Oh yeah, says who? People should be using this line much more often I think. So many times I have friends who inflict massive amounts of stress upon themselves in the pursuit of conformity.
-You need a diamond and expensive white dress to get married.
-Your apartment needs a TV, and you need a car.
-Being fashionable and beautiful is important.
-The government is the way it is, and always will be.
Oh yeah? SAYS WHO? Just because we do something because “that’s the way it’s always been done,” doesn’t make it the better option. Why not try to break out of this cultural rut. Have a potluck at your wedding, and leave the $2000 ring at the store. Change your environment, your politics, your culture! Ask yourself why you cling to these old practices, and whether or not you truly believe in them. —Unchanging Uniform Universe
This article appears in May 31 – Jun 6, 2012.
“Who Says” you can’t wipe your ass with your left hand? Goodbye toilet paper – Hello cholera.
“Who Says” you can’t have sex with a 12 year old hottie? Goodbye South End – Hello South Mountain.
“Who Says” slavery was abolished. Lets go down to the square and acquire a couple of strong-backed bucks and a comely octoroon for fornicatory purposes. Hello 40 acres – Goodbye front teeth.
“Who Says” you have to cooperate with the cops when someone is shot dead in your daffydills. In fact, “Who Says” you can’t whack a business competitor.
You do see where I’m going with this, don’t you Naomi Klein….
There are some who dare to be different….. Says who?!….
http://assets.diylol.com/hfs/419/000/bae/r…
I actually really like the concept of this bitch,ob. I have been NOT keeping up with the Jones’ for quite a few years now.
I have a comfortable life, and it’s much happier now that I really don’t give a flying pig fart what ANYONE thinks of my clothes, hair, apartment, car, etc.
Don’t misunderstand, it’s all nice, but I couldn’t care less if anyone agrees!
And, you are right, just because we’ve always done it, doesn’t mean we always have to do it…..things can change if we choose to do something about it.(Obviously, I’m speaking about personal circumstances, not laws, and such, so don’t go off on a tangent, Mo. man;) It’s all about positive attitude. I’m so happy I could SHIT freaking rainbows.
since when is 2000 dollars expensive for a ring? I just paid 2100 for my gfs engagement ring and i thought it was cheap.
http://www.dnbradio.com/cache/magic-poop-r…
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Im_e2b0aa…
Giggety!
when this is the sales pitch…
yes, it’s cheap.
http://diamondthoughts.com/wp-content/uplo…
depending where you live, you may want to invest a little more though…
for her safety.
http://wedinator.files.wordpress.com/2010/…
That last one is perfect for a Stabbyville engagement, Zed.
yup, stabbyville engagement indeed.
Put ‘the good’ sweatpants on, go to KFC, order the ‘family bucket’… girl raises eyebrow…
propose right then and there…
live happily ever after, until stabbed.
how dreamy
I know a certain bar just up the street in Clayton Park where they could hold the reception. It’s BYOB of course. (Bring Your Own Bodyarmour)
What?! Too soon?
Nah, I’m thinking a Stabbyville wedding reception consists of a couple rolled up pieces of cooked ham and some superstore coldslaw on the side. The green shit.
Tiger pop to wash it all down.
It’d be quite the affair.
we had fund raisers at that eatery
lol @ tiger pop
I wonder if the “GT Boutique” has a bridal registry? They could go pick out Royal Chinette patterns together lol
Oh BTW Zed, if you’re getting any ‘ideas’ here, I’ll loan you my “colonel’s club” card. 18 piece family meal for $29.99.
I don’t think “Tiger Boutique” carries Royal Chinette. That shit’s too ‘upscale’ for da Tiger.
TIGER PLATES.
skip the ribs http://djxtreme.files.wordpress.com/2011/0…
A co-worker at the drug store I used to work at told me the customer she just served had a big bucket of KFC chicken, said she was on her way to a wedding and that “admission” to the wedding was a bucket of chicken.
THAT. IS. AWESOME. MEL.
2100 bucks for some bling? i dunno brandon, you could go on a nice trip for that kinda money
how big are the bride and groom that they wanted 50… 100… 150…. buckets of chicken?!?!
jeepers.
or was it at city hall and they were too cheap to spring for food?
hmmm….
I’m pretty sure PK’s wedding would feature donair poutine…
Nah.
Because I’M ALL ALONE, THERE NOBODY LEFT
http://gawker.com/5913901/what-a-differenc…
who says it has to be to somebody…
Dennis Rodman married himself….
and then there’s this guy
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10404956…
get to programming and you’re all set.
Because THAT isn’t completely pathetic or anything 😉
I’ll give the politically correct answer and say that demographically, there were large families in the area of that store.
Oh just say it, Mel: you worked in fatty-town.
Now don’tcha feel better? hahaha.
and the world should change to suit you o.p., oh, yeah, says who, back atcha.
I must say that I agree with bitch whole-heartedly. Particularly the part about jewelry, what a waste of money that is. The idea is to go into debt for a tiny piece of shiny rock and that shows your love for somebody? What a concept.
Those crazy Japs. First Pearl Harbour, then Nobuhiko Takada trying legit MMA, now this fruit marries a video game character. Next thing Godzilla gonna try giving a blow-job to Voltron.
nah biscuit, i was thinking he would prolly do t.j.
THE INNER-DIRECTED MAN
Contrary to what Kontee McZidholz (06/04. 10:42AM) maintains, it is only possible to grasp what the poster is saying by virtue of those “laws and such.” Well, maybe not laws as such but rather sociological insights along the lines of David Riesman’s classic study, “The Lonely Crowd.”
Riesman’s thesis, of course, was more elegant that the poster’s but the thrust was identical. He maintained that today we live in an “Other-Directed” society, one in which we take our cue as to what is proper and fitting from others around us. In effect, society consists of a series of reflecting mirrors in which each of us, lacking independent traditions and any moral compass, can only ape the Other. Society is, as a consequence, a “lonely crowd” for just that reason – there are no supervening guidelines. We exist in a social vacuum cast adrift on the sea of fashion and immitation ideals.
By contrast, Riesman’s “Inner-Directed Man” steers by his own moral and social compass independently of those around him. He is the one who says, “Says who?” The question, of course, is the source of his autonomy. Where does it comne from? In a time of the near total collapse of organized religion, rapacious globalizing capitalism and contempt for traditional values in general, whence the source of Inner-Directed Man’s new moral compass?
But to ask the question is, of course, to misconceive it since, by definition, the “source” of inner-directedness cannot lie outside Inner-Directed Man but only within. He is, necessarily, the originator of his “weltanschauung,” his world-view.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Where can I find Riesman’s thesis? It sounds like an interesting read.
see… it’s becoming ‘a thing’
http://jezebel.com/5915479/self-marriage-f…
RSVP
: TheCaptain (06/05, 9:27AM)
Riesman’s “The Lonely Crowd” (1950) was a book, not a graduate school thesis. When I wrote “thesis” I was referring to his theory or main idea. I was writing from memory but I’ve just checked Wikipedia and it’s all there. I’m sure it’s in the Halifax Library.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
“I was writing from memory” – Like when you, (ahem) “quoted” Darwin’s, Voyage of the Beagle?
Thanks!
Just because it’s becoming a “thing,” doesn’t mean it isn’t pathetic as frig.
…and funny as all get out
“Those crazy Japs. First Pearl Harbour, then Nobuhiko Takada trying legit MMA, now this fruit marries a video game character. Next thing Godzilla gonna try giving a blow-job to Voltron.”
Tuve relaciones sexuales con su madre!
“nah biscuit, i was thinking he would prolly do t.j.”
Sólo después de haber tenido relaciones sexuales con su madre
Godzilla can cross oceans to wreak his terrible vengeance. I hardly think a muddy stream and piss-ass fence are going to stop him. And who’s going to ask to see his green card? Not I.