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aethyrflux

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more

May 26, 2010 02:16

i continually return to a belief that the fundamental structures for humans' success & happiness are so simple ( Read more... )

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aethyrflux August 21 2020, 01:38:06 UTC

It is the great plague on Civilization, and in many ways it defines our lives through multiple phases that all exist simultaneously: 1) acquisition of kipple; 2) management of kipple; 3) purging of kipple. Only death can free us from kipple; unfortunately, then loved ones inherit our kipple, and the cycle continues. All we can do to counteract the force of kipple is to make an effort to consume less, recycle more, throw more away, and love and laugh as much as possible. The New Yorker cartoon, below, gets right to the crux of the kipple problem.

https://www.zinzin.com/observations/2012/kipple-drives-out-nonkipple/

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