Won't it be fun to watch this family self destruct from the money and fame, and continue to show up on other "reality shows" in the future like "House Full Of Yesterdays Celebutards" and "Rehab For Talentless Freaks We Used To Gawk At".

>> ^DrNoodles:

So sad. What is really fucked up is not so much that some girl is self destructive (that is sad, but no new story there), but that in this day we have a fucking news crew documenting. "Cool! Yeah, kind of a neat thing". Feigned acceptance of something which is just some poor girl who needs some god damn help. Fucking western culture makes me sick.


I concur doctor.

So sad. What is really fucked up is not so much that some girl is self destructive (that is sad, but no new story there), but that in this day we have a fucking news crew documenting. "Cool! Yeah, kind of a neat thing". Feigned acceptance of something which is just some poor girl who needs some god damn help. Fucking western culture makes me sick.

^ More insane blathering from our local Repug tool. Good for a chuckle if you forget that this nutter actually believes this stupidity. Incredible how little it takes for some people to rail and vote against their own interests in the name of some cultish ideology. Gullibility, tunnel-vision, and the lack of common sense use to be culled from our species by lions and other predators. Now, these luddites multiply like rats and have become dead weight on humanity and progress. It's almost like Mother Nature's way of balancing out our decimation of the natural world. Humans overpopulate -> humans displace natural predators -> more low-intelligence, self-destructive idiots survive -> idiots infect gene pool -> raise more idiots -> vote for idiots -> humans destroy themselves -> predator population increases (if not already extinct).

Not one thing this kid said was true. I feel sorry for him. You can't pick your parents.

>> ^Trancecoach:

racism is the cause, not the effect.>> ^EMPIRE:
so...many...huh......racial...stereotypes.... must..huh......resist... urge... to.... make....racist...... joke.



Hmm... but Latinos are subject to racism (even codified into law, such as in Arizona), have greater linguistic challenges as ESL speakers, and haven't yet closed the US gaps in academic performance, but you never see Latino flash mob robberies, and the average Latino crime rate is actually (contrary to stereotypes) almost as low as the mainstream US crime rate.

At some point it becomes useful to talk about cultural differences and personal accountability, and how we can help kids get out of self-destructive cultures and improve their lives.

>> ^shagen454:

Oh yes! I crave destruction, exposing myself and manipulation, Shinyblurry, MU HAH HAH HAAAAA, MU HAH HAH HAAA!! Pure BLISS and EVIL!

>> ^shinyblurry:

>> ^shagen454:
Well Shinyblurry, you would probably be the one of the one's who swears to have had the most important encounter with your god in all of mankind. Or because of your closed-mindedness & hatefulness towards anything that doesn't match your description of religion, you would see demons who would show you just how wrong you are.
But, if you mean inner-demons then I suppose you might be somewhat correct. >> ^shinyblurry:
And this is how you can become demon possessed


You have no idea what you're playing around with. You think you're exploring your consciousness, but you are actually exposing your consciousness to manipulation by forces beyond your understanding. The loss of control and immersion into alternate realities is what you have ceded to the enemy to program you for self-destruction.



John 3:19-21

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Oh yes! I crave destruction, exposing myself and manipulation, Shinyblurry, MU HAH HAH HAAAAA, MU HAH HAH HAAA!! Pure BLISS and EVIL!


>> ^shinyblurry:



>> ^shagen454:
Well Shinyblurry, you would probably be the one of the one's who swears to have had the most important encounter with your god in all of mankind. Or because of your closed-mindedness & hatefulness towards anything that doesn't match your description of religion, you would see demons who would show you just how wrong you are.
But, if you mean inner-demons then I suppose you might be somewhat correct. >> ^shinyblurry:
And this is how you can become demon possessed


You have no idea what you're playing around with. You think you're exploring your consciousness, but you are actually exposing your consciousness to manipulation by forces beyond your understanding. The loss of control and immersion into alternate realities is what you have ceded to the enemy to program you for self-destruction.

>> ^shagen454:

Well Shinyblurry, you would probably be the one of the one's who swears to have had the most important encounter with your god in all of mankind. Or because of your closed-mindedness & hatefulness towards anything that doesn't match your description of religion, you would see demons who would show you just how wrong you are.
But, if you mean inner-demons then I suppose you might be somewhat correct. >> ^shinyblurry:
And this is how you can become demon possessed



You have no idea what you're playing around with. You think you're exploring your consciousness, but you are actually exposing your consciousness to manipulation by forces beyond your understanding. The loss of control and immersion into alternate realities is what you have ceded to the enemy to program you for self-destruction.

@speechless, your comments are hilarious. "...the beginning of a manifesto" - brilliant.

It was sad watching Blankfist sort of self destruct, and choggie too. But if you can't get by without fucking with people, you can't expect Dag and co to let you keep doing it because your voice is unique.

enoch just makes me want to post something obscure to be one of the gang...

This is not some half-baked excuse to create controversy for controversy's sake. I'm not a teenager. And I'm sure if I put my mind to it, I could manufacture some real harm. Rather, I embrace John Milton's Areopagitica, which is fundamental to the concept of free speech.
And I agree that as a community we have to instill certain rules and regulations. Also, I agree that each one of these people has proven incapable of "playing well with others." But they have contributed good videos. And because banning prevents these people from submitting videos, I'm being "robbed" of the opportunity to watch them. In effect, the pool that I drink from gets smaller. This is a negative. In my opinion, it's better have options than not.
Surely, we can hobble people to the point that they have no opportunity to lash out, self-destruct or hurt another member. Also, I'm fairly certain members can block other members if they want to.
I suggest that because that is all they are capable of doing, as demonstrated repeatedly by themselves, that that should be all they are allowed to do: submit videos and upvote. No comments allowed. No powers. Nothing but a few videos a month a handful of upvotes?
Also, it seems to me that banning is ineffective and indiscriminate, on top of minimizing the potential to watch good videos, which is the main reason I'm here.

Amazing artist, they sounded so different and fresh. Still got this on tape somewhere...and I may have even bought it on CD. Never listened to De La Soul is Dead, IIRC they self-destructed a bit.

Something tells me that was his plan. He didn't just want to leave so he got himself banned.

>> ^Sarzy:

I always thought Blankfist was a cool guy, but he did get weirdly aggressive and troll-like towards the end. I had assumed it was a weird act of some sort; maybe he wanted to leave the Sift, and his self-destruction was essentially suicide by cop.

I think Tyson is overstating it when he suggests that all American progress was due to the shared national vision of landing a man on the moon. We got tons of science out of it, but more and more science isn't doing us any good as long as it accelerates our self-destruction. If there were some project that would focus the collective will to save the planet from us, that would be cool.

I always thought Blankfist was a cool guy, but he did get weirdly aggressive and troll-like towards the end. I had assumed it was a weird act of some sort; maybe he wanted to leave the Sift, and his self-destruction was essentially suicide by cop.

If our government was truely interested in generating income,the simplest way would be to tax the profits of stock transactions to start,and tarrifs for all these imported goods we no longer generate to make sending manufacturing overseas less attractive. Taxing the rich at a comparable rate to the working class will help tremendously as well. Taxes are on PROFITS-that's what is left over once the expenses of creating that profit are paid-so no whining how the poor billionaire is getting robbed. The difference can be made up in volume...more people capeable of spending money because they have jobs means more profits in any case...China may have super cheap labour,but they pay their taxes to China,not America. Eroding the middle class tax base seems as clever to me as Wile E Cyote sawing away at the cliff holding him up,and pointing this out to him makes him saw defiantly faster. Until he falls.

Capitalism could work if our government's corporate masters realize they have a vested interest in providing livings for their workforces. A worker who appreciates a good job will go that extra mile to promote that company willingly,to the benifit of all. This short term nonsense of using bailout money to reward the top tier of executives with incentive money is rank madness,high treachery and ultimately self destructive. A pity whatever puppet we elect will just continue the sad dance whomever gets in.

Its why I'm voting for Goldman Sachs in November. They are already running the place,and they may value me as an exploitable resource even after I cast my vote. They can't be worse than these clowns running about now.