I've always wondered exactly why everything is so restricted nowadays. Take for example gun laws (oh fuck yeah, i'm going there!) Let me first state that my views on gun laws are based entirely off of a logical standpoint rather than any political views. And for all you gun law activists, let me make something very clear: guns do not kill people. People with guns kill people. Guns just help with the efficiency. And before you say that restricting gun ownership helps reduce the number of school shootings, let me tell you two stories about Timmy the deranged high school student.
The first story takes place after Timmy has had enough with all the shitheads at his school that don't feed his overinflated ego, so he decides to get attention by slaughtering them. He is able to get his hands on a katana through a shady dealer, and hides it in his backpack. The next day at school, he pulls out the blade and goes on a gorey killing spree, wiping out the entire school before he is shot dead by the police.
The second story is much the same, although in this version, guns are freely available and regarded as tools rather than scary death monsters. Timmy gets fed up with the lack of attention given to him, he goes to Joe's shady sword dealership, gets a katana and takes it to school. However, this time when he pulls it out and kills the poor kid in front of him, his brains are immediately blown out the back of his skull by little Susie, who brought in her dad's Barrett .50-cal sniper rifle for show and tell that day. Timmy also receives two shots in the torso from the teacher and all the kids that have pistols and are trained to use them.
These two stories show how having very little gun laws actually reduces the amount of deaths caused by gun violence, and that school killings are easy to perform even without guns. Don't get this twisted though. I still think that gun usage should be restricted, but only when a person who has a very high chance of being shot (such as the president of the USA, the pope, the emperor of china, etc.) is going to be in a public place, because not restricting guns in this specific instance would be asking for said authority figure to be shot.
Another thing that gun law activists don't seem to be able to get through their skulls is that creating gun laws that restrict ownership of guns does not reduce the number of guns on the streets n the hands of wrongdoers. It just increases the number of people that illegally own guns, even if they have it for self-defense purposes only. Personally, I think that anybody that shoots someone else in cold blood while in the midst of many gun-carrying law abiding citizens deserves every single slug, pellet, and bullet that enters their body as they contemplate why they were stupid enough to think that buying a gun meant they had a license to kill. Also, serial killers would be less prevalent if all their victims carried guns. It's a lot harder to abduct and kill someone if they just blew your sternum and spinal cord to kingdom come while you were trying to chase them around with your scary knife and chloroform-soaked rag.
One caveat to add on to the end of this little knowledge bomb: less restrictions on guns also means that the police should have access to more firepower and more armor. Not necessarily tanks, but upgrading the patrol cars to have bulletproof windows seems like a logical choice even right now.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
A rant about actors and athletes
I believe that most, but not all, actors and athletes get paid too much. This is because when people
pay athletes and actors, they are putting a price on their entertainment. Putting a cash value on entertainment is not necessarily wrong, but at the same time I can definitely find much less expensive ways to keep myself entertained (like the 70+ games I own on steam). However, paying actors and athletes millions, sometimes billions, of dollars over a short period of time is bullshit. This money could be better used elsewhere, like the fucking school system for example. Then maybe we will have enough cash to actually afford to teach kids stuff they will fucking use in real life.
Another thing wrong with overpaying actors and athletes is the skill set needed to perform their jobs. it ultimately boils down to actors being paid millions of dollars to feed the audience (sometimes) convincing lies (as do con artists), and athletes get paid obscene amounts of money to (most of the time) put a ball into some sort of hoop or goal, or to run fast.
I suppose the running fast comes from the roman days when the fast runners were employed as messengers, but this skill set is no longer required as we now have these things called cars that can go much faster than any human without giving much effort. No matter how fast Usain Bolt can run, I can still run his ass over with a fucking Prius. Actually, that gives me an idea. Perhaps the only sport that could be justified as having a large salary would be gladiatorial matches, as the fighters would not last long enough to put a dent in the economy. But unfortunately blood sport nowadays is more rare than sacrificing animals to appease whatever daemons are currently possessing you.
pay athletes and actors, they are putting a price on their entertainment. Putting a cash value on entertainment is not necessarily wrong, but at the same time I can definitely find much less expensive ways to keep myself entertained (like the 70+ games I own on steam). However, paying actors and athletes millions, sometimes billions, of dollars over a short period of time is bullshit. This money could be better used elsewhere, like the fucking school system for example. Then maybe we will have enough cash to actually afford to teach kids stuff they will fucking use in real life.
Another thing wrong with overpaying actors and athletes is the skill set needed to perform their jobs. it ultimately boils down to actors being paid millions of dollars to feed the audience (sometimes) convincing lies (as do con artists), and athletes get paid obscene amounts of money to (most of the time) put a ball into some sort of hoop or goal, or to run fast.
I suppose the running fast comes from the roman days when the fast runners were employed as messengers, but this skill set is no longer required as we now have these things called cars that can go much faster than any human without giving much effort. No matter how fast Usain Bolt can run, I can still run his ass over with a fucking Prius. Actually, that gives me an idea. Perhaps the only sport that could be justified as having a large salary would be gladiatorial matches, as the fighters would not last long enough to put a dent in the economy. But unfortunately blood sport nowadays is more rare than sacrificing animals to appease whatever daemons are currently possessing you.
For my first post...
Right, so this is a blog where I write down what my opinion is on various things, from popular culture to politics to music to whatever the fu** I want to write about. You see how I censored that word back there? That's in case you are under the age of 13. Go somewhere else, reading this blog will make you really confused.
For the rest of you, welcome to what will most likely be the most politically incorrect and opinionated collection of text you will see (excluding tumblr, reddit, 4chan, and the youtube comments section). If you are here from tumblr, most of the stuff on here will probably trigger one or more of the 27+ genders you have assigned yourselves, but i don't give a flying fuck. Also, I'm going to be using big and/or fancy words like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, political double-talk, existential, and Venusian piss monkeys.
I will be a bit cynical, a bit sarcastic, a bit opinionated, and (to a few people) very funny.
Well, what are you waiting for? Read some shit. That's why i'm writing it.
For the rest of you, welcome to what will most likely be the most politically incorrect and opinionated collection of text you will see (excluding tumblr, reddit, 4chan, and the youtube comments section). If you are here from tumblr, most of the stuff on here will probably trigger one or more of the 27+ genders you have assigned yourselves, but i don't give a flying fuck. Also, I'm going to be using big and/or fancy words like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, political double-talk, existential, and Venusian piss monkeys.
I will be a bit cynical, a bit sarcastic, a bit opinionated, and (to a few people) very funny.
Well, what are you waiting for? Read some shit. That's why i'm writing it.
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