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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
I eat sugared cereal almost exclusively. This is because I’m the opposite of a “no-nonsense” guy. I’m an “all-nonsense” guy.
from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Zach Kirshner added 9mo ago
The fact of the matter is that everyone who truly cares about basketball subconsciously knows that Celtics vs. Lakers reflects every fabric of male existence, just as everyone who loves rock ’n’ roll knows that the difference between the Beatles and the Stones is not so much a dispute over music as it is a way to describe your own self-identity. Th
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Zach Kirshner added 8mo ago
Some would claim that this is kind of like “agnosticism,” but true agnostics always seem too willing to side with the negative; they claim there are no answers, so they live as if those answers don’t exist. They’re really just nihilists without panache.
from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Zach Kirshner added 8mo ago
If you asked anyone in 1951 why DiMaggio was a celebrity (or even if you asked someone that question today), they could undoubtedly give a satisfactory answer. However, it’s impossible to explain why Tommy Lee is a celebrity. You can’t say “because he’s a rock star,” because he’s not; the last record Tommy Lee made that lots of people liked was Dr.
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Zach Kirshner added 9mo ago
There was a time when Paradise City had a tour bus, but they lost it last summer. This is not a euphemism; they literally can’t find it.
from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Zach Kirshner added 9mo ago
I profoundly prefer to be turned on by any woman who looks vaguely fuckedup; that’s much more intellectually satisfying.
from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Zach Kirshner added 9mo ago
I tend to consider myself an amateur Real World scholar. I say “amateur” because I’ve done no actual university study on this subject, but I still say “scholar” because I’ve stopped watching the show as entertainment. At this point, I only watch it in hopes of unlocking the questions that have haunted man since the dawn of civilization. I’ve seen e
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Eli added 2mo ago
However, some things are just too enchanting (and just too weird) to ignore. Those were my thoughts when I first read about The Sims, arguably the most wholly postmodern piece of entertainment ever created. Much like the TV show Survivor, the Pokémon phenomenon, and Parliament Funkadelic, The Sims is a keenly constructed product that seems hopeless
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Eli added 2mo ago
when people tell you that you should be on a reality program, they’re basically saying you’re crazy enough to amuse total strangers. I was always flattered by this suggestion, and I used to fantasize about being cast on The Real World, imagining that it would make me famous.
from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Eli added 2mo ago