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Whenever I have downtime at work, I'm usually either browsing this forum, or gazing at the ceiling, deep in thought, debating which Taco Bell menu item I would stick my penis in if I had to choose.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
It is the "You cannot complain if you do not vote" and "You are a horrible person if you do not vote" that make a part of me not want to vote.
1.Because, I can complain all I want, if I was not to vote. 2.It would not make me a horrible person if I were not to vote. 3.Most importantly, it is no business of anyone else if I vote or not or who I vote for or against.
Yes, I do understand the importance of voting. I encourage people to vote, if that is what they feel is important. I also understand the feeling of disillusionment and helplessness as we are continually fed a choice of shitburger #1 or shitburger #2. Only difference is where the money is coming from.
Anyway...GO VOTE. If you want to. And if you do not, go ahead and complain, nobody can stop you. Not voting does not give a winning candidate a mandate to be an asshole.
It is the "You cannot complain if you do not vote" and "You are a horrible person if you do not vote" that make a part of me not want to vote.
1.Because, I can complain all I want, if I was not to vote. 2.It would not make me a horrible person if I were not to vote. 3.Most importantly, it is no business of anyone else if I vote or not or who I vote for or against.
Yes, I do understand the importance of voting. I encourage people to vote, if that is what they feel is important. I also understand the feeling of disillusionment and helplessness as we are continually fed a choice of shitburger #1 or shitburger #2. Only difference is where the money is coming from.
Anyway...GO VOTE. If you want to. And if you do not, go ahead and complain, nobody can stop you. Not voting does not give a winning candidate a mandate to be an asshole.
:-)
Mr. Carlin shares your sentiments (NSFW language)
The whole bit is good but he talks specifically about voting at 1:20.
5.5/four tet, daphni b2b floating points, avalon emerson 5.12/neil young 5.19/mannequin pussy 5.21/serpentwithfeet 5.25/hozier 6.12-16/bonnaroo 6.28/goose 6.29/goose 9.17/the national + the war on drugs 9.23/sigur ros 9.27-29/making time 10.17/air
5.5/four tet, daphni b2b floating points, avalon emerson 5.12/neil young 5.19/mannequin pussy 5.21/serpentwithfeet 5.25/hozier 6.12-16/bonnaroo 6.28/goose 6.29/goose 9.17/the national + the war on drugs 9.23/sigur ros 9.27-29/making time 10.17/air
I know you're trying to be cute, but do you really think Republicans could get away with limiting absentee and early voting (or add onerous voter ID requirements at poll sites) if everyone had to stand in line on the same day and deal with what a pain they're making it to vote?
It is a fact that in recent times, the higher the turn out the better the Democrats fair. But I still remember in 2004 (the first election I ever voted in) I had to wait 2 and a half hours. If everyone *had* to show up, and some didn't even vote. That would just be an incredulous and unnecessary annoyance.
What they should do is just make Election Day a federal holiday. People would have the day off from work, could go vote at their convenience, and since they had the whole day you wouldn't have as much discouragement.
So I bought a used Ween Cd but it had an Ani DiFranco cd in the case instead. After listening to my first Ani Cd (Desire) it seems like I still did ok. Never listened to her music b4 but hey--worth $3 right?
Ani Difranco is a big part of why I went to my first Bonnaroo.
It is the "You cannot complain if you do not vote" and "You are a horrible person if you do not vote" that make a part of me not want to vote.
1.Because, I can complain all I want, if I was not to vote. 2.It would not make me a horrible person if I were not to vote. 3.Most importantly, it is no business of anyone else if I vote or not or who I vote for or against.
Yes, I do understand the importance of voting. I encourage people to vote, if that is what they feel is important. I also understand the feeling of disillusionment and helplessness as we are continually fed a choice of shitburger #1 or shitburger #2. Only difference is where the money is coming from.
Anyway...GO VOTE. If you want to. And if you do not, go ahead and complain, nobody can stop you. Not voting does not give a winning candidate a mandate to be an asshole.
:-)
Mr. Carlin shares your sentiments (NSFW language)
The whole bit is good but he talks specifically about voting at 1:20.
George is one of the best humans to have ever walked the planet.
I voted from the other side of the world. Y'all don't have an excuse really.
Also let me have my little rant while I'm at it.
The hoops I had to jump through to vote while over here were insane. Multiple trips to and from the embassy (5 hour bus ride each way), getting papers sent from home, etc etc. I've never been big on voting. The only election I've ever actually voted in was presidential election 2012; but after seeing first hand what it's like to live through a military coup and under a dictator (call it what you will, but Prayuth is absolutely leading the country that way) it's a liberty that I'll never take for granted again. I understand the "Well I have a right to refrain from voting just as much as I have a right to vote" mentality, but I think that you're still throwing away a very important freedom that we take for granted being raised in the US, where crappy politicians are a dime-a-dozen. Do a bit of research and I guarantee you'll find a candidate you can agree with 100% of the time. It really isn't quite as dire as a situation as people make it out to be, at least it wouldn't be if more people would let their opinion be heard.
I've been wearing dress socks whenever I go anywhere the past fortnight. They're really comfortable but don't really have anything to do with the fact that it's getting colder here, I have socks that are way warmer. Maybe it makes me feel like I'm more put together when I leave the house? Anyway, I'm just sitting here wearing a hoodie, sweatpants with the legs rolled up and dress socks.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
I've been wearing dress socks whenever I go anywhere the past fortnight. They're really comfortable but don't really have anything to do with the fact that it's getting colder here, I have socks that are way warmer. Maybe it makes me feel like I'm more put together when I leave the house? Anyway, I'm just sitting here wearing a hoodie, sweatpants with the legs rolled up and dress socks.
You should also feel more put together because you just casually dropped fortnight in conversation.
I've been wearing dress socks whenever I go anywhere the past fortnight. They're really comfortable but don't really have anything to do with the fact that it's getting colder here, I have socks that are way warmer. Maybe it makes me feel like I'm more put together when I leave the house? Anyway, I'm just sitting here wearing a hoodie, sweatpants with the legs rolled up and dress socks.
Dress socks are classy as f*ck. I wear Argyle socks errywhere. Work - yep. Concerts - yep. Pickup basketball - yep.
I wear green knee high adidas soccer socks all the time! I am not a sock lover but if i have to wear them, these bad boys are it! I have 4 pair. So weird. Now Porch thinks he might like them! I reminded him that he, in fact, does NOT like them.
I've been wearing dress socks whenever I go anywhere the past fortnight. They're really comfortable but don't really have anything to do with the fact that it's getting colder here, I have socks that are way warmer. Maybe it makes me feel like I'm more put together when I leave the house? Anyway, I'm just sitting here wearing a hoodie, sweatpants with the legs rolled up and dress socks.
You should also feel more put together because you just casually dropped fortnight in conversation.
Oh awesome! Saying fortnight instead of two weeks is way more enjoyable. Imagine if that Grizzly Bear song was called Fortnight. The end of that album is Foreground. Is there anything there? Who knows. Probably not. Think about it.
I've been wearing dress socks whenever I go anywhere the past fortnight. They're really comfortable but don't really have anything to do with the fact that it's getting colder here, I have socks that are way warmer. Maybe it makes me feel like I'm more put together when I leave the house? Anyway, I'm just sitting here wearing a hoodie, sweatpants with the legs rolled up and dress socks.
Dress socks are classy as f*ck. I wear Argyle socks errywhere. Work - yep. Concerts - yep. Pickup basketball - yep.
Judge away.
That's not judge-worthy: That's celebration-worthy.
I've been wearing dress socks whenever I go anywhere the past fortnight. They're really comfortable but don't really have anything to do with the fact that it's getting colder here, I have socks that are way warmer. Maybe it makes me feel like I'm more put together when I leave the house? Anyway, I'm just sitting here wearing a hoodie, sweatpants with the legs rolled up and dress socks.
Dress socks are classy as f*ck. I wear Argyle socks errywhere. Work - yep. Concerts - yep. Pickup basketball - yep.
Judge away.
My friend won't wear argyle because everytime she does she gets arrested. True story.
I honestly wonder what would happen if everyone who was physically able showed up for every election for a decade. Not even necessarily to vote, if people wanted they could turn in empty ballots, but if people at least showed up before doing it. I think the country would be a drastically different/better place.
Australia has mandatory voting, but I I am pretty sure a lot of it is mail in.
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure … At least he fuckin' jams! If it's a choice between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the fuckin' Block … I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.
You know what, I don't want more people to vote. Please for the love of God limit voting. Make people prove they at least have some grasp of what the person they are voting for stands for and what the opposition stands for too. I don't mean just "oh ____ is for lower taxes". I mean "oh _____ is for lower taxes and this will effect the local economy positively in _____ ways and negatively in ______ ways and therefore I am making the informed decision that ____ would better represent my interests in Congress". This isn't just a reaction to my side losing. I felt that way when Obama won too and I will feel the same way when it inevitably swings back the other way.
Post by wolfmanjess on Nov 5, 2014 10:01:12 GMT -5
“On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.” “Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.” “I did,” said Ford. “It is.” “So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn’t sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t the people get rid of the lizards?” “It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.” “You mean they actually vote for the lizards?” “Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.” “But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?” “Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in.”
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure … At least he fuckin' jams! If it's a choice between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the fuckin' Block … I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.