I can speak only about US pop culture, but to consider Stewart and Colbert, clever and amusing as they are, in the avant garde of political thought is scary.
Facile isn't wise, and for some reason wisdom is now (maybe always?) deemed boring.
Too much television, too much Web distraction. Turn it all off. Twitter, Facebook, football, futbol, campaign ads, dot dot dot.
Give me something useful: The Weather Channel and porn, in moderation.
It's difficult to think deeply about complex issues. And arguably meaningless. Still...
Jeez, I'm a codger. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Irony is a sedative. Absurdity requires revolt. Pass the bong. One more hit before I study for finals.
EDIT: Not unusually, I popped off before reading the post. I'm not a DFW fanboy, but I've found everything of his I've ever read to be substantial. Very substantial. He dared.
> Not unusually, I popped off before reading the post.
Does "popped off" mean that you did not read the linked article and merely used the title as a cue for a freeform writing exercise? And this is not an unusual thing for you to do while browsing HN?
"Shit... charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets in the Indy 500. I took the mission. What the hell else was I gonna do?"
I can speak only about US pop culture, but to consider Stewart and Colbert, clever and amusing as they are, in the avant garde of political thought is scary.
Facile isn't wise, and for some reason wisdom is now (maybe always?) deemed boring.
Too much television, too much Web distraction. Turn it all off. Twitter, Facebook, football, futbol, campaign ads, dot dot dot.
Give me something useful: The Weather Channel and porn, in moderation.
It's difficult to think deeply about complex issues. And arguably meaningless. Still...
Jeez, I'm a codger. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Irony is a sedative. Absurdity requires revolt. Pass the bong. One more hit before I study for finals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus
EDIT: Not unusually, I popped off before reading the post. I'm not a DFW fanboy, but I've found everything of his I've ever read to be substantial. Very substantial. He dared.