Recent content by griftert

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    Myths of Our Age

    Ah yes, I see you've already said that.
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    Myths of Our Age

    The zombie thing, I think, is partly to do with fantasies of a world which has been morally simplified, where in-group unity is possible without illegitimate exclusion or prejudice. I think also it maybe functions as a kind of 'return of the repressed', a pale version of earlier ways of living...
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    K-Punk

    Another one-time poster checking in. Really gutted to hear about this - I never knew k punk and Mark Fisher were the same until I heard this. When I started reading this forum I don't think Mark had posted on here for a while - if I read anything it was always an old post but he seemed like an...
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    Zika the saviour

    Deeply reactionary, nihilistic thread. Human behaviour is the cause of out current, ongoing catastrophe but to accept it as inevitable is just to blandly acquiesce to all those neoliberal canards about human nature. Malthusian bollocks. Also, population growth in countries is least damaging in...
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    Zika the saviour

    And expecting other countries to have universal systems of education and healthcare whilst maintaining international economic systems designed for exploitation is like shitting into someone else's mouth and trying to persuade them it's chocolate
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    Jeremy Corbyn

    My brother has been talking about how he reckons a lot of the geopolitics only makes sense in a context of a mobilisation against the kurds, turkey being brought into the EU, support for Iran and the Saudis...hmm. Going to read some stuff about Ocalan and hope I don't get shot up.
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    Clothes

    That's a really good idea I always forget that. Sorry if my use of hobo was in poor taste, I should probably not be so crass! Poorly dressed skint person. :)
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    Clothes

    Where should someone who doesn't want to look like a hobo get their clothing if they have the warewithal of said hobo? I'm kind of fed up with h&m and I'm not sure if I can stomach primark...
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    Jeremy Corbyn

    That's absolutely brutal chat from Suzanne Moore. I wish there was another paper to read that wasn't the Guardian.
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    Jeremy Corbyn

    I don't think it's exactly the left that are gunning for him with this tack, though I'm sure there are some. He's going to get a pounding if the last couple of days are anything to go by. Is he really electable? I was thinking about how many people that singing the national anthem without...
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    I need to listen to something different

    I recommend listening to current popular music. Especially if you usually ignore it. I even quite like some Justin Bieber stuff.
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    Songs about the internet / technology (for school assembly!)

    Weirdly love Katy Perry and Jess Glynn. A few years ago I would have rather shot myself in the foot than listened to either of them, so that's the power of the internet I guess.
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    Mobb Deep and Hegel

    The Phenomenology is one of the best books ever. Takes a while to get used to the language but once you know your for-itself from your in-itself you're golden for a weirdo jaunt through time space and every subcategory of philosophical enquiry.
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    True Detective

    I watched the first episode of this...lol. Is Matthew McConaughey meant to be a 14 year old? Cringe inducing stuff.
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    Jeremy Corbyn

    I thought Ummuna's response to Corbyn's rise as reported in the Guardian today was the most sensible thing I've heard from the centre of the party in relation to him. John McTernan is a fucking scumbag arsewipe half-wit cunt of the highest order, and stands out in a field of them. One of the...
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