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"Met an old man cook and talked about things hijacking our bodies, he saw the cook as a spider later and now just arrived at his new home." — Jul 12, 2026 01:32PM
"Met an old man cook and talked about things hijacking our bodies, he saw the cook as a spider later and now just arrived at his new home." — Jul 12, 2026 01:32PM
“Money is the alienated essence of man's labor and life; and this alien essence dominates him as he worships it.”
― Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1
― Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1
“Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe”
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“Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. It is, in many ways, the most powerful form of free speech because it is aimed at those in power, or those whose ideas would spread hate. It is the canary in the coalmine, a cultural thermometer, and it always has to push, push, push the boundaries of society to see how much it’s grown.”
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“It is always easy for those living in the present to feel superior to those who lived in the past.”
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“I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. "Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with." Because once the context ends, so does the friendship”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
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