Observations - by Mister Tinkles

That seems a rather cynical and jaundiced view of humanity. It is not my experience. And as a former civil Servant, I take issue with your blanket prejudice against a whole class of working people.

 

just glad I dont share op`s views at all

 

Cynicism and jadedness are just so hot right now, aren't they?

Cynicism =/= wisdom.

 

I have hard time taking this seriously and in all honestly I hope the OP is joking or has some ulterior motive.

 

MisterTinkles please stop making threads like these they always end bad and I can see this thread already going really really bad.

 

Well, too much cynicism for my taste but I'm not going to disregard everything MisterTinkles said. There are some truths in his post after all, especially this.

This also applies to the OP as well.
Not being sarcastic, just point out a fact.

 

^Well, it's true. Don't trust what you read includes necessarily the person giving the admonition. But it's not a bad idea: I see people all day cite some blog to prove that their opinions are fact. Just because it's written down, doesn't mean it's true. But questioning sources and reducing all sources to 5% truth are not the same thing.

That's part of the risk of posting a whole thread of opinions. I would have hoped that MisterTinkles knew what he was getitng into.

 

I know but when you make your own observations on a thread it always leads to nasty comments. I give this thread until the end of today until it gets locked.

 

As a civil servant at 3 different levels of government, I agree. Though, I can see where he's coming from, as I've seen some that all they do is show up and do nothing. But, I've seen the same thing at private employers.

 

Yes, I totally overlooked the percentages because they are just hyperbole.

 

By, MisterTinkles? Really? Is this essay-serious right now? LOL.

Blah, blah, blah... Warsaw Pals... blah, blah, blah... 50 Shades of Grey... blah, blah, blah... Now You Know!​

Spoiler

Superb start...

The Cold War didn't allow room to be second place. Yes, a lot of it was silly, like who had the biggest missiles and thickest tanks. It doesn't justify it, but it does explain it.

Vietnam went horrible for us, the Soviets had a pretty good communist turn over rate, and we had Richard Nixon, a.k.a. the best U.S. President EVAR (actually, no, he wasn't). And Disco. LOL.

All we had was a more determined spirit and the Bee Gees. Capitalism was the rallying cry, which would usher in Ronald Reagan--

And I'm rambling. I really do not like Reagan, LOL.

Nowadays, there really isn't an excuse... but the wealth accumulated from that period, it's quite a bit, and folks don't like cutting themselves off from that. This, I'll agree with as a primary cause, but the whole NATO vs Warsaw Pals bigger dick contest was the overall culprit.

I do believe some "stalling" is being done, but if an agency can cure an ailment, surely they can create/unleash another, right? They could sell the cure for AIDS or Cancer, and release SUPER-DEATH-CRABS or something.

See, I don't like or trust my government on a lot of stuff, but I do trust them when it comes to money:

Those motherfuckers spend it, and they how to get it. Their greedy little fingers would want to be all over that medical conspiracy money. There is a reason I call the I.R.S. 'legal gangsters', because they are.

We need to address two things here...

First, the government does have a them-first policy. They justify it by saying, well, without them where would you be? No laws, ha! That's anarchy! You need them. Sure, they claim to serve you, but really, at best, you're simply voting for somebody to vote for you.

I don't recall raising those taxes on cigarettes or paying for that fancy new courthouse fountain, good sirs.

Second, rightly deserve? Am I reading this right?

To get a little dark and morbid here:

The resources on this planet are going to be exhausted. Those who control those resources will maintain control, and if you lack the connection/muscle/importance to access them, you're worthless. You deserve to die off, allowing some conservation of these resources.

Sure, we could invest in solar power or more hydro-based power supplies, but then everybody would bump up a social class. You can't exactly put a supply and demand on a rechargeable or infinite energy source, and that brings about a huge social dynamic.

This is why those larger corporations and even some political bodies discourage that. This is why they get away with it, because you have nothing that they want, nor that they need, to even bargain for social status with.

Is it wrong? Oh yeah. It's pretty fucked up, but see, if you rightly deserve something -- you should have it. The grim reality of it is, as it stands now, you deserve nothing but what you can obtain. Ideally, yeah, I'd like to say everybody can hold hands and sing songs, and the power of love will prevail, but that is almost delusional. Those who run the world on a grand scale, don't do that and they're still influencing your life.

If you really want to change things, you have to do something. I cannot believe I'm about to quote this idiot, but it fits the context:

"If you don't like a rule. Just follow it. Reach the top. Change the rule."​

I intend to change the world through media, ideally by being a writer-for-hire for all mediums, like movies, shows, comic books, novels. In the meantime, I'm working on what I can, knowing I'll get there soon enough.

Then, it's game on! My bid for international politics begins, LOL!

This I'll partially agree with. More often than not, this may be the case, but there are some folks who do care for, say, their significant others or children. Hell, some people go hard for their cats and dogs.

But yes, there do exists some supreme assholes out there who, no matter what, are scum and cause unnecessary damage. But I try to be a little nicer, a little more patient, a little more helpful than the rest of the world. That way, I know, not everybody is a shitty human being because, well, there's me.

50 Shades of Grey is proof of that second part. As for the first, well, that would be common sense I hope. Every reporter, whether they intentionally mean to or not, put a little spin on their subject. If everybody reported the news the same, we'd have just one news source. Sometimes I wonder who FOX News talks to, because some of their information is LOLwut. MSNBC is pretty bad, too--

I'm rambling.

The right connections can really help you when it comes to publication. Knowing the right people, gaining Oprah's recognition, being picked up by a big-name director. Talent is often drowned in a sea of mediocrity.

But no worries, with Gen's future best-seller, the media world will be cleansed of filth and bad taste, LOL. Maybe I'll have something going, and we can shoot your Wonder Woman movie, make that money, tell folks to fuck off, LOL... okay, I'm having too much fun with this.

I would say that the police are not exactly useless. Realistically, something like the police would be necessary for society unfortunately. It isn't just about who is the strong arm of the law, it's those who control that strong arm. Naturally, many police officers receive their pay from their government. The money is what is buying the control, because of what the money brings, and it's best to be on the good side of the money-giver.

There is always going to be somebody that craves power, who wants to be the one who says how everything should go. They'll just play the numbers game and rule by force, and if you have no police, well, it becomes one hell of a brawl for control.

But yes, many civil servants do have it pretty easy. Though to be fair, they do put in some work, because you can't be too lethargic or inefficient, they'll kick you out as you're fucking with their money, LOL.

Maybe they're only as advanced as us?

As for governments and hording alien technology, that can go either way. Maybe the aliens were only a bit more advanced. Maybe back in the 1950s, aliens only had technology akin to the 1990s, and are just slower to adapt... there are a lot of theories and ideas to entertain about this.

Or maybe I'm just hoping there's something else out there. Seems like a literal waste of space, LOL.

Depends on what you consider payment.

All in all, a good read, MisterTinkles. <3

 

Wow kaiser you really like to make a point.

 

The systematic oppressive power of capital (in the form of e.g. corporations) over the majority, unequivocally agreed.
That very many people are not that nice - also agreed. Though in a context of top-down society-inflicted personas rather than bottom-up innate human nature (biological). Really, by our 'human nature', we like eating, f*cking and sleeping and are generally quite nice and very empathic.

*worship*

EDIT: Kaiser for President.

 

The medical technology part reminded me of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7P4iFg048k

P.S. Agent Mulder here - you can't tell me the universe is as huge as it is & we're the only life forms in it.

 

damn, i actually liked this post even if it was cynical it was interesting

 

Idealism makes way for cynicism after you get burned a few times. But eventually you gain a little more perspective and that makes way for realism and skepticism among true hope. Assuming the ones who aren't deadweight-idiots in the world will kill you for a dollar bill is a quick way to get depressed. There are people like that out there, and there are also people who would sacrifice themselves if it meant you got a dollar to eat. Beauty pours from this world as readily as evil; it's up to us to recognize it while shutting out the bad influences.

 

Some of your observations suck. You're overgeneralizing too much.

Modern Western society is all about the individual by default. Other societies can be quite different.

There is no technology to cure cancer. At least not yet.