I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[rickyb]

That was a pretty big hit. Sure glad he donated all the proceeds to charity.

i probably hated it back in the day . defintely didnt listen to the lyrics. its better now.

 

[rickyb]

i figure america was at its greatest around 1960s / first half of 1970s

 

[vantexan]

i figure america was at its greatest around 1960s / first half of 1970s

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Were you alive?

 

[rickyb]

Were you alive?

i wish it was a great time to be alive

 

[vantexan]

i wish it was a great time to be alive

No computers. Cars were gas hogs. Guys had long hair.

 

[Thebrownblob]

No computers. Cars were gas hogs. Guys had long hair.

Sounds pretty awesome

 

[vantexan]

Sounds pretty awesome

Not for me. Worked my ass off for peanuts.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Not for me. Worked my ass off for peanuts.

My parents were hippies

 

[vantexan]

My parents were hippies

My parents were spare the rod, spoil the child types.

 

[Thebrownblob]

My parents were spare the rod, spoil the child types.

My mother grew out of it pretty quick my father never did lol. Do you know what’s worse than hippies? An old hippie

 

[vantexan]

My mother grew out of it pretty quick my father never did lol. Do you know what’s worse than hippies? An old hippie

My mother's family were hillbillies. Do you know the difference between a redneck and a hillbilly? A redneck is what a hillbilly aspires to be.

 

[Thebrownblob]

My mother's family were hillbillies. Do you know the difference between a redneck and a hillbilly? A redneck is what a hillbilly aspires to be.

Well, we can’t pick our family members lol

 

[rickyb]

No computers. Cars were gas hogs. Guys had long hair.

your govt actually used to work back then

 

[vantexan]

your govt actually used to work back then

You obviously didn't live then.

 

[rickyb]

You obviously didn't live then.

its just history and who you believe

 

[vantexan]

its just history and who you believe

I lived it, you didn't.

 

[rickyb]

this fat balding ginger went out and talked to stranger women until he figured out how to be attractive. he did what i didnt do.

this video he dives into the meaning of the matrix.

"most people have very little original thought"

 

[rickyb]

i was watching david goggins. toughness is not necessarily bad, it can be good.

but the flip side to being tough is you normalize bad conditions (from capitalists).

 

[rickyb]

the middle class is so dead. while in school, i met 2 nurses working almost every day of the week. they make over 40/hr

wages havent gone up for inflation here since 1989. in america its been 1973.

mega banks lent out more money, increasing housing prices, increasing the debt

 

[rickyb]

DRAINAGEEEE