this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2024
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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When a critical mass of people lose the thrill of living, that's when it gets dangerous for the establishment and people start thinking of revolution.

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is why the oligraphs artificially created a middle class.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One may even say he is a melancholy camper...

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure he owns a pink house

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Stop camping mellens then

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

When does the thrill start

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's why you gotta always find new things that excite you. Perhaps try activities like writing poetry in reverse, robbing banks, or knitting tiny scarves for your pet mongoose.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Something something CEOs

[–] henchman2019@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Quite the melon

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Has to be forced perspective from leaning forward

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

He's always had a big noggin.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hes gotta foreclose on that forehead real estate

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He looks like Wolverine bought on Temu

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this Bruce Springsteen now?

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh yeah. He's the one that sang that Diddy about jack and Diane. In my mind they are from the same generation but that may not even be the case.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah they're both in their early to mid 70s now. Both had music out in the '80s & '90s, and both embraced a blue collar vibe, albeit in different ways.

My favorite Mellencamp song is Authority Song

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh shit I love that song. I might go through his hits and see if there are more I like. My parents didn't listen to that kind of music and by the mid to late 90s that style seemed old to my kid/preteen ears. I found one Springsteen song I liked over the years, The Ghost of Tom Joad, but never connected with the wider body of work.

Apropos of nothing my thoughts on Mellencamp were always perfectly encapsulated by The Hold Steady's lyric in Stevie Nix "...you remind me of Rod Stewart when he was young You've got passion and you think that you're sexy and all the punks think that you're dumb" but that's just because I was an obnoxious young punk once upon a time. Thanks for the recommendation.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

Haha we were all obnoxious young punks at one time. Probably why I love Authority Song so much.

I'm glad you like the rec!

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Matt Damon is looking rough

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

wow...that's a downer

[–] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We used to have a local band called "John Cougar Concentration Camp", and it's still one of my all-time favorite band names...

I think of it every time one of this turd's mid-life crisis jams come within earshot.

[–] Jmsnwbrd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Why is this guy a "turd"?