Put THAT in your crack pipe
Studlystuf: how productive COULD America be if we didn't have cable television?
Studlystuf: i think we'd either be a 3rd world country because of a serious lack of stimulation - or we'd be dominating even more because we'd have nothing holding us back
msevier31: lets talk about productivity for a moment
msevier31: lets take away cable tv and internet
msevier31: we'd be reinventing the fucking wheel
Studlystuf: i agree
msevier31: aids and cancer - these things dont concern us
Studlystuf: dont get me wrong -- i LOVE cable
Studlystuf: but THAT is the root of the problem - that is my whole point
-----just solving life's little problems, and pondering the BIGGER issues
So, I was thinking. Everyone’s parents tell them not to take drugs and all of that other crap, when you’re growing up. You know, they tell you to steer clear of certain things – drugs, guns, knives, people of color (I’m only kidding, Karamo), strangers dangling candy out car windows – because they’re just trouble. They don’t want you to ruin your life. Understandable. (Though they encourage you to get married and start a family at some point – it’s all very confusing.) But, see, the thing is, I thought I had done pretty well. You know, I don’t do drugs. No weapons. No kidnappings. Very few minorities in my clique. (Chill, K, I’m just messing with you guys.) So, I figured my life was pretty much on track. Right? Wrong! Track? I’m on no track! I’ve derailed!
Does anyone know where this is going?
Look, our parents duped us! Plain and simple. It’s true. My parents. Your parents. Basically, if you have parents, you’ve been had! Bamboozled! Hoodwinked! Swindled! And I’ll tell you why. Because I care.
Mom, Dad, I don’t do drugs! Oh, goody! That certainly is something! But, at this juncture, I’m inclined to wonder if I’m actually better off. No, I don’t have a drug addiction. And that probably saves me some money. But, I think that’s where it ends. My life is still ruined! Hell, I couldn’t even find the time to do drugs – what with all the life I’m wasting on computer games, reality television, junk food, and AIM! Could my parents not have mentioned the real life-wreckers?
“Do all the drugs you want son, just don’t order premium channels. For the love of God, DO NOT expand your cable package! You can kick heroin in a just a few agonizing weeks – but you start watching television without commercials and you’re hooked for life! You get wind of NBA League Pass and you’re finished! Title Fights, HBO original series, world premiere movies with no interruptions! Violence, Adult Language, Nudity! All it takes is one hit and your life is over!”
Honestly, I think I’ve met druggies that are currently leading more productive lives than I am. (and by productive, I obviously mean completely void of purpose and direction, but at least they’re helping to support commerce through the drug market) My point is (I think I’ve still got one) – Someone should have had the courtesy and/or decency to mention that Cable TV and High Speed Internet might be a problem. I’m just saying…
By the way, “25th Hour” (with Ed Norton) is produced by “40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks”. Yea, you read that right. No, this isn’t a bit. I was giggling like a schoolgirl when I read that in the opening credits – what the hell is going on here? Glad I was paying attention! Does that strike anyone else as… inappropriate? I realize it’s a Spike Lee “joint”, but c’mon. 40 acres & a mule? I’m not even sure what kind of statement that makes. What’s he trying to say there? Hey, Karamo, can you help me out with this one? What are all the implications in a name like that?
Studlystuf: i think we'd either be a 3rd world country because of a serious lack of stimulation - or we'd be dominating even more because we'd have nothing holding us back
msevier31: lets talk about productivity for a moment
msevier31: lets take away cable tv and internet
msevier31: we'd be reinventing the fucking wheel
Studlystuf: i agree
msevier31: aids and cancer - these things dont concern us
Studlystuf: dont get me wrong -- i LOVE cable
Studlystuf: but THAT is the root of the problem - that is my whole point
-----just solving life's little problems, and pondering the BIGGER issues
So, I was thinking. Everyone’s parents tell them not to take drugs and all of that other crap, when you’re growing up. You know, they tell you to steer clear of certain things – drugs, guns, knives, people of color (I’m only kidding, Karamo), strangers dangling candy out car windows – because they’re just trouble. They don’t want you to ruin your life. Understandable. (Though they encourage you to get married and start a family at some point – it’s all very confusing.) But, see, the thing is, I thought I had done pretty well. You know, I don’t do drugs. No weapons. No kidnappings. Very few minorities in my clique. (Chill, K, I’m just messing with you guys.) So, I figured my life was pretty much on track. Right? Wrong! Track? I’m on no track! I’ve derailed!
Does anyone know where this is going?
Look, our parents duped us! Plain and simple. It’s true. My parents. Your parents. Basically, if you have parents, you’ve been had! Bamboozled! Hoodwinked! Swindled! And I’ll tell you why. Because I care.
Mom, Dad, I don’t do drugs! Oh, goody! That certainly is something! But, at this juncture, I’m inclined to wonder if I’m actually better off. No, I don’t have a drug addiction. And that probably saves me some money. But, I think that’s where it ends. My life is still ruined! Hell, I couldn’t even find the time to do drugs – what with all the life I’m wasting on computer games, reality television, junk food, and AIM! Could my parents not have mentioned the real life-wreckers?
“Do all the drugs you want son, just don’t order premium channels. For the love of God, DO NOT expand your cable package! You can kick heroin in a just a few agonizing weeks – but you start watching television without commercials and you’re hooked for life! You get wind of NBA League Pass and you’re finished! Title Fights, HBO original series, world premiere movies with no interruptions! Violence, Adult Language, Nudity! All it takes is one hit and your life is over!”
Honestly, I think I’ve met druggies that are currently leading more productive lives than I am. (and by productive, I obviously mean completely void of purpose and direction, but at least they’re helping to support commerce through the drug market) My point is (I think I’ve still got one) – Someone should have had the courtesy and/or decency to mention that Cable TV and High Speed Internet might be a problem. I’m just saying…
By the way, “25th Hour” (with Ed Norton) is produced by “40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks”. Yea, you read that right. No, this isn’t a bit. I was giggling like a schoolgirl when I read that in the opening credits – what the hell is going on here? Glad I was paying attention! Does that strike anyone else as… inappropriate? I realize it’s a Spike Lee “joint”, but c’mon. 40 acres & a mule? I’m not even sure what kind of statement that makes. What’s he trying to say there? Hey, Karamo, can you help me out with this one? What are all the implications in a name like that?
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