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Did I have a responsibility to this person? Jesus would say, “Yes.” Nietzsche would say, “Don’t ask a question when you already know the answer.” But let’s not get political.
Chuck Klosterman • The Visible Man
ideas appear laughable in retrospect is that people involuntarily assume that whatever we believe and prioritize now will continue to be believed and prioritized later, even though that almost never happens. It’s a mistake that never stops being made.
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
This is ultimately what I like about the Born-Again Lifestyle: Even though I see fundamentalist Christians as wild-eyed maniacs, I respect their verve. They are probably the only people openly fighting against America’s insipid Oprah Culture—the pervasive belief system that insists everyone’s perspective is valid and that no one can be judged. As f
... See moreChuck Klosterman • Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
We all relate to Sonny the Cuckoo Bird. We pursue that which retreats from us, and coolness is always a bear market. Coolness is always what others seem to have naturally—an unspecific, delicious, chocolately paradigm we must pilfer through subterfuge. It drives us, for lack of a better term, coo coo. And part of the reason we struggle is because t
... See moreChuck Klosterman • Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
ecstatic.
Chuck Klosterman • Eating the Dinosaur
assuming the idea of celebrity culture dominates history in the same way it dominates modernity.
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
No stories were viral. No celebrity was trending. The world was still big. The country was still vast. You could just be a little person, with your own little life and your own little thoughts. You didn’t have to have an opinion, and nobody cared if you did or did not. You could be alone on purpose, even in a crowd
Chuck Klosterman • The Nineties: A Book
Dougher later mentions that academia and music are “two of the most sexist professions that exist,” further solidifying my suspicion that people attend Evergreen in order to avoid attending life.