Yeah, Taylor Swift used to date him, and she wrote a song about it. The fans don’t exactly like her exes much after she does a song about one of them. Most of the time she kinda sounds like the victim in the lyrics but I think she’s written some ‘I fucked up’ songs. But this is all hear say through my wife, so take the necessary grains of salt.
I think the only reason this happens is because people associate negativity with a group of people for long enough to tie the negativity to the phrase or word itself. Homeless used to be the sensative replacement for Hobo. After enough time, this new name will just be another tag people can use hatefully.
edit: I must admit, though, I can’t see “someone experiencing homelessness” making a very impactful slur.
I think the old man is the important piece of the picture. Our entire lives are spent climbing away from inescapable death. No matter what we do, a missed hand hold will eventually result in the fall into blackness. The old mans body is bound to fail him, and he will fall.
The thing I like most is the light that the subject of the painting is climbing towards. Sometimes, when I am in a situation where a negative outcome is unchangeable, I don’t want to deal with it at all. why play the game of life when we all lose, sort of thing. I think the light is what makes it worth traversing the perils of the pit. I think the light is the things that make life worth living.
But I’m just some dude, and that’s what I see. I think someone smarter will be able to tell me I’m wrong.
Do you guys remember when lol was the response you would receive to a message? I wonder when we started switching to saying it on the end of our sentences?
In case any non talking heads fans read this.Go listen to their live album “Stop Making Sense”. It converted me from someone who actively disliked the talking heads to a lifelong fan.