Pleasure Demands Quotes by Sov8840

“The default digital world tone is one of hyperactive friendliness, artificial empathy, emoji-based validation, dopamine-rich feedback loops, toxic positivity, and veiled cruelty. They assume…

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“...All of these writings could be reduced to mere “thought-provoking content,” for the system devours everything in its path like a never-satisfied monster—even its…

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“Any judgment born of collective agreement is, by nature, arbitrary, no matter how widely it is accepted.”

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“Peace lies in the absence of the desire and need for peace.”

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“In a game, there is a main character raised within American culture: he speaks in slang, lives for sex and pleasure, feels "successful" if…

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“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt by the common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one and move…

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“The media and the internet exist not to transmit knowledge as it is, but to amplify, exaggerate, and embellish the exact reality. Whatever is…

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“For many people, the expression “disconnecting from the world” essentially means disconnecting from society—for this is the only world they know.”

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“...and they absorb the world shaped by these, "constructing" their thoughts, feelings, words, actions, identity, and beliefs accordingly. Which means they will think in…

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“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt for a common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one and move…

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“Embracing pain strengthens the will; embracing crying heals the soul; embracing melancholy deepens insight and perception; embracing boredom fosters creativity and imagination; embracing misery…

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“Whether lying in bed, sitting, eating, on the toilet, pushing a stroller, walking the dog, shopping, walking, “listening” to others, talking, driving, crossing the…

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“This is clearly cultural imperialism, which explains why Western culture is, in fact, the sole (main) global culture. Yet, this is consistently disguised and…

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“A simple proof that they are a kind of robot: if the era and civilization they live in worshipped "ugliness," they too would come…

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“Imagining someone who will not collapse my complexity into compressed and simplified roles like friend, lover, genius, or ghost... such a being exists only…

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