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I honestly hadn’t heard about this book until I saw a shit ton of memes about it a few years ago. Capitalist Realism is a very worthwhile read and I can definitely see why it's so popular now. Fisher does a great job articulating the cultural experience of neoliberalism. This book set me on the right path in life. I also got much smarter and more attractive after reading it.
Feb 20, 2023
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An incredible critique of our modern society that is still sharp even 15 years after its initial publication - I’ve read and annotated my copy many times, and always come back to it around New Years.
The link is to a full pdf of the book, which is under 100 pages
"The tiniest event can tear a hole in the grey curtain of reaction which has marked the horizons of possibility under capitalist realism. From a situation in which nothing can happen, suddenly anything is possible again" (Fisher, 81).
Dec 27, 2024
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re read and re read and re read and re read this bad boy
Apr 18, 2024
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a crisp 81 pages
Dec 3, 2024
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Mewing is an exercise technique for the tongue and jaw muscles, with the goal of reshaping one’s face into a more desirable Chad-like appearance. In most cases, it involves overpriced plastic bite guards, but I recommend the much more affordable Falim gum (for beginners) or Tears of Chios tree (for experts). It's a very strange and profound thing to watch your face subtly change over time. Don’t go overboard or you will seriously injure your joints!
Feb 20, 2023
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Artist Rachel Rossin introduced me to this anime series from 1998. Serial Experiments Lain is an early cyberpunk mystery (that predates and heavily influences The Matrix) where the online and offline worlds blur in strange and unexpected ways. The show has some really beautiful art direction and points at today’s “extremely-online” social alienation with incredible foresight.
Feb 20, 2023
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Your average soap brand is full of phthalates, xenoestrogens and other endocrine disrupting chemicals that are making you sick, lowering testosterone levels and shrinking your fetal infant’s taint (it’s real). In the US this stuff is basically totally unregulated and corporations are allowed to dump toxic chemicals into the public sphere. A few easy ways to reduce your exposure is to: use an unscented soap (Simple Soap), store food in glass or metal containers and stop touching receipts. You don’t need to be maxxing, you will just feel better if you absorb less plastic.
Feb 20, 2023