i’ve mentioned this before, but as someone who has taken college classes people call “communist propaganda” (along with economics, the opposite, so I dare you to come at me conservatives) I can confirm 99% of those claims come from the fact that marx is brought up in various social studies he contributed to. these people flip the fuck out even hearing about marx. it’s entertaining to witness, but quite pathetic.
also, the college I went to was a community college in a left-leaning area, yet all of my professors except one were vocally anticommunist. I thought this was supposed to be communist paradise, but no, you morons just can’t handle nuance so you cry when you hear the word ‘communism’ AT ALL unless it’s in a negative context. you think I enjoyed reading ayn fucking rand? no, but I didn’t have a fit on social media about it, because i’m capable of reading things I disagree with.
the reason why all internet content is created by either 4chan or tumblr is because both platforms have extremely low moderation(and what little exists is completely arbitrary) enforcement
the difference is 4chan’s lax moderation is baked into the system and hands off by design while tumblr’s lack of moderation is the hilarious result of what happens when you let people from brooklyn who don’t know how to dress themselves in the morning become tech guys
Proposed concepts for long-time nuclear waste warning messages for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, designed to universally warn far-future Human descendants of buried atomic waste
Jurassic World did the Avatar thing where it made a gajillion dollars and left no cultural footprint whatsoever. Name your favorite Jurassic World character. What was your favorite line. It evaporated despite everyone seeing it.
WRONG fav character was the extra that ran away from the pterodactyls with two margheritas in hand
Gotta do everything myself around here
So, I went into this guy’s Wikipedia page, because he looked familiar. And there’s this big “Controversies” section, so I was preparing myself to read that even the margaritas/pterodactyls guy has sexually assaulted someone. But it turns out that he hasn’t. However, he:
– Has been sued for copyright infringement for a ‘blasphemous’ musical rendition of a monologue from the 1950s
– He was on a plane with U2′s Bono and his family, and the plane was shot by the Jamaican police, who believed they were smuggling marijuana. He wrote a song about the incident.
– He’s actually a singer, and his better known song in called MARGARITAVILLE. He also owns the Margaritaville Cafe restaurant chain. And has licensed Margaritaville Tequila, Margaritaville Footwear, and a Margaritaville Foods. He owns the Margaritaville Casino, has released a “Margaritaville Online” game, and he wrote and starred in a musical called “Escape to Margaritaville”
– He also wrote a song called “Math Suks”, which was condemned by the US National Council of Teachers of Mathematics for its alleged negative effect on children’s education.
– He was thrown out of a basketball game he was watching for using blasphemous language in front of kids.
– And he was detained by French customs for allegedly carrying over 100 pills of ecstasy. Although he was released after paying a fine, and, according to him, the pills were a B-vitamin supplement.
So, yeah, that was refreshing controversies section-wise, but now I don’t know what to do with all that information.
Maybe its my age, but i’m a little concerned that the fact he is a singer and wrote Margaritaville wasn’t prior knowledge and is considered a controversy
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Beach, booze, Buffett.
Jimmy Buffett plays the margarita guy in Jurassic World because his most famous song is “Margaritaville” and this is therefore hilarious, I thought
absolutely obsessed with jimmy buffett being called “this guy”
Love the suggestion that the song and brand Margarativille are mentioned in passing on the Wikipedia page for uncredited Jurassic World extra Jimmy Buffett
Aside from not wanting to pay to see the worst takes of my life, here’s a graphic depiction of why Tumblr+ is a terrible idea.
[id: two circles that aren’t overlapping. one is labeled ‘websites i trust with my full name and credit card info’ and the other is labeled ‘tumblr’ /end id]
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