Topic: What do you folks think of Occupy?
Aileron !LUFRSd346Y started this discussion 15 years ago #15,708
I'm just curious. They occupied our office a few weeks back, and completely turned me off the movement even more so than before. I'm sorry, if you haven't worked in 20 years you're unemployable.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #273,811
> I'm sorry, if you haven't worked in 20 years you're unemployable.
bit of a vicious circle there
also they trashed our city centre and then disappeared into the night and left all their rubbish behind
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1462562_what-a-mess-protesters-who-occupied-site-in-manchester-leave-council-with-huge-clean-up-bill
bit of a vicious circle there
also they trashed our city centre and then disappeared into the night and left all their rubbish behind
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1462562_what-a-mess-protesters-who-occupied-site-in-manchester-leave-council-with-huge-clean-up-bill
TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 31 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #273,812
It's a double edged sword, as much as I'm impressed with how many people actually gathered, the amount of clueless hipsters is just lol.
protip !!pMmAiEwOm joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 19 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #273,814
Lots of assholes, sure, but the reforms are needed.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #273,816
Eh, maybe their intentions are good but they don't really have any direction and they do more harm than good with all of these occupations.
TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k replied with this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #273,820
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Yeah, half the amount of people and strategically placed explosives would get the job done far better.
A reform is needed indeed, but I'm loosing hope that the occupy movement will bring it...
Yeah, half the amount of people and strategically placed explosives would get the job done far better.
A reform is needed indeed, but I'm loosing hope that the occupy movement will bring it...
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #273,822
Nobody will listen to them until they start killing. Just saying.
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Anonymous F double-posted this 15 years ago, 47 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #273,824
Ph !SQAJbBZk/o joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 24 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #273,832
Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 45 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #273,833
A joke of a movement which will be gone and forgotten by this time next year.
Homestar !RUNNERV7vk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 47 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,836
This is by far the best type of instant noodles, and the best way to prepare them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdbNlWsRcX4
You mix the flavouring up in a bowl separate from the boiling noodles, then you drain the noodles of all water and tip them into the flavouring.
So yum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdbNlWsRcX4
You mix the flavouring up in a bowl separate from the boiling noodles, then you drain the noodles of all water and tip them into the flavouring.
So yum
Ks !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,837
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 15 years ago, 39 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,838
TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k replied with this 15 years ago, 44 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,839
@273,836 (Homestar !RUNNERV7vk)
Not sure if you're in the correct thread, since I'm not an expert in the occupy movement food department..
Not sure if you're in the correct thread, since I'm not an expert in the occupy movement food department..
Homestar !RUNNERV7vk replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,841
@273,837 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
@273,838 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
@previous (TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k)
How the fuck did I do that :(
Too many tabs open. sorry guise
@273,838 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
@previous (TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k)
How the fuck did I do that :(
Too many tabs open. sorry guise
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,842
Introducing: Occupyâ„¢ Instant Noodles!
Directions:
1. Heat noodles
2. Mix flavoring in bowl separate from the boiling noodles
3. Drain noodles of all water and tip them into the flavoring
4. Discard bowl and noodle container on ground when finished eating
Perfect for protests! Even if you get arrested or go home, your noodle container will continue to fight the man by occupying the city streets long after you leave!
Directions:
1. Heat noodles
2. Mix flavoring in bowl separate from the boiling noodles
3. Drain noodles of all water and tip them into the flavoring
4. Discard bowl and noodle container on ground when finished eating
Perfect for protests! Even if you get arrested or go home, your noodle container will continue to fight the man by occupying the city streets long after you leave!
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,843
protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 11 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,844
protip !!pMmAiEwOm double-posted this 15 years ago, 16 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #273,845
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 17 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,851
For the most part, it was just lazy people looking for entitlements - take from these people, and give it to me! On the whole very immoral, and very uneducated. Little to no understanding of economics or politics.
Aileron !LUFRSd346Y (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,854
Not to indulge a stereotype too hard, but they smelled terrible. I was trying not to gag the entire time.
protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,856
@273,851 (L)
lol 0/10 bud
@previous (Aileron !LUFRSd346Y)
It’s fair. Many active occupiers bathe less frequently and are less likely to use fragrances than the general population. Plus, many of them smoke cigarettes and eat foods that cause them to sweat different scents than others.
lol 0/10 bud
@previous (Aileron !LUFRSd346Y)
It’s fair. Many active occupiers bathe less frequently and are less likely to use fragrances than the general population. Plus, many of them smoke cigarettes and eat foods that cause them to sweat different scents than others.
(Edited 1 minute later.)
Aileron !LUFRSd346Y (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,860
Occupy summed up in one article: http://gawker.com/5871730/homeless-by-choice-college-kid-on-the-art-of-bourgeois-homelessness
protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,864
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,866
Aileron !LUFRSd346Y (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,868
@previous (Ks !KansasxqvM)
That's basically your typical occupier. Or the chronically unemployed guy. Or the union hack.
That's basically your typical occupier. Or the chronically unemployed guy. Or the union hack.
protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,869
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,871
@273,868 (Aileron !LUFRSd346Y)
I don't know where to begin... you live in different world than most people, bud. Not everybody can ride out life on daddy's cash and connections.
I was in the real estate business when it went down, you have no idea how deeply those greedy fucks affected people's lives. Good hardworking Americans got fucked because of a handful of those in power.
I don't know where to begin... you live in different world than most people, bud. Not everybody can ride out life on daddy's cash and connections.
I was in the real estate business when it went down, you have no idea how deeply those greedy fucks affected people's lives. Good hardworking Americans got fucked because of a handful of those in power.
Aileron !LUFRSd346Y (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,874
@previous (Ks !KansasxqvM)
In response, I provide this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqLKRCkd2_g
Mr, Walsh's exuberance notwithstanding, government intervention was an inextricable element of the housing bubble. I also think you can provide much more constructive contributions to the debate over the shrinking middle class than sitting in a park, getting high, drinking, having sex and harassing me with a drum circle when I leave my office.
In response, I provide this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqLKRCkd2_g
Mr, Walsh's exuberance notwithstanding, government intervention was an inextricable element of the housing bubble. I also think you can provide much more constructive contributions to the debate over the shrinking middle class than sitting in a park, getting high, drinking, having sex and harassing me with a drum circle when I leave my office.
protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,876
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,883
@273,874 (Aileron !LUFRSd346Y)
The line between big banking, corporations and our government has become so thin it's nearly transparent. Washington gave the banks exactly what they wanted... Many of the people involved with OWS feel like the situation is nearly hopeless, the people in this country have slowly lost power to the corporations in this country. Their voice is heard better on the streets than in the ballot boxes.
The shrinking middle class isn't some big complicated mystery. It's pretty hard to eat when the big fish take all the food.
The line between big banking, corporations and our government has become so thin it's nearly transparent. Washington gave the banks exactly what they wanted... Many of the people involved with OWS feel like the situation is nearly hopeless, the people in this country have slowly lost power to the corporations in this country. Their voice is heard better on the streets than in the ballot boxes.
The shrinking middle class isn't some big complicated mystery. It's pretty hard to eat when the big fish take all the food.
(Edited 45 seconds later.)
Anonymous L replied with this 15 years ago, 53 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,904
@273,856 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
@273,864 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
@273,869 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
@273,876 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
I don't always shitpost, but when I do, I make sure I post with a trip that is associated with my real life name and company.
@273,864 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
@273,869 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
@273,876 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
I don't always shitpost, but when I do, I make sure I post with a trip that is associated with my real life name and company.
Anonymous L double-posted this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,905
@273,883 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
People haven't lost power to corporations. People have lost power to the state, who uses that power to benefit corporations. The only solution is to limit the power of the state.
> The shrinking middle class isn't some big complicated mystery. It's pretty hard to eat when the big fish take all the food.
Fuck you're dumb. Making profits does not take from other people. Wealth is not zero sum. The only place this applies is socialism, ironically what many OWS advocate.
People haven't lost power to corporations. People have lost power to the state, who uses that power to benefit corporations. The only solution is to limit the power of the state.
> The shrinking middle class isn't some big complicated mystery. It's pretty hard to eat when the big fish take all the food.
Fuck you're dumb. Making profits does not take from other people. Wealth is not zero sum. The only place this applies is socialism, ironically what many OWS advocate.
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 15 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,920
Anonymous L replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,924
@previous (Ks !KansasxqvM)
I would think you find almost everything in life hard to believe and difficult to understand.
I would think you find almost everything in life hard to believe and difficult to understand.
Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,925
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,927
@273,924 (L)
Political theory is a far cry from reality. You should try reality sometime bud, it's nice.
Political theory is a far cry from reality. You should try reality sometime bud, it's nice.
Anonymous K replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #273,929
Legalized decadence and Hello Kitty telephones for all!
RU PAUL 2012!
RU PAUL 2012!
Anonymous L replied with this 15 years ago, 8 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,129
@273,925 (E)
Yes! The low quality and high prices of education are due to state interference in the market.
Yes! The low quality and high prices of education are due to state interference in the market.
Anonymous L double-posted this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,130
@273,927 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
Perhaps your political theory is. My political theory, based upon praxeology and logic, is the clearest perception of reality available.
Perhaps your political theory is. My political theory, based upon praxeology and logic, is the clearest perception of reality available.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,147
> Making profits does not take from other people.Anonymous L replied with this 15 years ago, 58 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,151
Anonymous M replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,166
Anonymous M double-posted this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,169
protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,199
Aileron !LUFRSd346Y (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 45 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,215
Great trolling opportunity though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnGcUnoNa5Q&feature=player_detailpage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnGcUnoNa5Q&feature=player_detailpage
cccuuunnttt !CaTLdYmooc joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,218
It's aimless and full of unkempt retards. Very silly to harass folks and shit up public places--it's just alienating reasonable people who might otherwise support the cause (assuming the hippies would ever be able to actually identify a cause or some goals or something).
protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 25 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,247
@previous (cccuuunnttt !CaTLdYmooc)
1. new legislation like Glass-Steagall
2. end corporate personhood
3. fix the tax code
it’s not that hard ;_;
1. new legislation like Glass-Steagall
2. end corporate personhood
3. fix the tax code
it’s not that hard ;_;
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 32 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,265
Ks !KansasxqvM double-posted this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,266
@274,218 (cccuuunnttt !CaTLdYmooc)
The reasonable people aren't changing anything though...
I do agree that's the movement needs some organization and some clear demands though, otherwise it's just a circus.
The reasonable people aren't changing anything though...
I do agree that's the movement needs some organization and some clear demands though, otherwise it's just a circus.
cccuuunnttt !CaTLdYmooc replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,270
protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 10 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,276
@previous (cccuuunnttt !CaTLdYmooc)
Those hippies were shitting in buckets before the occupation. (Rainbow Family and Burners)
Those hippies were shitting in buckets before the occupation. (Rainbow Family and Burners)
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 14 seconds later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,277
It's the right time but the wrong people for the wrong reasons.
(Edited 8 seconds later.)
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q double-posted this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #274,278
@274,247 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
Let's not forget the big one: end the Federal Reserve.
And while we're at it, have the government finally return all that gold to their rightful heirs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
Let's not forget the big one: end the Federal Reserve.
And while we're at it, have the government finally return all that gold to their rightful heirs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
Anonymous L replied with this 15 years ago, 6 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #274,518
@274,247 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
i.e.
1.Prevent people from doing what they want with their own money.
2.Prevent people from doing what they want with their own money.
3.Prevent people from doing what they want with their own money.
Statismâ„¢: Stop liking what I don't like!â„¢
i.e.
1.Prevent people from doing what they want with their own money.
2.Prevent people from doing what they want with their own money.
3.Prevent people from doing what they want with their own money.
Statismâ„¢: Stop liking what I don't like!â„¢
мeowth joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #274,525
Occupy San Diego was pretty fun when I went.
protip !!pMmAiEwOm joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #274,709
Anonymous L replied with this 15 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #274,724
@previous (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
Please change! Please end your support of compulsory political organizations, and cease justifying the initiation of force. Thank you.
Please change! Please end your support of compulsory political organizations, and cease justifying the initiation of force. Thank you.