Current Affairs Culture wars & The rise of grifting

[coollino]

Uncle Ted says Hi. Where do I post your letter?

Thought you'd be against stamps tbh

 

[Goat]

Uncle Ted says Hi. Where do I post your letter?

I have no idea who Uncle Ted is.

 

[tsubaki]

You arent dissidents, you are just raging bellends.

Come back to me when you dont pay taxes and live in a tent living off the world, then you will have truly rejected THE MAN.

It’s the homogenous dissidence that does my head in - they all spout the same crap, post the same videos and follow the same free thinkers. They are about as dissident as fans of Coke, CR7 or the Democrats are. When was the last time any of them had a genuine thought of their own?

 

[Goat]

It’s the homogenous dissidence that does my head in - they all spout the same crap, post the same videos and follow the same free thinkers. They are about as dissident as fans of Coke, CR7 or the Democrats are. When was the last time any of them had a genuine thought of their own?

Indeed, they are more brainwashed than we will ever be.

 

[Uuuuuurgh plop plop]

Thought you'd be against stamps tbh

Okay mate

 

[Goat]

Free thinking means doing whatever Trump tells them to do.

 

[Uuuuuurgh plop plop]

I have no idea who Uncle Ted is.

The Unabomber. Went to rage against the system and lived in a cabin in the woods for a bit until he went nuts and sent letter bombs to universities.

Prior to all that he wrote some interesting books and continued to write books in prison.

 

[Prevenger17]

Joins on 21 April and calls himself a dissident. I'll take humongous multi bellend for 500 Alex

 

[tsubaki]

Indeed, they are more brainwashed than we will ever be.

Maybe not brainwashed, but they’ve certainly adopted what they think is an identity and it’s rules, mores, beliefs etc.

 

[Uuuuuurgh plop plop]

Free thinking means doing whatever Trump tells them to do.

No Trump supporters here mate.

 

[Uuuuuurgh plop plop]

Joins on 21 April and calls himself a dissident. I'll take humongous multi bellend for 500 Alex

If you haven't anything nice to say.

 

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Maybe not brainwashed, but they’ve certainly adopted what they think is an identity and it’s rules, mores, beliefs etc.

A lot of assumptions there

 

[Goat]

No Trump supporters here mate.

So how does 1 become a dissident?

Do I just watch youtube vids and tut loudly?

 

[woodsyni]

The Unabomber. Went to rage against the system and lived in a cabin in the woods for a bit until he went nuts and sent letter bombs to universities.

Prior to all that he wrote some interesting books and continued to write books in prison.

Wrote books, went mad, killed people. That's a book recommendation that's hard to resist. ?

 

[Uuuuuurgh plop plop]

So how does 1 become a dissident?

Do I just watch youtube vids and tut loudly?

Dissident isn't really the correct word because you wouldn't really be challenging the government in any way but it's not really appropriate to call it apathy because that implies you don't care.

I guess it means I've lost all faith in the "establishment", our government and the institutions. I think they all stink to high heaven and I don't believe voting red or blue or any other colour tie is going to change anything.

I don't know why this has fired so many people up. I don't know why it has encouraged people to be rude but it's clear to me, at least, that refusing to pick a side and have my cords pulled obviously rubs people up the wrong way.