{"product_id":"everybody-wants-to-change-the-world-but-no-one-wants-to-die-slime","title":"Everybody Wants to Change the World but No One Wants to Die - Slime","description":"\u003cp\u003eEVERYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD BUT NO ONE WANTS TO DIE \/\/ \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✋lustrous lacquer\u003cbr\u003e👃fizzy calamansi, sparkling energy drink, hot car plastic, motor oil, overheated electronics, aerosol hairspray, faint burnt rubber\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*NOTE: This slime comes with two plastic water blaster toys. You can fill them with water and play with a friend! Do not squirt water into the slime. The slime also comes with two baggies of neon pigment that you can use to decorate the slides of the slime. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys” is a comic series expanding the world of the MCR album Danger Days. It follows the aftermath of the Killjoys (outlaw vigilantes) fighting Better Living Industries, a megacorporation controlling the city.\u003cbr\u003eThe song “Na Na Na” takes place in this universe, with the Killjoys in stylized raygun warfare against BL\/ind’s minions. After one of them (The Girl) is captured, the Killjoys try to rescue her \u0026amp; die in the process. Years later, BL\/ind expands into the surrounding desert. Rebels inspired by the Killjoys prepare to fight, while The Girl, their last surviving link, becomes central to the resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Na Na Na” plunges us into the Killjoys’ “live fast, die young” world, touching on our relationship with consumerism, the power dynamic between us \u0026amp; corporations, commodification, \u0026amp; performative rebellion (hence this slime’s title). \u003cbr\u003eWhen we’re so embedded in a consumerist culture, it warps our brains. In the Killjoys’ universe, even love is commodified: “Gimme love [...] I’ll take what I want from your heart \/ keep it in a bag, in a box [...] gimme more”. It’s all about what we can extract from each other. Violence is normalized, detached from consequence in a spectacle-obsessed culture where political dynasties \u0026amp; corporate elites rule (hmm, sound familiar?)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven rebellion is commodified as flashy \u0026amp; edgy rather than something with real substance. Rather than putting real stake in the game, they look to the system for salvation, an easy fix to their problems, self-medicate, \u0026amp; accept the status quo:\u003cbr\u003e“All the way in Battery City \/ The little children raise their open filthy palms like tiny daggers up to Heaven \/ \u0026amp; all the juvie halls \u0026amp; the Ritalin rats ask angels made from neon \u0026amp; garbage \/ Scream out, \"What will save us?\"”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe song resonates with those trapped in an ultra-commercial society where everything is commodified, \u0026amp; people try to cope while still desiring real change but not having any fight left in themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"East Bay Slimes","offers":[{"title":"8 oz slime + blue\/pink mini toy water blasters + block beads + green and pink neon pigment","offer_id":64121678496113,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"8 oz slime + green\/orange mini toy water blasters + block beads + green and pink neon pigment","offer_id":64121702842737,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/7918\/9617\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-25175308.png?v=1782435683","url":"https:\/\/eastbayslimes.com\/products\/everybody-wants-to-change-the-world-but-no-one-wants-to-die-slime","provider":"East Bay Slimes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}