We had just finished dinner at an Italian place. The night had already been fun, thanks to Riccardo, the owner of the restaurant we dined at. Riccardo was a character- loud & entertaining, but also kind & genuine. He had taken a liking to us & we were thrilled to have met him. He brought us free cocktails & even gave us his number in case we needed anything. We planned on hanging out with him whenever he had a day off.
Riccardo told us some people come to Amsterdam looking for fun. He said they will find it, but if fun is all they are looking for, they will get lost right away. He says once you have fun you wake up with an immediate feeling of "what else?" Fun is good, but there needs to be something more. I think he is right.
After dinner we stopped at a coffee shop. We initially went in only to buy a lighter for a previously bought joint, but we decided to buy another joint as well. There was a small tank with two turtles in it. We were watching the two of them, swimming frantically, not going anywhere. Britt kept commenting on how bad she felt for them. We all felt bad. Then, right at that moment, on the speaker, I heard "watch us exploit them for our amusement." It was South Park, playing on the TV. There were only two other guys in the cafe & they were watching & laughing.
We decided to stay & watch. The episode was about the exploitation of people. The people either had bizarre deformities or they were addicted to drugs or had family issues. The people would go on talk shows (South Park focused on The Maury Show) & they would be exploited for the general publics' amusement.
Then some people started pretending they had deformities so they could make money & be on TV. The South Park boys signed Butters up for The Maury Show by saying that Butters had balls growing from his chin.
It was funny because all the people with deformities formed a union. They had meetings & protests and they started turning against each other. They were just as bad as the people exploiting them. People are people.
We didn't finish the episode. We started our walk back to the hostel. I was high & I started to think about the city of Amsterdam. We passed a few "windows" with women looking out for their next customer. We passed some smoke shops & some sex stores. While the city is beautiful & charming, it is also exploited.
The following morning I met someone who told me all about the city of Amsterdam. He told me that many people come to Amsterdam thinking it is "the Las Vegas of Europe." Tourists come because they hear that sex & weed are "legal" and they assume they can do whatever they want. Maybe Amsterdam exploits itself in a sense for tourism, or maybe it is the tourists who end up exploiting the city. People will do anything for money or power. I guess people are to blame. Like Riccardo said, "life is about having fun, but there's got to be something else."
Riccardo told us some people come to Amsterdam looking for fun. He said they will find it, but if fun is all they are looking for, they will get lost right away. He says once you have fun you wake up with an immediate feeling of "what else?" Fun is good, but there needs to be something more. I think he is right.
After dinner we stopped at a coffee shop. We initially went in only to buy a lighter for a previously bought joint, but we decided to buy another joint as well. There was a small tank with two turtles in it. We were watching the two of them, swimming frantically, not going anywhere. Britt kept commenting on how bad she felt for them. We all felt bad. Then, right at that moment, on the speaker, I heard "watch us exploit them for our amusement." It was South Park, playing on the TV. There were only two other guys in the cafe & they were watching & laughing.
We decided to stay & watch. The episode was about the exploitation of people. The people either had bizarre deformities or they were addicted to drugs or had family issues. The people would go on talk shows (South Park focused on The Maury Show) & they would be exploited for the general publics' amusement.
Then some people started pretending they had deformities so they could make money & be on TV. The South Park boys signed Butters up for The Maury Show by saying that Butters had balls growing from his chin.
It was funny because all the people with deformities formed a union. They had meetings & protests and they started turning against each other. They were just as bad as the people exploiting them. People are people.
We didn't finish the episode. We started our walk back to the hostel. I was high & I started to think about the city of Amsterdam. We passed a few "windows" with women looking out for their next customer. We passed some smoke shops & some sex stores. While the city is beautiful & charming, it is also exploited.
The following morning I met someone who told me all about the city of Amsterdam. He told me that many people come to Amsterdam thinking it is "the Las Vegas of Europe." Tourists come because they hear that sex & weed are "legal" and they assume they can do whatever they want. Maybe Amsterdam exploits itself in a sense for tourism, or maybe it is the tourists who end up exploiting the city. People will do anything for money or power. I guess people are to blame. Like Riccardo said, "life is about having fun, but there's got to be something else."
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