Angry Human

The Gaslighting of Dave Mustaine

Angryman — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:25:47 +0000

When I was younger, I was told a very silly story about a very ignorant man who thought he was being “cool” and “edgy” but was really just naive (or worse, moronic). It was a morality tale about not believing everything you hear, but a little bit of digging reveals a much more dangerous truth hiding just below the surface. The man in the story was Dave Mustaine, singer and guitarist for…

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The Single Most Important Question On Police:

Angryman — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:22:50 +0000

If police didn’t exist, would you choose to create them again? I’m gonna ask you to step outside of the present. Step outside of the details and the talking points and the headlines and imagine yourself at a council of concerned citizens trying to make a community safety plan for the very first time. We have a few problems to solve in our community, and we want your input.

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Sexual Attraction Isn’t Natural

Angryman — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:51:19 +0000

I hate to break it to you, but the people and features that get you all hot under the hood are artificial. You get horny in the ways that you were taught to, for a whole lot of deep cultural and political reasons. That doesn’t mean it’s some deep conspiracy, or that any person or group is steering the ship. It’s more like an expression of our collective unconscious – the same collective…

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Raising the Minimum Wage Isn’t Enough

Angryman — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:51:25 +0000

I swear to god this is a real quote, straight from my boss’s mouth just minutes ago. I want you to really drink this shit in: Read it again. Go on, it’s short. Think about the logic of that, and who it benefits. Quick math check – 600/week is the same as a $15 minimum wage, 40 hours a week. The company I work for is worth millions of dollars. We own millions in property alone…

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Hey Liberals: Andrew Yang Isn’t Listening

Angryman — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:15:56 +0000

Let me immediately preface this by saying that this is less about Andrew Yang and more about the worldview and kinds of people he represents. In an election cycle that is so much about cultural issues, general unrest, and hearing the voices of those traditionally under-represented (at least on the left), there are a lot of people whose instinct is to moderate that, to tone it down…

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Fun is revolutionary (but is it impossible?)

Angryman — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:41:28 +0000

We are raised to be walking, talking resumes. Kids these days are on Baby Einstein by the time they’re babbling, and taking on extracurriculars by the time they’re entering elementary school. You can’t just watch Power Rangers punch each other because it’s rad as hell, you gotta learn your ABCs with Dora and Boots. You whole life is college prep. Hobbies become line items on a resume…

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The Anger Manifesto

Angryman — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:35:32 +0000

Anger is a tool of liberation. Anger is a powerful motivator. You have to care to be angry – and I want you to care. Listen, we live in a blame-y society. Sorry, did I say blame-y? I meant “individualist”. Same difference. We live in a society that encourages the powerful to exploit the powerless, and then blames the powerless for not escaping their own exploitation. I’m not going…

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Bro, fuck autism oppression

Angryman — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:22:16 +0000

First, I am not autistic. But I am very close to a lot of people who are. I think what I am sharing here is super important, but I just want to call out right off the top that while this isn’t my life experience that doesn’t make it any less of a goddamn tragedy. Sooooo I have a friend. A close friend, really. He’s never been diagnosed, and he probably wouldn’t self-identify as autistic…

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WTF even is self-care anymore?

Angryman — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:22:39 +0000

Self-care is a nonsense word. It may have meant something once, but it has been stolen from us and weaponized against us. It’s just a way to sell us shit now. Self-care these days is usually the thing you do INSTEAD OF what you actually need. It’s a sneaky way to convert big, systemic problems into solutions that YOU, the victim, are responsible for. Usually because you’re not able to do the…

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Hey, Liberals: we’re ALL being crushed by Capitalism

Angryman — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:34:31 +0000

First off, liberals, I think you’re lovely people. Some of my best friends are liberals. I voted for Joe Biden, too, you know. I can blend in with you at the water cooler, cozy up to you fairly comfortably, and trust that you’re not going to sneeze Covid all over me like some of my conservative acquaintances, because at the very least y’all understand how masks work. But here’s the problem…

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