Perhaps Max's manner of flirting signals confidence and shows he isn't intimidated by beautiful women (which would signal that he has been successful with beautiful women in the past). One could even go so far to say that the type of women who goes for Max's crude chat up lines deserve to be duped by him but I'm not convinced that's reason enough for any women to deserve being treated that way.
"Now when from that primal has come forth what is present before us; when the victory over the land leaves most of us in metropoloi where wildly spread consumption vies with confusion and squalor; when the emancipation of greed turns out from victories on this continent to feed imperially on the resources of the world; when those resources cushion an immense majority who think they are free in pluralism, but in fact live in a monistic vulgarity in which nobility and wisdom have been exchanged for a pale belief in progress, alternating with boredom and weariness of spirit; when the disciplined among us drive to an unlimited technological future, in which technical reason has become so universal that it has closed down on openness and awe, questioning and listening; when Protestant subjectivity remains authentic only where it is least appropriate, in the moodiness of our art and sexuality, and where public religion has become an unimportant litany of objectified self-righteousness necessary for the more anal of our managers; one must remember now the hope, the stringency and nobility of that primal encounter." - George Grant, "In Defence of North America"
"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free." - Lee Greenwood, "God Bless the U.S.A."
Swans - God Loves America
And all across America The poison fires glow And in the blood of our procreation Annihilation grows Yes, love was made for slaves like us Designed to fetishize Consumption, waste and an identity Based on a dying lie So God forgive America The end of history is now And God may save the victim But only the murderer holds real power
We came across the seas We'd fill with offal and disgust And any object industry required We bought, enslaved, or we crushed And now our minds are as naked as the paradise we stripped And our reward is entropy Our emptiness is our gift So God forgive America And every human on this earth And God forgive the ruined lives And nothing is what it's worth
While there were nastier meanings in previous years, FTW today commonly stands for "For the Win". It is an expression of enthusiasm. "FTW" is the same as saying "this is the best" or "this item will make a big difference, I recommend using it". Examples would include: "anti-lock braking, ftw!", "spellchecker, ftw!", and "low-carb diets, ftw!"
Years ago, "FTW" used to have a very negative meaning: "f**k the world". This was a term commonly used by social rebels, anarchists and anti-authoritarian types to express frustration with modern society. Gratefully, this antisocial meaning has dramatically faded in use in the 21st century, and people largely use "for the win" as the modern meaning for this acronym now.
"Gratefully"!? Fuck you! Some of us "social rebels, anarchists and anti-authoritarian types" still remember what FTW really means. Fuck the world. No asterisks.
All Nobel Peace Prize recipients should ask themselves the following important question before making major foreign policy decisions.
Sparks - (Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country?
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn`s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight`s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O`er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets` red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O`er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O`er the land of the free and one more thing,
Can I invade your country, oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Invade your country?
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn`s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight`s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O`er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets` red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O`er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O`er the land of the free and one more thing,
Countries, planets, stars Galaxies so far Don`t let freedom fade Baby, let`s invade
Countries, planets, stars Galaxies so far Don`t let freedom fade Baby, let`s invade
Countries, planets, stars Galaxies so far Don`t let freedom fade Baby, let`s invade
Baby let`s invade Can I invade your country, oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Baby let`s invade
Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Take it out!
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn`s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight`s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O`er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O`er the land of the free and one more thing,
Can I invade your country, oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country?
Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Oh baby, baby, can I invade your country? Invade your country?