tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post9165172714030433358..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: The Pot Slave is Also a Good Onebradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-90276204880270666742010-09-12T15:18:09.382-04:002010-09-12T15:18:09.382-04:00Irony is dead.
I'll just say; if anyone in th...Irony is dead. <br />I'll just say; if anyone in this thread actually thinks that not buying coffee will help the situation in Columbia, you're welcome to test this belief by not buying coffee and seeing if the situation improves.Ryan W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10436503972074564305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-72499100614576767042010-09-04T13:07:11.811-04:002010-09-04T13:07:11.811-04:00AT&T, we are reading him very differently. I&...AT&T, we are reading him very differently. I'm not sure what your interpretation is, or what you think my motives for calling you a dingbat are, but clearly lines are crossed and I'm sure it's because this sentence is ended not with a period but with a "you're a moron!"<br /><br />Zach was making a joke about the injustice of the world and how it's not even used for a remotely reasonable cause, and I thought he did it in a clever enough way. The rest, well, fuck, I have no idea what you're talking about, man.<br /><br />Er, I mean, fuck you!<br /><br />But yes, speaking with your tongue in your cheek sometimes makes it sound like you're mumbling, but I've found even straight in approaches are misinterpreted, so I'll just stick to what I enjoy! YAY SARCASM!NutellaonToasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524357022370926931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-12105799195961752822010-09-04T11:54:32.729-04:002010-09-04T11:54:32.729-04:00On the internet, meaningful concepts quickly devol...On the internet, meaningful concepts quickly devolve into inane arguments in which the de facto and preemptive winner sometimes feel compelled to stoop to the level of the glaringly obvious loser.<br /><br />But then, there's nothing on TV, Hollywood sucks, and there are so many books published these days one scarcely knows where to begin?<br /><br />Behold ye internet.Robin Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098768488282086396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-13806836073076962002010-09-04T11:38:42.298-04:002010-09-04T11:38:42.298-04:00So he was making an ironic joke about glib liberal...So he was making an ironic joke about glib liberal professors who mislead their students while attempting to make obvious comments about Third World labor conditions?<br /><br />And you're making an ironic joke about reactionary maniacs on the Internet who make bad arguments and use insults as a form of punctuation?<br /><br />It's like making fun of lousy writers by being a lousy writer.atatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-31423933281123849162010-09-04T03:50:06.751-04:002010-09-04T03:50:06.751-04:00Zach is funny man.Zach is funny man.Robin Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098768488282086396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-69159725354096440402010-09-04T03:12:41.995-04:002010-09-04T03:12:41.995-04:00I'm fairly certain that Zach's glib demean...I'm fairly certain that Zach's glib demeanour demonstrates the exact nature of what you described. If he had thought that not eating banana flavoured coffee would change shit, he would have been earnest instead. Perhaps that is what you missed.<br /><br />Or else I made it up. either way, I really like insulting people on the internet, so don't take it personally, asshole.NutellaonToasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524357022370926931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-2295753494948310252010-09-03T14:05:28.101-04:002010-09-03T14:05:28.101-04:00Obviously, I can see "the inherent exploitive...Obviously, I can see "the inherent exploitive nature of our relationship with poor motherfuckers," but that has nothing to do with the point I was making. Insulting me may make you feel better, just as curbing your consumption of coffee (or bananas or whatever) may make you feel better. The problem is that both of those reactions manage to avoid the actual issue, and could in fact end up doing more harm than good.atatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-11648586873372733812010-09-03T13:28:39.939-04:002010-09-03T13:28:39.939-04:00It's a truth we have difficulty, in so many wa...It's a truth we have difficulty, in so many ways, dealing with.Robin Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098768488282086396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-15903566697606342792010-09-03T12:34:28.469-04:002010-09-03T12:34:28.469-04:00To be only slightly less glib, but I'm sorry, ...To be only slightly less glib, but I'm sorry, AT&T, but if you can't see the inherent exploitive nature of our relationship with poor motherfuckers, then you just have your head up your ass. Yea, fine, maybe "slavery" is a bit hyperbolic; good point, grammar NAZI.NutellaonToasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524357022370926931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-42999704283370832432010-09-03T12:32:58.866-04:002010-09-03T12:32:58.866-04:00alternative explanation: Human beings rationalize....alternative explanation: Human beings rationalize.<br /><br />I know, it's rare! I swear, though, that I've seen it happen!NutellaonToasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524357022370926931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-47753248578562610292010-09-03T11:52:13.345-04:002010-09-03T11:52:13.345-04:00But that's too reductive, and it's why the...But that's too reductive, and it's why the Columbian coffee example misses the mark. People try to inflict guilt with those sort of glib statements, but it's an empty guilt, because the system can not be reversed with this false either/or choice.atatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-80870421401565576062010-09-03T00:00:14.470-04:002010-09-03T00:00:14.470-04:00Sadly, globalization facilitates slavery at a dist...Sadly, globalization facilitates slavery at a distance, and distance lends, if not enchantment, at least emotional remove.<br /><br />The pleasure of cheap goodies is much closer and more immediately affecting than the pain of slaves way down yonder.Robin Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098768488282086396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-85016427902195058562010-09-02T23:46:57.090-04:002010-09-02T23:46:57.090-04:00The Facebook status slaves were a lot more skilled...The Facebook status slaves were a lot more skilled in Orwell's days.NutellaonToasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524357022370926931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-30415138234476837362010-09-02T13:10:42.834-04:002010-09-02T13:10:42.834-04:00Yeah, Orwell's Facebook status makes a lot mor...Yeah, Orwell's Facebook status makes a lot more sense than that other dude's.atatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-31209152320717051182010-09-02T10:42:51.978-04:002010-09-02T10:42:51.978-04:00Orwell said it fairly clearly:
"We all live ...Orwell said it fairly clearly:<br /><br />"We all live by robbing Asiatic coolies, and those of us who are ‘enlightened’ all maintain that those coolies ought to be set free; but our standard of living, and hence our ‘enlightenment’, demands that the robbery shall continue. A humanitarian is always a hypocrite, and Kipling’s understanding of this is perhaps the central secret of his power to create telling phrases. It would be difficult to hit off the one-eyed pacifism of the English in fewer words than in the phrase, ‘making mock of uniforms that guard you while you sleep’. It is true that Kipling does not understand the economic aspect of the relationship between the highbrow and the blimp. He does not see that the map is painted red chiefly in order that the coolie may be exploited. "<br /><br />Americans get dibs on the Western Hemisphere coolies, although our inability to get rid of Castro & Chavez may be a sign that the system is breaking down.Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-8583509857404409512010-09-01T12:21:35.719-04:002010-09-01T12:21:35.719-04:00Well, you're not seeing something....Well, you're not seeing something....NutellaonToasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524357022370926931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-67459047204145720212010-08-31T20:12:09.233-04:002010-08-31T20:12:09.233-04:00That doesn't even make sense. So the Columbian...That doesn't even make sense. So the Columbian farmer would make more money if only coffee wasn't such a hot international commodity? Or am I just not seeing the brilliance at work here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com