Thread: This world is bullshit

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Her 15 minutes of fame and all she's got it a generic "be yourself" and "this world is bullshit"?

I'm so glad that she's not like the other people. You know, the other people that she thinks she's better than because she can spout out two trite blurbs.

Lame.

epic fail.

Whatever became of that broad?

I guess that just helps prove her point, yeah this world is bullshit.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Her 15 minutes of fame and all she's got it a generic "be yourself" and "this world is bullshit"?

I'm so glad that she's not like the other people. You know, the other people that she thinks she better than because she can spout out two trite blurbs.

Lame.

She is preaching originality, which is desperately needed in todays youth.
I don't think is lame.

Just look at the AIR Jordan shoe effect, kids tend to have 10 pairs and most of them only get used twice or 3 times. Its a disease, peer pressure to fit in.

Originally Posted by HialeahChico305

She is preaching originality, which is desperately needed in todays youth.
I don't think is lame.

The problem is that she did it so very, very badly.

She could have at least quoated someone. The Dalai Lama, Jesus, Shinzen Young, or just about anyone. She also could have done it without shitting on other people who chose to spend their time thanking the people that helped them to get there.

Originally Posted by HialeahChico305

Just look at the AIR Jordan shoe effect, kids tend to have 10 pairs and most of them only get used twice or 3 times. Its a disease, peer pressure to fit in.

I completely agree that commercialism is a societal illness.

yeah I agree with her, but her delivery and content sucked.

Originally Posted by DOMS

I completely agree that commercialism is a societal illness.

yep and it starts with children watching way too much TV. all of my friends that have the types of kids that "want" everything spend the most time in front of the tv.

on a side not who in the fuck is fiona apple?

Originally Posted by LAM

on a side not who in the fuck is fiona apple?

A wordsmith.

Originally Posted by LAM

yep and it starts with children watching way too much TV. all of my friends that have the types of kids that "want" everything spend the most time in front of the tv.

As I alluded to in my Netflix thread, commercials are physiological assaults on the mind.

Since my kids have stopped watching broadcasts with commercials in them, they barely ask for anything and are quite content with what they have.

Among other things, I'm raising my kids to not be consumers.

Originally Posted by troubador

A wordsmith.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Among other things, I'm raising my kids to not be consumers.

consumption is for suckers....

Originally Posted by DOMS

As I alluded to in my Netflix thread, commercials are physiological assaults on the mind.

Since my kids have stopped watching broadcasts with commercials in them, they barely ask for anything and are quite content with what they have.

Among other things, I'm raising my kids to not be consumers.

Aint that the freakin truth! More parents should follow your example, we're bombarded with subliminal msgs. on a daily basis. These are really for kids now.Well, the majority are atleast. Some aren't so subtle, I could be watching, I don't know a football game and every commercial is the same, buy beer, buy a cadillac and watch me get a dui, cause we all no how well booze and vehicles go together.

Originally Posted by IronAddict

Aint that the freakin truth! More parents should follow your example, we're bombarded with subliminal msgs. on a daily basis. These are really for kids now.Well, the majority are atleast. Some aren't so subtle, I could be watching, I don't know a football game and every commercial is the same, buy beer, buy a cadillac and watch me get a dui, cause we all no how well booze and vehicles go together.

I don't know if you've seen it, but here's the thread I was referring to.

a lot of my friends that don't have a firm grasp on economics, etc. just think I'm cheap because I live very modest as compared to my income. but I just don't crave material possessions. just about every I buy has multiple functions but that is the engineer in me.

I would rather spend my money on creating memories (travel, eating out, etc.) the filling my house full of crap that really serves no purpose.

it all stems from my parents severely restricting the amount of tv that my sister and I watched as she consumes just as little as I.

Originally Posted by LAM

a lot of my friends that don't have a firm grasp on economics, etc. just think I'm cheap because I live very modest as compared to my income. but I just don't crave material possessions. just about every I buy has multiple functions but that is the engineer in me.

I would rather spend my money on creating memories (travel, eating out, etc.) the filling my house full of crap that really serves no purpose.

it all stems from my parents severely restricting the amount of tv that my sister and I watched as she consumes just as little as I.

I will chip in my 2 cents from my own experience. I use to crave buying things I did not need like multiple pair of shoes, shiny rims, clothes etc. I been away from the States for 2 1/2 years and that crave is gone at the same time my exposure to American propaganda has decreased greatly. I am in a better economical position then what I was in the states with less desire to purchase things that I do not need.

Originally Posted by HialeahChico305

I will chip in my 2 cents from my own experience. I use to crave buying things I did not need like multiple pair of shoes, shiny rims, clothes etc. I been away from the States for 2 1/2 years and that crave is gone at the same time my exposure to American propaganda has decreased greatly. I am in a better economical position then what I was in the states with less desire to purchase things that I do not need.

Well living in the jungle and worshiping a statue of a gold monkey does give you a new out look on life

Originally Posted by Dark Geared God

Well living in the jungle and worshiping a statue of a gold monkey do give you a new out look on life

"Man cannot help aspiring toward the goods of this world, nor can he help aspiring toward the serene detachment from the things of this world which the traditional philosopher sought; but it is not within his power to achieve either of these ambitions, or having achieved them to find therein the satisfaction he had anticipated." ~ Robert G. Olson

Originally Posted by Dark Geared God

Well living in the jungle and worshiping a statue of a gold monkey do give you a new out look on life

Back in the days, I would had rushed that gold monkey to the pawn shop for some weekend funds.

'Needs' and 'Wants' are not the same things. I try my best to live with only things that I need, and try not to feed my desire (or greed?) with things that I want. This is very hard habit for me to break. But atleast I am aware of it and I am working on it. Giving up TV few years ago, was a big step for me.

Originally Posted by HialeahChico305

Back in the days, I would had rushed that gold monkey to the pawn shop for some weekend funds.

the teen years in the jungle to buy that yeyo

end of the worlds as we know it, and i feel fine

Originally Posted by Prince

yeah I agree with her, but her delivery and content sucked.

Plus, it is hard to consider advice from a pop star on how important originality is. If she wasn't smoking hot like every other pop star, nobody would have anything to do with her, and the irony is she is bullshit along with the bullshit.

I like some of her music, though. Some of her songs are pretty dark.