Thank you for this assessment of the outward manifestations of an empire in steep decline. I recall my high school philosophy teacher commenting about the sad irony of putative young social rebels "conforming by not conforming". Thus, the purple hair and the bearded baristas dressed like lumberjacks at pretty much every Starbucks across …
Thank you for this assessment of the outward manifestations of an empire in steep decline. I recall my high school philosophy teacher commenting about the sad irony of putative young social rebels "conforming by not conforming". Thus, the purple hair and the bearded baristas dressed like lumberjacks at pretty much every Starbucks across the country.
Gil Scott-Heron once stated that the revolution will not be televised. He never dreamed that the de-evolution would be.
The tattoo thing is a head-scratcher for me. My Dad was an old Navy man so he had a tattoo of an anchor on his shoulder with the U.S.S. Oriskany beneath.
Tattoos are are almost de rigueur here in middle Tennessee. Pretty much everyone has at least one (with the exception of my wife, two sons, and me).
I watched in amazement as an otherwise very attractive woman at the local gym went through a tattoo metamorphosis over a period of six months last year. She started with one (that I could see) and by the end of the summer had them all over including her neck and face. I never had the guts to ask her whether everything was okay at home.
Hands down one of the best usernames on Substack. I don't get it either. All that money spent on self defiling, on imprinting ugliness, permanently scarring regrets onto one's largest organ. Invest in tattoo laser removal clinics. Franchise them like Ray Kroc did McDonalds. The person who invents the at home tattoo laser removal device and bribes the FDA for approval will be the wealthiest person in history.
I think everyone is entitled to their own personal sense of aesthetics and it’s not for me to tell others how to spend their own money, but I always wonder what would have happened if somebody covered with tattoos — the “book of me,” if you will — had spent that time and opportunity cost trying to create a work of art themselves instead.
Thank you for this assessment of the outward manifestations of an empire in steep decline. I recall my high school philosophy teacher commenting about the sad irony of putative young social rebels "conforming by not conforming". Thus, the purple hair and the bearded baristas dressed like lumberjacks at pretty much every Starbucks across the country.
Gil Scott-Heron once stated that the revolution will not be televised. He never dreamed that the de-evolution would be.
The tattoo thing is a head-scratcher for me. My Dad was an old Navy man so he had a tattoo of an anchor on his shoulder with the U.S.S. Oriskany beneath.
Tattoos are are almost de rigueur here in middle Tennessee. Pretty much everyone has at least one (with the exception of my wife, two sons, and me).
I watched in amazement as an otherwise very attractive woman at the local gym went through a tattoo metamorphosis over a period of six months last year. She started with one (that I could see) and by the end of the summer had them all over including her neck and face. I never had the guts to ask her whether everything was okay at home.
Hands down one of the best usernames on Substack. I don't get it either. All that money spent on self defiling, on imprinting ugliness, permanently scarring regrets onto one's largest organ. Invest in tattoo laser removal clinics. Franchise them like Ray Kroc did McDonalds. The person who invents the at home tattoo laser removal device and bribes the FDA for approval will be the wealthiest person in history.
"Franchise them like Ray Crock did McDonalds."
A) Please let me know when you make the IPO publicly available.
B) Thank you for the compliment.
https://youtu.be/vBmvfW7WOUc?si=zHGwEp8V16RgO3nu
THIS is one of my all time favorites! 🤣Speaking of tattoos…
That was quite funny
I cannot tell a lie. Guilty as charged 🤣😂🤣😉.
I think everyone is entitled to their own personal sense of aesthetics and it’s not for me to tell others how to spend their own money, but I always wonder what would have happened if somebody covered with tattoos — the “book of me,” if you will — had spent that time and opportunity cost trying to create a work of art themselves instead.
Some write; some get written on.
Very well stated. I agree.