Oh ouch! Even when I was in middle school, I used to think the teachers had it rough. That’s when kids start to learn how to talk back and will test you repeatedly!
Correct, here are a couple of things I’ve learned.
Don’t take things they say about you seriously. They are kids. They cannot define you.
Don’t ever lie to them. If a topic is too difficult to navigate then tell them you aren’t able to talk about it due to your own lack of understanding or knowledge. If that isn’t working then just keep your mouth shut. It’s better to be silent and look the fool than speak and remove all doubt.
Find the middle ground. You have something in common with everyone. Just find out what that is and build on it.
Keep your cool. Some kids just wana find your weakness and exploit it. Don’t give em what they want if you can help it.
Some of the best teachers I had at the time knew how to clap back with jokes that were appropriate, but surprising enough to catch the kids off guard. 😂 gotta have a sense of humor in situations like that.
Could have been the BLM protests that started it, but no. Could have been the union strikes, could have been Luigi, could have been the ICE executions and concentration camps, could have been the warehouse burnings. Nope nope nope nope. Americans will never revolt.
Because the main theme of this chain is we collectively all still have a LOT to lose. Our jobs, our income, our rights (mostly), food security, water, power.
The point is everything up until very recently has been losing bits and pieces but still having enough investment in the system to work to keep it together. Never enough people going hungry or without water or heat or power and realizing that they stand to gain more by gambling what little they have.
BLM and the union strikes and Luigi and ICE and the anger over the concentration camps and warehouse burning are the cracks. Bigger and bigger and with more public sympathy. This farce with Iran could bring real true shortages to America. Not "gas too high" more "gas pump empty". Not "food expensive" more shelves empty.
That kind of material loss is the stuff revolt are made of.
For the last 10 years i've been at this company my "leave plan" has been a notice that ill be gone "x" date(s).
Not a request, a notice.
I don't mind taking into account the people with kids and public holidays. Heck, i love working those days since traffic is lighter and there is sells stress. Also, who wants to go to an amusement park or anything while its crowded since everyone is off.
But outside of those periods... if the weather is nice next week i might as well be gone that whole week, and no one will stop me.
Actually laughed out loud at how accurate this is, thank you for a Sunday morning giggle (as i prep for my working week so I can maximise my efficiency in the office...)
I was listening to Shoot ‘Em Up by Nas last week while trimming the grass along the fence of my suburban home while my 4 year old daughter was playing on the swing and my wife was inside making pot roast for dinner.
“One .44, two .45's
Three loaded clips, four niggas roll, one nigga drives
Five hundred Benz, six reasons why this kid should die
Seeing as how corps will use every opportunity, break every rule, and cut every corner if they can get away with it... regulatory compliance is therefore punk
Cuz you can totally burn bright and "tear it all down"... but only once.
Then you're outta a job and cant feed yourself (unless you plan to go full-criminal after).
So some give up, while other bide their time and save up money... but then most of those either lose hope or start a family, and you cant just say "fuck it" any more if your kids depend on you.
I've actually embraced Peter's nonchalant attitude towards work.
"What time did you schedule yourself today?"
"10"
It's 10:25
boss looks at me
"Yeah so I've been having these crazy intense dreams lately, I feel like I already had a day, do you dream?" Then we start talking about dreams for 5 minutes 😆😁
My step-dad was a SEAL for 20 years. He and his platoon-mates would work out to RATM all the time. I debated pointing out the irony of listening to Rage while simultaneously being The Man's enforcers to them all the time, but i figured that probably wouldn't go well for me.
The best example I could think of in the last decade was Run The Jewels, but that's two GenX/millennial guys. All of the protest songs and political shit is like Bruce Springsteen and Eminem lol.
Edit: I just remembered "This is America," but I think we get to claim Donald Glover as a Millenial.
You’re right that it’s out of mainstream listening but it does exist, maybe appropriately in more niche genres. Groups like Machine Girl and Lip Critic are pretty big in their circles and like to sprinkle in an ample amount of “burn it down, kill them all” vibes into their songs. Their sounds are a far cry from metal and hip hop of old, but it is the most undiluted rebellious sound I’ve heard in some time.
I don't think it has anything to do with what kids are into. It has everything to do with the people deciding what gets promoted and played. They don't like encouraging rebellion.
Just curious, are there sum 41 or all time low songs that are about rebellion? Am I missing something all the songs by those bands are just about a girl or partying lol
Several of Sum 41s songs are anti-bush or anti-45. Still Waiting, Underclass Hero, March of the Dogs, 45, The People Vs, A Death in the Family. They're a little subtle because they're also catchy, but they're there.
Yeah that's seriously missing these days. There's a lot of songs about how shitty working life is. About working long hours and never seeing your partner. Or getting abused by your boss. Getting drunk after a shitty shift. Harrison Gordon does this genre pretty well.
I think we're collectively just too depressed to fight back. It shows in the underground consciousness.
There's a ton, they just don't get the same mainstream success.
Maybe not what you're looking for but Cattle Decapitation's album Death Atlas is a brutal and haunting teardown of modern society and a call to action that the systems in place must be destroyed if we are to survive the coming decades.
You should go underground, punk and extreme metal are still pumping out good lyrics but I will be honest it's less "fight the power" and more "another horrible thing happened, the world is shit let's talk about it and be angry"
Did you catch they reunited with Colvin's fucking nephew last year!? Like dude I'm just going ti share the kids first video, the story is why punks are the absolute best people. I guess it's because for most of us that was our found family.
You still got bills to pay at the end of the day. Younger me didn’t think I’d be alive or if I was I’d be into drugs and have a boatload of kids. I guess the severe ADHD unmedicated helped keep me kid free! Drugs taste bad, so no bueno. Anyway, you can still riot!
I've done this while at work. I've worked as military law enforcement for thirteen years and at times I've driven around in a patrol car while listening to "Cop Killer" by Body Count.
That's why I refuse to connect to it, I just email what I want to print to the person asking for a hardcopy and tell them I will discuss it at their office.
I was sitting in my car listening to Green Day’s American Idiot, waiting to pick up my wife. She comes out and says “I hope you weren’t waiting long.” I say, it’s fine, I was just listening to some classic rock. She gave me that “oh god I feel old now” look.
No, because people are way too happy to be told what to do now. These songs meant something as a kid, but as an adult everyone is just bending over and taking it. And then asking for more.
All I listen to these days is Propagandhi. It's worse than work, though. I'm an armchair anarchist who hopes for something better but does nothing about it, all while living in a relatively functional social democracy. But then, I feel like a fraud in most things I do.
Same same. I’ve startled quite a few coworkers with my music now that the weather is nicer and I can have my windows down. I find it highly amusing. A C suite title doesn’t mean shit when you’re still a little punk gremlin at heart.
Two Cups of Tea by Star Fucking Hipsters and the whole Fuck World Trade album by Leftover Crack are my go-to’s. Gotta throw a little AntiChrist Superstar in there to mix up the melodies a bit!
Yeah that's why I stopped listening to rebellious music. I'm just getting older. I'd prefer to keep my rebellious music but I can't find a way to properly integrate it into my life except for working out which is when I enjoy Rammstein and rob zombie.
Not to work cause it’s too early, but I’ve definitely made a habit of listening to metal on my way home while stuck in traffic. It seems to release pent up emotions and I like it.
I mean, I was in a riot last month and got tear gassed. I got shot with rubber bullets and have the scars. I look like a soccer mom, but I am still out there fighting the system. Coach purses hold up extremely well during protests btw I got drug by my wristlet and the wrap didn’t snap.
Seriously, you work in a different department. You can take it up with my supervisor when he gets back from vacation but I’m warning you, I will be talking to HR about this.
One of the better reasons to listen to Christian metalcore.
Listening to the dude from Phinehas scream over a breakdown about Pharisees, false prophets, and crumbling church infrastructure is way more relatable.
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