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T-man posted:"To make the distinction unmistakably clear: Civilization is the vital force in human history; culture is that inert mass of institutions and organizations which accumulate around and tend to drag down the advance of life; Civilization is Giordano Bruno facing death by fire; culture is the Cardinal Bellarmino, after ten years of inquisition, sending Bruno to the stake in the Campo di Fiori; Civilization is Sartre; culture Cocteau; Civilization is mutual aid and self-defense; culture is the judge, the lawbook and the forces of Law & Ordure (sic); Civilization is uprising, insurrection, revolution; culture is the war of state against state, or of machines against people, as in Hungary and Vietnam; Civilization is tolerance, detachment and humor, or passion, anger, revenge; culture is the entrance examination, the gas chamber, the doctoral dissertation and the electric chair; Civilization is the Ukrainian peasant Nestor Makhno fighting the Germans, then the Reds, then the Whites, then the Reds again; culture is Stalin and the Fatherland; Civilization is Jesus turning water into wine; culture is Christ walking on the waves; Civilization is a youth with a Molotov cocktail in his hand; culture is the Soviet tank or the L.A. cop that guns him down; Civilization is the wild river; culture, 592,000 tons of cement; Civilization flows; culture thickens and coagulates, like tired, sick, stifled blood" bukowski? 
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T-man posted:"To make the distinction unmistakably clear: Civilization is the vital force in human history; culture is that inert mass of institutions and organizations which accumulate around and tend to drag down the advance of life; Civilization is Giordano Bruno facing death by fire; culture is the Cardinal Bellarmino, after ten years of inquisition, sending Bruno to the stake in the Campo di Fiori; Civilization is Sartre; culture Cocteau; Civilization is mutual aid and self-defense; culture is the judge, the lawbook and the forces of Law & Ordure (sic); Civilization is uprising, insurrection, revolution; culture is the war of state against state, or of machines against people, as in Hungary and Vietnam; Civilization is tolerance, detachment and humor, or passion, anger, revenge; culture is the entrance examination, the gas chamber, the doctoral dissertation and the electric chair; Civilization is the Ukrainian peasant Nestor Makhno fighting the Germans, then the Reds, then the Whites, then the Reds again; culture is Stalin and the Fatherland; Civilization is Jesus turning water into wine; culture is Christ walking on the waves; Civilization is a youth with a Molotov cocktail in his hand; culture is the Soviet tank or the L.A. cop that guns him down; Civilization is the wild river; culture, 592,000 tons of cement; Civilization flows; culture thickens and coagulates, like tired, sick, stifled blood" posting Hamilton lyrics should be baneanbble
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night danger posted:horny on skein fabric is sold on BOLTS
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snoo posted:fabric is sold on BOLTS and thats uhhhh *checks capital vol 1, again* five coats
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T-man posted:"To make the distinction unmistakably clear: Civilization is the vital force in human history; culture is that inert mass of institutions and organizations which accumulate around and tend to drag down the advance of life; Civilization is Giordano Bruno facing death by fire; culture is the Cardinal Bellarmino, after ten years of inquisition, sending Bruno to the stake in the Campo di Fiori; Civilization is Sartre; culture Cocteau; Civilization is mutual aid and self-defense; culture is the judge, the lawbook and the forces of Law & Ordure (sic); Civilization is uprising, insurrection, revolution; culture is the war of state against state, or of machines against people, as in Hungary and Vietnam; Civilization is tolerance, detachment and humor, or passion, anger, revenge; culture is the entrance examination, the gas chamber, the doctoral dissertation and the electric chair; Civilization is the Ukrainian peasant Nestor Makhno fighting the Germans, then the Reds, then the Whites, then the Reds again; culture is Stalin and the Fatherland; Civilization is Jesus turning water into wine; culture is Christ walking on the waves; Civilization is a youth with a Molotov cocktail in his hand; culture is the Soviet tank or the L.A. cop that guns him down; Civilization is the wild river; culture, 592,000 tons of cement; Civilization flows; culture thickens and coagulates, like tired, sick, stifled blood" Just make sure to skip the chapters on cowboys and Indians.
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Dreylad posted:this made me laugh way too hard for a dumb meme it's dumb, but it's totally not dumb. i like it too
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Accretionist posted:
is that Ram Dass? BHN? it's ringing a bell I can't quite place
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augias posted:posting Hamilton lyrics should be baneanbble Uh oh
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Zvahl posted:edward abbey It's really a lovely book and I was pretty young when I read it and it had a lasting impact on me, but there are parts of it that haven't aged well. The chapter where he floats down the colorado river right before they finish the glen canyon dam is absolutely haunting though.
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Sound Mr. Brown posted:is that Ram Dass? BHN? it's ringing a bell I can't quite place https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/episodes/The-problem-with-luxury-ed2irk Stoic Meditations podcast from Massimo Pigliucci, a philosophy professor. Each episode is a little vignette. Great fodder for daily walks.
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Zvahl posted:edward abbey I didn't know who this was and looked him up on Google and holy poo poo this man was like, peak daddy   
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you can't pull off the bandana look unless you're sincere about going full nature daddy, i tried it just made me look like someone's dog
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tmfc posted:
there's already an edited version that says JEW CRIMES making the rounds
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T-man posted:It's left back pocket or right back pocket how do goons gently caress this up that’s for top/bottom or dom/sub
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tigersklaw posted:I’m not disagreeing that most pop culture is awful trash but what do these people do for fun? hunt pedophiles.
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