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10-28-2011 , 09:20 PM

FreakDaddy

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So it's a great opportunity for people in other countries to make fun of American stupidity. So let it fly...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...heartbreaking/

http://the53.tumblr.com/

Enjoy kiddos!

10-28-2011 , 09:25 PM

Riverman

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"I take it up the ass to fund criminals' luxurious lifestyles! I am the 53%!"

10-28-2011 , 10:15 PM

FreakDaddy

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Originally Posted by Riverman

"I take it up the ass to fund criminals' luxurious lifestyles! I am the 53%!"

I sincerely hope this movement continues. I think if they actually have to start thinking about their situation, and read other people's completely absurd situations, it may actually cause some awakening to occur. Too many people are the frog boiling in the pot, not realizing their being cooked. Eventually the propaganda will be broken, and the frogs will start jumping out.

10-28-2011 , 10:24 PM

Ineedaride2

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I am a white male that plays golf and can't dance. I enjoy Seinfeld and bitching about the news. I have two kids and a house. I am the 74%.

10-28-2011 , 10:37 PM

Riverman

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I am highly educated and well-read. I follow politics closely, and can speak intelligently about policy. I am fully aware that I am completely powerless, and that WAAF.

I am the 1%.

10-28-2011 , 10:56 PM

A_C_Slater

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Originally Posted by FreakDaddy

Unlikely, people love playing the role of suffering martyr. Just look at all the masochists that wear crucifixes. That is the symbol of humanity, a man nailed to a cross suffering, poor baby, we should have been nicer to him.

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10-28-2011 , 10:59 PM

A_C_Slater

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Here is society's solution to almost all social problems.

http://www.progress.org/dividend/

Only people who are masochistic John Galt wannabe blowhards will object imo.

10-28-2011 , 11:00 PM

Ineedaride2

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Originally Posted by A_C_Slater

Unlikely, people love playing the role of suffering martyr. Just look at all the masochists that wear crucifixes. That is the symbol of humanity, a man nailed to a cross suffering, poor baby.

Whatever dude. If your dad was omnipowerful and let you get nailed to a cross, you'd be a little emo too.

10-28-2011 , 11:09 PM

A_C_Slater

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Whatever dude. If your dad was omnipowerful and let you get nailed to a cross, you'd be a little emo too.

You missed my point. The story of Jesus has had so much appeal over thousands of years because so many people think their suffering is greater than that of everyone else. They don't really want to reduce their suffering though, they just want it acknowledged so they can feel all righteous. They is the 53%

10-29-2011 , 12:52 AM

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tomdemaine

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Originally Posted by A_C_Slater

No one runs worse than me at poker. No one.

10-29-2011 , 02:06 AM

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Morris King

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I have no anus, and defecate through my mouth. I am the 0.000000001%.

10-29-2011 , 03:14 AM

#12

goofball

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I have a job; I'm the 91%.

10-29-2011 , 03:15 AM

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tomosaurus

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This is the 53%=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_justification

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System justification theory therefore accounts for counter-intuitive evidence that members of disadvantaged groups often support the societal status quo (at least to some degree), often at considerable cost to themselves and to fellow group members

10-29-2011 , 11:10 AM

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UtzChips

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I have the ability to identify & accept the things that I cannot change. The courage to change the things that I can, when it benefits me, or makes me feel good to do so, & the wisdom to know the difference.

I am on the top looking down upon everyone else.

10-29-2011 , 11:19 AM

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Trolly McTrollson

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This is the 53%=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_justification

Or alternatively,

Quote:

In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is a term used to describe a real paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

10-29-2011 , 11:43 AM

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Sooooo...muslims, buddhists, and jews are not part of "humanity?" Dude, I absolutely LOVE you.

10-29-2011 , 02:39 PM

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UtzChips

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Originally Posted by zoltan

Sooooo...muslims, buddhists, and jews are not part of "humanity?" Dude, I absolutely LOVE you.

Naw.......he just didn't bother to mention them. In Islam, they are termed "shahid." In Hinduism, martyrdom in a war or battle is seen as highly noble & if he were to die the death of a Kshatriya on the battlefield, he would attain moksha.........and it goes on and on.

Just like the stories of the "death & rebirth" of gods within different religions....a storyline that has been plagarized for thousands of years before the Christians used it.

10-29-2011 , 02:56 PM

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ShortyTheFish

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I like the one that starts with "I've had a job since I was 16" then goes on to say she stays at home with her kids

53% of what, exactly? Dumbasses?

10-29-2011 , 03:21 PM

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valenzuela

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whats this 53% crap?

10-29-2011 , 03:34 PM

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FreakDaddy

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Originally Posted by valenzuela

whats this 53% crap?

It's the conservative response to the 99% OWS movement. In other words it's mindless slaves thanking their masters for not beating them every day (just every other day), and allowing them to breath dirty air.

10-29-2011 , 03:36 PM

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whats this 53% crap?

47% of Americans don't pay the federal income tax, which as you may be aware, is the only tax there is.

10-29-2011 , 03:42 PM

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valenzuela

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Originally Posted by FreakDaddy

lol.

10-29-2011 , 04:07 PM

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ShortyTheFish

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Originally Posted by Autocratic

47% of Americans don't pay the federal income tax, which as you may be aware, is the only tax there is.

What makes it even funnier is how they forget a good portion of that 47% happens to be major corporations like Exxon, but let's go ahead and gear our anger towards the people in the tents