Meme Thread for Both Posting and Discussing Memes

[bintananth]

I'm also bringing ear protection though.

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I have an old pair of something similar that I wear at a firing range and whenever work sends me to places where "hearing protection is required beyond this point".

 

[Whitestrake Pelinal]

The resemblance is uncanny.

 

[Yinko]

That sort of 'everything is philosophy' crap is why most of the world has stopped listening to philosophy majors and depts.

Everything is philosophy, when you dig down deep enough. It's just that living under that assumption is counter productive to every aspect of your life except philosophizing.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

I pursued a philosophy degree because I wanted to better understand how individuals build up the foundation for how they think, how they come to the conclusions they do.

It's not a worthless field. Like in any field, you have to be careful who you listen to and trust to mentor you. In philosophy, you MUST learn to think things through and argue against your own foundations. Anyone that doesn't do that and claims to be a philosopher is just a poser trying to sound smart. Unfortunately, there are many of those in higher ed.

 

[bintananth]

Unfortunately, there are many of those in higher ed.

That's a problem with higher ed: To many Ph.D's your degree means more than what you actually know.

Our receptionest doesn't have a college degree but knows enough about what's going on that when I need to write a spec book my office inbox has all of the spec sections I'm about to edit using several colours of Sharpie ink without me even telling her which portions of the masterspec I need.

There's a reason why asking her to work overtime is $77/hour.

EDIT: I just looked up military pay rates. Our receptionist is more highly paid than a US Navy Captain or a US Army Colonel.

 

[Whitestrake Pelinal]

Brave New World described it quite well, from the state control over child-rearing, to the widespread use of government-sanctioned narcotics for 'holidays', to the batshit insane consumerism and rutting to keep the NPCs sedated. The first part was spot-on about how the NPC reacted when it was deprived of its feelz-box.

 

[Battlegrinder]

I think Bradbury got pretty close.

 

[BlackDragon98]

I'm going on Saturday to add to the noise.

I'm bringing ear pro though.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Never thought of Jussie Smollett this way. He's a hero really. A role model if you will.

 

[bintananth]

I'm bringing ear pro though.

Good.

I know just how unpleasant a ruptured eardrum can be. A gal I know lost her hearing at a concert because she didn't want to wear earplugs while in a mosh pit.

 

[Bear Ribs]

 

[Carrot of Truth]

Where can I find the Honk memes?

 

[Robovski]

Where can I find the Honk memes?

 

[Battlegrinder]

Where can I find the Honk memes?

Canadian Freedom Convoy / Convoi de la Liberté

 

[Sobek]

 

[Duke Nukem]

 

[Whitestrake Pelinal]

I think this is my favorite one so far. It so perfectly encapsulates the character of the voters who put these tyrants in power. It also points out, implicitly, how fragile our current regimes enforcement mechanisms could be if they were tested by insurrection.

 

[Typhonis]

Pepe needs a truckers hat IMHO.

 

[Whitestrake Pelinal]

Don't look it up while eating.

 

[FriedCFour]