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But whenever I meet dynamic, nonretarded Americans, I notice that they all seem to share a single unifying characteristic: the inability to experience the kind of mind-blowing, transcendent romantic relationship they perceive to be a normal part of living. And someone needs to take the fall for this. So instead of blaming no one for this (which is kind of cowardly) or blaming everyone (which is kind of meaningless), I'm going to blame John Cusack.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which is why most men remain average; males are better at hating things that can't hate them back (e.g., lawnmowers, cats, the Denver Broncos, et cetera). They don't see the big picture.
From Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.
Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.
...I've spent the last fifteen years of my life railing against the game of soccer, an exercise that has been lauded as "the sport of the future" since 1977. Thankfully, that future dystopia has never come.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids take drugs and kill themselves. These things should be the least of our worries. The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal,' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
But whenever I meet dynamic, nonretarded Americans, I notice that they all seem to share a single unifying characteristic: the inability to experience the kind of mind-blowing, transcendent romantic relationship they perceive to be a normal part of living. And someone needs to take the fall for this. So instead of blaming no one for this (which is kind of cowardly) or blaming everyone (which is kind of meaningless), I'm going to blame John Cusack.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which is why most men remain average; males are better at hating things that can't hate them back (e.g., lawnmowers, cats, the Denver Broncos, et cetera). They don't see the big picture.
From Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.
Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.
...I've spent the last fifteen years of my life railing against the game of soccer, an exercise that has been lauded as "the sport of the future" since 1977. Thankfully, that future dystopia has never come.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids take drugs and kill themselves. These things should be the least of our worries. The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal,' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
But whenever I meet dynamic, nonretarded Americans, I notice that they all seem to share a single unifying characteristic: the inability to experience the kind of mind-blowing, transcendent romantic relationship they perceive to be a normal part of living. And someone needs to take the fall for this. So instead of blaming no one for this (which is kind of cowardly) or blaming everyone (which is kind of meaningless), I'm going to blame John Cusack.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which is why most men remain average; males are better at hating things that can't hate them back (e.g., lawnmowers, cats, the Denver Broncos, et cetera). They don't see the big picture.
From Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.
Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.
...I've spent the last fifteen years of my life railing against the game of soccer, an exercise that has been lauded as "the sport of the future" since 1977. Thankfully, that future dystopia has never come.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids take drugs and kill themselves. These things should be the least of our worries. The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal,' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music.
From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto