"Anonymous is irrelevant, they should just give up and write apps"

[Noodleboy13]

So said the gentleman next to me at the bar last night. Additional tidbits from this font of wisdom:
The Occupy movement will never achieve anything, they should quit and try to create something worthwhile so they can make money.
People with 6 figure incomes are part of the 1%.

I mean, Really???? The thing was we had been having a rather pleasant conversation before this. When I respectfully disagreed, (I even said "I respectfully disagree" - I'm such a dork) his tone became dismissive and condescending.

I finally countered with an Alice Walker quote that a fellow DU'er has as their sig line, something to the effect of "The easiest way to give up power is to believe that you have none." He didn't have an answer to that, so a shout-out to whomever has that as their sig.

peace,
Noodleboy

[Lint Head]

1. See, DU does do some good.

[virgogal]

2. I wouldn't expect a "font of wisdom" sitting at a bar anyway.

[ret5hd]

7. i get a hell of a lot more there than in a church...

but maybe it's because of who i choose to sit next to.

[qb]

3. But they are writing apps!

[limpyhobbler]

4. that's annoying.

I'd had slight variations of that experience. Too many to count.

[TNLib]

5. He sounds like an inspiring fellow

[geardaddy]

6. Which bar?

I'll be sure to avoid that one.

[Noodleboy13]

8. Hey neighbor. Green Mill uptown.

It's my favorite watering hole, mainly because it's super chill, the staff is friendly, and the happy hour cheap as hell. Encounters like this are rare. He exhibited the whole "too cool for school" cynicism that seems to be fashionable lately.
I guess even after 40 some years on this big blue marble, I still retain hope.

BTW, if you ever do swing by the Mill, I'm the guy with the reddish blond topknot, red mustache, and red going to grey goatee (ahh the Noodleboy ages)

peace,
Noodleboy

[geardaddy]

10. Yeah, love the Mill's happy hour.

I've never had an unpleasant conversation like that there, but I overheard some Paulites talking much, which put me in a sour mood.

I'll be sure to keep an eye out for you next time I'm there.

[Leftist Agitator]

9. What you should have told him:

"The fact that you are talking about them proves that they are not irrelevant. They have already achieved something, in that they have altered the national debate. People like you said the same things about civil rights leaders in the 1950s, that they should just give up, and be less "uppity" so that they could get a job in a role subservient to White people. They were wrong then, and you are wrong now."

[zoechen]

11. Frankly...

For me at least.

I think that Anonymous is the 600 pound gorilla in the room that no one see's.