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“life is the process of learning shit that you never ever wanted to hear.”
You can see the challenge, the wit behind the smile, the sorrow behind the wit.
a cop died today.” “Theirs is a dangerous profession. Laudable, of course, if sometimes locally inconvenient.”
She’s wearing a blue silk thing that looks like she stole midnight and wrapped it around her shoulders.
“But the automation of labour is a conspiracy of de-humanisation. Work is of our nature. Giving even our chores to the machine saves time at the expense of self.”
“The house doesn’t even need to win. There’s no game because the house owns everything. The money you bet with, the air you breathe. The myth is that when the wheel spins it’s any different from when it’s standing still.”