#margaritaville

[sketchupnfries]

Felt like doing some boards of Grace joining Rocky and the Eridians at a Thrum

[doctor-bodacious]

margaritaville, the song, and margaritaville, the restaurant and resort empire, fascinate me because the former seems to warn against the lifestyle that the latter perpetuates

[todays-xkcd]

I see white shores, and beyond it, a far green country under a tequila sunrise.

Númenor Margaritaville [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[An Elf and Cueball are walking to the right. The Elf is wearing a dress and a headwear.] Elf: Aragorn was king of Gondor, but we Elves remember when his line ruled Numenor. Cueball: Oh, the place from the Jimmy Buffett songs?

[Closeup on Cueball.] Elf [off-panel]: What.Cueball: The semi-mythical seafaring Atlantic paradise? He sang about it. With the fancy cocktails?

[The Elf and Cueball stand facing each other.] Elf: ... You mean Margaritaville? Cueball: Yeah, that must be the modern name.

[Closeup on Cueball.] Elf [off-panel]: Numenor is not Margaritaville. Cueball: "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead," sang Tar-Pharazôn, king of island life.

[The Elf, now facepalming, and Cueball stand facing each other.] Elf: Please stop. Cueball: "If there's a heaven for me, I'm sure it has a beach attached" is about the shores of Tol Eressëa.

[The Elf is walking away from Cueball, to the left. Cueball raises one arm and finger.] Elf: See, this is why I'm leaving the world of Men. Cueball: You shall diminish, and go into Key West.

[cooper214]

Rest in Peace King

[callmesinner]

Those were two very different 7 years for each of them (Poseidon is listening to Kokomo by The Beach Boys + Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett)

[raccoonmilf]

... I now have questions about Margaritaville Syndrome

You and about 20 other people haha

Margaritaville Syndrome is a phenomenon where both the built environment and the human mind shift to create a liminal, tropical paradise that promotes detachment from reality and ones obligations to themselves, the community, and the ecosystem around them.

Examples of Margaritaville Syndrome:

Dredging (which is incredibly damaging to the environment) to create sandy beaches on islands where the beaches are rocky

The cultural sanitization of food (like building and promoting Señor Frogs instead of authentic Mexican food.)

Cruises

Tanning oil/tanning culture

The entire Margaritaville resort franchise, which has actually destroyed islands and frequently exploits local community members that staff it

Excessive drinking while on vacation

Interacting with wildlife in an inappropriate manner

Only sticking to resort/americanized areas

[cubsha]

aw fuck, this isn't jimmy buffetts margaritaville

[jackaloperun]