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Stories about San Francisco (what I don't like about SF) - JackoliciousLegs - 04-09-2008
This is a long rant, but if you know me, itÔÇÖs probably worth it to read it. I say negative things about ÔÇ£my people.ÔÇØ :-)
Story A: So... yesterday, Hannah and I are standing in line for a burrito a couple blocks from my place and a homeless guy outside the place falls down and hits his head... hard. I ran outside. People continue walking by. His head is bleeding. People are still walking by. Blood is running onto the sidewalk. I call 911 and yell for Hannah to grab napkins and rags and anything she can. She races back and I apply pressure as I explain what happened to the 911 dispatcher. Dispatch sends an ambulance. Hannah stands back and watches for an ambulance. People continue to pass. People tip-toe around us to get into the restaurant. A pretty girl in her late 20s stops for a brief moment asking what happened. She walks away afterwards, only to come back and offer assistance again while batting her eyelashes at the selfless hero who's tending to the fallen homeless. I decline, and turn to Hannah for her :roll: reaction. The ambulance came and took him away. I asked the EMTs about the blood and they said not to worry.
After consulting my doctor this morning, I went in for some blood tests. We'll see if I contracted anything (doubtful), but all the tests set me back $60+.
I guess the point of the post is my disappointment in all these self-proclaimed hippies, these purveyors of good will and free love. None of them could give a shit that a homeless guy cracked open his skull at the entrance to a taqueria. They kept walking. The only one that stopped wouldÔÇÖve given me her phone number (on a blood-soaked piece of paper).
Story B: ThereÔÇÖs a parade called the St. Stupid Day parade. ItÔÇÖs a parade just for the sake of a parade. A demonstration of free love, free expression, and free thought. This parade happened to pass in front of my office last week. I came out and watched only to get yelled at. Hippies yelled at me. ÔÇ£Go back to work!ÔÇØ They shouted. What? Go back to work? How about ÔÇ£come join us?ÔÇØ How about that? Take your elitist, ignorant BS elsewhere hippies.
Story C: Burning Man. This is a favorite of mine. For those of you who dont know, Burning Man is a yearly art festival in the Nevada desert. People camp out for over a week, drink, do drugs, trade art (all on the barter system). There is no exchange of currency during the festival. Burners have decompression parties up to a month after the end of BM. These are parties where the recount stories from BM. Sounds amazing right? It would be, if people just called it a party in the desert. Burners rarely, if ever, call it that. This years theme was Green Man. They wanted to show the public how eco friendly a group of hippies could be. Start with the energy required to sustain 50,000 people in the middle of the fucking desert and top it off with the energy required to transport that much fuel out there youve got yourself a COMPLETELY inefficient city. One art display this year at Green Man was an explosion. It was described to me by a burner like this:
Burner: ÔÇ£It was amazing man. You felt the shockwave, and then the heatwave. They were totally distinct.ÔÇØ
Me: ÔÇ£How did they make the explosionÔÇØ
Burner: ÔÇ£They lit enough fuel to power the entire Bay Area for a whole minute!!!ÔÇØ
Me: ÔÇ£Sounds green to me!ÔÇØ
Then, I shit you not, the guy in tattered clothes with greasy hair left in his new Lexus SUV.
Another Burner explained the idealized society of BM to me. He told me the barter system is great. Everyone uses only what they need. Everyone shares. Everyone is happy. Free love. Right. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://tickets.burningman.com/">http://tickets.burningman.com/</a><!-- m --> How free is that shit? There are no homeless people there you moron. ThereÔÇÖs no economy to sustain. ThereÔÇÖs no drive to produce, only a need to rapidly consume limited resources. ItÔÇÖs no ideal society. ItÔÇÖs a rich personÔÇÖs dirty vacation. This burner drove away in his momÔÇÖs 2008 Ford Explorer.
Story D: Friends of HannahÔÇÖs roommates (Burners and hippies) have a land rover discovery. They take their perfectly good LRD and remove the engine, ship in a diesel engine from the UK, swap motors, and do a biodiesel conversion. Less than 1k later, they blow the motor. What would sane people do? Put in the old motor and call it a bust? These guys ordered a new fucking diesel from the UK. More dollars than sense.
Story E: In Santa Cruz, there are LOTS of homeless people. Sadly, a lot of these people choose to be homeless. You heard me right. They CHOOSE to be homeless. ItÔÇÖs a fucking fad. They sponge off of peoplesÔÇÖ generosity using precious limited resources that should be going to the people who donÔÇÖt have a choice. These people are AWFUL. They take from generous people, and when they get tired of it, they go back to their rich families.
I swear to you, I didnÔÇÖt make these people up. I didnÔÇÖt make these stories up.
So, whereÔÇÖs the real free love? WhereÔÇÖs the generosity? WhereÔÇÖs the compassion for others? Fuck them. Fuck the hippies. If these are the people that are hippies, I donÔÇÖt like them at all. They are wastes of space. They are trust fund babies that donÔÇÖt realize their privilege, and squander their talent and their parentsÔÇÖ wealth on drugs. They are morally reprehensible people who donÔÇÖt deserve any respect.
IÔÇÖm sure that there are plenty of great people in San Francisco that truly believe in the inherent worth and dignity of all people. ItÔÇÖs sad to say though, that IÔÇÖve seen more stupid poseurs that ride expensive fixed gears, donÔÇÖt shower because itÔÇÖs a fad, and judge others that donÔÇÖt look like theyÔÇÖre hippies.
Re: Stories about San Francisco (what I don't like about SF) - Mike - 04-09-2008
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:So, whereÔÇÖs the real free love?
30-40 years in the past. Sorry, dude.
- Goodspeed - 04-09-2008
Don't forget the hippie's latest crowning achievement, The City of Berkely vs. The United States Marine Corps.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Norcal FTW. California as a whole isn't a bad state, it just has a very vocal segment of the population that are complete selfish, egomaniacal, nonsensical idiots. They are so detached from reality that its truly remarkable to listen to them open their mouths and speak.
- John - 04-09-2008
Californians are truly a bunch of hippocrites when it comes to the environment (contrary to their avantgarde image). I received more junk mail in my first two months living here than I have in my entire life combined. Recycling - what a joke. CARB is an extortionist institution that simply wants to make an extra buck while the emissions standards are IDENTICAL to those in many other states (ie NoVA). No safety inspections on cars that leave shit all over the side of the freeway. Shall I mention all the other urban "green" images they violate when it comes to water, electricity, etc?
As for story A, I have zero sympathy and could care less what happened to the guy. Sure there is a genuine percentage (albeit small) of homeless people that need assistance (since they are usually mentally disabled). However, the majority of bums are simply milking what's "easy" in life by panhandling, preying on "sympathetic" liberals (have you ever seen all the bums around GWU?), and bleeding our entitlement system dry. F' them. The difference/shock factor you speak of is that people in CA are too busy thinking about themselves and how they can either (1) sue, (2) reap entitlement benefits, (3) pretend that they're special, or (4) what fake organic food they should be ordering for dinner.
- John - 04-09-2008
On a side note, I do love living here. While there are many flaws with the state, I don't miss the Fascist Commonwealth of Virginia with its ridiculous property taxes, overzealous policing, and traffic (DC area). I was quite surprised to see that my total tax payout wasn't much more than what I had in Virginia (despite CA being the highest state income tax), and who can complain about perfect weather, no bugs, and the ability to see hot girls playing beach volleyball in bikinis every day?
- Dave - 04-09-2008
I don't mind the taxes I pay here in VA, I love having real seasons, and I don't drive like an asshat anymore so I don't get hassled by cops. John, you could have solved most of your problems by just moving out of Northern VA :-D.
I still wish CA would just fucking break off the continental shelf and float away, the US would be so much better off... :-p
- .RJ - 04-09-2008
CA stays. Florida and New Jersey should go...
- John - 04-09-2008
Dave Wrote:John, you could have solved most of your problems by just moving out of Northern VA
No desire for the rest of VA - I suppose I am a snob in that I still need infinite culture with intelligence, things to keep my mind fresh, and an environment that begs evolution. I think that the only U.S. cities I could live in are DC, Chicago, Denver, Austin, SF, and San Diego. Who knows - I may make concessions elsewhere down the road if the opportunity arises (some parts of OC/LA are growing on me, and Philly might be an option for grad school)...
Re: Stories about San Francisco (what I don't like about SF) - ScottyB - 04-09-2008
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:They are wastes of space. They are trust fund babies that donÔÇÖt realize their privilege, and squander their talent and their parentsÔÇÖ wealth on drugs. They are morally reprehensible people who donÔÇÖt deserve any respect.
on that note maybe you've heard of this bullshit too:
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groups of "hippies" gathering for peace and love and bartering, etc etc. its a joke. people come to leech off of those who attempt to provide freely and uniformly, with no intent to give back. those that genuinely want to make it work are slowly becoming disenfranchised and leaving. it's basically a bunch of bored suburban kids who think their politics make them special and enlightened.
people love to label themselves something to feel good....kinda like how people buy a prius and recycle their milk jugs and consider themselves "environmentally conscious" while they leave all the lights on in their house 24/7 and keep their house cooled down to 60 degrees in the summer. its all about the instant gratification of a clean conscious no matter how ignorant their true understanding is (aka green man explosion guy)
i think the other thing is that people love free stuff and will make a commodity out of anything. if being a fake homeless guy makes them easy money they'll exploit it. i don't trust anyone on the street anymore for those reasons. i never used to think twice about giving a beggar a dollar, now i look over my shoulder and keep a wide berth. maybe that means i'm naive, i dunno.
i guess the biggest thing i've realized over my few years on the earf is that truly good people are often in places you wouldn't realize and are generally few and far between. you're a good guy Jack and i think you probably really helped that homeless dude but most people aren't like you. don't worry though, for all the shitty stuff you see there is alot of great stuff that happens that you don't hear/see, every day.
- JohnC - 04-10-2008
Dave Wrote:John, you could have solved most of your problems by just moving out of Northern VA :-D.
:thumbup:
There are no elitist bastards in Charlottesville...
:lol:
- Andy - 04-10-2008
A d-bag is a d-bag no matter how you dress them up. There's a lot wrong with SF but there's a lot right with it, too. Joan and I really liked our visit and that's why we're moving there, MF'er!.
- WRXtranceformed - 04-10-2008
I don't have much to contribute to this thread other than during my trip to Asheville on business, I realized that hippies and prep-goths are some of my least favorite people to be around when I'm drinking. I'm pretty docile at the bar even when I get annihilated, but I seem to remember pissing off at least one artsy fag at The Bier Garden.
Fuck self-entitled people in general. Life is what you make out of it, nobody deserves to have shit.
- REED - 04-10-2008
so just out of curiosity Jack, what exactly did you want these people to do? I mean, beyond calling 911 and putting napkins on his head there isn't much anyone else could do. Sorry all the brain surgeons in the world didn't come rushing out of the alley to tend to the homeless man?
Re: Stories about San Francisco (what I don't like about SF) - Kaan - 04-10-2008
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:Fuck them. Fuck the hippies. If these are the people that are hippies, I donÔÇÖt like them at all. They are wastes of space. They are trust fund babies that donÔÇÖt realize their privilege, and squander their talent and their parentsÔÇÖ wealth on drugs. They are morally reprehensible people who donÔÇÖt deserve any respect.
Come to the dark side Jack... you have seen the light... I thank the 8lbs 6oz baby Jesus!
Re: Stories about San Francisco (what I don't like about SF) - ScottyB - 04-10-2008
Kaan Wrote:... I thank the 8lbs 6oz baby Jesus!
Ricky Bobby Wrote:I wanna thank little baby Jesus, who's sittin' in his crib watchin the Baby Einstein developmental videos, learnin' 'bout shapes and colors.
- TheDudeAbides - 04-10-2008
in response to Story E, its the same way in richmond. with a few exceptions (mental illness for example) i dont think there is anyone who is homeless who cant get themselves out of the rut. i lost all the sympathy i had for the homeless as soon as i went to VCU.
- JackoliciousLegs - 04-11-2008
REED Wrote:so just out of curiosity Jack, what exactly did you want these people to do? I mean, beyond calling 911 and putting napkins on his head there isn't much anyone else could do. Sorry all the brain surgeons in the world didn't come rushing out of the alley to tend to the homeless man?People could've not stepped over us to get into the restaurant without asking if I needed anything.