“You want fries with that?” used to be a line to mock the working poor How ironic that “You want fries with that?”
The last stage of wes– tern civilization was groupthink without groups
They weren’t allowed to forcibly i… but in 2032 the Supreme Court app… for those who refused In a stroke of luck I was assigne… to the “Canadian” tar sands
The struggle to become an individual in no way implies the need to be unique
Nietzsche imagined eternal recurre… as the ultimate Yes to life! whereas Jews understand that life is a lot of love and work
For about one hundred years it was no longer a secret that the easiest way to be a rational a… in an irrational world is to rationalize all
Thesis: I think it through to see it throu… Antithesis: I think it through to see through… Synthesis:
The question isn’t: Why is there something rather than nothing? It’s: Why does it mean something
I always wondered why there are several teen archetypes on offer in The Breakfast Club– each with their own exquisite agon… but also the promise of redemption…
When I was a kid the rule was one kid got to pour two glasses of Coke and the other kid
Wittgenstein let the fly out of the bottle but western philosophy was soon back on the bottle
At first we thought This changes everything We weren’t exactly wrong But, of course Everything is highly adaptable
I always hoped My life would be Fortuitous So, I lived in fear Now I pray
Everyone knows it could go either way but no one believes it could have gone either way So we tell ourselves
We are all of us unreliable narrators Some of us just make a living at it
