@carnivorous
not trying to butt in on your penis waving contest (ok.yes i am).
but i think what some here are trying to convey to you are your broad generalizations.

i am sure your points do apply to some of the younger generation but in no way represents ALL of them.

i am getting long in the greys and i know MANY of my generation that expend far too much energy on:social networks,candy crush and full out gossip and complaining (good lord do they complain).

i know this is veering off topic,but its a worthy topic.

my boys are in their twenties.they all are hard workers of the manual persuasion but they are all having a hard go.
this happens and the times are not ripe for an easy run.
do you know what bothers me the most about watching my boys struggle?
the fear.
they are afraid,uncertain and unsure.
when i was their age i was fearless.

when i was their age i was working for my friend who was a lighting director for russell simmons.def jam summer fest world tour baby!
traveled all over the country and the carribean,duffle bag in tow.
learned how to coil cable right proper too.

ok.not at first.
totally screwed that up the first night.
so my buddy made me unravel every inch of cable (even the ones done right by him and others) and learned the hard way how to coil cable proper.
you have any idea how MUCH cable is used for lighting?
well neither do i but im gonna go in measurements of miles (or hours of lost sleep,you decide).

i guess my point is (if i even have one):
manual labor has its advantages but so do intellectual pursuits.
they actually compliment each other.

but dont judge this generation too harshly.
they are afraid,
and uncertain.
something we (or at least I) never really had to deal with on that scale.

and so ends my rambling incoherent rant.
think ill go fix that broken screen door i have been putting off for ages.
yall got me in the mood to fix something.

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The human body can indeed aquire or be born with conditions that upset the ability to be nutrionally balanced, usually chemical...

So to say Fat itself is not a disease is correct, but... Obesity can be beyond some people's control due to conditions beyond their control occuring in the body.

I didn't know that for a long time, too. Gervais is still funny though.

Hell, I just watched an old clip of Def Jam where a comedian did a whole bit on how you don't see homosexual animal behavior... and the sift knows that's not the case... we've seen the video.

If Alcoholism is a disease, put obesity on the list.

Goddamn audience, clap AFTER the poem is over. That aside, this was brilliant. I saw him perform it on Def Jam Poetry a while back, but it wasn't as passionate as it was here. Brilliant stuff.

Their album is dropping this June from No Limit / Def Jam records.

He and Xzibit are my two favorite characters in Def Jam: Fight For New York on the original Xbox.

SUBMIT!!

OK, that was really funny - but I don't think Def Jam and the Friar's Club go together.

i didn't know def jam was her US label. thats interesting.

"Go on then, go on report me,
I'm English, try and deport me!"

I have teh biggest crush on Lady Sovereign. I don't think she's a chavette, especially since she's the one who wrote that "Sad Arse Strippa" parody of Jentina's "Bad Ass Strippa". The negative stigmata really affected her career developing in the UK, however she's now Def Jam's first British MC and this was the first single out in the US.