Here.Me.Now
Listen baby, I don’t have time to waste
You see, I’m an immigrant in these here States
I have a few moments but not one to spare, ‘cause you see the game here ain’t fair
Back home there’s a freedom I can’t compare...
But I was brought here by mon père, arrivé avec mon frère, and was told this life was one to bear
Ever since then, I’ve been searching for the liberty which they speak of every morning in elementary
Didn’t find it in high school either and college turned out to be hell without liberties spell
Now they say I’ve got it on my own…
I’m grown
But I don’t know whether I should be an alien back home or continue to feel alienated here
So, I’m sorry my dear if I haven’t made it clear
The games you want to play will have to wait since I haven’t been made a proper place to sit
I’m not even allowed on the premises
Where can I unfold my arms and observe the race?
I know how these things go and you continue to stop me for these words
You implement these measures to calculate if you’re still ahead
Listen baby, I don’t have time to waste and all you do is wait...
My soul aches with every second of the clock winding down
Can’t you see there’s no more time?
We’ve fallen out of line and all you want to talk about is the dime
Baby there are no more times
Just this one Time and I will not let it go to waste
Freedom awaits
My love, true freedom awakes
Drought/Full
Where is my money?
The hospital asks me
Every fucking week
A new email that I delete
Where is my money?
Capital One asks me
I charged nearly $1200
And they ask more frequently
Fuck credit scores forreal
They don’t ever hear a peep from me
Where is my money?
Asks my credit union
They restricted my card over that lifeline
I have a few dollas but it still declines
While i’m out at the grocery checkout line
Where is my money?
Asks my school
Y’all already sent me that degree
If I pay you, I’d be a fool
Where is my money?
I have nothing to give
You want to take away
my right to live?
Where is my money?
I ask God
I did everything right
Applied to 64 jobs
Where is my money?
What do you want me to do?
I don’t scam, sell ass, or hook up hair do’s
(I aint mad at the hustle, go on make it do what it do)
Where is my money
Everybody want to know
But really fuck them all
I’m the one that needs the answer
I want to eat food without developing cancer
And sleep in my own shit
I’m generous with nothing
And appreciative of what I do have
Whats stopping the flow, man I don’t know
Whats stopping the flow
God please let me know
Don’t want to feel desperate
But I feel like a burden
Just tell me whats blocking
And I’ll be determined
To eliminate internal obstacles
feeding fuel of passion flows
Find some newness on the ground
Not suffering but got a frown
I wake up and pray
What’s blocking me?
Is it letting go of ain’t shit niggas I got on go?
Cause if that’s the case
I’ll kick they ass right out the door
What’s blocking me?
Just make it clear
You can put it in the music that I hear
Is it karmic transformation living out my fear?
It’s pouring down from me
Money everywhere all around me
Coming out my pockets
Coming out my socks
Dollar bill out my eyes
Pouring out my mouth
Money is my birthright
Money come to the light
Money my ancestors paid in blood and stripes
My money is near
My money is here
Money to live
And money to give
And it come right back
I’ll match my money and you hear about it again
I’ll match my money from the vibration within
I’ll bring money out of air
I’ll have money to do my hair
I’ve got money for it all
And it’s still very much fuck capitalism y’all
An Analysis of the Politics of Guava Island (2019)
I judge entertainment media based on how well it tests my listening skills. Today, I’m giving Guava Island (2019) flowers for its attempt to goad me into seeing a love story, while beyond this mirage is a modern analysis of imperialist violence painted in 16mm cinematography. Through the symbols represented by Deni, Kofi, Red, and the denizens of Guava Island, Guava Island tells a modern-day folk tale, weaving allegorical parallels to existing real-life dynamics established by European world supremacy.
Film Summary
In the midst of a festival organized by protagonist Deni in protest of the island’s abominable conditions, he is assassinated in an attempt to quell the spirit of the islanders & dismay further rebellion against the island’s political and economic elite. The heart of this story lies in the analogy of Deni representing the hope within the islanders who dream of change. Deni liberates the feeling of freedom within everyone he interacts with. His counterpart Kofi seems to represent the power of the islanders collectively. Her spirit isn’t broken by Deni’s murder, leading to the unraveling of Red’s control system and the collective catharsis of the islanders.
It’s important to note how this story connects the themes of political and economic power. This is a story about class oppression that doesn’t rely upon the modifier of American racial history, yet is a deeply pro-black movie. Guava Island analyzes the economic oppression that’s at the root of global political racism exercised by NATO against marginalized people around the world.
Like most modern first-world political leadership, Red’s entire understanding of the world is rooted in fear. This fear is what drives him to maintain a facade of order and control over the citizens. This fear is what makes it so important to keep Deni caged by any means necessary, but because Deni is capable of protecting himself from the fear Red attempts to provoke from him, his death results in the exponential increase of his influence.
Fear is an essential part of any successful empire. On Guava Island, not only do citizens fear Red, they fear the consequences of divergence from Red’s system; this fear is weaponized to keep the population in control. Deni’s protest exhibition in the cargo loading dock attempts to execute this concept: Deni’s performance gradually annoys a worker who’s been successfully brainwashed by the dream of free-market success. The performance pushes the worker to the point where he takes it upon himself to report Deni for disturbing the peace. This is a predatory capitalist system in action: Two individuals at similarly low rungs of the economic ladder are turned against each other because of their differing perspectives of what their situation means. The factory worker represents a character with idealistic goals that he feels are best achieved by playing the game of the system. This presents an unfortunate paradox where he’s forced into a position of seeing Deni, a character who outrightly resents the system, as an enemy who is a threat to his own progress because his progress is dependent upon the stability of the system. This essentially divides any potential for unity among the working class, thereby making the ruling class stronger and more in control of both sides.
A major theme repeated in this story is the idea that America is a concept more than simply a location: America exists as “anywhere where in order to get rich, you have to make someone else richer”. By the end of the film, Deni applies this law for his own purposes. By becoming a martyr for the sake of freedom, his wealth through the form of his legacy is cemented while he simultaneously enriches the souls of the islanders. Deni lived his life exclusively for his interpretation of freedom for the islanders; subsequently, this makes it impossible for Red to profit off of Deni’s death. Deni’s masterpiece was his success in becoming a teacher beyond simply a musician: His festival was a lesson that enlightened the islanders on what a successful protest looks like. As a result, Kofi and the islanders understood how to carry out his legacy appropriately and the conclusion of Guava Island sets the table for a conversation about the role of celebration as a critical part of mourning. Rather than grieve Deni’s execution silently, the collective pain and Deni’s massive reach provided an opportunity for the islanders to organize another protest, again utilizing the power of music in remembrance and celebration. Red’s intention for the death of Deni was to steal the people’s power from them. Ironically, Red is rendered powerless after realizing that Deni demonstrated the innate power the people held within themselves. By killing Deni, Red gave the people the opportunity to exercise this power through Deni’s example. Red’s number one strategy is stealing power. If that fails, his second strategy is buying it. His hold over the islanders is through stealing the power of their time and freedom. Red steals Deni’s power by forcing Deni to make music exclusively for Red’s enterprise. As Red begins to realize Deni taking his power back, he makes an attempt to purchase Deni’s power midway through the film by buying him off. Deni refuses the payout because it’s a divergence from his mission of liberation. Film producer Stephen Glover commented in a Huffington Post article that “the idea of Deni is really just looking at the major theme of capitalism and kind of the hero of that, the hero of a capitalist system.” Deni is the hero of a capitalist system because of his constant refusal to give or sell his power away. This stands in contrast to the man in the warehouse, who is willing to sell his power for the opportunity to realize his dream within the context of the capitalist system.
Film Analysis
When realizing that this story is an analogy reflective of modern-day neo-capitalist states; the film begs us to consider what side of the fence we stand on. Are we idealistic Deni’s who see the system and choose to rebel against it dynamically? Or are we the factory workers who’ve found appreciation for the opportunities that do exist and accept the costs that come with them as affordable? Maybe instead we’re the children Deni observes in the abandoned sanctuary- children with similar gifts to Deni, encouraged to take up the mantle and continue his mission in our own unique way. Or additionally, some of us might be Red’s soldiers, forced into an existence that strips us of our independence & places us in a position where the freedom that Deni embodies was depicted to feel so intangible that resentment for it grew until Deni became the natural enemy.
Shot in Cuba, Guava Island is cinematically stripped back with saturated colors on 16mm film. This creates a feeling of timelessness in a world that feels self-contained. Each piece of dialogue serves a purpose in narrating the story and each scene is layered with meaning. The weight of commercial responsibilities feels absent from this production, resulting in a film that’s an uncommon balance between linear and abstract.
The best part about this film is the way the story represents the intricacies of existence in a capitalist world system. Deni Maroon is a musician on Guava Island. Everyone on this island exists for the sake of adding value to Red. The exploitation of the citizens is a curse that Deni is able to break through his defiance against the system. This singular act of defiance unifies the people & leads to a revolution that Red is unable to control. In the midst of unwavering oppression, Deni’s sacrifice reminds the entire island of the power they truly have. Red runs the island like a business, so the people aren’t citizens, they’re employees. Their lives aren’t theirs and in varying degrees, they’ve been forced to sell their souls to Red’s enterprise. As part of the propaganda machine, Deni’s role on the island is one of the closest to Red’s in terms of power and influence. This effectively makes Deni Red’s main competitor. A great way to handle business competition is by exploring opportunities for partnerships, thus making the oligarchical consolidation of power easier. Guava Island expands on this idea- Deni is exploited massively as a weapon to keep the public brainwashed. He turns around and uses it to the advantage of the public to the dismay of Red.
Guava Island is a natural extension of “This Is America”. The genius of its utilization in Guava Island is in how the role of the performer is reversed. In the original This is America video, one of the many possible interpretations of the creative direction includes the idea that public figures in celebrity positions like that of Donald Glover exist to serve the primary function of being a perfect distraction to more pressing issues. This being said, it’s difficult to pin down Red’s real-life parallel; in today’s society on our 51-state island, it feels like Red’s physical presence is less immediately identifiable yet possibly even closer to our hearts and minds than in Guava. According to Stephen Glover, “The idea of Deni is really just looking at the major theme of capitalism and kind of the hero of that, the hero of a capitalist system.”
Capitalism is inherently about winning a war of ownership: Ownership of land, ownership of resources, ownership of ideas, and ownership of people. Deni’s character is a hero because he transmutes the paradigm and exposes the island as a banana republic where this war doesn’t have to exist. The collective power of the people of Guava Island is the antithesis of the labor machine; Deni’s death reminds the people that they have the power to end this war at any time.
This story isn’t perfect. Kofi feels underutilized as a character and it’s difficult to fully grasp what she symbolizes as a character beyond her role as Deni’s love interest. Nonetheless, we can make a vague connection between Deni’s external struggle and Kofi’s internal struggle but these questions are avoided in order to establish Deni’s mythos. Guava Island’s stylistic decisions and its quiet, static pacing are a nod to a bygone era of Pan-African political filmmaking dominated by the likes of Djibril Diop Mambety, Gaston Kaboré, and Bassek Ba Kobhio. It’s inspiring to see a film like this available to an American audience, as its existence itself feels like a form of protest in the face of the constant exploitative violence the American film industry typically works hard to disguise.
UGLY’S ADVENTURE’S IN HOSPITAL FINE DINING
Kaiser Permanente
They had the best sandwiches. Nothing special. They just tasted good, and they give you as many as you want. These white nurses were relentless in their pursuit of my sandwiches. I gained 2 pounds.
KAISER 7/10
Georgetown ER
These motherfuckers gave me full course meals, like all the fixings, shit was OD, but they tasted like plastic half the time. I lost 2 pounds.
GEORGETOWN ER 6/10
Georgetown psych ward
Spoon foods - they only gave us... “special guys” spoons, so everything they served had the consistency of extra-thick oatmeal. We were British peasants gumming at our rootless gruel. Also, my roommate looked like Wallace Shawn [he played Vizzini in The Princess Bride; the guy who kept saying “indubitably.”) He told me no one loved me, then gave me his half-eaten applesauce. He was chill.
GEORGETOWN PSYCH 4/10
Medstar
They just gave me crackers. That’s how they roll.
MEDSTAR 2/10
George Washington University
You god damn swine merchants. I’m Ethiopian Orthodox (we don’t partake in the hog) so to make it easier, I always steal Muslim Valor and check the Halal box, but they kept giving me fucking ham sandwiches. Giant portions, New York deli-sized portions. They wanted me to feel the succulent ham juices sliding down my chin like the first bite into a Florida orange. It felt like they were mocking me. I should have taken a photo. Either way, shout out to Nurse Fawziya getting me turkey sandwiches and complaining about Israel with me.
GW 0/10
FAWZIYA 12/10
What Sense Is This?
Who made this world?
We were born in ignorance, overwhelmed by light and sound, cast into a boisterous and incomprehensible universe. With some passage of time, we learn to separate and, later, evaluate the stimuli barraging the senses. The five human senses capture only a fraction of reality.
Have you felt the scorched air over molten ore, while Bessemer’s process incinerates impurities and refines iron into steel? This is the same furnace Carnegie and the other worldbuilders used to carve out the concrete jungle of this new world order.
Your skin is a buffer from this cold and dark universe, but your heart knows no difference between dimensions of pleasure and dimensions of pain.
Madame Curie received the Nobel prize for the most damning and terrifying terrestrial discovery, radium. The lead coffin containing her radioactive remains is still sealed. Supposed salvations oft become harbingers of destruction.
Have you heard Eisenhower ordering Fat Man and Little Boy to drop? With a word he incinerated hundreds of thousands of innocents, blazing a path to something we called peace. No one can say that he was wrong.
The reverberations of air beat in your ear drums and may alert, inform, or relax. Noise is sound unsorted. The world gets louder each and every day.
Have you looked down the barrel of our leaders’ targeted sights, as they envision con quest—some views overt, others covert? So intent on avenging the past, some take advantage of the present, while few assure a future.
The photons that stimulate your visual cortex are physical particles of the universe that have travelled unimaginably vast distances over the course of billions of years.The visible light spectrum reveals less than a trillionth of the information that physically strikes our bodies every single day.
Have you lingered over the exotic, earthy flavor of a coconut on your lips, contemplating the tens of thousands of miles it traversed across global supply lines to please your eager palate? Do you taste the blood and the cheapened sweat on the husk?
Tongues teach to carefully consume, considering catastrophe, accounting for corruption. Royalty once employed poison-tasters to prevent peril. Will this practice see a resurgence in days ahead?
Can you smell the burning oil that lingers in the nostrils of the North? Unpleasant even at this latitude, it is a stranglehold, a garrote, around the throat of the Global South.
Aromas trigger neural connections, which in turn index an atlas of smells, each tied to a unique time and place. Can you smell the rock that is cooking?
Senses are tools. As refinement occurs, comprehension grows. Great art requires little more than acute awareness. A composer hears music before it is played. A chef tastes a dish yet to be made. A sculptor sees a statue in a block of untouched marble. Few are gifted with this inherent understanding; most spend lifetimes in a continuous search of stones that will sharpen their tools. Even the masters know just how little is knownabout literally everything. about literally everything.
Greek philosopher Parmenides once stated, our senses show the way of seeming, and that only logic and reason can reveal the way of truth. Two and half millennia later, we have lost our way. Anyone with sense will agree.
As physicist Sean Carroll puts it, “we shouldn’t fool ourselves into mistaking the world As physicist Sean Carroll puts it, “we shouldn’t fool ourselves into mistaking the world as we experience it for the world as it really is.”
The Father, The Son, and the Holy Throne
A few years back, two rap superstars teamed up for one of the greatest collaboration albums of all time. A mogul who was somewhat of a veteran at this point was teaming up with his protégé. The protege had burst onto the scene a few years earlier with much help from the mogul and had, in turn, breathed new life into the mogul’s career. The album cover was a simple expression of the type of luxury they enjoyed. We are obviously talking about Like Father Like Son, the 2006 collab album from Birdman and Lil Wayne. Released in the middle of Wayne’s insane mixtape run and with Wayne handling (most of) the writing, we were treated to an incredible collection of songs about the streets, stunting, and family. A recent re-listen of the project led me to draw parallels to another much heralded collaboration, Watch The Throne. Rap mogul Jay-Z teamed up with Kanye West, who at that point was at his peak, to release one of the biggest albums of the decade. Kanye was at his peak at this point, coming off the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the best album of his career. Hov was coming off a rough few years(artistically, NOT financially) and needed a spark, this was it. Watch the Throne album and tour were the biggest events of 2011, the album covered themes of fatherhood, race, infidelity, friendships, and most importantly, “black excellence, opulence, decadence”. The tour was popular in its own right, with the duo styled exclusively by Riccardo Tisci, then creative director of Givenchy, who also designed the album cover. West attempted to popularize the leather kilt and the pair performed Niggas In Paris up to 10 times at some stops on the tour. It was indeed a cultural moment, but there would be no Watch the Throne without Like Father Like Son
Centrism???
So, first of all, I don’t think that centrists deserve rights. The very idea of being a centrist implies that you don’t want to make decisions. Anyone who stays neutral in times of oppression stands with the oppressor. It is for that reason that I don’t believe centrists deserve to have rights or any free will. The decision to become centrist should come with a form that waives all rights until they feel like choosing a side. Centrism is much more dangerous to society than far-right extremists. Extremists have clear goals that can be used to appeal to them. Centrists hide their true intentions under the guise of neutrality, making it much harder to figure out what they are planning.
In Defense of Flat-Earthers
Let’s keep it real, none of us has been to the edge of the earth. We assume that planes, boats, etc, all just go around the earth, but what if that isn’t the case. What if everything just flips? It could be flat but two-sided. This is the bigEARTH theory. This explains both why we don’t fall over the edge when we travel and why there is no visible curve. The Earth is just a floating 2.5D line in space, as is everything else in this “universe”.
born to manipulate
Emotional manipulation is one of the first things we learn as humans. Babies are taught/learn by default that their only means of communicating their needs is by crying. This, in turn, creates an emotional response in the nearest adult, who rushes to take care of the child. It is not the baby’s fault that their only way of expressing themselves for the first few months is by bawling their eyes out, but it is a fact. This behavior remains intact throughout childhood, with the more clever amongst us learning new ways to stretch the limits of emotional manipulation until it results in seriously maladjusted adults who need to manipulate others to get their way.
spring and fall are not real, they can’t hurt you
There are only two true seasons, Summer and Winter. Everything else is just a transition. Spring is pre-Summer. Fall is pre-Winter. I am fairly certain that our decision to identify these in between periods as seasons is the reason that they are slowly disappearing due to climate change. The earth is telling us that only two seasons exist, and they are the only ones we will experience from now on.
When things calm down
We now live in a perpetual state of panic, I doubt that this world will ever see calm again. We have done irreparable damage to the earth and society as a whole, and it’s all because of greed. Profits over people. We are paying the price. We will never see a true hero take office because the education system has failed so miserably to prepare the vast majority to analyze and decide who the best candidate may be. Our neglect of the environment means that we are facing natural disasters that are much worse and more frequent than ever before. Things are not getting better or easier; stop waiting and take your shot.
life : game
When you think about it, the legal system is just like a very boring video game. Even in jail, you are forced to use fake stuff as currency, like noodles and cigarettes. You end up spending money on things that are supposed to give you a better chance at beating the game, like hiring a better lawyer or bribing someone. No matter what you have though, it all depends on how you play the game. Success is never guaranteed. This is just a reflection of our own fucked up capitalism driven existence. It’s a game we play.
A Rocky Pregnancy
Two of the prettiest people alive recently announced their pregnancy(and relationship) to the world. Yes, the queen of Lingerie and sometimes pop music, Rihanna, is having a baby with fashion person and rapper A$AP Rocky. This has turned out to be terrible news for fans of both. Some Rihanna fans and stans alike seem to have taken issue with past comments from Rocky stating his preference for fairer skin women and his reluctance to speak up on topics regarding race. Plenty of folks seem to think Rihanna can do better than Rocky, pointing to her previous relationships with Arab billionaires, historically known for their support of women’s rights.
ugly wants to be french
Declaring my undying loyalty to France by marrying a terrified 12 year
old girl and becoming Islamophobic.
A Venusian Fertility Cult in Our Time
In a 2019 interview, The Queen of Grunge, Courtney Love, referred to
a Venusian fertility cult in the Valley that she had become enchanted by.
Though fertility cults are usually associated with mythology and idol wor-
ship, examining the phenomenon through a modern lens shows us that
there’s a lot more there. Venus was the Roman Goddess whose duties include
but are not limited to, love, beauty, desire, sex, and fertility. Now we have
this family consisting almost exclusively of female children with one obvious
supreme(Kris). The daughters almost exclusively procreate with black men
and they have a television show used to spread their message to the wom-
en of the world. Cults are no longer exclusively associated with weird dress
codes, desolate patches of land, and Kool-Aid. Fandoms are the new cults, and
their breeding grounds are Instagram and Twitter; scroll at your own risk.
2021 DC Mayoral Race
The race to become DC mayor is heating up as most candidates have now officially put
their names on the ballot. Like we always do at this time, we will be picking each candidate apart and laying out the FACTS. One thing that immediately jumps out is the lack of women on the ballot. Of the 6 democratic candidates, only one is a woman, the incumbent mayor, Muriel Bowser. Interestingly, of the remaining 6 candidates, 4 are women.
Muriel Bowser will be the most familiar to readers outside of DC as the first mayor to establish a “Black Lives Matter Plaza” after protestors (some of our dear friends) painted the street in front of the White House to say “Black Lives Matter\Defund MPD,” referring to the DC Metropolitan Police Department. The second part was conveniently left off the sanitized version of the street art that was unveiled to the world as Muriel’s response to President Trump, who at the time was being blamed(deservedly) for violence that was being carried out by the Secret Service, park police, and MPD on peaceful protestors. This is the same police department that Bowser wants to reinforce if she is re-elected. She seems to be determined to be the Mayor who brings statehood to DC, potentially guaranteeing a spot in the governor’s seat. It will surely be a difficult journey, she has faced plenty of criticism unrelated to her love of police. DC has experienced dangerously high homicide rates in the last few years of her term. That combined with a growing lack of affordable housing, makes it hard to see her becoming the first DC mayor to win a third term since the legendary Marion Berry.
Trayon White is another fairly familiar name, having been on the city council since 2016 as a representative of Ward 8. Since then, he has stayed in the headlines through a variety of interesting stunts. Announcing his candidacy through the @washingtonianprobs comment section is just the latest in a long line of interesting online behavior. There was the time he posted a Facebook video claiming that a prominent Jewish family controls the weather. Or the time that he staged a protest at a construction site to complain that jobs are going to immigrants instead of residents of the ward. There are also the countless times that he has posted anti-vax content on his social media despite being vaccinated. He is in fact the only council member to have voted against a vaccine mandate for council members and their families. Despite having no clearly defined agenda, White has criticized Bowser for her response to gun violence and inadequate affordable housing.
Robert White(no relation) is also a current council member, though slightly more progressive than his colleague. Robert has been responsible for passing bills to charge higher taxes to the wealthy and enact paid parental leave. He was strongly against Bowser’s decision to clear homeless encampments during hypothermia, claiming that the goal of her initiative was to “move” them with no concern for permanent housing. He is a big advocate for police reform and wants to DEFUND the police in order to allocate funds to more effective crime prevention tactics.
James Butler is a former Ward 5 ANC commissioner who considers himself a departure from the status quo. He lost the 2018 Mayoral race by 54,000 votes, and he must believe that he has a chance to close that gap. James aims to combat gentrification and provide more resources to vulnerable populations. He plans to do this by supporting reparations for black residents, providing temporary housing, social services, behavioral, and mental health resources to people experiencing homelessness. He believes that he can do this while increasing the number of police, creating a gun unit, and enforcing no loitering laws...James is severely mistaken.
Another hope...ful candidate is Michael Campbell, who is a pastor at Kingdom Driven Ministries, a “non-profit public charity established to advance the Kingdom of God, with specific emphasis on East Africa”. He has done plenty of work with gun violence prevention as part of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. He is an advocate for a $20 minimum wage and wants to build a tiny homes village to help homeless people transition to permanent housing. Oh, and he also believes that increasing police salaries will help to reduce crime.
Rounding out the democrats is Andre Delontae Davis, a former teacher who is obsessed with performing arts according to his website. Andre supports affordable housing and education reforms. He plans to reallocate the police budget as well as demilitarize the police, especially during peaceful protests.
DC is a majority democratic city, so it is unlikely that any outsiders will fall through the cracks, but just in case, we’ve got you covered:
Corren Brown: Statehood Green Party\Correctional Officer wants to change policing.
Lori Furstenberg: Republican\end mask and vaccine mandate\coined “mandate muriel”
Stacia Hall: Republican\wants to reopen schools and churches\family values.
Dustin Canter: Independent\trauma training for cops\teaches kids cooperation with cops.
Rodney Grant: Independent\comedian\educational equity\supports statehood.
url vs irl
Have you ever found yourself trying to replicate online slang with real-life actions? For example, have you ever tried to laugh your ass off in public? Have you ever rolled on the floor laughing? How do you express that(ROFL) sentiment in real life? It’s become something that we use so often. We talk like this constantly, almost 50% of the time in our lives we are sending messages. If you respond to something I send with” LOL”, I expect the same reaction from you if I say that same thing in real life. Keep that same energy. I think the easiest gesture to replicate would probably be shaking my head. Everybody shakes their head and from a very young age, we master the skill and learn to execute the emotion perfectly to express different emotions and feelings. Start with the head shakes then move on to the floor rolling.
Ugly Uses The Internet
Opening so many porno tabs on chrome that I look like a pit boss in a casino.
Ugly Understands the Youth
(my 18 yr old girlfriend peeing in my mouth in front of her friends)
I have my finger on the pulse of zoomer culture.