Armchair phillosophy – Page 8

Day 132: Social Justice Warrior with a side of cheese

June 4, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’m a social justice warrior. Students have called me that, insultingly. Fine. That’s what I am. I believe that we need social justice in America and I will fight for it. I have been that[…]

Day 129: the truth about cats and dogs

June 1, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

The triangle above is called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It’s not a new concept; it was created by Abraham Maslow in 1943, one of the first post modern tools that IMHO truly transcended being theory[…]

Day 128: Taking "our jobs"

May 31, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’ve recently been having a bit of fun talking about the (not really that) private Facebook group for my home town that Julie and I have been reading and casually engaging with. There are basically,[…]

Day 127: Flags

May 30, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

On Memorial Day, I checked my favorite (nominally) private Facebook group for some local news. There are three complaints about flags: two about a cemetery that isn’t illuminating the flag at night and one about[…]

Day 125: The Legacy of Boba Fett

May 28, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

The image above is the Boba Fett Disney Infinity figure Julie bought for me on Wal-Mart super clearance. $3 if you want to cop one and join the cool people. I love Boba Fett. Many[…]

Day 124: About those micro-aggressions…

May 26, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Saw this today. Given, I don’t know the context beyond what the article offers, but I doubt there’s a way this was okay. It feels like some sort of sleazy attack on a student paired[…]

Day 122: Is this just fantasy?

May 25, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Okay, read this. If you’re not into weird political-speak and don’t follow how the CBO works and all that, here’s the simple reduction: A bunch of people will lose their insurance, but we’d save around[…]

Day 121: Is this the real life?

May 23, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Someone blew up an Ariana Grande concert. That’s terrible, and it makes it abundantly clear that we’re not safe anywhere, if a teeny-bopper concert can be infiltrated by a bomber. But that’s not the primary[…]

Day 119: Like Suicide

May 21, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I used to have a friend named Ben. He’s lost in time, one of the people who I lost track of when high school ended. But one day, circa 1994, I was sitting in the[…]

Day 116: Don't Trust Anyone The Sequel

May 18, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

A little old school Steve Austin. This is NOT a rally, obviously. It was an episode of RAW. This is the Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt I thought of as I read this. My[…]