Political Discussions for "Adults"

The Batlord · 10-13-2019, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I think it's associated with being weird, broke, and celibate

Only cause artists are stupid and chase that association with being god-emperor when they're no longer landed gentry who can afford to waste their time on nonsense while still being ****ing rich.

~~jwb~~ · 10-13-2019, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

You are both dirty, smelly plebes. Having taste in art no longer conjures to the mind that you're a member of the landed gentry with enough time to waste on staring at Botticelli, but having taste in art is still associated with intelligence and sophistication, as opposed to stupidity and crudity. And that is still at least subconsciously associated with wealth and privilege, or at least being someone destined for greater wealth and privilege than someone who is crude and stupid.

We are all still interacting with our culture as if we were living in a true aristocracy. Humanity has lived in aristocracies of one form or another for thousands of years. We're just not as aware of it anymore.

Yeh but that still doesn't mean I'm hypocritical for making fun of the romanticizing of the poor and elph's peacocking simultaneously.

The association of intelligence and culture with the rich is deeply ingrained but no longer accurate. That doesn't mean anyone who seeks the former is merely using it as a means to obtain the latter.

~~jwb~~ · 10-13-2019, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

there is something that your brain does when it reads words off a page that is different from what you get from hearing spoken words

when I was kid I just liked reading ****in everything from the ingredients on cereal boxes to warning labels to any book I could get my hands on

that something different like I said is the extra step of converting characters into words in your mind. It's not magic.

If you copied the book down by hand as you read it you would remember it much better. That's the same reason that teachers stress you take notes rather than just read the slide show. Even if you never go back over the notes, just writing them down makes you remember more. Once again cause you're spending more time on each word.

This can be overcome with audiobooks by relistening multiple times to the same portion.

OccultHawk · 10-13-2019, 11:17 PM

When I end up in a conversation with a rich person it usually takes me about five minutes to make sure they know I’m far more well-read and travelled than they are. I'm also quick to note that military travel doesn’t count and neither do business trips where all you did was go to a ****ing conference.

~~jwb~~ · 10-13-2019, 11:21 PM

Typical hippy scum

~~jwb~~ · 10-13-2019, 11:24 PM

I'm sure he would've gotten along great back then. If there's one thing primitive tribal people love it's radical thinkers who question the status quo

~~jwb~~ · 10-14-2019, 12:21 AM

It's a good line

I was responding more to the romanticizing of tribal life.

Mindy · 10-14-2019, 10:06 AM

After seeing that new video of trump with the church scene from Kingsmen, someone here should start a Gun Control thread...

Psy-Fi · 10-14-2019, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

After seeing that new video of trump with the church scene from Kingsmen, someone here should start a Gun Control thread...

Mindy · 10-14-2019, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I agree with that statement.

Biggest statement we had in the marine corps

but there is an actual reason for debate I think in America, thread worthy

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Typical hippy scum

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I'm sure he would've gotten along great back then. If there's one thing primitive tribal people love it's radical thinkers who question the status quo

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	It's a good line I was responding more to the romanticizing of tribal life.