I'll reply more thoroughly when I have the brain power (recovering from a traumatic tooth extraction), but for now, I wanted to recommend Breaking Point (FU) by Logan Michael as a fantastic fuck off song from a masc singer. Extremely cathartic to dance around and sing along with.
While there is a layer of meaning about Marilyn, the song is, like nearly everything on the album, very autobiographical. It’s basically about Zevon’s ex-girlfriend and mother of his son Jordan, who is quoted in his biography with (something along the lines of): „This is the greatest Fuck You song of all times. Unfortunately it is about my mon."
I remember when you wrote that charming and useful post :)
(And I remember how quickly it was snaffled and commodified by the Social Masses. Really, once that one was out of the barn it was never coming back.)
In recent months I've been drifting farther and farther from online, since the increase in garbledy-gook in everything from biographies to product reviews to even serious "news reporting" has already substantially reduced the usefulness, to me, of the internet. It's happening much faster than I expected, and the decay seems to be happening everywhere. Bit of a shame, isn't it?
Ceelo Green, "Fuck You", of course. And less directed at an individual and more generally despairing, Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq.'s masterwork "I've No More Fucks To Give"....
I feel that AI has the (negative) potential to recreate the extent of the gap that had been slowly shrinking between the elite, in whatever form they may come, and the less privileged (less tech savvy, less educated). And I worry about that. Not for me, but for my kids and grandkids.
I'm not sure it has to be that way, though. If we can somehow teach younger people that: a) the future dangers of surrendering your own individuality and thought processes could be the end of your 'worth' in this planet, and b) how to harness it as a tool to do the donkey-work (much like me looking through encyclopedias when I was a kid), rather than act as a substitute for themselves (akin to paying an A+ level student to pretend to be me in an exam), then it could be useful.
The only people who wouldn't want that idea to be successful are the ones in power, the ones who stand to lose potential revenue/income/trillion dollar deals. Certain people deem the majority of the rest of us as possessions with a value. If we hold no value to them, if we can be replaced by a cheaper, we become expendable.
I've spent over 40 years working, and have had to reinvent myself several times. Most recently (just a few years), I've become a language teacher. Due to circumstances, I've gone from full-time, to part time, to freelance. I've updated my status on various platforms. Guess what? I'm getting regular postings about jobs from companies who seek teachers like myself who will work for them to train their AI to take my job! Absolute C**TS! I know I don't have that many years left in me, but you can F**k right off.
[Full disclosure: I've been writing and publishing poetry and lyrics for quite a few years (but can barely play a note on an instrument, let alone compose), so I have used AI as a tool to create a few songs that I wrote the lyrics for as something to leave my family. I can't afford to hire a musician or band or singer. But maybe that's might point. Use it, don't submit to it!]
I think that's exactly the point, actually. AI is here to stay. There will be, and already are, useful things about it. And — just like computers or software or other tools — there's nothing inherently wrong about deploying it for your pre-existing tasks. It's when it starts to take over your entire world, and distances you from authentic acts (and puts people out of work) that it becomes something to be avoided and fought...
I find it refreshing, you actually have a real wife. Young men having AI girl friends!!! I have come to the conclusion we should have the CEO of Amazon, Elon Musk and a few others with AI robots. Talk about saving money and we could make them ethical CEOS.
I really am not an internet user. I always say I want to look people in the eyes. I read body language. I assume everyone on the internet is a robot until proven to be a human.
It just struck me that AI is the alarm clock in ONE OF US! Another example of your techie prescience like your description of an iPhone in 1995’s ONLY FORWARD.
There should be "settings profiles" for different user categories. For example, prefers privacy and independence or needs all the help offered or incompetent at math or looking for trouble make me invisible or cannot take a photo very well at all or helpless senior over equipped with technology or makes poor decisions on sales calls or...
GenAI is so hugely annoying. I’ve learned to go back and read before I post, because my perfectly good and useful words are often changed behind me to something the bot thought was better, but which often make so sense at all.
The “transcribe my Zoom meetings in Welsh or wipe my arse sideways” line absolutely nailed it—it perfectly sums up how useless it is in those intrusive situations. Also, I laughed way too hard at that, so thanks for that.
Oh, and also? Lily Allen's Fuck You was my personal anthem for a while. I might have to bring that back.
I used to work as a bouncer in Wales and a lady patron used to teach me Welsh phrases to use on the door. It wasn't until a friend of mine came past whilst she was doing this that I was told "you know she's teaching you gibberish, right?"
Apparently id been shouting at people to leave by asking them "where have my bunnies gone? Has anybody seen my bunnies?"
I'll reply more thoroughly when I have the brain power (recovering from a traumatic tooth extraction), but for now, I wanted to recommend Breaking Point (FU) by Logan Michael as a fantastic fuck off song from a masc singer. Extremely cathartic to dance around and sing along with.
Thank you! And I hope the tooth abates quickly... that's never a fun time.
Zevon‘s The French Inhaler comes to mind, though that‘s a bit more After the fact than „Girl, have I got news for you“.
Thank you!
I always think The French Inhaler is more in sorrow than in anger. Poor old Marilyn.
While there is a layer of meaning about Marilyn, the song is, like nearly everything on the album, very autobiographical. It’s basically about Zevon’s ex-girlfriend and mother of his son Jordan, who is quoted in his biography with (something along the lines of): „This is the greatest Fuck You song of all times. Unfortunately it is about my mon."
Then there’s Queen‘s „Who Needs You“, of course.
Aha, yes...
And Death on Two Legs
Oh, yes. Not to a former partner but to a former producer, but it’s … drastic.
I remember when you wrote that charming and useful post :)
(And I remember how quickly it was snaffled and commodified by the Social Masses. Really, once that one was out of the barn it was never coming back.)
In recent months I've been drifting farther and farther from online, since the increase in garbledy-gook in everything from biographies to product reviews to even serious "news reporting" has already substantially reduced the usefulness, to me, of the internet. It's happening much faster than I expected, and the decay seems to be happening everywhere. Bit of a shame, isn't it?
It really is, and you're right — even if we anticipated this happening, I didn't think it would happen so FAST. A bit like the breakdown of democracy.
I too have been drifting more offline... I hope all's well with you!
There's Forget You by Cee Lo Green.
Ah, thank you!
Ceelo Green, "Fuck You", of course. And less directed at an individual and more generally despairing, Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq.'s masterwork "I've No More Fucks To Give"....
Excellent, thank you!
I feel that AI has the (negative) potential to recreate the extent of the gap that had been slowly shrinking between the elite, in whatever form they may come, and the less privileged (less tech savvy, less educated). And I worry about that. Not for me, but for my kids and grandkids.
I'm not sure it has to be that way, though. If we can somehow teach younger people that: a) the future dangers of surrendering your own individuality and thought processes could be the end of your 'worth' in this planet, and b) how to harness it as a tool to do the donkey-work (much like me looking through encyclopedias when I was a kid), rather than act as a substitute for themselves (akin to paying an A+ level student to pretend to be me in an exam), then it could be useful.
The only people who wouldn't want that idea to be successful are the ones in power, the ones who stand to lose potential revenue/income/trillion dollar deals. Certain people deem the majority of the rest of us as possessions with a value. If we hold no value to them, if we can be replaced by a cheaper, we become expendable.
I've spent over 40 years working, and have had to reinvent myself several times. Most recently (just a few years), I've become a language teacher. Due to circumstances, I've gone from full-time, to part time, to freelance. I've updated my status on various platforms. Guess what? I'm getting regular postings about jobs from companies who seek teachers like myself who will work for them to train their AI to take my job! Absolute C**TS! I know I don't have that many years left in me, but you can F**k right off.
[Full disclosure: I've been writing and publishing poetry and lyrics for quite a few years (but can barely play a note on an instrument, let alone compose), so I have used AI as a tool to create a few songs that I wrote the lyrics for as something to leave my family. I can't afford to hire a musician or band or singer. But maybe that's might point. Use it, don't submit to it!]
I think that's exactly the point, actually. AI is here to stay. There will be, and already are, useful things about it. And — just like computers or software or other tools — there's nothing inherently wrong about deploying it for your pre-existing tasks. It's when it starts to take over your entire world, and distances you from authentic acts (and puts people out of work) that it becomes something to be avoided and fought...
I find it refreshing, you actually have a real wife. Young men having AI girl friends!!! I have come to the conclusion we should have the CEO of Amazon, Elon Musk and a few others with AI robots. Talk about saving money and we could make them ethical CEOS.
Ooh, nice idea. As for my wife, I'm 98% sure she's real, but the tech is getting quite good these days.
I really am not an internet user. I always say I want to look people in the eyes. I read body language. I assume everyone on the internet is a robot until proven to be a human.
That's increasingly wise.
My AI girl friend dumped me.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It just struck me that AI is the alarm clock in ONE OF US! Another example of your techie prescience like your description of an iPhone in 1995’s ONLY FORWARD.
Ohhhh that's so true! Annoying and stupidly over-helpful tech.
There should be "settings profiles" for different user categories. For example, prefers privacy and independence or needs all the help offered or incompetent at math or looking for trouble make me invisible or cannot take a photo very well at all or helpless senior over equipped with technology or makes poor decisions on sales calls or...
Interesting. My Android doesn't do this- but then, I have Autocorrect and predictive text switched off.
While Rsge Against The Machine never specified which machine, I think you may have a new candidate here.
Ha :-)
I'd suggest "Goody Goody" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer), as sung by Ella Fitzgerald.
I'll check it out!
Lots of versions out there, but I'm a big Ella fan.
GenAI is so hugely annoying. I’ve learned to go back and read before I post, because my perfectly good and useful words are often changed behind me to something the bot thought was better, but which often make so sense at all.
Yep, same. Mis-type something and it leaps in and corrects it... to the wrong word.
The “transcribe my Zoom meetings in Welsh or wipe my arse sideways” line absolutely nailed it—it perfectly sums up how useless it is in those intrusive situations. Also, I laughed way too hard at that, so thanks for that.
Oh, and also? Lily Allen's Fuck You was my personal anthem for a while. I might have to bring that back.
Excellent :-)
Nowt wrong with Welsh. It has it's own take on "fuck you".
And what is wrong with Welsh? It's useful for so many people.
Mainly people who speak Welsh, though?
Not a thing if I spoke Welsh. Which, for the record, I'd love to learn some day.
I have a friend here in town who's been learning it on Duolingo!
I used to work as a bouncer in Wales and a lady patron used to teach me Welsh phrases to use on the door. It wasn't until a friend of mine came past whilst she was doing this that I was told "you know she's teaching you gibberish, right?"
Apparently id been shouting at people to leave by asking them "where have my bunnies gone? Has anybody seen my bunnies?"
See, now that's just good clean fun. We need more of that, please. 😄
Agree, and I salute her.
I thought you had written "F**k AL", and I wondered: who is this AL guy and why has he pissed off MMS?
LOL, yes, fair point. But you know, fuck Al anyway.
I love Lily Allen's song. I recommend the Headstones song of the same title.
What a nice “Fuck you”.