A Leftist's Guilty Pleasures

[the last donut of the night]

Talk about habits that go against your organization's/tendency's beliefs. Or just possessions.


I have a button from the DSA, social democrats.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

you self-indulgent bourgie sonofa*****
you disgust me

[the last donut of the night]

you self-indulgent bourgie sonofa*****
you disgust me


we all know about that portrait of you at the PSDB convention

[Drace]

i own pants

[Nolan]

My family has 7 cars... For 3 people.

[Wanted Man]

I can't think of any. Not because of myself, but because my organisation fully supports hedonism and bourgeois decadence. ;)

[#FF0000]

We built ourselves a pool.

[Invincible Summer]

I own a fancy-ass road bike

[Angry Young Man]

There was me feeling a bit guilty about liking cheese and biscuits every now and then. And eye liner.

But otherwise I'm pretty puritan. If we wrote the seven deadly sins of Marxism, I'm pretty sure both of my indulgences would be pretty low

[NecroCommie]

I don't know if these things count as my middle class parents have made this all possible as birthday and cristmas presents, but I own some kick ass computers (in plural) and I travel alot (sometimes expensive, most of the time not). If it were up to my own wallet I could not do/own any of those.

[A.J.]

Judging by this thread this bon viveur is very much cavalier amongst roundhounds.

But anyway, anglophobia and polonophobia are two...erm..."pleasures" I occassionally find myself guilty of.

[Il Medico]

I like nice clothes... but can rarely afford them. :(

[Angry Young Man]

Judging by this thread this bon viveur is very much cavalier amongst roundhounds.

I'll say. Right bunch of self-indulgent aristos. Cheese, cider and a blow job here and there are all the pleasure I need

[Sam_b]

I play a shitload of poker, in both live league and online format.

[which doctor]

I routinely place in the top 5 at international Monopoly tournaments.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

I sometimes make up fraudulent criminal accusations against poor people and use my vast wealth to hire a superior lawyer so that they are imprisoned much to my amusement.

[Jimmie Higgins]

I own 7 sweatshops and use thugs to scare the immigrant workers into accepting shitty wages, long hours, and my sexual advances. I also operate a weapons manufacturing plant and profiteer from US wars.

err... oops, I mean I like to watch "Family Guy" and Apatow movies even though there are some pretty sexist, homophobic and reactionary jokes that make me groan and feel guilty for watching it.

Do organizations actually prohibit members from certain activities or possessions on an individual basis? If so I find that kind of strange. I mean understandably if someone had a nazi flag or KKK uniform or actively engaged in racism or bigotry, they should not be allowed in a leftist group (that would probably be self-prohibiting anyway - like why would a sexist want to join a group dedicated to eliminating sexism). I can also understand prohibiting certain activities at official party events or at demonstrations; like don't do things that will endanger the entire rally or cause the police to crack-down or give the party a bad reputation or whatever.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Really are travel and nice clothes something to feel bad about? I want these things and I think that a goal of a revolution should be to allow many people to enjoy nice food and clothes and world travel.

[Mindtoaster]

I'm in a fraternity, though the only reason I feel slightly guilty of it is because of the bad rep fraternitys get in general, not for anything about mine specifically.

[Panda Tse Tung]

Uhm.... i own... an Xbox360?
I have chucks if that counts :).

[Pirate Utopian]

None, I am the prolliest of all proles.

[Black Sheep]

Nothing really.If there's one thing i m good for, is being obsessed about petit bourgeoisie way of life.
ELIMINATE THE BOURGEOISIE MENTALITY AND WAY OF LIFE.

[Bilan]

I emulate bourgeois lifestyles for my own amusement.

[cb9's_unity]

If for whatever if I come across an America's Next Top Model marathon I'm likely to watch it until the final episode. I'm not sure what happens, but one by one my whole family will start watching it and non of us can pull ourselves away. None of us like fashion or modeling otherwise but it's fucking addictive.

Can this ever be forgiven?

[the last donut of the night]

None, I am the prolliest of all proles.

no, malte is

[Angry Young Man]

None, I am the prolliest of all proles.

The Hell you are, Cavalier. Here's you

http://www.dl.ket.org/webmuseum/wm/paint/auth/hals/laughing.jpg

[Le Libérer]

When I was 15 I would walk to the library and photocopy the latest fashions from haute coutier magazines and then go home and make exact copies of them out of remnants from my grandmothers design shop.

When I got older, I set out to have my own fashion label which did fairly well in my region of the country. Then life happened, and all that ended.

But yeah I profited off my self taught talent.

[Sasha]

i'm part time an artist.... (and yes, they are frownend upon more here in the squat scene than bouncers...)

[Manifesto]

I own a lot of game systems but thats only because of money from relatives during the holiday season and I don't eat lunch just to buy stuff other than that nothing really.

[the last donut of the night]

When I was 15 I would walk to the library and photocopy the latest fashions from haute coutier magazines and then go home and make exact copies of them out of remnants from my grandmothers design shop.

When I got older, I set out to have my own fashion label which did fairly well in my region of the country. Then life happened, and all that ended.

But yeah I profited off my self taught talent.


:ohmy::ohmy:


the horror! the petty bourgeoisie-ness!

[KC]

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[Jimmie Higgins]

I watch a lot of Fox News. Especially O'Reilly, Hannity and Beck (in that order).Masochist!

[The Red Next Door]

I drink at starbucks and buy every single products of theirs.

[MarxSchmarx]

On more than one occasion, I stayed home and played video games rather than go to a demonstration my local helped organize.

[Pirate Utopian]

no, malte is


The Hell you are, Cavalier. Here's you
[a picture of AYM's dad]
You are both wrong, I am even more prole than RAF.

[Bilan]

i'm part time an artist.... (and yes, they are frownend upon more here in the squat scene than bouncers...)

Creativity and expression are bourgeois decadence. Refuse all coloured garments, pastels and paints! Long live ennui!

[Angry Young Man]

[a picture of AYM's dad]

What? This is my dad
http://inthebox.webmin.com/images/man-and-wrench.jpg

This is yours
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/BrummellDighton1805.jpg

[Tyrlop]

I live like a bourgeoisie, eat like one, drink like one, sleep like one, I spend like one and I steal like one.:trotski:

[Comrade B]

I drive a 2002 Honda accord EX Coup and go to a private college

[An archist]

I really really like mindless tv shows like temptation island, a shot at love and momma's boys.
Edit: and all films with Shwarzenegger.

[Pirate Utopian]

What? This is my dad
[a picture of AYM at a costume party mocking the proletariat]

This is yours
[a picture of AYM in everyday life]
My dad is RAF, I'm just that much of a prole.

Here's a picture of me:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3491018596_a73d08efff.jpg

[KC]

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[the last donut of the night]

EDIT: I'm about to spend $100 on a watch. Is that something I should feel guilty about?

yeah, seeing i'm so broke i can't get decent weed

[Angry Young Man]

You can get a fuctioning watch for £10, but there should be a clock on your mobile. If you're somewhere that doesn't allow mobiles, like an exam, they usually have a clock

[KC]

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[Ravachol]

Well decadence doesn't really go against my beliefs so heh. But I guess the fact that I own a shitload ,and by a shitload I mean a fuckton, of expensive hardware, computers and hi-tech equipment counts. I also love expensive, decadent food and drinks. Those are my main petit-bourgois vices I guess :laugh:

[Nwoye]

what kind of bourgeois asshole wears a watch.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

you bourgie, lifestylist pricks
get a job

[Bright Banana Beard]

I with Dr. Rosenpenis, I only have this crappy pc to get entertainment. I am more prole than all of you. I don't even own neither landline nor mobile phone, not even a TV cable. However, I am planning to become a campesino in Central America, where you can't throw toilet paper in the toilet, you have to dig a small pool for your shit, no warm water, and water is rare to come by, but at least there is a pila.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

actually what I was getting at was that there's no merit in aspiring to a more "revolutionary" lifestyle, whatever that means

[Bright Banana Beard]

actually what I was getting at was that there's no merit in aspiring to a more "revolutionary" lifestyle, whatever that means Exactly, there is no value of being a revolutionary. You either are or not. My choice on campesino is that I hate the world, do not give a fuck about having thing and I would prefer to be alone with other campesino, where we can complain about how chicken the rich class is to change the world.

[which doctor]

I aspire to be a bourgeois intellectual.

[Revy]

this song :lol:

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[Sleeper]

I guess I might as well give a Top 5 from what I consider the least offensive to the most:

5.) I will only buy new cars. To my defense, though, we only own one car for a family of three and I do it mostly so that the car is fully covered under warranty.

4.) I love Bombay Sapphire, and it is the second most expensive gin at the liquor store. I will usually stretch a bottle out for two-three months by switching to a cheap gin such as Seagram's after two snifters of Bombay Sapphire on the rocks.

Naturally, I have to cut that Seagram's with some 7-Up because, well, blah!

3.) I have a large workshop stocked with many tools, of course, they came with the house.

2.) I will only buy name-brand toilet paper. (That's more of a joke than anything, but it's true)

1.) I shop at Wal-Mart...religiously. I cannot excuse myself or justify that at all. It's just that they have absolutely everything and I have a kid and work over 60 hours per week. One stop, man....I'm sorry.

[BIG BROTHER]

Well this isn't very bad per see but I love anarchist music even though I'm a trot...

I buy coffee at starbucks

I love to eat smoked salmon, and drink wine or champange:D

[KC]

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[bcbm]

"nothing's too good for the working class"

[Bright Banana Beard]

"nothing's too good for the working class"
if only I can rep this.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

I have a single Hollister hoodie. Shame on me.

[Honggweilo]

a bit of an excentric fashion exhibitionist, although most of it budget and DIY XD

involountary male chauvinism at times

[Sasha]

fred perry shirts... lots of them.

[Das war einmal]

I like whoppers and cheeseburgerz. I also like too say the degrading dutch term 'wijven' when I mean girls. Literally translated it would be 'wife' in english, but in dutch it's something between 'chick' and '*****'. Not when they are around though

[BobKKKindle$]

I also like too say the degrading dutch term 'wijven' when I mean girls. Literally translated it would be 'wife' in english, but in dutch it's something between 'chick' and '*****'. Not when they are around though

wait, you're a sexist in real life as well? I would never have guessed! :sleep:

[Das war einmal]

Correction its actually 'broad', well if that makes me a sexist, then I plead guilty

[Das war einmal]

Ohyeah I like sometimes like to make satirical jokes about gays. I guess I am a homophobe as well :rolleyes:. Luckily most people know it when I am goofing or serious.

[Tyrlop]

i dress like a bourgeois
http://www.prenuping.com/shop/uploaded_images/rich-man-789718.jpg
just without the tophat and that i don't smoke,

[Panda Tse Tung]

Ohw, smoking is bourgeouisie i see. One more sin on my behalf.

I participate in the lottery as well. Guess that counts too (forgot it on my last list).

[Honggweilo]

wait, you're a sexist in real life as well? I would never have guessed! :sleep:
said the radical oxford fratboy

[Axle]

I buy expensive booze. There isn't a trace of cheap alcohol in my house...just expensive shit like Patron and Woodford Reserve and microbrewed beer.

In my defense, though I can't tell a huge difference between cheap and expensive liquor, the difference between a $15 six pack of good beer and Miller Lite is vast.

[Il Medico]

I buy expensive booze. There isn't a trace of cheap alcohol in my house...just expensive shit like Patron and Woodford Reserve and microbrewed beer.

In my defense, though I can't tell a huge difference between cheap and expensive liquor, the difference between a $15 six pack of good beer and Miller Lite is vast.
Good Wine, but I feel no guilt, only pleasure.

[the last donut of the night]

Good Wine, but I feel no guilt, only pleasure.

bourgeois scum

[Vendetta]

I hunt. :thumbup1:

[the last donut of the night]

I hunt. :thumbup1:


what and where do you hunt

[Martin Blank]

I'm with bcbm on the "nothing's too good for the proletariat" principle. That's why I:...

1. Have a brand new Motorola DROID cell phone (got it for New Year's -- present from the kid).

2. Own one really nice wool suit that I wear with a nice silk shirt and tie, and leather shoes, for interviews.

3. Use a nice mahogany walking cane (more for medical reasons, but...).

4. Carry a nice silver pocketwatch (from my deceased grandfather).

5. Drive a 2005 Chrysler Sebring Special Edition convertible (in the kid's name, but my name is on the insurance).

6. Use a military-grade Toughbook laptop (got it for a song on eBay).

7. Own a real Russian AK (only fired twice and dropped once -- Afghan sand included!).

8. Visit a friend on occasion and the two of us kill a fifth of Skyy vodka (straight, no chaser, no mix).

There's more, but these eight will keep you reeling for now.


I watch a lot of Fox News. Especially O'Reilly, Hannity and Beck (in that order).

Well, fuck, that explains a lot.

[Vendetta]

what and where do you hunt

Where I live...

And squirrels, deer, etc, etc.

People, too. ;)

[piet11111]

i am a fanatical pc gamer and because of that i spend a lot of money on my pc to keep it up to date.

i also plan on buying an expensive air rifle + the stuff that goes with it (scope bi-pod a pump as its a pcp and a pellet trap rated for .22LR)

and i drink too much.

[Vendetta]

and i drink too much.

Impossible!

[KC]

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[Martin Blank]

I'm better than you anyways so keep talking shit if it makes you feel better buddy.

If "better than you" means better off, then you're probably right. But you will never be a better person than I am now, even if you live to be 150.

Besides, you're about due to leave all this leftist stuff behind and start your journey to the right, so it doesn't really matter. I expect you'll be voting for "centrist" Dems by the time you're 30 (and Republicans when you're 40), at least. Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if you catapulted all the way into teabagger territory before 2012, just in time to vote for Palin. She suits your frame of mind perfectly.

Meanwhile, I'll reflect more on the merits of your situation in coming years as I relax on my land down south, sipping cool drinks, collecting a monthly disability check and taking it easy while you continue to eat shit in Milwaukee.

[Robocommie]

I watch a lot of Fox News. Especially O'Reilly, Hannity and Beck (in that order).

You should go to a doctors to see if you're still able to have children.

[KC]

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[Martin Blank]

Keep it coming! I know you can do better than this Miles. I mean you have all day to sit at your computer and think about what to say in response, and this is all you can come up with? You really have to step up your game.

The fact that this is all you could muster in response tells me that it was all I really needed to say about the subject.

[KC]

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[Wanted Man]

This thread has just gotten a bit better. But only a bit. I agree with KC, where are the real fireworks?

[A.J.]

I should have also added....I'm partial to the occassional kentucky fried cholesterol :blushing:

Such a misdemeaner shouldn't go unpunished and after the revolution I fully expect to face some harsh treatment when being interregated by the relevant authorities......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9p8D_WKMww

Yeah, I know posted that video before but I'm posting it again because...well...I like it. :laugh:

[Stand Your Ground]

Family Guy.
My $700 computer.

:blushing:

[mastershake16]

I'm wealthy ( I have a basketball court in my backyard....)

I think Napoleon was amazing.

My family drives Mercedes Benz, and I got a 2001 Jetta 1.8t :D

Watch some Fox News

Go to a private school.

Never had a real job.

[gorillafuck]

I'm wealthy ( I have a basketball court in my backyard....)

I think Napoleon was amazing.

My family drives Mercedes Benz, and I got a 2001 Jetta 1.8t :D

Watch some Fox News

Go to a private school.

Never had a real job.
Why the hell do you watch Fox News?

[which doctor]

Why the hell do you watch Fox News?
Fox News is worth watching. Not in terms of the news they provide, but how they provide the news. Fox News exploits a vulnerable psychological consciousness in the working-class and they do that exceedingly well. Certainly a worthy object of study, and I'd like to see a book on how Fox News actually 'works'. It's not that Fox News is necessarily bad news, because there's something they do very well, and that is instill a false consciousness in the working-class. For instance, have you ever noticed how shiny everyone and everything is on cable news broadcasts? Fox News is the worst when it comes to this. And its clear this glimmer everything gives off is intended, but to what end it serves, I've yet to figure out.

[desperadoy]

I like eating at fastfood restaurants, one of the many giants of bureaucrat capitalism.

[An archist]

I'm wealthy ( I have a basketball court in my backyard....)


Let's be friends:cool:

[gorillafuck]

Fox News is worth watching. Not in terms of the news they provide, but how they provide the news. Fox News exploits a vulnerable psychological consciousness in the working-class and they do that exceedingly well. Certainly a worthy object of study, and I'd like to see a book on how Fox News actually 'works'. It's not that Fox News is necessarily bad news, because there's something they do very well, and that is instill a false consciousness in the working-class. For instance, have you ever noticed how shiny everyone and everything is on cable news broadcasts? Fox News is the worst when it comes to this. And its clear this glimmer everything gives off is intended, but to what end it serves, I've yet to figure out.
Hmm, maybe I'll watch it a bit out of curiosity then. Honestly I've only really seen clips and a couple Glenn Beck things.

[mastershake16]

Let's be friends:cool:

Haha, you wanna ball up?

Oh and I watch fox sometimes because its entertaining.

Like seeing Glenn Beck dissect a Salmon, or spread pastry around on his desk haha

[Raúl Duke]

yeah, seeing i'm so broke i can't get decent weed

this...

same here..I can't afford anything since I'm unemployed...


I'm wealthy ( I have a basketball court in my backyard....)

I think Napoleon was amazing.

My family drives Mercedes Benz, and I got a 2001 Jetta 1.8t :D

Watch some Fox News

Go to a private school.

Never had a real job.

:D:crying::D


Oh and I watch fox sometimes because its entertaining.

Like seeing Glenn Beck dissect a Salmon, or spread pastry around on his desk hahawell if you put it that way....

My guilty pleasures:
I have expensive tastes on certain consumer goods...like alcohol, etc. If I could I would even buy expensive ingredients at Whole-Foods/etc and cook creations that would live up to my family name.
I like to travel...and tend to spend a lot on alcohol, etc while I'm traveling.

I don't know what else.

[gorillafuck]

mastershake, I see you live in my state. Which private school do you attend, out of curiosity?

Edit: I don't go to private school. I'm just curious.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Revleft = private school networking site

[the last donut of the night]

Revleft = private school networking site

basically

[Crux]

Cocaine is kind of bourguise, no?

[bcbm]

Cocaine is kind of bourguise, no?

nah

[An archist]

nah
Anything that costs 50 euro for a gram is either for bourgeois or for yuppies.
I'm sorry.

[OCMO]

I spend a lot on games, big steaks and sport clothes and footwear (nike, adidas, etc.). Sometimes the last one brings me heavy conciousness.:(

[the last donut of the night]

Anything that costs 50 euro for a gram is either for bourgeois or for yuppies.
I'm sorry.

agreed.

ganja is the drug of the people

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

In my mind, I like to prove my hardcore revolutionary zeal by the following illogical thought:

Whenever I am caught behind a very slow driver (i.e. someone doing 20mph in a clear 30mph road), I always think that they are some green 'liberal' and get angry at them :)

[Angry Young Man]

Anything that costs 50 euro for a gram is either for bourgeois or for yuppies.
I'm sorry.

errrm... Yuppies are bourgeois.

And red manatee, MDMA is the drug of the people

[the last donut of the night]

errrm... Yuppies are bourgeois.

And red manatee, MDMA is the drug of the people

why....

you bougie fuck

[human strike]

McDonalds and Stalinist era music.

[Angry Young Man]

why....

you bougie fuck

Because it came about in the rave scene at the end of the 80s, because that scene was popular in Liverpool (the Petrograd of England) and because it contravenes every facet of conservatism. Love replaes greed, expression replaces reserve, and unbelievable horniness replaces sexual repression.

Plus weed is a very private drug whereas MDMA is social. I fully intend to be gurning my tits off when we seize London.

[the last donut of the night]

Plus weed is a very private drug whereas MDMA is social. I fully intend to be gurning my tits off when we seize London.

weed is not a private drug. at all.

in fact, keeping weed to yourself goes against the stoner code

[Robespierre2.0]

i listen to right-wing talk radio in the car every day to torture myself.
smoking jazz-cigarettes
Also, bourgeois sexual desire. I'm doing a good job living a boring ascetic existence, but I can't keep it out of my head.
80's action movies- moreso the thoroughly cheesy ones like 'Commando' than the ideological 'rambo' shit.

[BobKKKindle$]

Also, bourgeois sexual desire.

lol

I would say "fuck Stalinism", but I guess any use of the "fuck" is too sexual for you.

[LeninBalls]

lol

I would say "fuck Stalinism", but I guess any use of the "fuck" is too sexual for you.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3158/tingle1.jpg

[BobKKKindle$]

Is that from Zelda? It looks familiar for some reason.

[gorillafuck]

Yeah it is. It's Tingle.

[Il Medico]

What with leftist and feeling guilty about everything????

[Raúl Duke]

I denounce guilty feelings such as these.
it's a symptom of petit-bourgeois sentimentality.

[the last donut of the night]

I denounce guilty feelings such as these.
it's a symptom of petit-bourgeois sentimentality.

you get out of here, you dirty lifestylist, you

[Il Medico]

you get out of here, you dirty lifestylist, you
Guilt is petit-bourgeois.

[the last donut of the night]

Guilt is petit-bourgeois.


so is fun and having a good time