you don't know anything.

[sidekick]

i was in the bus a few weeks ago and happened to glance out the window when we stopped to pick a few more people up and saw that sentence:

"You don't know anything."

written on the bus stop in black sharpy marker.

i dunno, but it's funny sometimes how little random things like this can make you think so much about yourself. this one has stuck in my head.

[vesperstina]

my all time favorite is repent sinner.

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I understand what you mean Jake : Small things which make your mind begin to think deeper about the concept at hand.

[mapleleaf4ever]

The worst are those damn Billboards on your way to/from Mission... "GOD IS WATCHING YOU!"

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Those billboards disgust me Erik.

[~god~]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

The worst are those damn Billboards on your way to/from Mission... "GOD IS WATCHING YOU!"

i object to this one ;)


uumm, but my favorite is Kill MTV because I put that up :)
hahagood old Adbusters!

[sidekick]

ad busters annoys me.

"we're totally non-commerical and wonderful and poetic and artistic and anarchic!"

ps. buy our new 2005 calendar!

[~god~]

^ I volunteered there for more than 2 years.
Honestly, all the money they got (from calendars, magz, sponsors...) went straight to campaignings.
and the staff. They have some very nice designers.

and Kalle Lasn (the founder) makes no money from this org.

[Veni*C]

^^they need some kind of funding to run their mag .......

magazines are not made for free.

[~god~]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

"we're totally non-commerical and wonderful and poetic and artistic and anarchic!"

yea, though if you read Lasn's book, he insists that commercialism is perfectly healthy. It is the danger of excessive commercialism which America is facing.

[sidekick]

i know magazines aren't made for free...isn't that why we pay a subscription?

but yeah, that's cool sean, i'm knocking it completely, i used to read them on a fairly frequent basis and i still browse through them...but it just seems to 'try hard' for me now.

[Partizan]

the thing is

you really don't know anything

nobody does

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by ~god~

^ I volunteered there for more than 2 years.
Honestly, all the money they got (from calendars, magz, sponsors...) went straight to campaignings.
and the staff. They have some very nice designers.

and Kalle Lasn (the founder) makes no money from this org.

u beat me to it! :P

i was thinkin bout volunteerin there... u got hook ups?

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by ~god~

yea, though if you read Lasn's book, he insists that commercialism is perfectly healthy. It is the danger of excessive commercialism which America is facing.

fair enough. what book? i'd like to pick this up.

ps. i'm guessing you have read Naomi Klein's 'no logo'?

[~god~]

Its Called "Culture Jam". The book is a manifesto for the culture jamming movement.

yea. I've read no logo. Infact, thats how I found out about adbusters. Lasn caught me reading it on the bus, and introduced me to adbusters.

there are a few refrences made to "no logo" in the book as well. I have it, I can lend it to you if you like.

[sidekick]

^that would be awesome. thanks.

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by Partizan

the thing is

you really don't know anything

nobody does

i know, that's why it has stuck in my head.

it's funny to think how long we go to school and study and yet, really, in terms of real life and the real world we still know nothing pretty much.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by ~god~

yea, though if you read Lasn's book, he insists that commercialism is perfectly healthy. It is the danger of excessive commercialism which America is facing.

fuck that!..make money take money mother fuckers.


i dont need that being considerate shit in my life.

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by SEAN!

i dont need that being considerate shit in my life.

who said anything about being considerate. i like making money just as much as the next person.

anti-commericalism has nothing to do with being considerate.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

i know, that's why it has stuck in my head.

it's funny to think how long we go to school and study and yet, really, in terms of real life and the real world we still know nothing pretty much.

I know everything...mother fuckers!

[sidekick]

yeah, i know, you're the exception sean :p

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

who said anything about being considerate. i like making money just as much as the next person.

anti-commericalism has nothing to do with being considerate.

the whats the point of anti-commercialism?

i think people need as much help as they can get in deciding what car/clothes/etc defines them as a person, and what other products they absolutely need to have

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by SEAN!

the whats the point of anti-commercialism?

i think people need as much help as they can get in deciding what car/clothes/etc defines them as a person, and what other products they absolutely need to have

that's just the thing about anti-commericalism. life has become way to based on the material objects that we collect in our life. what actual real life value do they have? nothing. people today are so focussed on gaining the most and best posessions in life that they are forgetting the more important things in life.

edit: i said 'life' too many times in that paragraph.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Well if we didn't own anything what would the point of working be?

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

Well if we didn't own anything what would the point of working be?

that's a little extreme. obviously owning things is nice, but it shouldn't be the sole purpose of someone's life.