Pink
SOCIAL CRIME Lyrics
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That's all she really needs
Touch touch touch
That's all she really feels
Green grass other side
That's where I wanna be
Green grass other side
That's where you can find me
That's where you can find me
That's where I want to be
Dumbfounded
How'd it get like this
I am done counting
Minutes on the hour
Fish in sea
There are so many
I'm a bitch I know
Don't have to tell me twice
Did I fuck things up?
I can't remember when
You are so so silly
When you wanna be mad at me
I just laugh at you
Can't take you serious
Is it wrong to smile
When you're about to cry
I can hold it in
Next time
The lyrics to SOCIAL CRIME's song "Pink" convey a sense of longing for something different, a desire to escape the current situation and find solace on the other side, represented by the metaphor of green grass. The repetition of "pink pink pink" and "touch touch touch" suggests a simplistic and superficial fixation on materialistic desires and physical sensations. The singer expresses a yearning for a change, a longing to be where they truly want to be.
The line "Dumbfounded, how'd it get like this" reflects a sense of confusion and disbelief at the current state of affairs. The singer feels overwhelmed, as expressed through the line "I am done counting minutes on the hour." There is a recognition of their own flaws, admitting to being a "bitch" and questioning if they have messed things up. However, there is also a hint of detachment and amusement in their relationship dynamics, as they laugh at the other person's attempts to be mad at them and question the appropriateness of their own smile in the face of someone's tears. The closing line suggests a determination to maintain composure and hold back emotions in the future.
Overall, "Pink" explores themes of longing for change, questioning personal actions and their impact on relationships, and the complexity of emotions and reactions.
Line by Line Meaning
Pink pink pink
The color pink is representative of the girl's desires and aspirations.
That's all she really needs
The girl realizes that materialistic things are not essential for her happiness.
Touch touch touch
Physical touch is what makes her feel alive and connected to the world.
That's all she really feels
Her emotions are primarily driven by physical sensations and experiences.
Green grass other side
The girl desires a different life, one filled with freedom and joy.
That's where I wanna be
She yearns to escape her current situation and embrace a more fulfilling existence.
Green grass other side
The greener grass symbolizes the life she dreams of, away from her present circumstances.
That's where you can find me
She will be seeking happiness and fulfillment in that better life.
That's where I want to be
Her ultimate desire is to exist in that idealized reality.
Dumbfounded
She is shocked and perplexed by how her life has turned out.
How'd it get like this
She wonders how she ended up in such an unsatisfying situation.
I am done counting
She no longer wants to keep track of time and be consumed by its limitations.
Minutes on the hour
She wants to break free from the monotony and routine of everyday life.
Fish in sea
There are countless possibilities and opportunities available to her.
There are so many
She acknowledges the abundance of choices and paths she can take.
I'm a bitch I know
She recognizes that she may have made mistakes or behaved poorly in the past.
Don't have to tell me twice
She understands the consequences of her actions and doesn't need further reminders.
Did I fuck things up?
She questions whether she is responsible for the current state of her life.
I can't remember when
She struggles to recall a specific moment when things took a turn for the worse.
You are so so silly
She finds it amusing how someone could be mad at her when she already acknowledges her mistakes.
When you wanna be mad at me
Despite her self-awareness, others still hold resentment towards her.
I just laugh at you
She finds humor in the fact that they haven't moved on and are still upset with her.
Can't take you serious
She doesn't consider their anger or disapproval as something to be taken seriously.
Is it wrong to smile
She questions whether it is inappropriate for her to feel joy amidst the negativity.
When you're about to cry
She observes the pain and sorrow others are experiencing while she remains unaffected.
I can hold it in
She has the ability to suppress her own emotions and maintain composure.
Next time
She implies that she will handle situations differently and avoid causing further harm.
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Logan Moseley
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@mxpants4884
@@raventame7221 What are you using to measure safety when you say you live in a safe town? (And that your friends live in less safe areas.)
I don't want to pick on you here. I just want to highlight that when we describe a place as safe or unsafe it almost never has a basis in data.
Most of the time when Americans are talking about what is a good or bad part of town, what we're actually using to approximate that is how white it is, and then how wealthy it is.
As I'm writing this we just closed out 2023. Despite the incessant reports of a rising tide of lawlessness, murder rates dropped by double digits.
As often as I've heard people point to Chicago or New York City as epicenters of violence, a map of the counties with the highest per capita age-adjusted murder rates puts a lot of rural areas in the south as more dangerous places to live.
I'm using murder statistics because there's less variation in reporting rates, but of course this doesn't reflect the risk women are at very well. I tried to find data for that and while there are several places that get mentioned as particularly dangerous, the overall answer is: at home.
@lagggoat7170
I didnt expect so poignant insights on an issue I had struggled to put into words in the middle of a longform video I opened as background noise for cleaning. Subscribed!
I am an overly cautious, never relaxing, always home before dark, fat (with subconscious hesitancy to loose weight and the invisibility it offers towards men) woman who considers herself liberated but also still dresses in a way even conservatives wouldnt be offended at. Because on top of learning people arent safe/lost socialisation time as a kid (Bullying over formative years by peers...) I also get told constantly to look out, be aware, stay safe, stay hidden. And I considered this fear a sensible, if a bit strong, adaptation to this world until you pointed the fallacy out.
Yes, the closest to predators I know arent the scary men I keep an eye on in shop windows or the person randomly walking past me while I clench my keys. Both of them were unassuming blokes of about my ethnicity, wo I was friendly aquainted with. One of them became way ruder and more dismissive to me as he realized I wasnt a potential dateable option (while still being his charming buffoon next door self to more attractive, less aroace women including OUR SHARED BOSS who was 5+ years older than him!). The other was in my online TTRPG circles, made a "waifu-pool" Discord of people that fit his fetish for incompatibly oriented (ace and/or lesbian) afab and lovebombed all of them, only to start dating the youngest group member (25!!! years his junior. The younger person is of age at least but about as young as you can get while being of age) and then seperating them from the group and cutting contact. Both of them didnt target me so I dont know all the details, but I know they did shady, pushy shit while not crossing the line into "classic predator". Both had their safe niches as "nice guys" and used that position to get women/afab people to lower their guard.
And I cant help but wonder if this collective fear-bombing of women and read-as-women people isnt also a feture of patriarchy in addition to being a safe way to have cis men feel better about not being a boogie man. If the world is dangerous, it is sensible for a woman to not go out too much, after all. It is sensible to have a male protector with you. It is sensible to not dress eye-catchingly...
That is the exact type of shit (conservative) xenophobes put forward as justification for islamophobia/xenophobia!
Idk I hope my ramblings made sense.
Tldr: you have opened my eyes to something that irked me for ages and also made me a subscriber
@InnocentCrow
I'm AFAB nonbinary, white and chubby
Have spent my whole life walking around at night, and have been followed many times, even attacked a few, but I'm careful, took self-defense classes all through youth, and carry self defence items.
Every femme appearing person I know, survived similar experiences, or worse.
I live in a really scummy big city, though.
100% true, people (especially women) are in far more danger from people they know and trust, and that absolutely needs to be more taught and more well known.
But we also still need to teach basic safety for "stranger danger" until it isn't a problem at all.
Without those teachings, I and many people I know probably wouldn't be alive right now.
@user-cf7rn3vb6s
Hi, it's me, the sister. I completely forgot I asked Laura to make this video, but I'm so glad I did.
@Ancusohm
Thank you for requesting this! It lead to a great video.
@liamcoakley1822
Hello the sister, cheers for that!
@666kittycat666
Late happy birthday!
@RoamingAdhocrat
you are doing God's work, Ms Crone
@fridaysaintjude8926
Thank you for requesting it! Happy belated bday!
@HelloFutureMe
I read 'Pretty Girls' by Karin Slaughter because it was sold to me as 'the next Gone Girl' (and I love Flynn), but I think a lot of these books take the wrong messaging from Flynn's success: she's never pointlessly horrific or gruesome or gritty for the sake of it. She gives some really compelling psychological writing (which centres female perspectives). Pretty Girls had some surface level similarities to Flynn's work, but absolutely went over the top with its gruesome horror to the point it became cartoonish.
@myOhaiChan
Yeah, that is a Karin Slaughter TM. Her work is always gritty and I knew that from reading the Will Trent series so Pretty Girls was a no go for me
@lagggoat7170
Yeah I used to read Karin Slaughter as a teen (forgot the series name, but it was about that female pedriatrician slash county coroner who dated the Chief of Police in a small town) and I stopped because the misery of the central characters was just piled on and on and on. I loved the characters but the series only kept hurting without respite, so I stopped reading them for the same reason I dont enjoy grimdark: If everything is sad and depressing without any happy moments, why am I reading this as escapism instead of anything with even a hint of optimism?
@ishathakor
pretty girls terrified the fuck out of me because it's so horrific and it's also the worst case scenario of very real fears i have as a woman. but yeah it's really not like gone girl at all imo. it's very much just. "wouldn't it be fucked up if this happened?" and yeah. it would be fucked up. but that's also not really what gone girl is. gone girl is like... a character of study of a fucked up and calculating woman and an account of why she did what she did. there are actually very interesting character writing aspects of gone girl, none of which exists in pretty girls. i don't think one is automatically superior to the other (and i actually found pretty girls a more engaging read than gone girl at the end of the day because it wormed its way into my brain) but they're really completely different things.
it's really frustrating that every single book nowadays (and for a while now at least) gets marketed as the next [book that already exists]. or as some kind of mishmash of multiple books that already exist. it's all is this author the next stephen king, the next jk rowling, the next [other big name in fiction]. it genuinely makes a lot of books frustrating to read because it's absolutely not what you were promised. i read iron widow without seeing any of the marketing materials (i just knew xiran jay zhao wrote it and i knew them from their youtube so i picked it up). and i liked it quite a bit. and then i saw all the handmaids tale and pacific rim and hunger games comparisons and i was like what the HELL are you talking about lmao. i would've hated it if i went into it with those expectations. book retailers are so busy trying to get a next gone girl they're not even stopping to consider if the book they're calling the next gone girl is even remotely like gone girl in the first place.