100 years ago Charles Bukowski was born.

the riots

 I've watched this city burn twice
 in my lifetime
 and the most notable thing
 was the arrival of the
 politicians in the
 aftermath
 proclaiming the wrongs of
 the system
 and demanding new
 policies toward and for the
 poor.

 nothing was corrected last
 time.
 nothing will be corrected this
 time.

 the poor will remain poor.
 the unemployed will remain
 so.
 the homeless will remain
 homeless

 and the politicians,
 fat upon the land, will live
 very well.

65 years later someone else was...

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*This is not a political topic!

5 years ago*

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Happy birthday Mr. Turing.
History tends to repeat itself, so it is somewhat inevitable.
Bukowski is a very interesting, yet a very misanthropic author, so one should be vary of his own mental state when reading him, it can lead to dark places.
I'll quote a bit of something I like as well :

"If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!"

4 years ago
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True that!
Thank you for the quote.

4 years ago
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Happy 35th birthday and thanks for the giveaways :)

4 years ago
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Happy Birthday! ^_^

4 years ago
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Giveaways are for human.
Activation keys are for machines.
Human enjoys playing games activated by using keys.
Human enjoys machines(?),

4 years ago
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Happy birthday!

4 years ago
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Those words are totally accurate. Thanks for sharing and hope you have a great week.
Also, I like how we all are bumping a 9 months old thread. Can we all get supended for necroing?

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Happy birthday!

“Just like some guys can’t taxi or pimp or hustle dope, most guys, and gals too, can’t be postal clerks.”

― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

4 years ago
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Happy Birthday!

4 years ago
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Happy B-Day and thanks for awesome GAs

4 years ago
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Happy birthday. All the best. :)

4 years ago
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Happy birthday!

I never read anything by Bukowski until now, so thanks for the poem. And for the games as well, of course!

4 years ago
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Happy Birthday to both you and Charles :)

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4 years ago
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Happy birthday, Machines!

4 years ago
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classy Machines. as usual.

have a wonderful, wonderful day
<3

4 years ago
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Happy Birthday :)

4 years ago
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Those are awesome giveaways :o

Happy birthday!! :)

4 years ago
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happy birhtday!!!

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Happy BUMP :D

4 years ago
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Happy (IRL) 🏭 Day! 😃

4 years ago
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Happy B day!

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Happy birthday!

4 years ago
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Happy Birthday! C:

4 years ago
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happy birthday 🍰

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Happy birthday! :)

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Closed 4 years ago by MachinesAreHuman.