There’s really no difference between man and machine. I mean what is the brain but an organic neural network? We’re all just 0s and 1s man. OHHHH WAIIIIIT I FORGOT ABOUT THE SPARK OF THE DIVINE OHHHHH I FORGOT ABOUT THE GOD THAT ORDAINED US WITH A SOUL RIIIIIIGHHHHHHHHTTTTT
I love how optimization culture has reframed and destroyed “fun” and leisurely drug use. Referring to hippyflipping as difficult psychological work comes across as profound to the kind of person who is incapable of having a good time, living in a biohacked prison they built
it’s been like 15+ years and a pair of sweatpants stuffed into some uggs is still a very fab look to me. i’m sorry like it’s so chic. i don’t think it’ll ever look bad
I have control over these little beautiful things. I choose to drown them in beer and nicotine and stress them out by reading 5 books a month all called You’re Fucked: Powerless and Alone in the 21st century. Once every few weeks I’ll be in a good mood. A kind of false respite
David Sedaris thinks that if we just lived for the plot, we'd have material to write anything. He explains:
"My friend asked me what I did in the afternoon. I said, 'I went to the post office.' He replied, 'Why would you do that? You don't even need to go to the post office. If you have something you want mailed, you have the hotel called FedEx and they come and pick it up.'"
"I don't want to live like you. I want to go to the post office. And I went to the post office and it was remarkable. Or sometimes you go to the post office and the person is just grumpy and you can even get something out of that."
"I wanna live. I wanna be out there. I don't wanna sit at home and order everything online, and use all the shortcuts."