"The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more pressing when life has lost its meaning."
Jean Baudrillard
The Ecstacy of Communication
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"The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more pressing when life has lost its meaning."
Jean Baudrillard
The Ecstacy of Communication
define "pressing."
Baudrillard's supposed profundities can usually be boiled to down to amenable cliches and commonplaces.
for example, in this case: "absence makes the heart grow fonder"
ElNono...
Is that image of Arnold real, or fake?
looks real to me...
I agree, but that doesn't mean it is. I take it you don't know for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Real, from the 70s when he was competing. He was full of injected steroids, so some marijuana was nothing. (even without other drugs, marijuana is nothing :) )Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
Fixed:
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Originally Posted by Arnold
..........is the reason websites like this one exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by vy65
That's from Pumping Iron
Describes 24-hour cable news networks pretty well, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by vy65
And Facebook/Twitter.
And, SpursTalk.com
Know for sure? No. I don't know for sure. Looks like a damn fine job if it isn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
Disagree, with both parts. Of course, that statement can be interpreted many ways. The need as viewed by the individual may not be the same as the "need" as we usually define it. (For instance, most people would say I don't "need" a Ferrari, but I might believe I need it.)Quote:
Originally Posted by vy65
Just Connect
That means it's a fake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Las Espuelas
He admitted it, according to HighTimes...Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
I'm not saying he never smoked it. I know he admitted to that. I'm saying the video is fake.Quote:
Originally Posted by LnGrrrR
OK, I stand corrected.Quote:
Originally Posted by DMC
It's pretty well known on the intertronz that the vid is very real.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
Your judgment of what is and isn't real/correct remains unimpeachable :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
You're becoming an ankle biter I see. At least I admit I was wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by LnGrrrR
Nothing wrong with a little gentle ribbing, I should hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
Not Really, but there is so much vile insinuations even the little ones get tiring.Quote:
Originally Posted by LnGrrrR
You seem to be getting more and more paraniod of the VLWC lately. Have you been listening to too much Glenn Beck?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
No. I rarely watch TV, cut my cable service long ago because of that fact. I rely on an antenna for some local news, and watch Netflix when I want to see something other than my DVD/BluRay collection.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBoy
How am I paranoid of the lefties? The damage is already done to this nation. Not much worse can happen now than will already happen. I don't see any way of stopping this nations doom. The entitlement mentality of both major sides rule the elections.
Define gentle.Quote:
Originally Posted by LnGrrrR
... sez the ST unintentional stand up comic ! :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
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