Reading Anti-Oedipus
also Marshall McLuhan

Fella on the street told me it smelled like it was going to snow. I disagree

Half of my heart is tralalero tralala

“If you are in a bar that lets in Nazis you are at a nazi bar” do you guys think posting on the internet is the same as going to a bar

I don't know what 19 year old me thought I was doing trying to read Michael Spivak when I barely graduated high school

I think fear is symptomatic of both

fetter, as in 'we suffer more in our imaginations', invoking attitude adjustment is the prescription, and that we disincenticize ourselves? fetter as in we spend too much of our time punching and clawing laterally? that distrust is pervasive and, arguably, systemic/endemic at this point?

the only way to justify the former, it would seem to me, is to make a moral claim, which is fine. It's even more attractive when you're honest about that

Is there such thing as building independent poles of power that don't affirm bourgeois right by its reliance upon it? You're either siphoning – so to speak – power from legitimized sources, or you're repudiating the rule of law entirely

Is viewing power by proximity as analogous to crossing the event horizon of a black hole accurate for those who wish to challenge power?

More folk need to appreciate that, at the core of anything that borrows the label “-feudalist”, there is a basic notion of taking over a peaceful population by force and making them work for you, by asserting that your use of force has given you superior legal rights than they have.

It affirms the idea that the so-called Western organization of society produces a superior culture

I'm inclined to agree, but I think we can also distill that down to the nature of unforeseen consequences. Unless you mean it's a deliberate coining of phrase to white wash the violence and exploitation?

[bunch of guys who haven't read a piece of fiction in 20 years] my feeling is the kids don't read anymore

No one is more miserable than the leftist who takes pride in the apparent hopelessness of the predicament we find ourselves in

As a thinker and a writer, there is literally not a single upper bound to how much thought and intentionality you can put into a piece that won't be repackaged as word vomit, either as an insult to the writer and their intelligence or an attack on their intentions

I came across a comment relating to a jewish currents article that essentially vindicates to me my disdain for the leftist movement as it so exists on social media.

The house always wins – and I'm not talking about doctor!

I don't see the economy getting better any time soon, so why not pursue a pure math degree

medical school probably isn't in the cards for me

enzymes and proteins and amines, oh my!

I hate everyone, but for reasons you aren't enlightened to anticipate

There are generally two reactions to the sentiment that politics is/are just a game:

The first reaction is that this is just a sensationalist truism. The second is that you've unlocked a deep seeded secret to the universe.

The latter comes from people that generally default on their principles

I'm angry that everyone is walking around with an angry cartoon scribble cloud around their heads, and pretending like they're not vision impaired by the angry cartoon scribble cloud that is clearly around their heads

I never thought I needed AI peter griffin to teach me about the pillars of Islam

damn, whichever stupid voice in my stupid freaking brain convinced me I'm too stupid for college, what a stupid thought that was

it was a Gramsci quote, no wonder

Nothing compares to the dopamine released when correctly guess-attributing a quote you've found