Definitions by Solid Mantis
Teflon shirt
Part of the reason charges dont stick to cops. Cops also lie all the time in court, they know how to do it, and they're good at it. They're also good at outsmarting a district attorney that really doesn't want to successfully prosecute a cop, since nobody wants to be the one who does. District attorneys want to successfully prosecute people they know they have a good chance of making a charge stick around for a while. Interestingly enough, trying to prosecute cops lowers their conviction rate, so you'd think they'd try to do a better job at it.
The cop was wearing a teflon shirt in the courtroom like many before him. Many had tried to make a charge stick and ended up wasting everybody's time in doing so.
Teflon shirt by Solid Mantis June 1, 2020
Technology
No matter what new technology comes out, people will keep allowing themselves to get dumber and dumber.
Technology doesn't represent an advanced society of people, these are the same people they were before the technology came out, except now they have different gadgets.
Technology by Solid Mantis June 1, 2020
Protestors
The death of George Floyd means as much to non-protestors who didnt know him as it does to protestors who didnt know him, the difference is you dont hear about lootings/robberies, killings, arson, or other similar activities connected with non-protestors. What do the people screaming bullshit about change expect to happen to a cop when they're getting away with their own crimes too? It's the store owners and customers who end up fucked when the protestors are done not really doing shit, or making a new point, but all the stuff they were willing to pay for is gone, and everybody else is fucked, but some of the protestors are making money off what they got from the store.
When was the last time a protest calling for change actually changed the way cops did things? They wear cameras nowadays, and that hasn't stopped them from breaking the laws. What do protestors realistically expect to get accomplished, of those that really are trying to do more than clear out a stores merchandise or shoot at somebody because they haven't gotten to shoot at somebody without consequences before. Human weakness can sometimes spread like wildfire, what started as one weak person can become more weakness.
Protestors by Solid Mantis June 1, 2020
Illuminati example
Some people think that when someone is killed on tv, that people are trying to make an example of what they can keep getting away with, even if everyone can see it. That's power to be able to kill right in front of everybody and nothing happens to you.
The death of george floyd was an illuminating event for some, even if they had seen something like it before. White people do get killed in videos, but you dont see them getting killed by cops, usually you see contractors getting heads cut off and shit like that. Death is a lot like cinema or the box office, you have people who are in the business of death videos, and they know people never get enough trauma. Some people thought of it as an illuminati example.
Illuminati example by Solid Mantis May 30, 2020
Unemployment
Unemployed with benefits is not true stability, so most people wouldn't choose it over having a steady job for an extended time.
Unemployment by Solid Mantis May 29, 2020
Unemployment
Going to work and relating to people through work is something a lot of people dont take for granted when they become unemployed. You can survive without work or a social life, but theres a sense that something is missing if people try to do it for an extended time.
Unemployment by Solid Mantis May 29, 2020
Justice system
A system softer on cops, members of the justice system, and other authoritative powers (including medical) than it is on anybody else. A system not on the side of anybody not in it.
If you're not part of the justice system, you're fucked. You dont get justice, that's the reality for you.
Justice system by Solid Mantis May 29, 2020