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When I spy on folks that buy the truly insanely expensive but useless gadgets/fashion, I really start to agree with sentiments like yours. There's few things q
by switchbak 4y ago
When I spy on folks that buy the truly insanely expensive but useless gadgets/fashion, I really start to agree with sentiments like yours.
There's few things quite as profitable as an endless black pit of despair within yourself. Well that, and war.
- nonrandomstring 4y agoI'm not sure the marketing people are deliberately selling despair. That would be spectacular foot marksmanship. As Bill Hicks said (of AC/DC or Spooky Tooth) - "what rock band wants their fans to actually kill themselves?" Despair may be a late onset symptom, but on the whole it's joyous self-invention, instant gratification, ephemeral experience, and other kinds of microwavable self-stroking that's being pushed. Nice as they are, convenient, zero-effort mind candies give a quick rush but no lasting sustenance. Hence Adam Phillips's comment, I guess.