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Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 17 Jan 2020, 2:20pm
by Kory
Wolter wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 9:05am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 7:33am
Silent Majority wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 6:09am
It's fashionable to talk of guillotines in these situations, but I've got the guts to say this: firing squads would be much more efficient.
Counterpoint: Guillotines facilitates public display of heads on pikes. Sure, you could shoot them then decapitate, but a guillotine saves a step. That efficiency of labour would allow us all more time to ourselves.
Also. Let us never sacrifice artistry to the altar of efficiency.
Lightpole hangings is the best of both worlds.

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 17 Jan 2020, 5:16pm
by Dr. Medulla
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 2:20pm
Wolter wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 9:05am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 7:33am
Silent Majority wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 6:09am
It's fashionable to talk of guillotines in these situations, but I've got the guts to say this: firing squads would be much more efficient.
Counterpoint: Guillotines facilitates public display of heads on pikes. Sure, you could shoot them then decapitate, but a guillotine saves a step. That efficiency of labour would allow us all more time to ourselves.
Also. Let us never sacrifice artistry to the altar of efficiency.
Lightpole hangings is the best of both worlds.
And if I did some digging, I'd see you have a financial interest in piano wire manufacturing, wouldn't I?

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 17 Jan 2020, 7:30pm
by Kory
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 5:16pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 2:20pm
Wolter wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 9:05am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 7:33am
Silent Majority wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 6:09am
It's fashionable to talk of guillotines in these situations, but I've got the guts to say this: firing squads would be much more efficient.
Counterpoint: Guillotines facilitates public display of heads on pikes. Sure, you could shoot them then decapitate, but a guillotine saves a step. That efficiency of labour would allow us all more time to ourselves.
Also. Let us never sacrifice artistry to the altar of efficiency.
Lightpole hangings is the best of both worlds.
And if I did some digging, I'd see you have a financial interest in piano wire manufacturing, wouldn't I?
Piano wire futures are the future.

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 17 Jan 2020, 7:54pm
by Dr. Medulla
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:30pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 5:16pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 2:20pm
Wolter wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 9:05am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 7:33am


Counterpoint: Guillotines facilitates public display of heads on pikes. Sure, you could shoot them then decapitate, but a guillotine saves a step. That efficiency of labour would allow us all more time to ourselves.
Also. Let us never sacrifice artistry to the altar of efficiency.
Lightpole hangings is the best of both worlds.
And if I did some digging, I'd see you have a financial interest in piano wire manufacturing, wouldn't I?
Piano wire futures are the future.
"Dumbass." - Robert Moog

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 17 Jan 2020, 8:09pm
by Kory
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:54pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:30pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 5:16pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 2:20pm
Wolter wrote:
12 Jan 2020, 9:05am


Also. Let us never sacrifice artistry to the altar of efficiency.
Lightpole hangings is the best of both worlds.
And if I did some digging, I'd see you have a financial interest in piano wire manufacturing, wouldn't I?
Piano wire futures are the future.
"Dumbass." - Robert Moog
Only one of us is alive.

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 17 Jan 2020, 8:26pm
by Dr. Medulla
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 8:09pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:54pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:30pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 5:16pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 2:20pm


Lightpole hangings is the best of both worlds.
And if I did some digging, I'd see you have a financial interest in piano wire manufacturing, wouldn't I?
Piano wire futures are the future.
"Dumbass." - Robert Moog
Only one of us is alive.
"In the long run, we're all dead." - John Maynard Keynes

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 17 Jan 2020, 9:27pm
by Wolter
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 8:26pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 8:09pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:54pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:30pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 5:16pm


And if I did some digging, I'd see you have a financial interest in piano wire manufacturing, wouldn't I?
Piano wire futures are the future.
"Dumbass." - Robert Moog
Only one of us is alive.
"In the long run, we're all dead." - John Maynard Keynes
Speak for yourself, John Maynard Korpse.

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 17 Jan 2020, 9:37pm
by Dr. Medulla
Wolter wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 9:27pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 8:26pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 8:09pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:54pm
Kory wrote:
17 Jan 2020, 7:30pm


Piano wire futures are the future.
"Dumbass." - Robert Moog
Only one of us is alive.
"In the long run, we're all dead." - John Maynard Keynes
Speak for yourself, John Maynard Korpse.
In the afterlife. JMK is twirling a bike chain and waiting for you. Yeah, he's got time, he's got time.

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 11:34am
by JennyB
The fashion industry is just trolling us now:
https://tomandlorenzo.com/2020/01/paris ... ollection/

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 11:40am
by Dr. Medulla
JennyB wrote:
24 Jan 2020, 11:34am
The fashion industry is just trolling us now:
https://tomandlorenzo.com/2020/01/paris ... ollection/
has an air of soft poetry and innocent romance.
Or impending deadlines and creatively bankrupt.

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 12:04pm
by Flex
JennyB wrote:
24 Jan 2020, 11:34am
The fashion industry is just trolling us now:
https://tomandlorenzo.com/2020/01/paris ... ollection/
That's gonna be a yikes from me, fam

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 20 Mar 2020, 11:14pm
by BostonBeaneater
Come on Boeing.

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 21 Mar 2020, 6:37am
by Dr. Medulla
BostonBeaneater wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 11:14pm
Come on Boeing.
Ha! Beautiful.

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 21 Mar 2020, 10:29am
by oliver
Dr. Medulla wrote:
21 Mar 2020, 6:37am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 11:14pm
Come on Boeing.
Ha! Beautiful.
Ooof... first round knockout from Keziyah

Re: Late stage capitalism

Posted: 09 Apr 2020, 1:49pm
by BostonBeaneater