Monaco Bum

Traces of thoughts brewed over Fika in Fontvieille 🇲🇨. A bum in Monaco.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

One day, without warning, it just gets better.

You catch yourself smiling again for no reason.

The light returns.

You're no longer surviving.

You're living.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

My favorite animal is me when I remember who the fuck l am …

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

- Dude what is wrong with you?

+ How much time do you have?

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American corporations spend more on marketing the experience than improving it. Housing, healthcare, travel, entertainment, etc is built for the top 10%. The message to everyone else: this isn't your country anymore. Go fuck yourself.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

America doesn't design experiences for citizens anymore, it designs for customers. And the only customers that matter are the top 10%. Everyone else is just traffic.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

I care deeply about a select few people and about 600 dogs online I've never met.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

An artist is meant to be explored, not necessarily understood.
So express yourself, be creative, confuse people.
Making what people already like is ok, but don’t strive for that. If you want to place yourself above industry people, start confusing the shit out of your audience.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

If I say, "people who eat ketchup are dangerous and must be controlled," that's racism, bigotry, or fascism.

If I say, "anyone who defends ketchup should be silenced or locked up," that's the destruction of free speech and democracy.

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If I say, "ketchup is the worst," that's just an opinion.

If I say, "people who like ketchup are idiots," that's bullying.

If I say, "because I don't like ketchup, no one should be allowed to have it," that's oppression.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

The warmth of the sun on your skin on a cold winter day.

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People respond to the incentive not the goal.
Don’t listen to what you told ppl to achieve; look at what you are actually paying or punishing them for. Their behavior will adapt with ruthless logic to the incentive structure, even if it destroys the original goal in the process.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

Casa de Vilacetinho’s vineyard, friends:

You can’t treat someone like an employee and expect them to show up like a partner. If you need help, ask for help. Don’t tell them what to do.

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

Your enthusiasm is getting the better of your manners.

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Everyone loves to say, “Together we are stronger. Together we protect our rights. We show up, we protect each other, we create spaces where all feel seen, safe, and free.”

But solidarity means nothing if you haven't first learned how to love people you don't understand.

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They keep saying "Capitalism made your iPhone"

It’s like no, LABOR made your iPhone. Labor makes things under any -ism. The -isms just determine who gets paid.

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Following rules and producing outcome is not the same as understanding meaning.

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Never ignore truth for temporary happiness.

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117 taken February 2021
120 taken September 2021
175 gone November 2024
155 taken May 2024
80 gone December 2025
175 taken on April 6 2026.
198 taken June 2026

[Monaco Bum @monacobum]

I don't go to the “underground” because I love nightlife, but because somewhere between building a career, paying bills, chasing relationships, and trying to become the person everyone expected me to be, I forgot what it felt like to simply exist. The dancefloor reminds me that.

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Being able to explore ideas freely, especially the ones you don’t agree with, is how you make sense of the world and form your judgement.

If you are constantly being watched or feel like you are, this process shrinks.

You become not who you are, but who you are allowed to be.