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I come out of the engine room and get a cup of coffee, commence to take care of my logbooks and paper work, etc. One of the guys is watching MTV Cribs. These people are something else. They have a camera follow them around their house to show off all of their stuff. They show off their cars, and jewelry and all that. Then, whoever this was, sits down on a couch in his robe, pulls out a stack of money, and "makes it rain," while chanting "I make it rain." I guess you "make it rain" when you throw a bunch of money into the air. Cajuns "make groceries." "We're getting low on food so we we need to go make groceries tomorrow." That seems more sensical. Some people use their money to "make rent," or the mortgage.
I bet these idiots out there that "make it rain" couldn't make it a week, if the store shelves were empty.
The arrogance and self fraud that has permeated our society these days is really nauseating. This hip hop, pop culture, seems to have gone beyond "keeping up with the Jones." It is interesting to see the ones who hit big success initially, spent their money on cars, diamonds for their teeth, and making it rain, and who end up broke in a few years or a decade.
Isn't there an endless number of passages in the bible about being humble? Maybe these folks aren't religious. Hard to tell, because most of them have a large cross hanging from their neck, or tattooed on their body. Not to offend anyone, but I never understood the idea of showing my devotion or appreciation of God, through the act of sinning, you know the whole, body is a temple thing. It seems like the definition of irony.
But what gets me is that most of these people are committing the double fraud. They are being dishonest, and portraying themselves as more than they are, by bragging and show boating. Yet, they probably realize that they are full of sh!t. I mean, there is no denying that if you own a Ferrari, you own a Ferrari, plane and simple. If it makes you happy to have a Ferrari, by all means, have one. That is the benefit of earning money; to get things that make you happy. But it is like the car doesn't make them happy, just the people who are envious about the fact that you have a car. Why buy a yacht to impress people if you don't like boats? But they go to these extremes to put on a show. And their happiness seems to come from the admiration of others, about this fake image. It just boggles the mind. I am no expert, and I can't afford close to a Ferrari, so maybe I'm mistaken. But it seems to me, that behavior isn't how you grow and sustain a fortune that can be passed along to your children and family. "Well, I had to work my way through college to get this $40K a year job, but dad used to make it rain."
This type of mentality, and the mentality of the people who actually want to watch this crap, are just one more sign of how far our society has slipped downhill. When I look around and see the various forms or society's degradation in values, priorities, and attitudes, it re-enforces my thought that when TSHTF, it won't be contained to a reasonable level. So many people have no class and no scruples anymore. When things start to go, because of this shallow, meaningless values system and view of the world so many people have, it will go real fast, reach very deep, and be real bad. I just had to vent some of this out. Thanks for the sounding board.
I bet these idiots out there that "make it rain" couldn't make it a week, if the store shelves were empty.
The arrogance and self fraud that has permeated our society these days is really nauseating. This hip hop, pop culture, seems to have gone beyond "keeping up with the Jones." It is interesting to see the ones who hit big success initially, spent their money on cars, diamonds for their teeth, and making it rain, and who end up broke in a few years or a decade.
Isn't there an endless number of passages in the bible about being humble? Maybe these folks aren't religious. Hard to tell, because most of them have a large cross hanging from their neck, or tattooed on their body. Not to offend anyone, but I never understood the idea of showing my devotion or appreciation of God, through the act of sinning, you know the whole, body is a temple thing. It seems like the definition of irony.
But what gets me is that most of these people are committing the double fraud. They are being dishonest, and portraying themselves as more than they are, by bragging and show boating. Yet, they probably realize that they are full of sh!t. I mean, there is no denying that if you own a Ferrari, you own a Ferrari, plane and simple. If it makes you happy to have a Ferrari, by all means, have one. That is the benefit of earning money; to get things that make you happy. But it is like the car doesn't make them happy, just the people who are envious about the fact that you have a car. Why buy a yacht to impress people if you don't like boats? But they go to these extremes to put on a show. And their happiness seems to come from the admiration of others, about this fake image. It just boggles the mind. I am no expert, and I can't afford close to a Ferrari, so maybe I'm mistaken. But it seems to me, that behavior isn't how you grow and sustain a fortune that can be passed along to your children and family. "Well, I had to work my way through college to get this $40K a year job, but dad used to make it rain."
This type of mentality, and the mentality of the people who actually want to watch this crap, are just one more sign of how far our society has slipped downhill. When I look around and see the various forms or society's degradation in values, priorities, and attitudes, it re-enforces my thought that when TSHTF, it won't be contained to a reasonable level. So many people have no class and no scruples anymore. When things start to go, because of this shallow, meaningless values system and view of the world so many people have, it will go real fast, reach very deep, and be real bad. I just had to vent some of this out. Thanks for the sounding board.
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