So 2 weeks ago the world lost Steve Jobs, a dude who co-started a business in his parents' garage and died with $8 billion in his pocket. Some will say he was the bringer of new-age technology, the almighty creator, the holy bridge between technology and people. Others would argue he is the anti-christ, a man whose complete life was dedicated to marketing overpriced chinese made junk to the masses (lol nobody is fooled by that "designed in california" shit) - a blight on humanity.
Steve Jobs has a personal wealth of 8 bilion dollars, he rarely gave to charity or voiced his support for humanitarian or social problems. Ironically his death saw a flurry of condolences from the "We Are The 99%" protests which is trying to recreate social reform by voicing the unfairness and injustice of the CEOs and corporations and their inability and ignorance to help society one of which Steve Jobs personally constructed into a mammoth empire known as Apple, the worlds second most valuable corporation, philanthropic worth 0, and 17 chinese suicides.
The gym is like a microcosm of how we are in this day and age and shows how much technology we are unable to let go even if we cant admit it.
its fucking enraging to see people at my local gym who are unable to leave their phones, PDAs, tablets, whatever the fuck ever at home.
are we that susceptible to the lure of being unable to present that we are alone? is it such a burden to cut all communication with the world for 1 hr a day just focusing on YOURSELF AND YOUR MIND AND BODY? have we become such drones to technology that its control over us is imminent - or already started?
Multitasking is so predominant now that you cant even lift some weights without checking to see if any of your friends liked your status or some fag checked in at some restaurant.
we have lost a sense of focus, a zen like state where there's tranquility of the mind. leave it behind when you go to the gym, the people will still be there - the world will still move on.
If you've been following the news recently, one of the big bulletins is the Wall Street protests. US citizens from all backgrounds staging non-violent protests against the poor standards of Americas economic, financial, social and cultural systems. Major concerns are over corporate greed especially on wealth inequality, white-collar corruption, control of Congress by Wall St fatcats and universally shitty healthcare system.
These protests are pretty fucking intense. It first started with about 100 protesters confined to Wall St 2 weeks ago however the movement has grown exponentially to thousands of students, middle-wage employees, government employees etcetc and its also tricked to many other states and capitals around the US. The US Transit Union have sued the police force by forcibly commandeering buses to load up arrested protesters (shits about to go down lol). There's also been talk about protests outside the london stock exchange, aussie stock exchange and tokyo nikkei.
One of the things highlighted by the recent protests is police brutality. I mean shit like this always happens but in the digital age where camera phones are so easily accessed to record evidence and the internet/social connections in spreading such acts it's been a shitstorm.
the video below shows Sam Flynn(is this fucking tron?LOL) the kid in orange getting knocked the fuck down by a copper for doing nothing lololol:
girls gettting round up and pepper-fucking-sprayed LOLWTF?
thats some crazy shit right there!
using the internet, a US Marine has offered his help by creating a buffer between the protesters and the police to try calm things down:
“I’m heading up there tonight in my dress blues. So far, 15 of my fellow marine buddies are meeting me there, also in Uniform.
I want to send the following message to Wall St and Congress:
I didn’t fight for Wall St. I fought for America. Now it’s Congress’ turn.
My true hope, though, is that we Veterans can act as first line of defense between the police and the protester. If they want to get to some protesters so they can mace them, they will have to get through the [effing] Marine Corps first. Let’s see a cop mace a bunch of decorated war vets.
I apologize now for typos and errors. Typing this on iPhone whilst heading to NYC. We can organize once we’re there. That’s what we do best.If you see someone in uniform, gather together."
is this legit?
