Comments for the destructor machine http://destructormachine.wordpress.com we wanna be free to do what we wanna do Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on football and brain injury by SRM http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/football-and-brain-injury/#comment-245 SRM Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:30:23 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=567#comment-245 psh. the new yorker is full of effete wusses. i for one would love to see roman-esque fight-to-the-death gladiatorial combat come back into vogue, provided that the participants be willing and well compensated of course. based on the viewership of football, hockey, boxing matches, MMA matches, etc, i am not alone. part of the pleasure in watching these things is when your guy obliterates the opposition. the football players arent getting paid just to toss a ball around, they're getting paid to slam the shit out of each other, and that is what we pay to watch. as for comparing football players to michael vick's dogs, two points out of possibly many. one: the dogs had no say (or brand/persona), and this lack of consent (or identifiability) contributes to the higher visceral sense of outrage. two: such outrage is manifestly western-bourgeois semi-intellectual elite, to through some loaded terms around. the argument is similar to this one about dog-meat http://trueslant.com/matthewsteinglass/2009/11/02/dog-meat/ psh. the new yorker is full of effete wusses. i for one would love to see roman-esque fight-to-the-death gladiatorial combat come back into vogue, provided that the participants be willing and well compensated of course. based on the viewership of football, hockey, boxing matches, MMA matches, etc, i am not alone. part of the pleasure in watching these things is when your guy obliterates the opposition. the football players arent getting paid just to toss a ball around, they’re getting paid to slam the shit out of each other, and that is what we pay to watch.

as for comparing football players to michael vick’s dogs, two points out of possibly many. one: the dogs had no say (or brand/persona), and this lack of consent (or identifiability) contributes to the higher visceral sense of outrage. two: such outrage is manifestly western-bourgeois semi-intellectual elite, to through some loaded terms around. the argument is similar to this one about dog-meat http://trueslant.com/matthewsteinglass/2009/11/02/dog-meat/

]]> Comment on et al by tonobero http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/et-al/#comment-243 tonobero Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:09:50 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=550#comment-243 Nah, mardi gras in new orleans is different (although I do think that mardi gras in other places is much like halloween in general... petty, superficial, and stupid ie. st. louis). I think that the cultural, religious, musical, and traditional significance of mardi gras in the community is fairly obvious. can we say the same for halloween? Nah, mardi gras in new orleans is different (although I do think that mardi gras in other places is much like halloween in general… petty, superficial, and stupid ie. st. louis). I think that the cultural, religious, musical, and traditional significance of mardi gras in the community is fairly obvious. can we say the same for halloween?

]]> Comment on et al by SRM http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/et-al/#comment-242 SRM Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:19:41 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=550#comment-242 on 2: mardi gras. on 2: mardi gras.

]]> Comment on la negra tiene tumbaaaoooo by SRM http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/la-negra-tiene-tumbaaaoooo/#comment-241 SRM Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:04:08 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=535#comment-241 due to the tittay, you probably should include a NSFW label on this one. due to the tittay, you probably should include a NSFW label on this one.

]]> Comment on aids and dictators by SRM http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/aids-and-dictators/#comment-238 SRM Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:14:45 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=509#comment-238 jon just showed me the commercial. adolf's sex face is priceless. jon just showed me the commercial. adolf’s sex face is priceless.

]]> Comment on aids and dictators by Gabriel http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/aids-and-dictators/#comment-236 Gabriel Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:54:48 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=509#comment-236 have you seen the commercial? its kinda hot until the end when it just becomes eerie and twisted have you seen the commercial?

its kinda hot until the end when it just becomes eerie and twisted

]]> Comment on damn it feels good to be a student by Huck http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-student/#comment-235 Huck Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:22:17 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-235 Well-deserved. And nice keystroke $ graphic, too. Well-deserved. And nice keystroke $ graphic, too.

]]> Comment on i wanna be t-pain by SRM http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/i-wanna-be-t-pain/#comment-234 SRM Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:59:34 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/i-wanna-be-t-pain/#comment-234 t-pain is fucking awesome. t-pain is fucking awesome.

]]> Comment on aids and dictators by SRM http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/aids-and-dictators/#comment-233 SRM Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:51:07 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=509#comment-233 is it wrong that this kinda turns me on? is it wrong that this kinda turns me on?

]]> Comment on damn it feels good to be a student by tonobero http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-student/#comment-232 tonobero Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:10:27 +0000 http://destructormachine.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-232 what do you mean? what do you mean?

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