean wearing hipsters I reckon. Ironically the music wasn't half bad. I liked the Strokes. Totally ripped off Vu, but I think that is the germ of the retro thing. The idea of not thinking of something new but completely copying something from the past. Instead of just being influenced. You hear musicians from the 60's and 70's talk and it was the music of the day or slightly earlier that really got them influenced, and they wanted to be themselves.

     

    Is it important? Not really.

    How does the World view America these days?

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    10 minutes ago, ignatius said:

    they do not care and think that's the government's problem. they resent the small or 0 amount of taxes they do actually pay.  they are hoarding wealth. 

     I guess you have to have that mind set to get to that position in the first place. I guess. I mean, lots of overnight billionaires in the tech world. Steve Wozniak threw a huge festival called the US festival back in 81. That has to count for something. He even said he never wanted to be rich.  Meaning he's never had an actual shitty job. Like George Harrison hated being a Beatle because he never had to actually work at a shitty manufacturing job for a couple years first. Where am I going with this? Im going nowhere.

    How does the World view America these days?

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    On 12/21/2022 at 10:44 AM, QBLA said:

    My son has friends from Europe, Australia, and South America that usually come to San Diego for Scooter and Skate events and they are like "WTF is wrong with you people?" Some of them were afraid for their lives when they went to Lake Havasu and saw trumpito flags as far as the eye can see. They thought they were gonna get shot up. They said that they feel safer in South Central L.A. when they went to skateparks there.

    Can you rephrase that in English?

    You mean Trump flags made them afraid for their lives? Why? They are much more likely to get shot in South Central. Unless Im reading you wrong. The whole gun thing is awful here, but it's a foreign concept to non Americans who just have an inbuilt compass for avoiding that shit. 

    Trump was nothing. The George Bush jr years were the height of America the pariah. We sent other countries off to die over a lie, Talk about America bashing? Holy shit. It was deserved too. Fucking Spain had 300 people die in a subway bombing, or else. They backed out of going to Iraq.  Trump is a side show comedian compared to the George Jr /Cheney days

     

    Non sequitur; The 45 billion to Ukraine I have a funny feeling isn't really being spent. But recirculated back into our weapons manufacturers. 

    How does the World view America these days?

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    I think most people are tribal. I hate it in myself. I hear an European scoffing at America. Calling Americans ignorant and not free as we think we are. Very focused on the freedom slogan the Europeans. I don't think most Americans buy that shit. It's just a slogan. But my tribal instincts are like fuck you you arrogant Euro trash cologne wearing cunt. With the scarf. But then I back up and think why do I give a shit? A nation is not everyone. Everyone is an individual.  Ive been giving zero fucks lately. Walking towards shadowy figures in the dark instead of veering away from them. Walking closer to cars passing by instead of getting on the grass for them. I must be going a little nuts.  Every country has its problems. America is just under a microscope. I listen to the BBC all the time. They are having huge issues with the NHS. Does the world know? Of course not. It's fun to poke sticks at America because I guess we invented practically everything that is fun in the last 100 years. We make the world fun. We dominate. Id hate that country, too.  Id point out its shirt comings as much as possible to make my tribal mind feel better. It's a trap. You aren't your country.

     

    What bothers me, is seeing Billionaires not help obvious poverty like at the border. Fuck waiting for the government. Build a bunch of facilities to help those people in the border towns. 

    The rich always have to make charity a science project to obfuscate any real progress. So we don't expect to see any real progress for 30 years on a their very altruistic endeavor. blah blah blah.

    I keep hearing about charities , What fucking charities? Im poor'ish, no one tells me about charities I can go to. No government official has sent me a letter with a list of charities. They aren't real. 

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    Retro

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    When did it start? I dont ever remember retro being in the mind in the 90's or the 80's when I was a kid. It was always forward thinking. At some point, Youth could only look to the past to be cool. 

    It's made ersatz art. 

     

    I sound like a grumpy old man. Im not saying there isn't good shit. I just dont ever remember the thought of a retro mind set and maybe the world was better for it. 

    Decades all look the same now.. It all melts into the next. 

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    How does the World view America these days?

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    1 hour ago, ignatius said:

    if you're in america.. never have an argument w/a stranger. 

    this is fucked up. dude straight up executes people over an argument. obviously not the first time he's shot someone. put in a spoiler so you don't have to see it if ya don't want to. 

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    This happens so much it confounds me why these idiots dont realize they are going to prison forever. And what prison is like and how much it sucks. Over something stupid. They need more scared straight stuff for trouble children. 

    Favourite YouTube Videos

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    Really enjoying all the stuff Im discovering from the sunsets sound Youtube page.  As Prince nut and Eddie Van Halen fan

     

     

     

     

     

    Susanna Hoffs. My Dream Woman. and a beautiful song

     

     

    What a fascinating Guy Rodney is

     

     

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    laser eye surgery

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    Posted · Edited by marf

    I went blind for a year after lassie. Not kidding. Worst pain of my life too. turns out I had herpes in both eyes. No pain killersa either. Worst nightmare of my lief. at least I got my money back and my vision. But it was almost a whole year of total blindness and pain beyond anything I can describe.  Then after it healed I had horrible dry eye for a year. Turns out a warm compress heals that. but I used 100 vials of eye drops a day for a year. 20 bucks a day. Dry eye is another level if fucked. This was about 5 years ago.  My eyes are about 20/30 now. And its wonderful. So I like that part. The doctor didnt tell me I might not get my sight back. My cornea got damaged, but that eventually healed too. But it took years.

     

    I am the less than 1 percent though. I m sure it'll work idiot for you. Its great once it heals. 

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    Films Recently Watched

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    I watched part of raiders of the lost ark tonight. I took me until this night in my life to realize one detail. The nazis only had one side to the head piece to find the ark. The one side was from the burn mark on the Creepy German guys hand from the bar in Nepal. "their dining in the wrong place"! 

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