Another way for authorities to make money, kind of like charging somebody with trespassing for going to a store and shopping (because they didnt have on a mask), and nothing more.
Mask fines are another way to collect money from somebody you want to put out on the street. Telling people something will end quickly is a good way to condition them into being compliant robots for when the next orders and guidelines come out, that way theres no fighting, people think it's normal because it has been for a weeks or months, and they're told it's the new normal. Theres nothing normal about a group/entity trying to take control of everyone else's lives, that's a step toward a totalitarian government, not a step toward reopening or freedom. A good way to take freedom from people is to keep telling them that they will be free only after they keep doing what you tell them to do and complying with your orders, and that it will end.
by Solid Mantis October 21, 2020

by Solid Mantis June 15, 2018

Self explanatory.
Guy- Who's the asshole now?
Other guy- The same one that was already the asshole, me. I'm the same asshole I've always been.
Other guy- The same one that was already the asshole, me. I'm the same asshole I've always been.
by Solid Mantis May 16, 2020

A city, person, or company doesn't need to be competitive. Being yourself even if it doesn't attract, or even repels people, is at least not compromising who or what you are to attract or impress people.
I'd rather live in a city that hasn't sold it's soul to developers and the real estate market that grows slowly over a city that sold out to get everyone to move there. I'd rather work for a company that didn't sell itself to grow bigger over one that did but became profitable. I'd rather be me than you or somebody else, no matter who hates me for it. How can anyone like someone uber competitive who will become anyone or anything to win at all costs?
by Solid Mantis December 08, 2020

When somebody gives a compliment, then says something derogatory about you, they gave you an Indian compliment. A person who gives an Indian compliment is an Indian compliment giver. Like telling somebody they're attractive then telling them they're narcissistic.
Its just as good not to give any compliment at all than to give an Indian compliment. Both ways are about as refreshing as a leaky garden hose with a sprinkler at the end of it on a hot summer day.
by Solid Mantis July 10, 2018

by Solid Mantis June 16, 2019

by Solid Mantis January 02, 2021
