Comments | givemethegun: They Were Probably Black

givemethegun

They Were Probably Black

Mar 22, 2009 19:53

Our workplace is located quite near a meth clinic, and the adjoining alleyway is often replete with thoughtful gifts of human fecal matter (more often than not artistically displayed down the alley wall from arse-height, and lower), used condoms *, and dumpster babies. During the winter months, there was an array of simply delightful deposits, and ( Read more... )

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morganaus March 23 2009, 01:14:30 UTC

It's always the ones who make it a point to assure you they're not racist that come out with the most...colorful...epithets.

P.S. I'm not a racist.

givemethegun March 23 2009, 01:19:55 UTC

It was a fairly standard racial comment that I probably would have shrugged off, but he really did make a point of emphasising it to me - as if I didn't already know that all people of colour can't be trusted, humph!

P.S. I'm not a racist either, but I do have an antique planter with some fairly stereotyped chinamen carrying a wicker basket. However, I'm not rascist against chinamen, because I refused to use a publisher's description of "Chinglish" in a piece of copy I wrote last week. Chinglish indeed!

ariadnelives March 23 2009, 01:40:11 UTC

I'm not racist or anything, but I didn't know that Black people used meth.

givemethegun March 23 2009, 01:41:22 UTC

Know your enemy, Kate.

stephen_c March 23 2009, 03:49:26 UTC

It's a study in contrasts-white stuff going up a black nose. And somewhat ironic.

morganaus March 23 2009, 15:52:50 UTC

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pretzelcoatl March 23 2009, 01:45:39 UTC

I just wanted to use this icon again.

givemethegun March 23 2009, 01:55:19 UTC

While I approve of the icon, I have to state that I'm a little perturbed by your lack of sensitivity on this issue.

poo on the wall b0rken March 23 2009, 03:59:12 UTC

When I lived on Stewart St there was a spare carport (shame, cyclists, shame!) out the back of the block of flats. This space filled up with hard rubbish, dry leaves, and eventually the ephemera of illicit intra-venous drug use, evidence of people sleeping rough, and wall-poo.

I wondered at the time why the wall-poo was displayed like that - perhaps to scare away other homeless people, to affront the 'normal' folk, and thus keep them away as well, and on a more practical note, so that it would dessicate more quickly than if it were left on the ground? Obviously they weren't composters.

Know your wall-poo. A field guide coming soon to a zine shop near you.

Re: poo on the wall givemethegun March 28 2009, 18:15:01 UTC

I think I've figured this out. Apparently meth makes you want to poop, NOW! So they line their butt up against the wall for Maximum Privacy (you know) - and balance, which is very important when pooping - and let one slide. I don't think it's a mark-your-territory or street art type of thing, sadly.

I also think human beings are disgusting.

nsingman March 23 2009, 20:03:36 UTC

Oh, gosh. I think my wife might have stolen those tools. She's black, and we could always use more tools!

givemethegun March 28 2009, 18:12:49 UTC

She's infiltrated us!

P.S. Awesome.