EPTAmerican Juggalo- celebrating anti-intellectuism? - Page 9
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ampson
United States2355 Posts
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Slaughter
United States20255 Posts
On October 03 2011 02:38 scorch- wrote: what's funny is that 99% of the people that laughed at that "magnets, how do they work" line actually don't know how magnets work. Any normal person who doesn't know most likely just doesn't remember details of magnets that you learn in fucking early elementry school. | ||
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Alur
Denmark3900 Posts
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nemo14
United States425 Posts
Dude, are you fucking kidding me? How is that AT ALL an okay thing to say? | ||
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kammeyer
United States275 Posts
On October 03 2011 03:06 nemo14 wrote: Dude, are you fucking kidding me? How is that AT ALL an okay thing to say? Because some of us are getting bored of being laughed at as a country. | ||
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bRuTaL!!
Finland588 Posts
Used to listen to ICP in high school. Grew out of it. Didnt even know they still were active or of any subculture of Jugallos... Seems like the gathering of angsty and other not so mentally healthy people. That said, seems quite peaceful and maybe its an outlet for these people... | ||
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jgoonld
334 Posts
On October 03 2011 03:08 kammeyer wrote: Because some of us are getting bored of being laughed at as a country. Yeah, eugenics will definitely make us get viewed more favorably... | ||
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Ruyguy
Canada988 Posts
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
Seriously though, who cares about a bunch of stupid metal heads. I wish people didn't have to talk about every facet of my country. | ||
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Thrasymachus725
Canada527 Posts
Good thing it is deeply rooted in American (or western) society, so they don't need to. | ||
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Vul
United States685 Posts
On October 02 2011 21:13 Azera wrote: As a Chinese guy looking at this, I think this is pretty stupid and such nonsense is why America has such a bad rep of being a cesspool of stupidity amongst some of my friends. Yea, this tiny subculture of a subculture which is hardly even popular anymore is the problem with America. Edit: Honestly most of the posts in this thread are about as ridiculous as the video. You can't take one marginal case like this and use it as a foundation to give commentary about an entire society. Calling other people stupid doesn't make you intelligent | ||
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LoLAdriankat
United States4307 Posts
On October 03 2011 03:12 Probe1 wrote: Say whatever you want about them. If they're on TL reading it then they aren't juggalos ergo; cannot be offended. It's like mocking the amish online! Seriously though, who cares about a bunch of stupid metal heads. I wish people didn't have to talk about every facet of my country. As a metalhead, I take offense to that. We want nothing to do with angsty teenagers. ^^ | ||
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Befree
695 Posts
On October 03 2011 02:40 Eknoid4 wrote: 1) [citation needed] 2) Apparently they're too intellectual for you. Their point wasn't "can anyone tell me how magnets work plz?" it was to try to say "magnets are magical miracles because no one understands how they work!1" which is a thousand percent wrong. Magnets being magical miracles that no one understands isn't that far off from the truth. (Not saying this ignorantly, I study electromagnetism) As for the video, I really don't understand why everyone is so hateful towards this group of people. It seems like a group of people who really care about each other and value each other as family. They probably haven't got along well with their own family or known them, and have been able to really find happiness with this group of similar individuals. As for this claim of anti-intellectualism, I don't see it. Are you interpreting the way they speak as being a measure of their intelligence? Also, the vast majority of them are clearly high/drunk, they're going to be saying stupid things while high just like any other group of individuals would. There are of course going to be some stupid people with some stupid quotes, but its ridiculous to generalize about them based on a few. I thought it was kind of a touching documentary. If people are able to find a sense of family and happiness at this event once a year, I think that's great. And to judge them on little things like their speech, or make fun of their "woo woo" cheer is pathetic. Don't be such assholes just because people are different from you. I doubt you're all such well-adjusted intellectuals in the eyes of others either. | ||
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Mothra
United States1448 Posts
On October 03 2011 03:05 Alur wrote: The mythical dual-post self quote combo, I'm honored to witness such a rare breed of posting in it's natural habitat. lol where is it? I want to see too. | ||
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
Seriously though, who cares about a bunch of stupid metal heads. I wish people didn't have to talk about every facet of my country. Metalheads. What the fuck. Just no. \m/ | ||
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KingAce
United States471 Posts
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mcc
Czech Republic4646 Posts
On October 03 2011 03:02 ampson wrote: I don't give a shit about what they are doing, I have no right to judge them for having a good time (though doing drugs while pregnant is probably going too far.) In fact, I'm fucking proud that these people are allowed to do this in America. We can express ourselves in any way we want, and I think that it's a good thing we can. You have no right to forbid them expressing themselves (to a point), but you have every right to judge them. And doing drugs/smoking/drinking alcohol while pregnant is going too far, and actually should be criminal, unfortunately it would be nightmare to enforce such law. | ||
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Harrow
United States245 Posts
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Biff The Understudy
France8072 Posts
On October 02 2011 21:22 Defeat wrote: Except the people who make up the TL "subculture" are generally more intelligent than the large portion of society. Where as the current society this thread is about is about being anti-intelligent. It's not about them being stupid, it's about them valuing stupidity. Maybe they think it's provocative? I am a bit sad for them if they don't find anything better for being subversive. I don't follow you on this think that people on TL are supposedly "more intelligent" than I don't know what. People here are perfectly normal and it infuriates me when I see people congratulating themselves about how smart the average user (and themselves in the process) are on this website. | ||
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
On October 03 2011 03:31 Harrow wrote: I would probably consider ICP to be the worst of all professional musical acts I've heard, but I'm not going to think that someone's a terrible person for their music taste or their lifestyle. Mickey Avalon sez wuddup. | ||
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