I read CJ Hopkins article and he was at his satirical brilliant best,and now having read yourself I'm conflicted as to who made me smile with cynicism the most.
I am very flattered because I rate Hopkins high above me. He also can always put out brilliant stuff, while I can't. Plus, he can write proper English compared to my Pidgin English.
But I can use your comment to justify to my wife why I still haven't shredded the bloody bamboo that blocks up our drive and walk around like a rooster for two hours until my lower back hurts. ;-)
I had much fun writing it, and that matters most. A light few hours in darker and darker times. What would we do without humour? Suffer like animals. Isn't humour what separates us from the mundane?
Undoubtedly it's sometimes only through humour and satire that that we can reveal to the indoctrinated and drugged up society that we live in that it's really as messed up as it actually seems to be!
It's the very opposite in fact now in our society where the servile mind is imprisoned within the new techno-feudal enslavement and the drugs are designed to keep everyone stuck in that trap. Individual freedom is the myth(lie) that's told and sold to you in a community concentration camp to give you the illusion of liberty and freedom.
Thank you. Finally someone that gets it. I just wrote a Note, wondering if I am not suited to Satire because I got compliments from Musk fans and how much they were also moved by it. I had so much fun writing it and just having one person that gets it, makes it even more satisfying. Nothing like shared laughter. :-)
Just hilarious and I also haven't had such a good laugh in ages. The laughs have been coming fast but few in the last couple of years. Just a snort of disdain or unbelief here and there, so it was good to have a rip roar! 🤣🤣🤣
The Belamy salute was a gesture used to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the United States. It involved extending the arm forward and upward, similar to the Nazi salute. This gesture was used until 1942 when it was abolished due to its resemblance to the Nazi salute. The Pledge of Allegiance was written by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister and magazine writer, in 1892, long before the Nazi salute was adopted. The salute was replaced with the current practice of placing the right hand over the heart during the recital of the Pledge.
We went from the Bellamy salute to placing our hand on our hearts to say the pledge. So Elon 5.0 actually merged the two. I was bothered by the video capture of him doing the robotic eye roll & swaying neck movements, looking so so weird during the Inauguration. Like what I imagine (non-human) robotoid programming might look like. Also reminiscent of the Hilary Clinton “melt down” as she was shoved into a car following a speech…if you remember those movements.
I read CJ Hopkins article and he was at his satirical brilliant best,and now having read yourself I'm conflicted as to who made me smile with cynicism the most.
Can I ask a question? Was it to juice X? I mean the best free-speech ad ever. He's like really a non-stop marketing machine living on Gov subsidies so was it gov subsidized? He's a Jew so it's not as tough as if Don did it. Also why did he chose the Nazi one instead of the Dja Dja Wurrung one from Australia. Is everything Jew/German all of a sudden. Seems weird to me. Is it cultural appropriation? Why did he not wear an Indian turban or dress like a pashtun? He is speaking to investors in my opinion. Occupy internet.
I dunno. The food garden looks pretty appealing when looking at all the feminine guys who don't work with their bodies. Clown world rolls on.
Funny piece though.
Lastly. I am a bit annoyed at Germans who think in their usual ego fashion that they are the evily evil ones to atone and are showing the world they are sorry. The British genocided continents worth of people and we are not mentioning them at all though they did set up Israel so there is that. Sad really. Critical thought is off the menu.
Idk, it looks like he is pointing his hand completely the wrong direction. Does the ‘salute’ begin with placing a hand on the heart ? So ridiculous this was turned into a thing. I thought we were moving beyond this infantile insanity.
So witty and a pleasure to read. I did think seriously for a moment when you asked your darling daughter to rate of 10-scale how good the salute was. I felt like that exercise should be undertaken by all those who impute this interpretation to a basic human gesture -- especially one coming from the heart and shooting finger tips to the sky. The thing about entering unto this intellectual analysis and actually thinking is it creates some distance to look without bias. Your daughter is blessed by your very nice appreciation of her at 17...so sweet. 💜
You are entitled to your opinion, Travis, and I am too.
Firstly, I don’t think you understand Satire.
Secondly, I think respect is essential even if we disagree. Part of respect is correctly reading what is there and not making up stuff that isn’t there.
I am referring to what you said about my daughter in
“I never would ever say anything about anyone’s children, but you have sold your daughter short.
We are all fucked up and have issues and hang-ups. The worst thing we can do is give those hangups and issues to our children.”
Part of the Satire was that my daughter didn’t give a fuck about my opinion, never read the article and made up her mind, not by me passing down my “hangups and issues” but through watching old NAZI footage in her history lessons. Maybe you need to go for a walk, calm down and reread it. I had absolutely nothing to do with her assessment.
We all make up our own minds about this. There is no right and wrong. People will see it how they like to see it. It’s called freedom of thought and speech and democracy.
Obviously, you disagree with me. That’s fine with me. Do I run a tantrum? Do I want to ban you from here? No.
So why do you get so upset about me seeing it the way I do?
If you are so sure that this did not look like a “Hitler Salute” , also known as “NAZI Salute” and used interchangeably (see Wikipedia) , all should be good then for you. If I am so totally wrong, why bother with this childish toddler?
I don’t think what you wrote was satire though. Just the continuation of a certain mainstream trope.
When I first saw Musk do that, I knew instantly what would happen. Certain people..ahem.. would go off on how it was a Nazi salute. Not recognizing that they just watched a cringe scene by an awkward autistic nerd.
Thinking instead it was the “gotcha moment” they have been searching for for roughly..9 years…ahem..ahem!! Proof that all their nonsense about “Nazi’s” was true. They weren’t insane!…
Alas.
Again, I apologize for getting too personal. I should hold myself to a higher standard.
The other possibility is you have been once again successfuly trolled.
You do think it was a Nazi salute right? Cause if you don’t then yeah, I am wrong and everything I say now just makes me more wrong.
I love your approach:) reaching the senior 60s has been quite an adventurous year for me! I am finishing this year with peace and tranquility of abundance for balance:) lol I love his wave of enthusiasm! It brought me back to the living!
Entertaining piece. When I saw Elon do this - I was genuinely touched. If I’m being honest in my own analysis- the movement and kinesiology of Elon is more akin to the Roman salute of which the fascist salute is based upon. So you’re from Germany- have you heard of the Bellamy salute once popular in American classrooms in the 1800s? If not, look it up. Alas, we know Elon was showing appreciation to the supporters in his own original spastic way. God bless Elon.
No - never heard of the Ballamy salute. I am only an expert in the Hitler salute. :-)
And I am no fan of political patriotism captured by elites. There is a healthy natural patriotism when people love and respect the land and culture they live in but history shows us, that big centralized patriotism is very often used by the elites to lead ordinary people to war. Which will happen again with the USA now - maybe not a military war, as Denmark shows, but a trade war and technological war. Nothing that can be done about it - just human nature. They just like to suffer endlessly.
I read CJ Hopkins article and he was at his satirical brilliant best,and now having read yourself I'm conflicted as to who made me smile with cynicism the most.
Let's say a 9 out of 10 for both articles.
I am very flattered because I rate Hopkins high above me. He also can always put out brilliant stuff, while I can't. Plus, he can write proper English compared to my Pidgin English.
But I can use your comment to justify to my wife why I still haven't shredded the bloody bamboo that blocks up our drive and walk around like a rooster for two hours until my lower back hurts. ;-)
I had much fun writing it, and that matters most. A light few hours in darker and darker times. What would we do without humour? Suffer like animals. Isn't humour what separates us from the mundane?
Undoubtedly it's sometimes only through humour and satire that that we can reveal to the indoctrinated and drugged up society that we live in that it's really as messed up as it actually seems to be!
It's the very opposite in fact now in our society where the servile mind is imprisoned within the new techno-feudal enslavement and the drugs are designed to keep everyone stuck in that trap. Individual freedom is the myth(lie) that's told and sold to you in a community concentration camp to give you the illusion of liberty and freedom.
It was awhile since I was in tears from laughter. Thank you for it.
Thank you. Finally someone that gets it. I just wrote a Note, wondering if I am not suited to Satire because I got compliments from Musk fans and how much they were also moved by it. I had so much fun writing it and just having one person that gets it, makes it even more satisfying. Nothing like shared laughter. :-)
I laughed till I snorted. Gonna go read CJ's now & compare & contrast.
Just hilarious and I also haven't had such a good laugh in ages. The laughs have been coming fast but few in the last couple of years. Just a snort of disdain or unbelief here and there, so it was good to have a rip roar! 🤣🤣🤣
Belamy salute
The Belamy salute was a gesture used to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the United States. It involved extending the arm forward and upward, similar to the Nazi salute. This gesture was used until 1942 when it was abolished due to its resemblance to the Nazi salute. The Pledge of Allegiance was written by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister and magazine writer, in 1892, long before the Nazi salute was adopted. The salute was replaced with the current practice of placing the right hand over the heart during the recital of the Pledge.
We went from the Bellamy salute to placing our hand on our hearts to say the pledge. So Elon 5.0 actually merged the two. I was bothered by the video capture of him doing the robotic eye roll & swaying neck movements, looking so so weird during the Inauguration. Like what I imagine (non-human) robotoid programming might look like. Also reminiscent of the Hilary Clinton “melt down” as she was shoved into a car following a speech…if you remember those movements.
I didn't watch the elon thing but I remember the Hillary thing.
Very interesting…
I read CJ Hopkins article and he was at his satirical brilliant best,and now having read yourself I'm conflicted as to who made me smile with cynicism the most.
Let's say a 9 out of 10 for both articles.
He was simply "saluting" the people for the love, that's all. Imo
NOTHING wrong
Can I ask a question? Was it to juice X? I mean the best free-speech ad ever. He's like really a non-stop marketing machine living on Gov subsidies so was it gov subsidized? He's a Jew so it's not as tough as if Don did it. Also why did he chose the Nazi one instead of the Dja Dja Wurrung one from Australia. Is everything Jew/German all of a sudden. Seems weird to me. Is it cultural appropriation? Why did he not wear an Indian turban or dress like a pashtun? He is speaking to investors in my opinion. Occupy internet.
I dunno. The food garden looks pretty appealing when looking at all the feminine guys who don't work with their bodies. Clown world rolls on.
Funny piece though.
Lastly. I am a bit annoyed at Germans who think in their usual ego fashion that they are the evily evil ones to atone and are showing the world they are sorry. The British genocided continents worth of people and we are not mentioning them at all though they did set up Israel so there is that. Sad really. Critical thought is off the menu.
Idk, it looks like he is pointing his hand completely the wrong direction. Does the ‘salute’ begin with placing a hand on the heart ? So ridiculous this was turned into a thing. I thought we were moving beyond this infantile insanity.
🤣🤣🤣
So witty and a pleasure to read. I did think seriously for a moment when you asked your darling daughter to rate of 10-scale how good the salute was. I felt like that exercise should be undertaken by all those who impute this interpretation to a basic human gesture -- especially one coming from the heart and shooting finger tips to the sky. The thing about entering unto this intellectual analysis and actually thinking is it creates some distance to look without bias. Your daughter is blessed by your very nice appreciation of her at 17...so sweet. 💜
I might just have to mute you after that one. Tooo much.
First “Hitler salute” what the fuck is a “Hitler salute” do you mean “Sieg Heil”?
You sound like you are a toddler. Albeit, a toddler who can reach and type on the internet.
Also really? Really?? I get there is a lot one could and should criticize Elon musk for, but really?
You truly believe that he was “Hitler saluting”?
You don’t think that that was him being an autistic awkward nerd?
You think he was giving a salute to your personal chosen devil (well Hitler and Trump)
I never would ever say anything about anyone’s children, but you have sold your daughter short.
We are all fucked up and have issues and hangups. The worst thing we can do is give those hangups and issues to our children.
You are entitled to your opinion, Travis, and I am too.
Firstly, I don’t think you understand Satire.
Secondly, I think respect is essential even if we disagree. Part of respect is correctly reading what is there and not making up stuff that isn’t there.
I am referring to what you said about my daughter in
“I never would ever say anything about anyone’s children, but you have sold your daughter short.
We are all fucked up and have issues and hang-ups. The worst thing we can do is give those hangups and issues to our children.”
Part of the Satire was that my daughter didn’t give a fuck about my opinion, never read the article and made up her mind, not by me passing down my “hangups and issues” but through watching old NAZI footage in her history lessons. Maybe you need to go for a walk, calm down and reread it. I had absolutely nothing to do with her assessment.
We all make up our own minds about this. There is no right and wrong. People will see it how they like to see it. It’s called freedom of thought and speech and democracy.
Obviously, you disagree with me. That’s fine with me. Do I run a tantrum? Do I want to ban you from here? No.
So why do you get so upset about me seeing it the way I do?
If you are so sure that this did not look like a “Hitler Salute” , also known as “NAZI Salute” and used interchangeably (see Wikipedia) , all should be good then for you. If I am so totally wrong, why bother with this childish toddler?
You are a good writer. I just think your bias has evolved into a blind spot
I agree. I regret the second half of my comment.
I don’t think what you wrote was satire though. Just the continuation of a certain mainstream trope.
When I first saw Musk do that, I knew instantly what would happen. Certain people..ahem.. would go off on how it was a Nazi salute. Not recognizing that they just watched a cringe scene by an awkward autistic nerd.
Thinking instead it was the “gotcha moment” they have been searching for for roughly..9 years…ahem..ahem!! Proof that all their nonsense about “Nazi’s” was true. They weren’t insane!…
Alas.
Again, I apologize for getting too personal. I should hold myself to a higher standard.
The other possibility is you have been once again successfuly trolled.
You do think it was a Nazi salute right? Cause if you don’t then yeah, I am wrong and everything I say now just makes me more wrong.
If you think it wasn’t an actual homage to the H man, and it truly was satire then I’m an asshole, and your post was funny.
Thank you 🙏 now i know more and understand, enjoyed your treatise and style embellished with photos and some humorous domestic scenes 🌻
I love your approach:) reaching the senior 60s has been quite an adventurous year for me! I am finishing this year with peace and tranquility of abundance for balance:) lol I love his wave of enthusiasm! It brought me back to the living!
Musk ain't Hitler, he's an alien.
Ja. Zehn von zehn.
Entertaining piece. When I saw Elon do this - I was genuinely touched. If I’m being honest in my own analysis- the movement and kinesiology of Elon is more akin to the Roman salute of which the fascist salute is based upon. So you’re from Germany- have you heard of the Bellamy salute once popular in American classrooms in the 1800s? If not, look it up. Alas, we know Elon was showing appreciation to the supporters in his own original spastic way. God bless Elon.
No - never heard of the Ballamy salute. I am only an expert in the Hitler salute. :-)
And I am no fan of political patriotism captured by elites. There is a healthy natural patriotism when people love and respect the land and culture they live in but history shows us, that big centralized patriotism is very often used by the elites to lead ordinary people to war. Which will happen again with the USA now - maybe not a military war, as Denmark shows, but a trade war and technological war. Nothing that can be done about it - just human nature. They just like to suffer endlessly.
You’re really not as good as you hoped you’d be at this freelance know-it-all satire. Sorry.
I'm with you