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Why does anybody do anything? We're just bugs on a rock in a void.
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Should join the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement.
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Explain to me Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, because it's basically incomprehensible. Also, detail the origins and rise of vlkisch culture.
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Raising Arizona
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Godnorgosh posted...

andromedadude3 posted...

though it's intellectually dishonest to claim he didn't, at the very least, potentially provide the intellectual foundations for Communist tyrannies of the 20th century.

No one claimed that Marx wasn't influential to Lenin. It is a step further, and also intellectually dishonest, to presume that Marxism as such and Marxism-Leninism are the same.

They aren't, as said in the first sentence of the Kolakowski quote.
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Godnorgosh posted...

I don't know about that, but most people don't know enough about communism to know what it is they oppose, if your conflation of Marxism-Leninism and communism is any indication.

Eh, the extent to which Marx himself was a source of Leninism is disputable, though it's intellectually dishonest to claim he didn't, at the very least, potentially provide the intellectual foundations for Communist tyrannies of the 20th century.

Leszek Kolakowski had this to say:

The Leninist-Stalinist version of Marxism was no more than a version, i.e. one attempt to put into practice the ideas that Marx expressed in a philosophical form without any clear principles of political interpretation. The view that freedom is measured in the last resort by the degree of unity of society, that class interests are the only source of social conflict, is one component of the theory. If we consider that there can be a technique of establishing social unity, then despotism is a natural solution of the problem inasmuch as it is the only known technique for the purpose. Perfect unity takes the form of abolishing all institutions of social mediation, including representative democracy and the rule of law as an independent instrument for settling conflicts. The concept of negative freedom presupposes a society of conflict. If this is the same as a class society, and if a class society means a society based on private property, then there is nothing reprehensible in the idea that the act of violence which abolishes private property at the same time does away with the need for negative freedom, tout court.
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The Bolsheviks crushed trade unions when they seized power. Does that make them right wing?
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Lateralus followed by the Salival version of Pushit.
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_Goggalor_ posted...

MACisBack posted...

We all have demons, don't think you're the only one who is has been on his knees praying for salvation from whatever we have attached to us, but you have to leave in the past in the past no matter what the fact/incident/accident/whatever it is.

Stop using it as an excuse, accept it, and move on.

And, who gives a shit what others think(seriously? You write books and take harder hits from people'e critiques but you came back for more) now you're concerned that people expect you to be happy and that stresses you, huh, what?

I can't accept that I'll never be who I want to though. It isn't something I want to live with. Death would be preferable.

I never said I was the only one that felt this way either. There are millions of artists out there just like me that will never go anywhere with it. Kafka and Van Gogh never got to see their work gain success. And there were probably thousands and thousands more who, even after death, never had any success, living their entire lives in vain pursuit of an impossible dream.

Do you want success or respect? If the former, it's probably now easier than ever thanks to e-readers. I'm looking at my Kindle right now, and it's advertising some book called The Enigma Strain by Nick Thacker. Here's the synopsis: "A bomb detonates beneath the Yellowstone caldera and releases a deadly virus. The nation is at risk and failure means death. Can they stop it in time?" It sounds like generic disaster trash, but it was released just a month ago and has an average score of 4.5/5 based on 1,400+ reviews.

Comparing yourself to the giants of literature isn't going to do you any good. There's a certain pleasure in self-pity, but ultimately it gets you nowhere. Try to keep a positive attitude, as impossible as it may seem.
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What is the one thing that is upsetting you?
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I walked into Target, but I missed.
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The problem with Chomsky is that he never follows his condemnations to their logical conclusions. If he's right, then the US deserves to be wiped off the map. Our crimes, taken in their totality, make Nazi Germany look amateurish (a comparison he's never shied from using).
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KamenRiderBlade posted...

Cookie Bag posted...

Anri Okita >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

My Goddess!

Too bad she retired and had a kid.
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The Gift.
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He forcibly collectivizes Soviet agriculture.
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You generally won't find many compassionate or understanding people on the internet. Anonymity can bring out the worst in people. I mean, look at what this topic devolved into.
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I always liked this:


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Imagine cuckolding Sacha Baron Cohen.
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

Lives have value.

By TC's logic, money has more.
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Does this also apply to those who have mental/physical disabilities?
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How the fuck do people read the Bible. It's fucking tedious, incomprehensible and way too fucking long.
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Did you know that "if" is the middle word in life?!
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3 Libras changed the way I looked at music, though I think they peaked with Thirteenth Step. Not a fan of their latest album, but whatever. Puscifer went from being a comedy band to legit. Conditions of My Parole is a great album. Seen all 3 of Maynard's acts live. All were phenomenal, but Tool was the best.
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In the Title IX final report, excerpts of which were obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Reitman said that she had sexually harassed him for three years, and shared dozens of emails in which she referred to him as my most adored one, Sweet cuddly Baby, cock-er spaniel, and my astounding and beautiful Nimrod.

lol
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Because I've already read Better Angels of Our Nature.
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Kurumiee posted...

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Sephiroth1288 posted...

So are we all gonna glaze over the Stalin spawn then

What's the Russian equivalent to trailer trash?

They're called gopnik.

She lives in Portland, apparently.
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You might need to get one before that if they suspect an infection or prostatitis.
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Twix hasn't had any new flavors in over 12 years :(
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averagejoel posted...

ethnic cleansing of white people has never happened and will never happen. it is not a serious threat

The Volga Germans during WWII, bro.
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Genocet_10-325 posted...

Why is existing so hard

Entropy.
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Misery is the price of progress. Blew my fucking mind.
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"Do I lie to myself to be happy? In your case, Teddy, yes I will."

Edit: Sorry, wrong Joe Pantoliano movie.
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Nah. Too artsy, too intellectual.
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Friend just informed me of this.

Dark timeline.
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Reznor's biggest mistake.
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It's the only way most people can enjoy themselves.
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Monster Hunter and Animal Crossing if you're looking for massive time sinks.
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Eating, drinking and sleeping are biological necessities.
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How could there be light on the first day if God didn't create the sun until the fourth day?
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Ya know, TC, that euthanasia is a volatile topic because of the Nazis. At least 200,000 people were murdered as a result of their Aktion T4 euthanasia program.
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BlueBoy675 posted...

andromedadude3 posted...

BlueBoy675 posted...

So is Fiora gone for good? That's kind of a bummer. I liked her

Do spoilers bother you?

I'll just take that as a "yeah she comes back"

Correct. I figured she'd come back for 2 reasons: she's Shulk's love interest and his motivation for revenge. Also, her fighting tutorial remains even after she "dies."
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BlueBoy675 posted...

So is Fiora gone for good? That's kind of a bummer. I liked her

Do spoilers bother you?
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My friends and I were having a jolly good time until our trip sitter--one of my friend's younger brother--decided to drive us to some place in the middle of nowhere. I was literally screaming at him and asking him where he was taking us, and he refused to respond because he knew it would exacerbate the paranoia. I honestly thought he was gonna murder us or turn us into the police or something. It was pure sadism.
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Because life is pain.
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