Negro Matapacos (“Cop-Killer Blackie”) was a famous stray dog from thestreets of Santiago who joined student protests across the city from 2010, and in particular during the 2011 movement for free education.
he was a stray dog from the streets of Santiago, and began joining student demonstrations in 2010. The following year, one of the biggest social movements since the fall of the military dictatorship began, fighting for free education and against neoliberal reforms to the education system.
Negro Matapacos was then seen regularly at every demonstration, defying tear gas and water cannons and always barking at or attacking only the riot police, and never any students or rioters. He subsequently continued to appear sporadically at future demonstrations, and hung out on university campuses, becoming beloved to student and radical movements as a symbol of resistance to violent authority.
His last days were spent resting with people who took him in, with a crowdfunded veterinarian.
Some people who knew him sent us some of their memories of him, telling us how he defied tear gas and water cannons, and only ever barked at or attacked police officers, and never students or rioters.
After his death, his legacy lives on in songs, street murals, an award-winning documentary and in the memories of all those who knew him. He was a good boy.
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I Must Be The Most Annoying Motherfucker AliveDon't ask me why 'cause I am not really sure. I feel like an annoying child. Causing problems. People tell me how good I am at conversation (?!) but chat, I could fucking yap. I absolutely can talk people to death, it's a skill. It's not on, I think, it's not good.
I've felt that, I was told I talk too.luch as a kid. Turns out as an adult people really really like someone who can keep a verbal train rolling. Have you seen grownnup sit around in silence? They need us!
I can't though also, if the topic dies down or like swaps to something I dunno I turn into a fuckin loser.
No conversation! Only infodump!
That is literally how I came to learn most stuff. To not ever be in that position.
I'm not learning about like, theatre kid shit though :| aint wanna
Oh, I don't learn from anyone around me. I just do further research so I can keep rambling.
Yeah still applies, imagine researching boring stuff...
Theater kid rubs against my film nerd so I need to deal with a bit bit I do get where you're going there.
I can bully film nerds well though :3 bro will bring up a Scorsese and I'll just be like "it's not good, he was never good, sorry" lol