Category: Social Commentary

What do you do?

On By Alex V. WeirIn Humor, Social Commentary, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Annoyed Yuppie

 

Seriously, this question…I can’t stop asking it.

What the hell do these people actually do? There is so much bright polished steel on these roads, so many folks in restaurants, so many boats towed by some V12 monstrosity. I want people to thrive and have all these things and more. But what in the name of holy Christ do they do?

I just don’t understand it. Well, I do in that it probably has a lot to do with credit but…fuck…

I’m bothered by it…by what they do…I understand jobs like Engineer, Doctor, Lawyer, Construction Guy, Cop, UPS guy…but how many of those are there in a given town….

Maybe if your entire lifestyle is based on credit and just enough post-secondary education to help land you a job you tenuously hold to repay that credit..maybe…just maybe…ya shouldn’t look so smug.

Life really is sketch comedy…

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The Wheelbarrow isn’t designed to be a handcuff…

On By Alex V. WeirIn Current Events, Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedLeave a comment

The purpose of technology is to overcome obstacles. When the candle became the lantern people were trying to more efficiently solve the problem of stubbing their toe in the dark. So how in the ever loving hell is it that with all of today’s technology I daily stumble along articles about overwork, low pay, hunger, etc.

I get that we’ll likely never reach utopian levels of technology and that these age old problems maybe inherently pernicious.

But that being said – the current state is absolutely the result of misapplication and mismanagement. We are not dealing with technological boundaries but boundaries of greed, sloth, and stupidity.

On this Thanksgiving day I raise a toast to the last vestige of freedom we have in the United States by extending my right and left arm high and proud…extending the middle fingers and telling each side to FUCK OFF…fuck off with their parties, their parades, and their attendant media appartchniks…and one mighty fart to represent my feelings about most ‘ALTERNATIVE MEIDUH’

Seriously..fuck off. And God bless America.

Fractal Radio | Episode 28 – Social Media and ‘Hardly Explicable Human Conduct’

On By Alex V. WeirIn Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, VlogLeave a comment

A bit of a opinion stirred by Bryan Lunduke’s recent decision to quit all social media. I discuss the need for a refractory period to process each other’s opinions, insights,  and quirks.

Then the vlog veers in the direction of Roscoe Pounds ‘The Philosophy of Law’ and I make a brief case for why we should understand the underpinnings of law.

Finally, I explain why I haven’t uploaded as much substantive stuff.  Again.

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Quasi-Philosophical Waffling ~ War and Healthcare (Vlog)

On By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Environment, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, VlogLeave a comment

People seem to defend and attack vague notions rather than discuss the merits of policies. I take a jab at the problem. Alright I mention the problem. Perhaps the jab will come soon.

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