Comments on: The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation http://johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/ I just blather on and on about stuff that interests me, mostly politics and sex and sometimes movies and art. Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:42:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: RebL http://johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-181 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:13:01 +0000 http://www.johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-181 If you are zooming through the parking lot where a daycare is located, say, the Tucson Jewish Community Center, in your “it shouldn’t hurt to be a kid” minivan or gold-plated SUV while on your phone, “they” should automatically withdraw your golf-green and/or botox privileges.

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By: laocoon http://johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-180 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:30:49 +0000 http://www.johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-180 If I had friends, would I be blogging on a Saturday night? When I DO get a call on my cell phone, I’m all “Hey! Look at me! Look! See how important I am?”, even when it’s just the Salvation Army wanting to know if I’ll have anything for their truck when it comes through the neighborhood next Tuesday. I talk to that lady like she’s some big client in Timbuktu or London or something.

Listen to me. The Trojans failed to listen to Laocoon when he told them to leave that damn horse outside the gates, so you listen to me now. Cell phones are a trojan horse. It’s all part of the midget plot to pollute our civilisation; the idea is to soften us up for the kill. It has to be midgets. Why else would all the phones be getting smaller and smaller? See. It aaallllll fits together now, doesn’t it?

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By: John X http://johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-179 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:26:59 +0000 http://www.johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-179 That’s a trick question.

I don’t have any friends.

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By: dzaster http://johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-178 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:35:09 +0000 http://www.johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-178 Does this mean you won’t answer your phone anymore when you are having coffee with a friend?

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By: John X http://johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-177 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:30:51 +0000 http://www.johnrlong.com/2006/11/17/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/#comment-177 Agreed, 100%.

Another sign of the coming apocalypse is the weird news you hear about people who STAND IN LINE OVERNIGHT for a motherfucking CHRISTMAS TOY for their brats at home.

Fights break out in these lines, and in at least one case, bandits tried to rob (or succeeded, I can’t remember) those standing in line, suspecting they’d have lots o’ Xmas cash with them.

STANDING IN LINE OVERNIGHT so you can buy a fucking Play Station, or whatever this year’s Tickle Me Elmo bullshit is.

Good thing I don’t have kids. They’d hate me.

Was with friends last night, one of whom brought her 14 year old daughter along. Yep, you guessed it: the kid’s mobile phone rang incessently. Mom said nothing. I would have said: If that fucking thing rings one more time, you’ll never see it again. Turn it the fuck OFF at dinner!

Good thing I don’t have kids. I’d hate them.

The midgets are behind all this, by the way…

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