Never Eat LSD and Think About The Economy!
58Hey Economy! What The Fuck Is Your Problem!?
I grew up in "The Heart Of It All" Ohio, northwest Ohio to be specific. I am the son of a marine turned factory worker. My life has always been very upper middle class. I was spoiled on Christmas and birthdays, but my father worked an unfathomable amount of hours at his factory job to afford us the luxuries we enjoyed. Middle class is good for growing up purposes, you learn the value of things a lot easier and the concept of getting a job is a given. Work as soon as you can, which in my opinion, is great for society. Fewer kids now than ever have part-time jobs in high school, this is due to parents expecting awesome grades for a college education that they will pay for. Not on the surface a terrible idea; instead of focusing on your job at night, you focus on your school work; sounds like the bees knees doesn't it? Well, it is creating a maladjusted workforce. Kids who have no idea what work is...its all apples, myspaces, and ipodophones. I know there aren't that many kids getting decent grades because they are too busy boning their teachers! So middle class, for me anyway was great at teaching me at least a so-so concept of money. I watch the news and cspan and it is a nonstop orgy of ghoulish doom forecasts regarding the "current economic crisis". Its hard for me to relate or care about these poor bastards who lost "everything" in this latest pickle that has kept the cable TV news tornado spinning, because I don't have shit! I chose a career in radio, so day to day life has been quite the struggle for some time now!! So sorry folks, jump out of your own window, my mind has no quarter to offer you and I sure as shit don't want you ruining my window!
Suze, Ali, Tell Me There Is Hope!
Suze Orman and Ali V are two financial "gurus" who have shows on CNN, they are leading the apocalyptic charge into bummer-ville by mongering the fear, and stirring up the poor dumb cattle! Suze's show is very interactive. Simple people call her up, bestowing upon Suze the facts and figures of their personal finances. Suze then sucks up all of the numbers in a way similar to how Galactus Devourer of Worlds from Marvel Comics ingests the life-force of unknowing planets! She then shits out the answer to whether or not this person with $500,000 in an FDIC savings account can afford to buy a solid emerald vibrating pleasure device or shoes...shoes, TVS, and renovations more than the emerald vibrators really. I think this is unnecessary, be a grown up! Make the bad decision and then revel in, and respect the fact that you have the freedom to make such an error, don't clutter up Suze's phone lines, unless your a lesbian cuz I hear Suze loves the pussy...which to be frank makes her relate to me more, so that's a plus! Ali is a more boring financial Glen Beck which makes me sad for Ali:( Sorry bud!
The only guy I trust!
What Besides Everything Went Wrong?
Apparently their was a housing bubble that burst, greed rampant throughout the government and Wall Street, a bunch of factory line workers making doctor wages, oil prices,...hold on a sec...gonna thro...just threw up sorry! Let's just say there was a lot that went wrong and now there is copious amounts of shit that might get super fucked up! According to the television, financial Armageddon could happen any second now, the worlds stability unraveling passed the point of restabilization, terminators are gonna come, and Jesus will be there! I honestly can't say that I agree with that analyzation. I did a remote broadcast over the weekend at an electronic super store that rhymes with smest snye for the radio station I work for and there were at least 20 mullet sporting good ole' boys walking outta that bitch with 3,000 inch plasmatastic screens from the future. If there are gonna be terminators I suppose they will evolve from these new hdtvs!
Terminators
Jesus!
Is There Anything I Can Do To Avoid Total Financial Meltdown?!
...NO!
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thanks!! Only Jesus can take on Terminators!
So if they indeed come, all i'd have to do is go inside a church right? Now i'm not so afraid. Gee thanks!
I will take my chances with the terminators!
Yeah right Pest! Who do you think you are Linda Hamilton?! Duh!
When I eat LSD I am
Another solid hub. good work Andy !
Thanks Tony!!!
Pest
So i'm taking to Linda Muscleman Hamilton now? Great it's always nice to meet a ex-celebrity! :D
Oh by the way what kind of format Is that radio station ?
rock
rock as in britney's i love rock n roll? hell yeah! i'm tuning in! hope you stream videos, too!
Rednecks are funny! "Hey bitch, get me a f**kn' beer, aint you glad that we can watch the end of the world on our new LCD TV! See ya whore, I wuz right for spendin' our tax refund on it, and you wanted to spend it on our stupid kid's crooked teeth and canned food!
I just want some LSD, I don't care about everything else.
Goldentoad wins!!!!!
I,m glad about thr rock station Andy ,I would,ve been dissapointed If It had been Top 40 or Drs office muzak ! You strike me as a metal guy anyway !
Yeah I would kill myself if I had to play some of that stuff
Acid hasn't really been prevalent since 2000, when the DEA nailed those Missouri Missle Silo guys. Shame. I remember the good old 2 for five bucks days as a high school sophomore. Looks like its good old reliable mushrooms for the forseeable future.
great commentary - I found it fun and absolutely scary at the same time. I am waiting for the rest of the economic meltdown to take place and am curious what the high schooolers will do when their parents - oh wait- they can't pay for their iphones. (nothing against iphones though if you pay for them yourselves)
I too grew up in the midwest and have no fear of mullets or sleeveless t-shirts. They might not be attractive, but it always seems that those who sport them do so proudly.
Thanks Sarah! I imagine when their parents can't pay for their phones the obvious next step is to ask the teacher(s) that they are sleeping with!!!
I love your writing. i grew up below middle class. Then, when I got a job that brought me luck, I went and spend it all shopping. I only went as far as 50 pairs of shoes and realize I only need 5. Sort of, paying it off on the lost times when I was wearing hand me downs that was either too big for me or not the kids style. I remember wearing high heeled shoes when I was in my 4th grade. I had to steal it from my aunts cabinet and then wear it on the street just nearmy school. L.O.L
It's fun reminiscin' the old times.












Cris A says:
10 months ago
I too grew up middle class but there were times when we went dangerously close to the next rung. So i have a pretty solid perspective on the value of money.
Btw, i love the prophetic tone of this one. Thanks for making me wanna go to church! :D