Guess who's back with a brand new rant? A new 'sona too! I'm now a blue fynx (fox-lynx hybrid) though I suppose that's not important right now because my head is exploding with all sorts of fuckery. Yes I know! The cussing is already coming out. It's probably cause this rant has been building up in my head for over a month now but I just haven't found the time to type it up, but it's here now! As per usual your mileage may vary, viewer discretion is advised.
This goes out to the American INjustice system.
America, land of the free, home of the brave. Where criminals get a slap on the wrist and no good deed goes unpunished. That leads me to my first order of business. Let's dig right in, shall we?
So here's something most of you probably haven't heard about. Down in Steubenville Ohio there was a rape committed by two high school boys against a fellow high schooler. They have already been convicted which is, of course, great! Do you know what's not great? One of them got one year because he's a minor and ONLY fingered her while she was unconcious. The other is getting a whopping TWO years because he took pictures of her and distributed them to other students which-due to her age, constitutes the distribution of child pornography. One and two years in prison? That's practically a slap on the wrist! It's the bare minimum punishment, and-okay, I'll admit, if it had been petty theft then fine give them the minimum, okay?
Rape though? Really? You're going to hand out the minimum sentence for rape and distribution of child pornography to two guys who sat around with their buddies and laughed about her about how "I shoulda raped her now that everybody thinks I did," and "they raped her quicker than Mike Tyson raped that one girl". Yeah that sounds like two guys who'll get a slap on the wrists and NEVER EVER do it again. They might not even end up on the sex offender registry pending "a future hearing to evaluate their behavior once they have turned 21." Are you out of your mind? I can't get away with telling an officer that I didn't see the stop sign but these guys can say "we're really really sorry that we violated that girl, took pictures of her semen covered body, distributed them to our friends, laughed about the whole thing, and tried to cover it up, and we'll never ever do it again" and that's it?
As the Lord of the Pitch once said "But wait there's more!"
Deric Lostutter, a member of Anonymous ('sup /b/?) who helped bring forth the evidence that allowed the police to get warrants on the cell phones and tablets of relevant individuals, and thus, find evidence to convict the rapists is under arrest. "For what?" you ask? Hacking related crimes. "Well that's just stupid shit," you say, and you're right, in my not so humble opinion.
However, the courts disagree. How severely do they disagree? They disagree by TEN YEARS hard time max.
Yes, this guy broke a cover up of these high school jackasses very proud rape of some poor unconscious girl and they might throw him in prison for over THREE TIMES the amount of time that BOTH RAPISTS were sentenced for COMBINED. That is the thing about this that really just scratches at my brain stem. I'd sooner get a root canal then have this shit bottled up in me any longer. You wanna know what should be done in that courtroom? GIVE HIM A MEDAL! That's what should be done, cause without him. Those boys-those rapists-would still be out there. They'd still be high on their horses, proud of themselves for what they did. Honestly? I think they'd do it again.
I understand though, really I do! Deric did something great, but he did it through illegal means so he has to be punished. Plead him out though, give him a smack on the wrists. Charge him some fine and put him in for community service. Ten years in prison though? Compared to two rapists getting a combined three years in Juvie? It makes me sick, it really does.
Still, if that was the only completely bogus thing going on this country, we wouldn't have so many people bitching about it. I've got another miscarriage of justice but I'll save that for last. Let me interject this with a quick lesson in taxes. OH JOY I GET TO TALK ABOUT TAXES.
You see, while some criminals get off easy and heroes get punished there are crooks making millions while simple people pick up the bill. Take for example something that shows up in the tax code as "Intangible Drilling Costs". Just the name aughta perk your interests. Intangible Drilling Costs as defined on Investopedia are "all expenses made by an operator incidental to and necessary in the drilling and preparation of wells for the production of oil and gas, such as survey work, ground clearing, drainage, wages, fuel, repairs, supplies and so on." Essentially, any drilling classified as "experimental drilling" can have up to 100% of it's costs written off so that they are paid for by us hard working tax payers.
Yeah as if the IRS and oil companies weren't screwing us enough separately now they're coming together into this symphony of financial sodomy. Still I can't hold off on the juiciest bit of corrupt justice any longer. So let me ask you this:
How do you feel about child sex trafficking?
Does it make you shudder? Well if it doesn't then get off my page before I decide to track you down and cave your skull in.
I digress.
It's generally accepted that child sex traffickers are slime balls. They are inhuman creatures that destroy the childhood-the innocence!-of poor defenseless children then kill them or dump them on the streets when they're too old for the pedos all over the world to shoot a stiffy at them. That's if they make it to be that old, anyways; since most of them are so poorly mistreated and malnourished there are runway models with a higher body fat percentage then some of these kids. So when Operation Cross Country-led by the FBI, found and rescued 105 victims of child sex trafficking people started to cheer-rightfully so too! This is a victory against one of the largest global crime networks (third largest in the world).
Ah but this is a rant about injustice, so it can't be that simple. You should be savvy enough to figure that out.
Turns out it's too much trouble to shove the kids into the foster system or they just "don't have the room" neither can they find victim housing so instead they charge the kids with prostitution and throw them in jail or juvie so they won't be able to go back to the trade or end up as actual prostitutes. I have to admit, I took a good long break because I couldn't function as I typed up this bit-even now I'm full of rage and despair over these kids predicaments.
While the link to the FBI's website will tell all the good that came of it this article from US News' website will give more details on how they drop kids of varying ages who were forced to sexually service people sometimes two or three times their age in juvie or even jail. They say they do it to "keep them from going back to the trade" or to keep them off the streets so they won't become actual prostitutes. Yeah because going to jail with, drug addicts and dealers, rapists, killers, PEDOPHILES.. drug addled child raping killers? And Juvie Hall? Where there are kids who are any number of those things in the making? Hell if they go to Juvie Hall in Steubenville Ohio you can knock the "in the making" part off cause now they have unrepentant rapists living there.
Is this the better alternative? Taking them from a position where they're mistreated and exploited to a position where they can be mistreated, exploited, beaten, and killed? Am I missing something here or are you really that retarded? You know I can almost forgive the fuck ups down in Steubenville in light of this miscarriage-no this ABORTION of justice. What's worst is they're doing this stuff to child sex trafficking victims in my home state of Michigan!
You know maybe there wouldn't be people like Deric Lostutter having to use illegal means to make sure justice is served if our justice system would punish the real criminals and shelter the actual victims. That's just my opinion though. Maybe other people share it, but I can say for certain that it's mine. I personally support KnightSec wholeheartedly as they represent Hacktivism used for the sake of truth and justice.
May the victim of the Steubenville rape find peace just as all the exploited kids may find peace, wherever they may be.
Yours truly,
Alex the Fynx
As always Wikipedia is one of my favorite sources, all other sources are linked in their respective sections
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Monday, December 3, 2012
Blessed Are We All
Today I was finally taking the time to look through MakesMeThink.com and cried more times then I can count. I submitted my own, regarding the loss of my grandfather (I've yet to see if it will be put on the site, if it does, please do not link my blog to it.) Each of them made me stop and think about life and, many of them made me think about mortality-I had seen a few of them on this site which is run by the same people who run MMT. I made a post on Facebook regarding mortality and the value of not just our lives but those around us, however, I thought I should make a blog post.
So many people stop each day, feeling weak and helpless. We call out for help, and some get it, some don't. Some are happy they got their help, and some curse those who didn't help them, feeling abandoned.
Now stop and think about something for me.
How many times have you driven down a freeway, expressway, highway, etc. and seen someone broken down on the side of the road and just drove on past? How many times have you seen someone sitting alone in a public place looking absolutely distraught and thought nothing of it? I'm not saying that you shouldn't ask for help, this is not an angry rant (or at least I don't plan it to be). My point is that we tend to expect people to pick up on our problems and help without asking. The problem is that not everyone is as intuitive as we give them credit for, and some people just don't feel comfortable delving into others problems unless asked to. There are those kind souls like the ones you see on Makes Me Think that either step in or witness others stepping in and helping others, however we should not expect them-or at least, not at this point of man's level of coexistence.
I myself would like to start a movement, though I doubt my blog has enough of a following for it to take off. This kind of thing has been done before for a day or two, but instead of giving it a single shot and hoping it sticks, why don't we keep doing it?
Get together with friends and go to a very popular public location and just compliment people that walk past your group. You have no idea how uplifting it is to hear a stranger just compliment you on something-anything! Stop and help people in need, not because you expect to get a favor from them, but because it's the right thing to do.
We live in a world where one hundred reasons to like a person are overwhelmed by a few reasons to hate them. So let's stop looking at how we're different, see how we're alike. Cherish those similarities rather then damning the differences.
There is one similarity to remember and that is that we are all human. It doesn't matter what color our skin is. It doesn't matter if we are attracted to men, women, both, or neither. It doesn't matter if we worship God, Allah, Gaia, or nothing at all. We are all human, and there are two people that I'd like everyone to keep in mind: John Lennon, and John M. Perkins.
John Lennon was one of the greatest peacemongers this world has ever seen. His song Imagine speaks of his dream, for all of mankind to be equal in each others eyes, and to share the world with one another. John M. Perkins is a black man who grew up in Mississippi during the nineteen-forty's and left the state after his brother, Clyde, was fatally gunned down by a police officer. Despite his past he now urges everyone to love one another-and not just to love the oppressed, but the oppressor as well, for all of us are equal in spirit and life.
So let's start loving one another, look out for everyone around you. They may be nothing to you, but they're someone's child. That man you saw broken down on the side of the road could be on their way to hold his wife's hand as she gives birth, or to hold a loved one as they take their last breaths.
That woman sitting alone in a park or in a diner crying may have just watched her lover fly off to go to war, or lost her child in a school shooting, but you'd never know.
You don't have to give them your kidney or your life's savings, but the time of day is usually all it takes to get people feeling better. Knowing that someone cares enough to listen to you pour your heart out is a wonderful feeling. Even if you never see or hear from that person again, you did something good that will help that person get through their day. Cherish that feeling.
Reading all those pages of stories, and thinking about the impact that a single act of random kindness can have MMT
With teary eyes, and warmth in my chest,
Alex the Foxboy
So many people stop each day, feeling weak and helpless. We call out for help, and some get it, some don't. Some are happy they got their help, and some curse those who didn't help them, feeling abandoned.
Now stop and think about something for me.
How many times have you driven down a freeway, expressway, highway, etc. and seen someone broken down on the side of the road and just drove on past? How many times have you seen someone sitting alone in a public place looking absolutely distraught and thought nothing of it? I'm not saying that you shouldn't ask for help, this is not an angry rant (or at least I don't plan it to be). My point is that we tend to expect people to pick up on our problems and help without asking. The problem is that not everyone is as intuitive as we give them credit for, and some people just don't feel comfortable delving into others problems unless asked to. There are those kind souls like the ones you see on Makes Me Think that either step in or witness others stepping in and helping others, however we should not expect them-or at least, not at this point of man's level of coexistence.
I myself would like to start a movement, though I doubt my blog has enough of a following for it to take off. This kind of thing has been done before for a day or two, but instead of giving it a single shot and hoping it sticks, why don't we keep doing it?
Get together with friends and go to a very popular public location and just compliment people that walk past your group. You have no idea how uplifting it is to hear a stranger just compliment you on something-anything! Stop and help people in need, not because you expect to get a favor from them, but because it's the right thing to do.
We live in a world where one hundred reasons to like a person are overwhelmed by a few reasons to hate them. So let's stop looking at how we're different, see how we're alike. Cherish those similarities rather then damning the differences.
There is one similarity to remember and that is that we are all human. It doesn't matter what color our skin is. It doesn't matter if we are attracted to men, women, both, or neither. It doesn't matter if we worship God, Allah, Gaia, or nothing at all. We are all human, and there are two people that I'd like everyone to keep in mind: John Lennon, and John M. Perkins.
John Lennon was one of the greatest peacemongers this world has ever seen. His song Imagine speaks of his dream, for all of mankind to be equal in each others eyes, and to share the world with one another. John M. Perkins is a black man who grew up in Mississippi during the nineteen-forty's and left the state after his brother, Clyde, was fatally gunned down by a police officer. Despite his past he now urges everyone to love one another-and not just to love the oppressed, but the oppressor as well, for all of us are equal in spirit and life.
So let's start loving one another, look out for everyone around you. They may be nothing to you, but they're someone's child. That man you saw broken down on the side of the road could be on their way to hold his wife's hand as she gives birth, or to hold a loved one as they take their last breaths.
That woman sitting alone in a park or in a diner crying may have just watched her lover fly off to go to war, or lost her child in a school shooting, but you'd never know.
You don't have to give them your kidney or your life's savings, but the time of day is usually all it takes to get people feeling better. Knowing that someone cares enough to listen to you pour your heart out is a wonderful feeling. Even if you never see or hear from that person again, you did something good that will help that person get through their day. Cherish that feeling.
Reading all those pages of stories, and thinking about the impact that a single act of random kindness can have MMT
With teary eyes, and warmth in my chest,
Alex the Foxboy
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Politics, Gambling, and Other Vices
Well the elections have come and gone, and while I didn't have cable so I couldn't sit back and enjoy the wonderful commercials capitalizing on one of the greatest events in recent years, I did have an X Box 360 and discount internet. This means I got to watch NBC's coverage as well as Indecision '12 on Comedy Central, though I hear Fox New's coverage was one rare example of good, neutral journalism for the network.
So the good guy won, in my not so humble, and rather outspoken opinion; the corprate ass hat lost-that one's not so arguable, and we're left with democrats in control of the Oval office and the senate, not so bad, right? ..What do you mean wrong? What are you-you're seceding from the country!? MICHIGAN TOO!? I LIVE IN MICHIGAN! I already have problems with the US Currency don't make me get used to a new one! The only currency I'd like to learn to use in America is the Euro and that's cause it's far more valuable then the US dollar, but I digress.
What the sweet, buttery, shit frosted fuck is causing another civil war and why do I feel that it's coinciding with the Mayan Apocalypse? Well it could be either that the Mayans had a Piece of Eden or other mystical, video game related object that showed them the future, incredible luck, or circumstance. Regardless of the answer to my question I have to ask what caused it all.
What I hear most of the time is that people of various states are putting forth petitions on the We The People petitioning page of the White House website to have their state secede from the fifty states because Obama got re-elected. This makes me think of one of my Social Studies teachers who my science teacher affectionately called Guy Down The Hall. You see, Guy Down The Hall said that he could guarantee Obama was going to win because with how horrible the Republicans were doing if the Democrats were to have a german shepard go as their candidate they'd win, just cause people are sick of Republicans. The same thing is happening now, and he's only been in office for FOUR YEARS! They gave the republicans eight years to fuck it all up, but Obama only gets four years to fix it? Go to hell in ways and languages that I haven't even heard of.
Mitt Romney was going to give our economy a loaded gun and make it play russian roulette. He was going to bet the farm-and not even his own farm, he was going to bet money we didn't have to bet in the hopes that the economy would get better, and if that backfired where would his "strong middle class" be then? Running to Canada! That's what I'd be doing! "Sweet Jesus and dalmation puppies! Save us with your maple syrup and socialized health care!"
Which leads me to the title of this rant: Politics, Gambling, and Other Vices. The US populace would rather gamble our entire economy on a quick fix then actually WAIT for a good balanced plan from Obama to take it's full effect. In the nation where you can get your pizza made and delivered in half an hour to forty-five minutes and a Whopper Jr. meal in under ten minutes, waiting another few years for some more improvment in the economy is too much to ask. We'd rather bet the farm and let the chips fall where they may. Then bitch about it if it goes wrong, like true, red blooded Americans.
Maybe I'm just an idiot for voting for the guy with a thorough, well thought out plan, but c'mon, really? We call ourselves the greatest nation "God's Chosen Country" but we're so stupid we'd rather gamble everything on one guys half assed plan.
All I can think is that these people who fancy themselves revolutionaries, as if they're following in the footsteps of the founding fathers, by trying to sucede, are idiots. If they really were trying to follow in the footsteps of the the founding fathers they'd have fought with this same fire during Bush's presidency. Hey the Repbulicans are the reds, like the Brits and the Democrats are the blues, see the symbolism?
Be true patriots, people, because as Mark Twain once said:
With true American spirit,
Alex The Foxboy
Sources: Wikipedia (as always) and various google searches
So the good guy won, in my not so humble, and rather outspoken opinion; the corprate ass hat lost-that one's not so arguable, and we're left with democrats in control of the Oval office and the senate, not so bad, right? ..What do you mean wrong? What are you-you're seceding from the country!? MICHIGAN TOO!? I LIVE IN MICHIGAN! I already have problems with the US Currency don't make me get used to a new one! The only currency I'd like to learn to use in America is the Euro and that's cause it's far more valuable then the US dollar, but I digress.
What the sweet, buttery, shit frosted fuck is causing another civil war and why do I feel that it's coinciding with the Mayan Apocalypse? Well it could be either that the Mayans had a Piece of Eden or other mystical, video game related object that showed them the future, incredible luck, or circumstance. Regardless of the answer to my question I have to ask what caused it all.
What I hear most of the time is that people of various states are putting forth petitions on the We The People petitioning page of the White House website to have their state secede from the fifty states because Obama got re-elected. This makes me think of one of my Social Studies teachers who my science teacher affectionately called Guy Down The Hall. You see, Guy Down The Hall said that he could guarantee Obama was going to win because with how horrible the Republicans were doing if the Democrats were to have a german shepard go as their candidate they'd win, just cause people are sick of Republicans. The same thing is happening now, and he's only been in office for FOUR YEARS! They gave the republicans eight years to fuck it all up, but Obama only gets four years to fix it? Go to hell in ways and languages that I haven't even heard of.
Mitt Romney was going to give our economy a loaded gun and make it play russian roulette. He was going to bet the farm-and not even his own farm, he was going to bet money we didn't have to bet in the hopes that the economy would get better, and if that backfired where would his "strong middle class" be then? Running to Canada! That's what I'd be doing! "Sweet Jesus and dalmation puppies! Save us with your maple syrup and socialized health care!"
Which leads me to the title of this rant: Politics, Gambling, and Other Vices. The US populace would rather gamble our entire economy on a quick fix then actually WAIT for a good balanced plan from Obama to take it's full effect. In the nation where you can get your pizza made and delivered in half an hour to forty-five minutes and a Whopper Jr. meal in under ten minutes, waiting another few years for some more improvment in the economy is too much to ask. We'd rather bet the farm and let the chips fall where they may. Then bitch about it if it goes wrong, like true, red blooded Americans.
Maybe I'm just an idiot for voting for the guy with a thorough, well thought out plan, but c'mon, really? We call ourselves the greatest nation "God's Chosen Country" but we're so stupid we'd rather gamble everything on one guys half assed plan.
All I can think is that these people who fancy themselves revolutionaries, as if they're following in the footsteps of the founding fathers, by trying to sucede, are idiots. If they really were trying to follow in the footsteps of the the founding fathers they'd have fought with this same fire during Bush's presidency. Hey the Repbulicans are the reds, like the Brits and the Democrats are the blues, see the symbolism?
Be true patriots, people, because as Mark Twain once said:
Our government is not our country, it is the group that we entrust with our country, but it is always ours, but we must trust Obama with it for a little longer. He's working with a very damaged country right now, we need to give him more of a chance then what these seceders are giving him. He's doing his best, but his best requires time."Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it"
With true American spirit,
Alex The Foxboy
Sources: Wikipedia (as always) and various google searches
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Is The Bug In Your Ass Like The Bugs In Your Food?
Third installment everyone, and if you're still reading it's because the name didn't scare you off, or you're too masochistic to stop reading, all the same. I'd like us all to take time out of our busy day to mourn for those who just had their entire lives come crashing down on them. No I'm not talking about people who've been foreclosed on and suddenly have no home. Nooo, not the people who got pink slips because the fat cats up in million dollar houses decided it was in their best interests to axe the middle class workers then take a .1% paycut. [Beware of the mini rants] I'm talking about the people who just found out that Starbucks along with an untold amount of business world wide use ground up bugs to color their food.
For those who just now found out about two lines up, yes, bugs have been used in coloring clothing and food for centuries-literally. Explorers in the 1500's discovered that the Aztecs ground up the Cochineal bug and used it to dye their clothing red-a dye that lasted an incredible amount of time. After that, cochineal powder became a rather popular export. This information-and indeed this rant, spawned from an online article that I read and a response to the article that I found.. wanting..
Now that you have the source, you have some perspective on the result which you are reading now. To cite a bit of my own comment: their are people in Africa eating cockroaches as big as your hand [my earlier estimation being an exaggeration], and you're getting pissy over some ground up bugs in your food? You can have either ground up bugs-bugs that are completely natural, healthy [bugs are rich in protein], and edible; or there's always the option of some artificial dye that would cost more then getting some bugs [which we have a never ending supply of, much to the chagrin of my bug issues]. As we all know, the higher the cost of production, the more they charge the stores; and the more they charge the stores, the more store's markup becomes which in turn means we end up paying more.
So let me expand on the hypothetical I posed in my comment, *Ahem*
If by some crazy stroke of luck the Mayans were right, are you gonna have mommy and daddy pick all the bugs out and off of your food when the ever-prepared survivalist/hunter brings meat back to town? And if you don't have a mommy and a daddy to do that for you, December 22nd is going to be the first in a long string of really sucky days for you.
I have a bug phobia, I'll admit that, it's not that uncommon of a phobia, besides, my brother wouldn't go down to my dad's pitch black basement without bring the dog when he was 16. Having bug issues at 19-nearly 20, is alright with me; on that note, not even I had a freak out over this discovery. My grandmother-mother's mother, for those curious, was born and raised on a farm. She didn't have the luxury of knit-picking what she ate or going out in the mud to feed the pigs, yadda yadda yadda, she dealt with it and she's in her 70's now. Kids eat dirt and glue in kindergarten and elementary school for the hell of it and you act like some ground up bugs are going to kill you, well they won't and do you know how I know? Because I'm not dead! You, the reader, are not dead; and I will guarantee the people bitching about the bugs aren't dead either because if they were dead they wouldn't be dragging their collective nails across my nerves like a root canal [no, never had one, but my mom had one, I heard all about it, that's enough for me]
I guarantee there is not a soul on this earth that has never eaten a bug throughout their lives, even if you don't know it. The coloring they're used in-carmine, cochineal extract, or natural red 4 is in more then you know, and you know why? Because ground bug is cheaper than lab made chemical no. 9 and what cuts production costs cuts down the price on the finished product. It's been used for centuries on vast amount of foods. Go ahead and search for foods with any of the aforementioned coloring ingredients in them, you may be shocked to find out what foods have the bug bits for coloring in them.
In short, this didn't just now happen the moment you found out, it's been happening. You didn't notice a buggy taste before, stop acting like you can see the bugs floating in your Tropicana. OH SHIT! Did I just ruin your favorite drink for you? Face facts, you've been drinking it for years and haven't died or had bugs sprout out of your stomach so stop acting like it could happen any moment.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go eat some tasty cherry cake with some yummy natural red 4
With a stomach full of bug bits and cake,
Alex The Foxboy
For those who just now found out about two lines up, yes, bugs have been used in coloring clothing and food for centuries-literally. Explorers in the 1500's discovered that the Aztecs ground up the Cochineal bug and used it to dye their clothing red-a dye that lasted an incredible amount of time. After that, cochineal powder became a rather popular export. This information-and indeed this rant, spawned from an online article that I read and a response to the article that I found.. wanting..
Now that you have the source, you have some perspective on the result which you are reading now. To cite a bit of my own comment: their are people in Africa eating cockroaches as big as your hand [my earlier estimation being an exaggeration], and you're getting pissy over some ground up bugs in your food? You can have either ground up bugs-bugs that are completely natural, healthy [bugs are rich in protein], and edible; or there's always the option of some artificial dye that would cost more then getting some bugs [which we have a never ending supply of, much to the chagrin of my bug issues]. As we all know, the higher the cost of production, the more they charge the stores; and the more they charge the stores, the more store's markup becomes which in turn means we end up paying more.
So let me expand on the hypothetical I posed in my comment, *Ahem*
If by some crazy stroke of luck the Mayans were right, are you gonna have mommy and daddy pick all the bugs out and off of your food when the ever-prepared survivalist/hunter brings meat back to town? And if you don't have a mommy and a daddy to do that for you, December 22nd is going to be the first in a long string of really sucky days for you.
I have a bug phobia, I'll admit that, it's not that uncommon of a phobia, besides, my brother wouldn't go down to my dad's pitch black basement without bring the dog when he was 16. Having bug issues at 19-nearly 20, is alright with me; on that note, not even I had a freak out over this discovery. My grandmother-mother's mother, for those curious, was born and raised on a farm. She didn't have the luxury of knit-picking what she ate or going out in the mud to feed the pigs, yadda yadda yadda, she dealt with it and she's in her 70's now. Kids eat dirt and glue in kindergarten and elementary school for the hell of it and you act like some ground up bugs are going to kill you, well they won't and do you know how I know? Because I'm not dead! You, the reader, are not dead; and I will guarantee the people bitching about the bugs aren't dead either because if they were dead they wouldn't be dragging their collective nails across my nerves like a root canal [no, never had one, but my mom had one, I heard all about it, that's enough for me]
I guarantee there is not a soul on this earth that has never eaten a bug throughout their lives, even if you don't know it. The coloring they're used in-carmine, cochineal extract, or natural red 4 is in more then you know, and you know why? Because ground bug is cheaper than lab made chemical no. 9 and what cuts production costs cuts down the price on the finished product. It's been used for centuries on vast amount of foods. Go ahead and search for foods with any of the aforementioned coloring ingredients in them, you may be shocked to find out what foods have the bug bits for coloring in them.
In short, this didn't just now happen the moment you found out, it's been happening. You didn't notice a buggy taste before, stop acting like you can see the bugs floating in your Tropicana. OH SHIT! Did I just ruin your favorite drink for you? Face facts, you've been drinking it for years and haven't died or had bugs sprout out of your stomach so stop acting like it could happen any moment.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go eat some tasty cherry cake with some yummy natural red 4
With a stomach full of bug bits and cake,
Alex The Foxboy
Friday, July 13, 2012
The Hard And Heavy Truth
I honestly didn't expect to find something more horrid then the self destructive YOLO craze so soon. My wife was going across the internet and came across a site. I read through some of the things that the site owner and other site members had published on the site or posted on the forums. I was quite frankly disgusted and infuriated.
What you have to remember, everyone, is that while my screen name may be Alex The Foxboy, I know well that I'm human, and I have emotions. Somethings are just hard to swallow, and if I'm not my usual logical, neutral, and satirical self.. I don't apologize. We all must accept who and what we are, and I am a rational human, a loving person, and a peace monger. But as the old Latin adage goes, "Si vis pacem, para bellum." If you wish for peace, prepare for war.
SkinnyGossip.com. This is war.
For a person that claims to be against things like anorexia and bulemia you sure do make me want to vomit. This attack on anyone who can withstand a stiff wind has got to stop. You all sit there on your pedestals and act like people should burn fat people at the stake. This statement can easily apply to 90% of the material on your site but to me it applies primarily to a post in reference to a magazine cover depicting a woman of a NORMAL and NATURAL weight bending over so her stomach and chest are pressed against her legs. The name of one of it's featured articles states, "What's wrong with our bodies anyways?" There were replies of disgust towards someone who would dare assert that girls of an normal weight be considered healthy and natural. Still another picture showed a skinny girl hugging a girl of slightly taller stature and somewhat greater weight. There's a particular response to this photo that nearly made me see red. A certain commenter (I would say more, but referring to this person as a human being is generous enough) showed disgust stating:
"The picture with the fat girl SPOONING the poor skinny girl is going to haunt my in my sleep!! Make it stop!"
This is sickening and disgusting. What divine, powerful being passed on the vision of perfection in women to you? And while we're on that, what makes you perfect? "Hey look you can see all of my ribs! Isn't this perfect and sexy?" I implore you-all of you on this site, stop telling girls to drive themselves to malnourishment! There are girls being told that at 5' 8" she should be in the high 90's. I'd like to take the time to mention that I-a 19 year old man, who has been tall and skinny all his life, hasn't been even 99lbs since I was 12 years old. I'd ALSO like to note that being five foot two and 98-99 pounds I was slightly UNDERWEIGHT for my size. What business do you have telling grown women who are half a foot taller then that to be in the high nineties weight wise?
For your nonsense of "Doctors only tell fat girls that they have a disorder to make them happy and keep them coming back." I ask you: where is your medical degree? Where is your research? Because there are publicly released studies on the nature of thyroid problems, slow metabolism, and like issues. I want to know where your lab, test subjects, test results. I want to know what the hypothesis was, what your observations were. What did your subjects report throughout the experiment, where are the taped interviews, where are your notes. Until you can satisfy the standards that all doctors and scientists are held to, do NOT pretend to be.
Google BMI calculator and put in your height and weight. BMI stands for Body Mass Index, it is a way to find out how healthy of a weight you have. My height is 5' 11" and my weight is 148lbs., my body mass index is 20.6. I have a little bit of pudge on my stomach, that's fine. Pudge is fine on anyone, I'd like to exercise and get my six pack abs back on display but I'm not gonna die if I don't get the chance to go out and do some work with my old Parkour group either. I'd like to take a moment to list the BMI chart below.
Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
Overweight = 25–29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
My BMI of 20.6 falls squarely in the normal weight category. To bring up an earlier comment. A five foot eight inch girl weighing 99 pounds has a BMI of 15.1 which is deep into the underweight category. It's not close, it's not acceptable. A BMI of 15.1 qualifies as malnourishment. At five foot eight a girl should weigh at LEAST 122 pounds to be healthy.
My wife is five feet tall and a hair under 200lbs. Yeah she's got weight issues, she'll be the first one to admit it. I love her though. Every last pound of her. She says that once we have our lives in order and we're comfortable with where we're at financially and personally we can work out an exercise schedule and get healthier, and that's great. And if she only gets down to around my weight that will still be fine.
Let me top this off with a philosophical approach to your biggest problem with the world. The fact that the world "Glorifies Fat People." Fat pride is a good thing, because otherwise people who fit into a pants size larger then a zero would be battered emotionally by yours and your site members attacks to the point of suicide. If that does happen and it can be proven, please, do know that with new cyberbullying laws you can be held liable and spend time in prison. It's not a threat it's a friendly warning. I may not agree with all parts of the cyberbullying laws, but genuine emotional abuse is no laughing matter.
People don't glorify over-eating. This is a country where over-consuming, not just of food, but of nature itself and our planets resources, but we do not glorify over-eating for the sake of it. Fat people are superior to skinny people. The extra weight means that girls of average weight and up will be able to withstand the elements and survive longer then their skinnier companions in a survival situation. Their fat will both shield them from the cold and give their bodies something to burn for nutrients while they try and find food and/or rescue. Their typically wider set hips make them more suited for child birthing as well. But the biggest way that many women that you find ugly and disgusting are superior to you is in this way.
You and your celebrity friends and acquaintances may be half my wife's weight, but my wife is sweet and loving, and I wouldn't trade her for any super model out there. She may be fat but you have an ugly personality, and my wife can diet.
A dirty, dusty wooden statue can be cleaned and polished and will be good as new. You're more like a statue that's corroded on the inside. Anyone that goes past the top layer will see what an ugly, abrasive attitude you have. Any man who's matured past freshmen year of high school will be turned off. I only wish that more men saw through your prissied up exterior down to the rotten core inside.
From a mature, traditional man, to a shallow, petty girl
Alex The Foxboy
What you have to remember, everyone, is that while my screen name may be Alex The Foxboy, I know well that I'm human, and I have emotions. Somethings are just hard to swallow, and if I'm not my usual logical, neutral, and satirical self.. I don't apologize. We all must accept who and what we are, and I am a rational human, a loving person, and a peace monger. But as the old Latin adage goes, "Si vis pacem, para bellum." If you wish for peace, prepare for war.
SkinnyGossip.com. This is war.
For a person that claims to be against things like anorexia and bulemia you sure do make me want to vomit. This attack on anyone who can withstand a stiff wind has got to stop. You all sit there on your pedestals and act like people should burn fat people at the stake. This statement can easily apply to 90% of the material on your site but to me it applies primarily to a post in reference to a magazine cover depicting a woman of a NORMAL and NATURAL weight bending over so her stomach and chest are pressed against her legs. The name of one of it's featured articles states, "What's wrong with our bodies anyways?" There were replies of disgust towards someone who would dare assert that girls of an normal weight be considered healthy and natural. Still another picture showed a skinny girl hugging a girl of slightly taller stature and somewhat greater weight. There's a particular response to this photo that nearly made me see red. A certain commenter (I would say more, but referring to this person as a human being is generous enough) showed disgust stating:
"The picture with the fat girl SPOONING the poor skinny girl is going to haunt my in my sleep!! Make it stop!"
This is sickening and disgusting. What divine, powerful being passed on the vision of perfection in women to you? And while we're on that, what makes you perfect? "Hey look you can see all of my ribs! Isn't this perfect and sexy?" I implore you-all of you on this site, stop telling girls to drive themselves to malnourishment! There are girls being told that at 5' 8" she should be in the high 90's. I'd like to take the time to mention that I-a 19 year old man, who has been tall and skinny all his life, hasn't been even 99lbs since I was 12 years old. I'd ALSO like to note that being five foot two and 98-99 pounds I was slightly UNDERWEIGHT for my size. What business do you have telling grown women who are half a foot taller then that to be in the high nineties weight wise?
For your nonsense of "Doctors only tell fat girls that they have a disorder to make them happy and keep them coming back." I ask you: where is your medical degree? Where is your research? Because there are publicly released studies on the nature of thyroid problems, slow metabolism, and like issues. I want to know where your lab, test subjects, test results. I want to know what the hypothesis was, what your observations were. What did your subjects report throughout the experiment, where are the taped interviews, where are your notes. Until you can satisfy the standards that all doctors and scientists are held to, do NOT pretend to be.
Google BMI calculator and put in your height and weight. BMI stands for Body Mass Index, it is a way to find out how healthy of a weight you have. My height is 5' 11" and my weight is 148lbs., my body mass index is 20.6. I have a little bit of pudge on my stomach, that's fine. Pudge is fine on anyone, I'd like to exercise and get my six pack abs back on display but I'm not gonna die if I don't get the chance to go out and do some work with my old Parkour group either. I'd like to take a moment to list the BMI chart below.
Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
Overweight = 25–29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
My BMI of 20.6 falls squarely in the normal weight category. To bring up an earlier comment. A five foot eight inch girl weighing 99 pounds has a BMI of 15.1 which is deep into the underweight category. It's not close, it's not acceptable. A BMI of 15.1 qualifies as malnourishment. At five foot eight a girl should weigh at LEAST 122 pounds to be healthy.
My wife is five feet tall and a hair under 200lbs. Yeah she's got weight issues, she'll be the first one to admit it. I love her though. Every last pound of her. She says that once we have our lives in order and we're comfortable with where we're at financially and personally we can work out an exercise schedule and get healthier, and that's great. And if she only gets down to around my weight that will still be fine.
Let me top this off with a philosophical approach to your biggest problem with the world. The fact that the world "Glorifies Fat People." Fat pride is a good thing, because otherwise people who fit into a pants size larger then a zero would be battered emotionally by yours and your site members attacks to the point of suicide. If that does happen and it can be proven, please, do know that with new cyberbullying laws you can be held liable and spend time in prison. It's not a threat it's a friendly warning. I may not agree with all parts of the cyberbullying laws, but genuine emotional abuse is no laughing matter.
People don't glorify over-eating. This is a country where over-consuming, not just of food, but of nature itself and our planets resources, but we do not glorify over-eating for the sake of it. Fat people are superior to skinny people. The extra weight means that girls of average weight and up will be able to withstand the elements and survive longer then their skinnier companions in a survival situation. Their fat will both shield them from the cold and give their bodies something to burn for nutrients while they try and find food and/or rescue. Their typically wider set hips make them more suited for child birthing as well. But the biggest way that many women that you find ugly and disgusting are superior to you is in this way.
You and your celebrity friends and acquaintances may be half my wife's weight, but my wife is sweet and loving, and I wouldn't trade her for any super model out there. She may be fat but you have an ugly personality, and my wife can diet.
A dirty, dusty wooden statue can be cleaned and polished and will be good as new. You're more like a statue that's corroded on the inside. Anyone that goes past the top layer will see what an ugly, abrasive attitude you have. Any man who's matured past freshmen year of high school will be turned off. I only wish that more men saw through your prissied up exterior down to the rotten core inside.
From a mature, traditional man, to a shallow, petty girl
Alex The Foxboy
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
My First Blog, Tackling A Teenage Cancer
This is, as the name suggests, my first blog ever. Don't expect this blog to fill up with soap opera stories of my dramatic life. This will never happen. What will happen is that I'll get an inkling from time to time. I'll hear of something that just rubs me the wrong way, doesn't seem legit, realistic, sane, etc. I will confront this bothersome person, place, or thing in the most academic and logical way I can. Now I present to you the first victim of my plainly logical assault.
YOLO
You Only Live Once. Four words. Four very true words (unless you believe in reincarnation, in which it's more like Your Spirit Only Inhabits This Body Once, but YSOITBO doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.) Unfortunately, one of the greatest universal truths has been turned into an excuse to destroy your life.
People as young as their early teens and up are reporting that they have:
Had unprotected sex
Gotten pregnant from unprotected sex
Did drugs
Got caught with or under the influence of drugs by their family, friends, or law enforcement
Been injured or arrested doing something incredibly dangerous and/or destructive
How do they explain their self destructive behavior when questioned by concerned persons such as their, family, friends, or even the authorities?
YOLO! One acronym that conveys the belief that "because I'll only live once, that rationalizes me doing things that can potentially ruin my future, cause serious injury to myself or others, or get me arrested." I cringe every time I hear a YOLO story. I get a hard pressure in my left temple that leaves a sore mark for nearly an hour afterwards. This bombardment on my logical mind by such a nonsensical rationalization such as that is just mercilessly painful. I am just nineteen but I have always been considered advanced for my age. So it is with great sorrow that I confess that I am part of the YOLO generation.
Don't think I'm happy with this, but on the same note don't think that I'm going to deny my place amongst the foolish self destroyers. I would simply appreciate if any tech savvy teens out there would read this message and heed my words, and any responsible individuals will link this on their various social networking pages.
You only live once. That much is true. You can spend eighty years on this earth doing interesting things at every age. Make believe and dress up when you're young, sports in your teens and early twenties, spending time with loved ones, watching your kids do all those things, and traveling with your significant other when you're older. You can also start smoking, drinking, doing drugs, having unprotected sex along with many other destructive habits and activities when you're in middle school and die of any number of things from cancer to cirrhosis, AIDS complications to an overdose. You could end up in jail for the rest of your life.
Yes you only live once. That is the exact reason why I gave up a number of habits that have nearly ruined my life. A long life with my beloved wife is preferable to a short life full of drugs, violence, and a sexual partner for every day of the week and disease in the world.
Take YOLO back from the foolish youth. Show them that to live life like you'll never live it again is to cherish each moment rather then throw them to the dogs
Living life peacefully and happily
Alex The Foxboy
YOLO
You Only Live Once. Four words. Four very true words (unless you believe in reincarnation, in which it's more like Your Spirit Only Inhabits This Body Once, but YSOITBO doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.) Unfortunately, one of the greatest universal truths has been turned into an excuse to destroy your life.
People as young as their early teens and up are reporting that they have:
Had unprotected sex
Gotten pregnant from unprotected sex
Did drugs
Got caught with or under the influence of drugs by their family, friends, or law enforcement
Been injured or arrested doing something incredibly dangerous and/or destructive
How do they explain their self destructive behavior when questioned by concerned persons such as their, family, friends, or even the authorities?
YOLO! One acronym that conveys the belief that "because I'll only live once, that rationalizes me doing things that can potentially ruin my future, cause serious injury to myself or others, or get me arrested." I cringe every time I hear a YOLO story. I get a hard pressure in my left temple that leaves a sore mark for nearly an hour afterwards. This bombardment on my logical mind by such a nonsensical rationalization such as that is just mercilessly painful. I am just nineteen but I have always been considered advanced for my age. So it is with great sorrow that I confess that I am part of the YOLO generation.
Don't think I'm happy with this, but on the same note don't think that I'm going to deny my place amongst the foolish self destroyers. I would simply appreciate if any tech savvy teens out there would read this message and heed my words, and any responsible individuals will link this on their various social networking pages.
You only live once. That much is true. You can spend eighty years on this earth doing interesting things at every age. Make believe and dress up when you're young, sports in your teens and early twenties, spending time with loved ones, watching your kids do all those things, and traveling with your significant other when you're older. You can also start smoking, drinking, doing drugs, having unprotected sex along with many other destructive habits and activities when you're in middle school and die of any number of things from cancer to cirrhosis, AIDS complications to an overdose. You could end up in jail for the rest of your life.
Yes you only live once. That is the exact reason why I gave up a number of habits that have nearly ruined my life. A long life with my beloved wife is preferable to a short life full of drugs, violence, and a sexual partner for every day of the week and disease in the world.
Take YOLO back from the foolish youth. Show them that to live life like you'll never live it again is to cherish each moment rather then throw them to the dogs
Living life peacefully and happily
Alex The Foxboy
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