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Comments on MetaFilter post Yuppies with SpearsWed, 21 Nov 2007 10:08:10 -0800Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:08:10 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Yuppies with Spears
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We've done anarchoprimitivism before (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/60202/An-Introduction-to-AntiCivilization-Anarchist-Thought-And-Practice">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/62941/The-New-Tribal-Revolution">2</a>) with mixed results.<br><br><a href="http://www.tangledwilderness.org/?p=46">Some people have a different take.</a> For my part, I don't think Daniel Quinn ever intended to inspire anything involving Segways.post:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:47:00 -0800ArturustribalismprimitivismsegwaybatshitinsaneBy: Kattullus
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920844
If this is real... well, the cyberpunk future has arrived, skipping over tragedy straight to farce.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920844Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:08:10 -0800KattullusBy: suckerpunch
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920845
<em>Article from "Dot Bit" Magazine, originally titled "Beating around the Blackbush," by Gerald Edmonson, in April 2007.</em>
Mr. Edmonson, kudos. This is a fantasy that even our sainted <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/17391">robocop</a> would be proud to call his own.
Mods, can we get a PDF warning in the post?comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920845Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:08:40 -0800suckerpunchBy: not_on_display
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920851
<b>Spoiler:</b> <small>the kids get saved in the end by a warship that sails close by.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920851Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:12:48 -0800not_on_displayBy: Kattullus
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920854
<small>Okay, yeah, this isn't real, but I really wanted to get my quip out.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920854Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:14:19 -0800KattullusBy: everichon
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920855
<i>From the GPS set into the handlebars of his electric scooter, Mike led us down winding dirt paths...</i>
*facepalm*comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920855Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:14:27 -0800everichonBy: delmoi
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920857
Looks like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Glass">Stephen Glass</a> has a new job. Well, actually it's just good satire.
<i>Mods, can we get a PDF warning in the post?</i>
The link doesn't go directly to the PDFs.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920857Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:15:41 -0800delmoiBy: suckerpunch
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920858
Well, I'm silly. I swallowed the bit about how it was written in some Seattle 'zine. I hereby repurpose my kudos in the general direction of the Tangled Wilderness gents.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920858Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:16:29 -0800suckerpunchBy: not_on_display
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920876
<i>Okay, yeah, this isn't real, but I really wanted to get my quip out.</i>
My quip was bigger than yours.
<small>Feel free to flag this comment with extreme prejudice.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920876Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:29:08 -0800not_on_displayBy: Blazecock Pileon
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920880
Darkly funny, with lots of room to stretch into a full-blown satire of <i>Heart of Darkness</i>. Nice find.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920880Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:33:19 -0800Blazecock PileonBy: Devils Rancher
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1920900
Rewilding.
Riiiight. Americans -- sheesh. We live on a planet where at least 2 billion people would by just overwhelmed to have clean, running water. Perspective is key, here.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1920900Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:49:48 -0800Devils RancherBy: wendell
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1921036
What a relief to find that the "Spears" referred to in the title wasn't Britney.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1921036Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:08:10 -0800wendellBy: milkrate
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1921108
This is absolutely brilliant - it reminds me a lot of George Saunders.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1921108Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:33:16 -0800milkrateBy: Pope Guilty
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1921248
Fucking primmies.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1921248Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:03:20 -0800Pope GuiltyBy: Dillonlikescookies
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1921335
well, i highly recommend <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553375407/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/"> Ishmael</a>, the book that influenced these "yuppies with spears" in a slightly misguided kind of way. It really will change the way you view human society.
But hunting with spears on the top of segways? I mean.. efficiency is good and all.. but five segways per yuppie? I think the good thing about the book in question is that it's not prescriptive... but I doubt this is what Quinn would prescribe.
Good read. thanks.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1921335Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:51:20 -0800DillonlikescookiesBy: Mitrovarr
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1921396
<strong>Dillonlikescookies:</strong> <em>well, i highly recommend Ishmael, the book that influenced these "yuppies with spears" in a slightly misguided kind of way. It really will change the way you view human society.</em>
I remember reading this. I remember thinking 'hey, this is making a lot of sense' until I realized that the author was making all kinds of assumptions without any kind of evidence whatsoever, and then I pretty much spent the rest of the book being annoyed.
Anyone who supports anarchoprimitivism is getting an eye-roll from me until they volunteer to be in the 99.9% of the population that'll have to die for it to happens.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1921396Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:13:26 -0800MitrovarrBy: poweredbybeard
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1921557
<em>Anyone who supports anarchoprimitivism is getting an eye-roll from me until they volunteer to be in the 99.9% of the population that'll have to die for it to happens.</em>
Can we please just not do this right now?comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1921557Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:15:11 -0800poweredbybeardBy: fairmettle
http://www.metafilter.com/66763/Yuppies-with-Spears#1921658
Thom Hartmann's <i>Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight</i> is a far more practical interpretation of a similar analysis of human impact.
It gives you all of <i>Ishmael</i>'s transformative vibe with 99.9% less gorilla...comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.66763-1921658Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:58:36 -0800fairmettle
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