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Re:Why aren't smart people happier? by ycombinete on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:56PM (#32421025)
I can’t stand Zizek’s verbose nonsense. In this one paragraph he makes like 5 absurd statements one after the other, with such confidence and certainty that they look smart.

The closing sentiment takes the cake for me. A neat little shanty of the mindset of the communist smart men.

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Re:Why aren't smart people happier? by ahartmetz on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:38AM (#32422648)
Not to mention that Zizek talking sounds like someone slurping ramen.

I understand the quotation (and only partially agree), but only because I've seen the same thing expressed much better, and without the absurd parts, in... the Unabomber manifesto. Basically, people need sensible difficulties to overcome.

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Re:Why aren't smart people happier? by LoveMortuus on Thursday August 11, 2022 @04:13AM (#32422891)
Interesting, when I was describing Žižek to my brother, I said that he speaks as if he's constantly snoring cocaine.
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