Human Stuff
the messiness of what it means to be human, with all of its messiness and complexities
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Human Stuff
it's actually crazy we figured out how to grow real diamonds that are cheaper and better quality than the real thing and so many people are still like, no thanks the suffering is what makes it special.
It’s so easy to say that we’re all one world and that there shouldn’t be anti-Semitism, there shouldn’t be racism — it’s so easy to be lovey-dovey and peacenik. But I say this without any qualifications: I’ve never experienced any of that (hatred). Never. So every time I’m making an argument that has anything to do with race or misogyny or anti-Sem
... See moreTim Grierson • Penn Jillette Wants to Talk It All Out
It is a human trait to organize things into categories. Inventing categories creates an illusion that there is an overriding rationale in the way that the world works.
Andrea Zittel • Andrea Zittel, "These Things I Know for Sure"
yes, reminds me of Jonathan Tarleton’s writing on the labelmaker. ”The aura of the labelmaker is not exactly glowing. It has an air of corporate efficiency and bullshit jobs, the kind of setting where something misfiled incites a low-stakes crisis. The labelmaker, the name itself a fusion of both output and executor, evinces an attempt at control.”
I can’t stop thinking about this post by @inspiredtowrite. How many of you feel like it’s tough to put yourself out there and express yourself because of the perception others in your life or social sphere have of you?
instagram.comNot using a phone taught me what a phone is really for. It’s not for communicating with other people, getting directions, reading articles, looking at pictures, shopping for products, or playing games. A phone is a device for muting the anxieties proper to being alive. This is what all its functions and features ultimately achieve: cameras deliver ... See more
-Sam Kriss