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 When I first read Walden in 2014, it had a profound impact on me. Having gone through a period of career burnout followed by radical lifestyle change, I could see that Thoreau's ideas around simplicity, consumerism, and busyness had an uncanny relevance to the challenges we face today. I shared my enthusiasm for the book with anyone willing to listen. But I kept having to couch my recommendations: “This is an incredible book, but the 19th century language is hard to digest at times. But stick with it, and you’ll be glad you did!” This situation bothered me. I didn't want to keep telling people they should read Walden – 'BUT' ... 
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lol didn't Walden spend a bunch of time going into town and sponging off his friends? no wonder it resonated
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A Pinball Wizard posted:lol didn't Walden spend a bunch of time going into town and sponging off his friends? no wonder it resonated yes, he went into town to attend dinner parties while pretending he was living off the land by the lake
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I always liked the idea of being "a mile from any neighbor". I kinda flipped through it and remember a part where he tallies up his money (a few bucks) versus his farmer neighbor's income minus expenses and debt and grimly concluded that with a few bucks in his pocket and having done basically nothing (well, no "work" and produced no products etc), he actually "made" more than his neighbor did.
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Feb 18, 2016 16:55
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never read it but a roommate once told me thoreau had his mom do his laundry. truly an inspiration.
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Feb 18, 2016 21:43
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qntm posted:can you imagine if you had to type all of MGSV in line by line before you could play it
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Feb 18, 2016 21:57
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would you be typing in the dialog options or subtitles directly and spoil it or do it all rot13 to hide the text and end up with typos like SNBBBKE!!
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i read walden. it's a good book but i deffo got the feeling that he was full of poo poo at points. sorta like notes from underground, where you can tell the person is taking an extreme viewpoint specifically to challenge/alienate readers
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Feb 18, 2016 23:11
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sund posted:never read it but a roommate once told me thoreau had his mom do his laundry. truly an inspiration. it's worth reading. one of those things they forced on us in high school, but that i was grateful for afterwards
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Feb 19, 2016 01:26
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 primo av material for your enemy
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Feb 19, 2016 21:23
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historically, most artists and thinkers have either been rich people or mooching off of rich people
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computer parts posted:historically, most artists and thinkers have either been rich people or mooching off of rich people i know i am
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Feb 19, 2016 21:54
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Feb 19, 2016 22:19
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ah yes, "in truth", a phrase i use far more often than "actually"
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Feb 20, 2016 01:01
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Vicas posted:ah yes, "in truth", a phrase i use far more often than "actually" well actually
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Feb 20, 2016 01:25
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I have no desire to impose my personal style on this work.
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Cerv posted:
i wish i could afford to sustain the manliest relations to men
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Feb 20, 2016 03:23
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someone post the kate beaton thoreau comic
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Feb 21, 2016 02:23
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fritz posted:someone post the kate beaton thoreau comic thats a good one
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sund posted:never read it but a roommate once told me thoreau had his mom do his laundry. truly an inspiration.
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Feb 21, 2016 04:09
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did the world really need a manos sequel https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1840778752/manos-returns?ref=video
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this is like that fuckin hobgoblins sequel
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Feb 22, 2016 07:21
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the manos director got an mst3k and a rifftrax iirc also he died in the eighties but bring on the sequel
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Feb 22, 2016 09:04
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You can't just set out to make a bad movie
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TOOT BOOT posted:You can't just set out to make a bad movie skimmed through the ks and they are at least self-aware about this and are instead trying to make a campy comedy/horror that references the first movie idk if they'll pull off anything interesting doing that but i wish them luck. would not say this if they were trying to be true to the original, crow t. robot had the best capsule summary of that monstrosity i can think of: "Joel, this is gonna turn into a snuff film, isn't it?"
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i'm just going to leave this here https://www.fig.co/campaigns/jay-and-silent-bob-chronic-blunt-punch
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"interabang"
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daft punk railroad posted:"interabang" Me, at your mom's house
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Yodzilla posted:i'm just going to leave this here https://www.fig.co/campaigns/jay-and-silent-bob-chronic-blunt-punch ironic gunt bunch
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this one looks good, actually https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/batslyadams/super-russian-roulette-a-new-party-game-for-the-ne
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anthonypants posted:this one looks good, actually https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/batslyadams/super-russian-roulette-a-new-party-game-for-the-ne I don't think I would spend 55 bucks on it but it definitely seems like it'll be something that will actually ship Plus retro things are cool
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/smartbe-intelligent-stroller#/
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instead of the $60 kickstarter lunchbox, get a tiffin. http://www.indian-tiffin.com/TIffin_26-09-15.pdf
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dab awala
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Citizen Tayne posted:instead of the $60 kickstarter lunchbox, get a tiffin. actually a good idea and these are made out of metal so you can clean them with harsh agents
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Citizen Tayne posted:instead of the $60 kickstarter lunchbox, get a tiffin. when I first started working, lots of people would bring their food on tiffins, but I think we're alone now.
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Citizen Tayne posted:instead of the $60 kickstarter lunchbox, get a tiffin. pittsburgh man pushing steel products?!?!?!??
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fritz posted:pittsburgh man pushing steel products?!?!?!?? 
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