to connote danger, or to scare off the weak.
So, it's been used by bikers, pirates and 10 year-old-boys' treehouse clubs
YAWNNnn
I'm informed that in France, it's used to mean 'dead head', as in 'idiot'.
When your politicians are têtes de mort, you end up with a fine culture
of sarcasm and irony,
At some point, politicians won't be able to go outdoors without a team
of bodyguards, for fear of dying of embarrassment.
if they do, they'll be lampooned openly.
Even though they've got elephant skin on their arses, eventually
they will just say 'fluck it', and leave, which is the whole idea.
When your politicians are têtes de mort, you end up with a fine culture
of sarcasm and irony,
like Lulzsec, Wikileaks, Zerohedge, Max Keiser, or this blog
lampooning the establishment, government and other oligarchs.
At some point, politicians won't be able to go outdoors without a team
of bodyguards, for fear of dying of embarrassment.
if they do, they'll be lampooned openly.
Even though they've got elephant skin on their arses, eventually
they will just say 'fluck it', and leave, which is the whole idea.
[williambanzai7]
The danger of leaving politics to politicians.
we've come to the realisation that we're being led by suicidal oligarchs.
some tweets that get to the point:
Gregor Macdonald
"It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes." --Oscar Wilde
13 Jul
Yanis Varoufakis
Thought No 1: There is no such thing as selective default. Just another euphemism. Even Argentina's default was not total, thus 'selective'.
18 Jul
yanisvaroufakis
Can't wait to see what new euphemism they will concoct for default. Dr Johnson would have been having a field day...
21 Jul
Yanis Varoufakis
Merkel and Sarkozy have the look of deniers who had enough of their denial but do not know how to begin their confession.
21 Jul
Yanis Varoufakis
Bank levy or forced swap (restructure) for Greek bonds? It matters not. Both options are barking up the wrong tree, so to speak...
Actually, the tête de mort is really popular in France, but not with the
faux anti-establishment. It's high fashion in much the same way that
animal heads and skulls were the thing to nail to your wall in the 20th
century.
The message must be subliminal, because the only thing it represents is the
finality of life.
it means "So, let's get on with it."
it means "So, let's get on with it."
I don't know if any of you have contemplated your own skulls, much less seen them.
I have had a look at part of mine, thanks to a hockey injury.
I've also been on the operating table. Not nice when the sleeping gas wears off
in post-op
and you get to see a mass of tubes coming out of your body, like something
out of Alien or The Island (you've probably never seen that either- the movie).
more soon
