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( sorry for interrupting the school-talk

speaking of that - it seems that a lot of it has to do with the particular faculty there at any given time

web forums could be a trap too - depending on where you are enrolled )

psychologically speaking -

a lot of 'common sense' things seem to be traps

the 'old wisdom'

"you cant judge a book by its cover" mentality
"absence makes the heart grow fonder" mentality
"familiarity breeds contempt" mentality
"you cant teach a old dog new tricks" mentality


hear this kind of nonsense so much and in such unassuming circumstances that you start really taking it as some sort of truth

i giggled in my head


but
maybe its just because its early

the only thing better than the singularity is two of them

depends on how fuzzy the semantic circuit is




its funny how at the end of certain stories - some of the bad guys turn out to be the good guys

and some of the good guys get wiped out because they couldnt hack it

hey LHX how's the thinking going?

are we doing allright here?

ill tell you as soon as somebody tells me how things are going here...

is advertising the same as encouraging?

supporting?

endorsing?




these things seem to run together...


am i advertising myself with this post?

there are people at work right now trying to present their product in a way that is gonna make us feel like we need it

right now


and by us - that includes you



so
as you go about your business - there is people whose life consists of figuring out ways to shape your decision making



is that bad? not really

it is what it is



it isnt particularly good tho - at least not in the wholesome and nurturing sense of good



you can interpret it as a challenge perhaps?



i agree with the OP that it misrepresents complex emotions

(potentially damaging)

it is kind of easier


and you can play the victim role if anything goes wrong

these days - i find i have been eating up the dada bullshit


it is a lot more savory than the non-dada bullshit





tho it is still bullshit

free outer space program

i cant see shit at night time living in the city

this program is pretty cool

http://www.stellarium.org/

McLuhan himself, the spectacle's first apologist, who had seemed to be the most convinced imbecile of the century, changed his mind when he finally discovered in 1976 that "the pressure of the mass media leads to irrationality," and that it was becoming urgent to modify their usage. The thinker of Toronto had formerly spent several decades marveling at the numerous freedoms created by a 'global village' instantly and effortlessly accessible to all. Villages, unlike towns, have always been dominated by conformism, isolation, petty surveillance, boredom and repetitive malicious gossip about the same families. And this also presents the vulgarity of this spectacular planet, where it is no longer possible to distinguish the Grimaldi-Monaco or Bourbon-Franco dynasties from those who succeeded the Stuarts. However, McLuhan's ungrateful disciples are now trying to make people forget him, so as to rejuvenate his early works and, in their turn, develop a career in mediatic eulogy for all these new freedoms to 'choose' at random from ephemera. And probably they will retract their claims even faster than the man who inspired them.

I think Guy Debord just pwned McLuhan...

interesting

tho it might be hard to isolate mcluhan too easily


mcluhan's groupies and supporters and 'disciples' are not a accurate reflection of mcluhan

some might be even more insightful - but most are idiots (of course)



think about how RAW or whoever led to the hundreds of people that have come thru these parts

and then consider the ratio of knuckleheads to people with at least a pinch of integrity




ill check into more about this Debord guy

lmfao


intense



like a volcano erupted into teh internet

yeah

with the box

man

there is some choice cuts on that album

sunshine is basically a rza solo

if you arent gonna check the whole album - at least check
Windmills
Rushing Elephants
The Heart Gently Weeps
Life Changes (Ol Dirty Tribute)
Weak Spot



the album is nice freal