How shall we live?
Isolation makes philosophers out of us all. Minds, freed from “work” and “money” allowed to roam free. To think “outside the box” without any buzz-kills within six feet to criticize our flights of fancy.
And Kelly Slater, there in the Thinkers Paradise, on Australia’s Gold Coast, just posed an interesting question as it relates to the current Coronavirus pandemic.
“Do you think we have used and disrespected the earth enough or can we keep going at the rate we have become accustomed to?”
Thought provoking, no?
Since he asked, I think we all probably have used and disrespected the earth enough BUT he didn’t ask should we keep going. He asked can we and I, for one, think surfers can muster the will for more machine generated waves, Breitling Superocean watches retailing for around $7k with a nylon strap, FCS H4 fins that enjoy falling out of lightly glassed high performance shortboards and planting themselves into delicate reefs, SharkBanz that don’t work and get thrown into landfills along with their lithium ion batteries etc.
In short, consumption, BUT is all consumption the same? And let us re-ponder Kelly Slater’s Aristotle-esque question “How should we live?” as answered by the great Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard, bridging the aesthetic with the ethical through faith.
i.e. only surfing machine generated waves somewhere fabulous like Palm Springs, going Rolex, if $7k is in the watch budget, and insisting on a stainless steel strap never touching damned nylon which always gets stinky, using Futures and forgetting SharkBanz altogether, believing that the mighty Great White isn’t bothered by tiny electrical pulses.
Harmony.
Or did I misunderstand?
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“Put your hand over your mouth when you cough that will help air pollution” — “Respect Yourself”/Staple Singers
Haha wait til he discovers the 5g debate and peado rings in Hollywood.. I’m counting down the days
Stay in Oz Slater… pinko fruitcake
That’s my issue with it being implemented here and with ACA too. The cost of healthcare is insane. Basic treatments that are hundreds if you pay out of pocket are billed by the thousands to insurance.
I had the misfortune of getting two concussions within two weeks at a time when my wife was waiting for new job to start and we had major medical- $2500 deductable. She dragged me to the Coronado er (very fast and not surrounded by weirdo drug seekers) because I was so fried from concussions which led to ct scans and all the other tests. Was there for 6 hours, the bill was close to $30k which they asked us for when I was discharged. They finally figured their shit out and handed us the $2500 bill after a solid day on the phone haggling with them.
Disagree on dumber. His continued existential crisis sparks conversation. Agree that we definitely listen.
Forget the eco-hypocrisy of the GOAT. You know what pisses me off and is the biggest let down? How the fuck do you go from banging super models and the Pam Andersons of the world to his current, long-time ugly, shapeless turd, GF? That’s fucked up.
You’ll be off his Xmas card list fr sure
No one does sanctimonious post-materialism like rich cunts.
Thank you BG for making me unfollow our surf savior Kelly in insta.
I wonder if he ponders this shit while he’s chillin in his redwood hot tub at surf ranch where each sled pass gobbles megawatts of electricity and the well pumps churn away round the clock keeping the pool filled?
we could bag on him about that for sure, but if he invites us Scott, I’ll drive… fuck yeah.
how much fun would that be?
Oh yeah! I’ll bring the bong and weed!
Now we’re talking.
I’ll bring the suches
Seems so many rules,alarms,and shouting.
I have an idea , he could make a sustainable surfboard , and market it world wide ?
Kelly had me in his camp until he became a social media drama queen.
Also think his surfing on that 5 fin Webber at Dbah was not good. If he calls Britt and orders a new bag full of CI’s, he’s on fire again.
As long as he’s handicapping himself, I’ll enjoy watching him until the 4th rounds.
please Kelly. You’re responsible for more carbon in the air and used more oil with your travelling than any politician or celebrity (probably) which is fine with me (I have no CO2 prejudice), but If you have a guilty conscience that’s on you, don’t say ‘we’ve disrespected the earth…’
Remember the days when everyone else would go home after an event and Ke11y was chasing swells anywhere and everywhere? So core. Now he replaced swell chasing with IG.
Sad sad sad.
Maybe he’s not talking to us. There are a heap of rich fancy people like him out there.
Boom.
He dosent consider us.
I wouldn’t either.
I consider you
I’ve reconsidered, pete
I F I win lotto,
You got a hundy comin to ya
Thanks cuzzy!
#kellyisacunt
Harsh, but fair
Slater is a super polluter
Where everyone knows your name.
“everybody”
You just can’t mess with the classics
Oops!
It’s a good question; there is no doubt that ‘we’ will jump on a ticket to the first, impoverished, wave-rich nation that will take us.
Is it chance or coincidence that lead Kelly to shelter in Australia with it’s fair trade health system rather than the US and it’s ‘fuck you, I’ll wait til you’ve paid me’* version of health care?
*Sung the tune of Rage Against the Machine’s dance floor hit. You know the one.
Coughin in the name of.
show’s he is intelligent , as being in the USA is a bigger risk than hanging on the Gold Coast …..we have a health system , the USA has one for the rich…..Kelly needs a gun in the USA , whereas here in OZ he just needs a decent surfboard, and not a gun on the Goldy!
its as simple as better waves brutus
too bad he’s riding that webber
still ??
Does a rich guy like Kelly get served free health care when he’s over there?
you would if injured scott…compassionate health care not predatory capitalism. use your passport bro
But they must bill him something? Seems unfair to the good people of Australia to subsidize a millionaire playing in the waves. Shit, maybe he’s there on healthcare holiday? Scam the system, get knee replacements, penile enlargement? Gender reassignment?!
I was in boating accident in NZ…. you wouldn’t believe the care that they offered, I did not pay a dime.
When I asked if they wanted my insurance card, they looked profoundly sad for me and begged me to stay until I had recovered. Begged Scott. The attending nurse called me to check in the next day, if I needed to come back in. Fucking heartwarming.
And the lifeguard who extracted me from the secret beach went back at night and recovered my two CI’s that were lost in the accident…. have no idea how they found them. They towed our boat back and into my mates driveway!!!! Came back next year and bought him dinner, beers…. went surfing at the spot we found in his boat.
They’re desperate for people to stay.
if only the nurse was hot, but you can’t have everything on a surf trip.
Maybe they were just checking for concussion?
That is amazing. Do you think it would work in a nation of 328 million and generally corrupt politicians and bureaucrats? Plus the corporate/big pharma lobby fucking us. It’s one thing we as a country can do better. It’s interesting and very insightful talking to real people on here with first hand knowledge and opinions on it. Haven’t heard any of our Australian or New Zealand friends say universal health care is garbage or wish they didn’t have it. One thing I do know is health insurance is something my wife and I base a good part of our plans around. I can’t afford it for a family of five being self employed so my wife works jobs that offer good healthcare. When her last job ended the cobra coverage was $1800 a month! Her present job with work group policy they take out $300 a month.
Obama care was a step in the right direction , but now the Health system in the USA has been watered down again , there are 28m Americans that have no health care , and that’s the demographic that is really suffering with the Corona pandemic……
I don’t think I have ever heard in the countries that I have lived in and visited , anybody being critical of a comprehensive health system…except the rich who have investments in the Corporate/big pharma business……and need a big return on their investment.
If you lived in France , you have the right to the best doctors/surgeons, free hospital, free education even college , and you only have to pay 20% of your pharmacy costs…
The system is badly needed of an overhaul. Its complete bullshit that we’re mired in this political stalemate while people die or face financial ruin. Hospitals are required to treat you regardless of ability to pay but you will be hounded by debt collectors and have negative marks on your credit. Between the politicians, the insane cost of healthcare, big pharma and citizens that are not even trying to be healthy or drug seekers tying up hospital ERs, the whole thing is a shitshow. But, hey, it’s all about the shareholders and CEOs making $20 million a year! Appreciate your input, Brutus!
Our healthcare system is badass. Breaks my heart that medical care is tied to the idea of success in the states. Ie, go to college so you can have a student debt, so you can compete for a job that has “medical”. Seems cruel carrot and the stick type shit.
It is bullshit! Another way of hammering the middle class, who are seemingly despised by the elite here. The poor are just super fucked but give the wealthy and elite a project to make themselves feel good about. But yeah, go to college, get saddled with debt, get a job with no security anymore and get some weak ass health insurance! Then there’s the cost of living thats skyrocketing, fuckin depressing shit, mate!
I think they do but people just go home and its forgotten
He might have to wait a while for a new knee, but I think penile enhancement and gender reassignment come under ‘elective’ surgery, so not covered through the public system. I mean, we’d be the most well hung nation on the planet if it were.
That brings up an interesting question- who is the most well hung nation?
Looking to book your next vacation?
will be black haha
Have you watched this doco? You’ll think even less of US government. Crazy and scary shit!
https://youtu.be/0wTiCxXgrJw
Brasil
This is third time I’ve told you
Brasil brasil brasil.
Computer models prove it.
The Sovereign Nation of Big Fuken Dicks!!
That brings up an interesting question- who is the most well hung nation?
don’t think you would be able to get elective surgery for free……France same thing…
No planes.
Yep. Might have posted this story before, but I was driving a crew of pro-skaters around SE Queensland for a tour. One split his chin riding the old Pizzey Park concrete ramp. I drove him to the hospital and he wouldn’t believe he was not going to be charged anything. Came up with this huge back-story that he was a mute. Even when I asked the nurse, in front of him, ‘do tourists from other countries get free treatment as well?’, he still refused to accept it.
most Western Countries have health care for all , so yeah anybody can go to an Emergency room without fear of being rejected .
No one can be rejected if they go to the Emergency Room in the U.S.. In fact, most hospitals have opened up local Urgent Care Medical facilities to handle the load of people coming into Emergency Rooms for complaints that don’t require E.R. care. Hospitals were being overwhelmed by patients well before Wuhan Virus got to the shores of America. And a lot of it has to do with all the fucking illegals we have in our country. 22 million and counting.
Not free, $147. He’d still be considered Medicare “ineligible” so would pay for the initial consult then his travel insurance would kick in. So basically free.
Dunno Brutus. Reckon a gun at Snapper would ensure a few more waves.
Thinkers Paradise + Purps: A Pimper’s Paradise Love Story
https://youtu.be/FMJH1T8nIKM
Lame.
I’m guessing his neighbours got together and put a ban on him singing.
Finally a decent comment with no swearing.
Far cough.