Vjekoslav Nemec

December 25, 2017

What Can We Learn From The Elliot Rodger Case

On May 23, 2014, 22-year old Elliot Rodger, a student at the University of California in Santa Barbara, decided to deal with his depression and everlasting social problems in the most horrific and terrible manner.

On this day, which Rodger himself called „The Day of Retribution“, he first killed his three roommates in the apartment in Isla Vista, California. Then, he drove to the nearby Alpha Phi sorority house, with the intention of killing everyone in there. After being unable to enter the house, he opened fire on nearby bystanders, killing two female students and wounding the third.

December 20, 2017

Why I Believe In Male Female Friendships

We continued walking awkwardly. The silence was slowly getting unbearable. Never before have I been so aware of the cars passing by, howling of the wind and of people chattering in the distance.

Just a half an hour ago, there was nothing to indicate that the worst walk of shame of my whole life would soon follow. After obliterating the cookies from our plates, my crush and I continued the conversation which would seemingly never stop.

December 15, 2017

Never Stop Learning

The 11th of April, 1983 was one of the most important dates of the history of the music.

Somewhere around 9 A.M., Cliff Burton, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich knocked on the door of the New York apartment where the fourth member of their band, Dave Mustaine, was residing. They woke him up, ignored his hangover, kicked him out of the band and handed him the return ticket to California.

As some of you probably recognized by the names of the people involved, the band Mustaine was kicked from is Metallica. There was no explanation. There were no pleasantries, no second chance, no remorse ⁽¹⁾Every reference to actual Metallica song is completely accidental

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Footnotes
↑1	Every reference to actual Metallica song is completely accidental

December 10, 2017

You Suck

On October 6, 1993, the world of basketball was struck with a shock of epic proportions. Michael Jordan, the icon of the sport and the winner of the three consecutive NBA Championships, suddenly announced his retirement from competitive basketball.

Initially, he cited the loss of desire to play the game as the main reason for his retirement. However, many years later he would state that the recent death of his father very much affected his decision.⁽¹⁾ New York Times:A Humbled Jordan Learns New Truths With hindsight, this second explanation seems much more reasonable and understandable. According to Jordan himself, his father has always dreamt of his son playing in the Major Baseball League. ⁽²⁾Sports Illustrated: Jordan LegacyAnd just a couple of months after announcing his retirement, on February 7, 1994, Jordan signed a contract with the Minor Baseball Team, Chicago White Sox.

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Footnotes
↑1	New York Times:A Humbled Jordan Learns New Truths
↑2	Sports Illustrated: Jordan Legacy

December 5, 2017

Fuck Your Entitlement

Death Note, a famous Japanese anime/manga series, follows the story of a genius High School Student Light Yagami. Light finds an odd-looking notebook in his high-school backyard and soon discovers that it has supernatural powers; whenever you write a name of a person in it, that person instantly dies from a stroke.

Sounds like fun, eh? Well, it gets even better.

Light initially decides to use the notebook to get rid of the „bad“ people in the world. He starts mercilessly executing all sorts of criminals . Soon, he becomes known to the broader public as Kira, which is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the word „killer“. However, very shortly after he writes the first couple of names down, things start getting out of the hand. Carried away with his concept of justice, Kira soon starts dreaming about creating a world where only the people moral by his own standards are allowed to live. He even openly refers to himself as the self-proclaimed god in this new world.