The Continued Ramblings of a Frustrated High School Student

by Joseph

Our current assignment for English is to rewrite Shakespeare. Why, you ask, fucking why?

Wait, what?

by Joseph

Compulsory subjects really annoy me, mostly because I already know what they teach me so it’s a complete waste of time. On top of that, I would love to do Drama, Biology and Modern History in addition to my subjects, but I can’t, because the education system assumes I’m not intelligent enough to understand the mathematical concepts taught to me in grades 8 through 10, as well as to have an acceptable understanding of my first language, and the assumption by my school that I am not intelligent enough to think for myself about the slew of topics that it are acceptable to discuss with young adults, or to have ever read the bible ever or understand anything about any different cultures or world religions.

I feel that compulsory subjects first of all give the impression that an inhuman system devised decades ago knows students as people better than they do, and that they completely fucking restrict learning to a small and carefully chosen range of things. And I think it’s just a little bit fucked in the head that any schooling system or institution should be actively discouraging people to learn.

We don’t hate you because we fear the truth, we hate you because you’re all pseudo-fascist dicks.

by Joseph

Someone else wrote it but it basically proves my point that people hate the right wing of America for a very simple reason: They’re Orwellian, terrifying, powerful and are completely comfortable with selling the safety and health of half the population to save a buck or two

Republicans: fuck you. You make me want to swallow razor blades, you fascist, bigoted cunts.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/republican-plan-redefine-rape-abortion

Sweet Relief!

by Joseph

Finally! A “conservative” blog that genuinely amuses me!

The act or process of disentegrating.

by Joseph

It’s the 21st anniversary of the Cure’s Disintegration and so The Cure are releasing two new versions of the album in four days now. Justifiably, I am at least as excited as a greased-pig catcher on meth-amphetamines. Whichever way my tastes sway, I can’t go past the lush, emotive vibe of the whole album nor the brilliant instrumentation. Review coming soonish.

Bring on the Moffat 2: Revenge of Davies

by Joseph

A review of Doctor Who: “The End of Time”

The shittiest possible ending for the best Doctor.

I am Jet King, king of Jets.

by Joseph

A review of the Ibanez Jet King 3

The fuck?

by Joseph

I’ve never wanted to gouge my eyes out more than when I’ve visited “ConFUrvatives!”. Excuse me if I don’t believe or trust angry, balding, middle aged fat nerds who dress up like furry animals in their spare time, who masturbate over “Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialised Medicine”, when they tell me that the health reform will ruin Christmas. America once again proves it’s ignorance by it’s rich white men talking about how great the presidents who the rest of the world hated were. Perhaps a rant soon?

Anyway, 4:13 Dream review eventually, Ibanez Jet King 3 review very soon, and a Doctor Who: The End of Time review shortly after that.

What’s In The News?: RACISM

by Joseph

Recently, an ad for KFC during the cricket season caused a shit-storm of controversy, stemming from the fact that AMERICANS found the ad racist. The ad depicted a white Australian giving fried chicken to some black West Indies cricket fans. In America, a number of racist stereotypes stem from the times of slavery, poking “fun” at soul-foods like fried chicken, as well as other foods like watermelon. Just visit 4chan for confirmation. Naturally, when Americans noticed the ad, a shit storm was brewed, because an Australian advertisement, from an Australian advertising agency, for an American company that sells fried chicken, depicted a white man, not an American, giving fried chicken to some black people. Americans, as self centered as usual, assumed it was a racist American stereotype, which Australians have no exposure to.

Obviously, KFC America wouldn’t be stupid enough to not recognize the potential media furor to broadcast a similar ad. But this was not the case. The advertisement was produced by an Australian company, and approved by Australians, featuring Australian culture and humour. The ad producers were clearly not at all aware of the potential racist implications of it, but despite the fact that no offence was intended, nor was there anything that would logically be considered racist, Americans, whom the ad has nothing to do with, and for whom the ad was not intended, were up in arms about something that was clearly not racist. Of course, the media furor was, in turn, pretty blatantly xenophobic against Australians. Just to quote a choice two-center,

“Yeah, coming from the same people who almost single-handedly wiped out the whole race of aborigines (sic). You people are the worst. I’ve had friends who visited Australia and they told me how it is over there”

Personally, I think its ridiculous for Australians to have to monitor everything they do and say simply so some American can feel secure for having raped, murdered, tortured and enslaved dozens of generations of Africans.

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m all for political correctness, and I’m not some angry, middle aged white man with “Fuck Off, We’re Full” on my ute. But it’s ridiculous to expect all countries to be respectful of issues that don’t affect those countries at any level. Yes, there is racism in Australia, and yes, if the ad was in America it would be considered racist, but in Australia we don’t have African American stereotypes, and it’s ridiculous for us to be sensitive to a group that could be offended when there is no representation of it, especially as that wasn’t the group depicted in the ad.

I’d also like to point out that only four months ago, Hey Hey It’s Saturday aired a blatantly racist skit (that picture right there) and it was dismissed as a stupid decision rather than racist, and yet for some reason no one really gave a shit enough for people to write about it in the New York Times.

The Greatest Show on Earth

by Joseph

Creationists fucking piss me off, man. Not because they’re idiots or because they believe what is clearly not true, but because they won’t fucking listen. They go back to their mantra of  “Show me your evidence”, to paraphrase the book, and won’t SHUT THE FUCK UP when you give them good reason. They’ve lost, but they still think they’re winning, and so more dumb-shit, didn’t-pass-year-9-science rednecks join the cult.