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Out of all the irritating vernacular our generation has adopted, none grind my gears like the term “savage(!).” Some celebrity tweets a personal or crude, petty insult at another celebrity or online heckler — “Savage!” A guy sends a pic of another guy’s girlfriend in his bed to him as a “diss” — “Savage!” For the love of God, shut up. There’s nothing savage about it. Back in the day, the word savage was reserved for tribal cultures that practiced human sacrifice and behaved liked barbarians. ISIS beheading innocent hostages and keeping sex slaves? Savage. Cannibalism? Savage. Being trashy for the sake of shock value? Not savage. Just trashy.
I had optimistically hoped our generation wouldn’t become one that acts like a bunch of pieces of crap just to get a reaction. I was wrong. Thankfully, I don’t hang around anyone who has such little class and is so needy for attention that they’ll mistreat a woman or pick a fight with a guy for the sake of being “savage!” Don’t forget the exclamation point. True, there have always been trashy people, but it seems like the phenomenon has become more common over the past several years. Maybe they were always there and the Internet has just caused them to be more exposed to the general public. The Trump phenomenon hasn’t helped it, either. It’s turned so many people into more obnoxious jerks than they already are.
Am I making the most ignorant, privileged complaint ever about people not having manners? Not really. Sure, I prefer the company of people who have at least some class, but we’re only human. People get in arguments and insult each other. People can be rude to each other in one way or another. But there should be some level of civility to balance out the moral bankruptcy of modern society. It’s certainly disheartening to see people intentionally be shitty for the sake of shock value. Having a little shame is what separates us from the beasts. Do you think Harambe would have tolerated this kind of behavior? No way.
In all seriousness, being “savage” is just being trashy. You can’t tell me posting videos of guys walking in on their girlfriends cheating and recording street fights on your phone (savage!) makes life more appealing and worthwhile. If anything, it’s embarrassing and unbecoming of citizens of the greatest country on Earth. Keep that garbage where it belongs—in the trailer park. And get rid of using the term savage(!) in this context. It’s not savage, it’s garbage. .
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@5OClockShadow_
Amen
Where’s the Jesus account?
Leave trailer parks alone guy, one mans garbage is another man persons good ungarbage.
It doesn’t take rocket appliances to know that
Ricky is that you?
Does a bear shit on the pope?
Savage AF article fam, seriously so lit
Whats more annoying is all those YouTube channels or Snap Stories that just pull dick move level pranks and call em “social experiments.” The spider dog chasing people from an elevator thats pretty funny tossing water balloons at randoms to get a reaction thats pretty dickish.
There was one where the “prank” was a fake kidnapping which is 100% sociopathic bullshit.
Some are pretty funny, but it’s surprising the douches haven’t been shot yet.
much agreed. is that a TJ in your pic?
Yes, ’05.
Sweet Rig. Where do you wheel at?
In TX, Hidden Falls near Austin. Otherwise VT(all over) and NH(E. Swanzey) but will probably do CO instead of NH again this fall.
been to HF a few times. You been Barnwell Mountain out east of Dallas yet?
No, that place a long drive from Austin, lots of closer ones.
So what you’re saying is that some people are awful human beings for the sake of #content? The Internet is scary. Keep fighting the good fight.
Speaking of which… We expect a juicy Thomas update next week.
Savage move, dude.
You had me until you mentioned Harambe. That whole narrative is trash. Y’all and TFM have been on the dick of a damn gorilla for a few weeks too many. It may have been funny at first, but now it’s just clickbait bs. I love mocking people for their dumb beliefs that animals are equal to humans, but let it go. Should the mom have controlled her kids, absofuckinglutely. But if it comes down to an animal versus a human, kill the animal every time. Our ancestors didn’t crawl their way to the top of the food chain for nothing. Maybe I’m just drunk and not getting the whole thing, but you did win me back with the whole “greatest country on earth” part. I’ve got a full on rager now. That being said, I don’t think our society has become dumber, it’s just easier for idiots to express their opinions now. People should always treat others with respect even if it is a prank, none of this sleeping with someone else’s girl bs or fighting for no reason bs. TL;DR: drunk guy doesn’t like Harambe reference, agrees with article’s take
You’re missing the point. Harambe is essentially a meme making fun of fake outrage and internet activism
You know they’ve sold like a ton of shirts out of this, right? I would ride it as long as it was still profitable. Sorry business makes you angry.
Tell us how you really feel.
Couldn’t agree more. Savage is a very negative word yet somehow it’s become a positive these days. People are no longer scumbags or trash now they’re “savage” and it’s celebrated. It’s like celebrating being ghetto (which I guess was the last generations negative word used positively) and makes no sense to me.
This is the best headline that I’ve read in a while.
Does this still apply if my last name really is Savage? Lol
This article is straight #savage(!)