one of the better habits i had when in college was to take an assigned chapter or passage and instead read the entire book, then go back and read the specific assignment

honestly at this point i kinda dont wanna give credit at all to zizek's sublime object of ideology, other people were saying that long before. the only real value now is a succinct and direct treatment of the subject with more elaboration, but it's mostly pedagogical at that point

lmfao dude wikimedia is such a money-grubbing disingenuous cry-baby

jshlatt was a prophet

unlimited games but no games indeed

(jk i've got mine but n0 said this and its funny and relatable, gl buddy)

self-soothing is difficult to get right but you're doing your best and you're helping

second-order self-soothing is difficult to get right but-

there's some incredible bars here on ideology

i like the term "static mischief"

Karl Kraus’s line “The origin is the goal” sounds conservative, but it also expresses something that was scarcely meant when the line was uttered: namely, that the concept “origin” ought to be stripped of its static mischief.

adorno im gna cry, every time i think you'll stop being the coolest guy around you go and do it again

The call for unity of theory and practice has irresistibly degraded theory to a servant’s role, removing the very traits it should have brought to that unity. The visa stamp of practice which we demand of all theory became a censor’s placet.

nothing he hasn't said elsewhere but this formulation is lovely

fuuuck i love albums that demand your full attention and deliver

drummer that uses kit/kits for the love of the game, they're not a faggot or anything

sorry, *kit isn't a faggot or anything, degendering isn't cool

[gen z on gen a] broke: they're annoying and stupid and don't make any sense and don't know how to read woke: they're anthropologically interesting and cute

that girl is so foreign to me, i don't like her tone

i fucking love newgen fakecels they're adorbz

alex's favorite black person [ev1l]: haii pheobe :3

"incentives are better than punishments" becomes less true when the reward becomes a necessity, in which case they can be even more stifling

drumkitten1 is so flippin cool man

cracked hi-hat in the basement era was a vibe but i like the new space too

demo tracks later released are great, especially when both versions capture something distinct

co-incidence has such a different shape to it than coincidence

we dismiss coincidence too much when we treat it as mere contingency

i like to provide physical comfort to people when they are struggling and it makes me sad when that isn't an option

the english translator's preface to negative dialectics is so funny to me, like the guy has no idea what is going on and is like, just let the vibes carry you dude, you don't have to read anything and its like why are you even here without the pre-requisites lol

like yea !! its cool !!

skissue, get ur money up

i misunderstand a lot

kasey says i need to be more confident but its hard when im often so incorrect

sometimes my mouse has trouble charging and thats a little annoying, but the charge lasts fairly long and using a wired mouse is archaic

jay had such a nice dick, i would suck him off again just for the aesthetics and mouthfeel

my beautiful uncut gem <33

i would basically always benefit from putting more consideration or less consideration into the words i say and it's basically impossible for me to distinguish these

you are being careless and foolish and should have thought that through more vs. you are being an anxious fuck worrying about nothing, just send it

it's usually one of those but my instincts seem to be worse than a random guess' probability

i don't like my laugh

the only worthwhile voice training

i’m kinda of a boomer

this is funnier if i keep the spelling mistake

today was a massive day for the unemployed

what an odd design choice

has anyone streamed eclipse 8 runs with endless 8 overlayed

someone talk me out of a stream