User:Hinotori/dogsun06

Dogsun 06 (in English: Sun dog 06) is an avant-garde, militant, Bohemian lifestyle movement started in 2006 by the brokeass Californian snobs George Holliday and Rio West. This movement is sometimes known as the Dogsun 06 Collective or the Dogsun Brethren (and Sisterhood too) or the hive mind.

Background
The Dogsun movement was announced on 16 July 2006 at the prestigious "Eating Sandwiches on the Pier While Yelling at Seagulls" conference on Ocean Beach, San Diego, where the Bohemian world’s elite (two people) gathered to celebrate being unemployed and looking down at people who have jobs.

Goals and Rules
The goal of the Dogsun hive mind is to purify life by refusing any luxuries beyond those necessary to sustain the meaningless drudgery which we call life (barely). The emphasis on purity forces adherents to ponder the deeper questions of life, or, at least, say that they are so pondering when asked what they're doing instead of making money. To this end, George Holliday and Rio West produced ten rules that any Dogsun member must conform to. These rules, referred to as the Vow of Poverty, are as follows:


 * 1) Dogsun members are encouraged to create works of art, or at least, "art." These works can be given away but never sold.
 * 2) All Dogsun members should strive to be unemployed. If that is not possible, taking a job at minimum wage is acceptable. No member may take a job that pays greater than minimum wage in their state. Taking a job illegally at less than minimum wage is applauded.
 * 3) If getting a job is unavoidable, working at one of the following places is encouraged: record stores, art supplies stores, bookstores (privately owned, NOT Barnes & Noble), etc.
 * 4) No Dogsun member may accept a promotion at their place of work of any kind.
 * 5) Dogsun members are required to bitch about... just about everything.
 * 6) Dogsun members should have at least one common but unhealthy addiction. Caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and ramen, for example are all acceptable and lauded ways of destroying one's body.
 * 7) Dogsun members are allowed to be involved in academia, but must barely get by, not forgetting to bitch about those who have sold their souls to the system to get better or even passing grades.
 * 8) Dogsun members should never spend more than 79 cents for a bottled drink, unless it is alcohol, in which case a two dollar bottle of wine is acceptable.
 * 9) Leaving things unfinished is a critical component of the mindset. That is also why there is no rule #10.

These rules have been both circumvented and broken on occasion. For instance, George Holliday, "confessed" to having considered a career in law, breaking most of the rules singlehandedly. After a long period of atonement and self-flagellation, he renounced his conformist ways and rejoined the fold. There is no verification process to become a Dogsun member. Excessive bitching and mocking while having little or no income is usually a good way to become noticed for initiation.

In response to subsequent criticism, George Holliday and Rio West have both stated that, "Robotic slaves to the Man can sucez un canard."