Category Archives: Relevant Commentary on Modern Issues

‘Are video games too violent for humans/do they inspire I.R.L. violence?’ -progressive journalism in the 90s

Hey yall. As yall know, I spend most of my time on the internet, but sometimes I like to escape 2 a different reality by playing some video games. Decided to ’smoke a bowl of marijuana cigarettes’ and unwind by playing this new chill game. Had to go on a ‘mission.’

Damn. [...]

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Is Portland’s alternative brand deteriorating?

Photo via the cobrasnake

I have always heard that Portland is the perfect alternative city . It’s not like Brooklyn cuz u don’t have too many inauthentic transplants moving there and accidentally ‘corrupting the scene’ since they are ‘alternative immigrants’ who need 5-10 years to learn ‘the way of life.’ It seems like a [...]

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A group of animal loving alts protesting Michael Vick’s release from ‘the slammer.’

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Recently, an NFL quarterback named ‘Michael Vick’ went to jail because he had a huge dogfighting operation in his backyard. From what I understand, he would train pitbulls to fight at high stakes, underground, illegal dog fights. The dogs that were not ‘tough enough’ were drowned, hung, and electrocuted. Somehow, [...]

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Is ‘The Pope’ the next relevant buzz band?

I read today at the Daily Swarm that the Pope ’signed’ to interscope records to ‘drop’ an album. He is apparently going 2 sing + recite some shit, and they are gonna ‘garageband’ that shit over choirs singing epic bangers. I feel excited about this, because it shows that you don’t have to [...]

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