"government subtly encourages the highest pleasures, like enjoying the arts or being in nature, and discourages lesser pleasures, like being stoned."
government should encourage the highest highest pleasures of enjoying the arts or being in nature while being stoned.
― wmlynch, Friday, 3 January 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
win win
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 January 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
government should encourage the highest pleasures of throwing David Brooks off a bridge
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 3 January 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
while high
twinkies
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 3 January 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
Getting stoned "is not a lot of fun" and has "serious brain effects" on children, according to Brooks on NPR five seconds ago.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 January 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
"i mean, look how i turned out..."
― wmlynch, Friday, 3 January 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
David Brooks not immediately getting his face laughed at by the host and on the hour by each newsreader is one of the reasons I stopped listening to NPR
― An Android Pug of Some Kind? (kingfish), Friday, 3 January 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
only on once a week
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 January 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
Still too much
― An Android Pug of Some Kind? (kingfish), Friday, 3 January 2014 22:12 (ten years ago) link
the bong shaped like Edmund Burke's head
ok, lol
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 3 January 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link
<3 u charles pierce
― From the Album No Baby for You! (Matt P), Friday, 3 January 2014 23:58 (ten years ago) link
posted this in the other thread, grudging goldberg otm
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-03/i-like-david-brooks-have-smoked-marijuana.html
the first half of the brooks column actually wasn't horrible imo lol
― k3vin k., Saturday, 4 January 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
Paul Krugman is off today.
this was a pretty cruel joke by the NYT editors tho, touché
― k3vin k., Saturday, 4 January 2014 00:36 (ten years ago) link
Another mandatory feature of the marijuana-themed column is the Current Use Statement, because it is morally acceptable to have been a stupid kid, but it is apparently less acceptable to be a stupid adult. So: I haven’t touched marijuana in 25 years.
Who will be the most surprising pundit to weigh in w/ their current epic marijuana use? Krauthammer?
― Mordy , Saturday, 4 January 2014 00:36 (ten years ago) link
Read
― k3vin k., Saturday, 4 January 2014 00:41 (ten years ago) link
I don’t drink alcohol very much at all, because I don’t like it -- what it does to me, and what it does to society.
the fuck outta here with this hit
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 January 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
*shit
all these pundits pop mad pills #knowledge
― lag∞n, Saturday, 4 January 2014 00:58 (ten years ago) link
http://twitter.com/leyawn/status/419133339828629504/photo/1
― balls, Saturday, 4 January 2014 06:59 (ten years ago) link
I don't mean to ask the stupid obvious question here, but what exactly has marijuana done to 'society'?
― the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music (stevie), Saturday, 4 January 2014 09:18 (ten years ago) link
its a lesser pleasure
― lag∞n, Saturday, 4 January 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/counter_narrative/2014/01/david_brooks_smoking_pot_should_black_kids_pay_for_his_pothead_sins.html
― lag∞n, Saturday, 4 January 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
He needs to have a couple beers and relax
― calstars, Sunday, 5 January 2014 00:11 (ten years ago) link
lol
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 5 January 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
The emergence of boutique hotels reflects a broader trend toward a more experientially rich commercial world.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
It seems as if there is an endless supply of middle-class consumers who have boutique identities and aspirations, especially among people in their 20s. Consumers now use hotels differently. They bring their laptops down to the lobby rather than working in their rooms. Fewer people bother to unpack their bags. Therefore, room desks and closets are less important, but having a happening lobby scene is more important. People need a civic space where they can have their contiguous but individualized iPad experiences.
Boutique hotels are, on one level, kind of ridiculous. They are almost invariably too dark throughout, making it hard to read. The bed is often too low. The bathroom door is sometimes a flimsy sliding shutter, sacrificing privacy for style.
But they do exemplify a shift in the consumer market, which you might call the shift from the lima bean economy to the edamame economy
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Ha ha. I saw that headline but have not yet forced myself to read the column.
This was kinda funny:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2014/01/03/ruth-marcus-and-david-brooks-smoke-pot-a-play-in-one-act/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
^^ world needed these insights
― Hungry4Sassafrass (Aimless), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
david brooks reminds me of that quote from good morning america: "You are in more dire need of a blow job than any white man in history"
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
A basic rule of happiness is don’t buy things; buy experiences.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
this might be the paradigmatic Brooks column
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
did anything prompt this column? did dave leave the house or something?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
he left his Manhattan penethouse, crossed the street, entered boutique hotel lobby, ordered gimlet.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
Consumers have been educated by the market and now the median level of cultural competence is much higher.
well thank god
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
freedom to make mistakes as a young person is probably one of the biggest and most underrated advantages of being affluent in this country (or, conversely, lack of freedom to do so is one of the biggest setbacks of being poor in this country).
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
good morning america's gotten pretty racy lately
― Panaïs Pnin (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
good morning america: the xxx parody!
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
LOLLLLLLLL
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
whoops
(vietnam, obvs)
cf. "highest pleasures" "deeper sources of happiness"
― jmm, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
flashbacks xp
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
Brooks was a former marijuana smoker, but quit after a traumatic event during English class. [42]
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Saturday, 11 January 2014 02:51 (ten years ago) link
#livelikesteve
― ★feminist parties i have attended (amateurist), Saturday, 11 January 2014 03:35 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/opinion/brooks-the-inequality-problem.html?ref=davidbrooks&_r=2
Asshole
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 17 January 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
David Brooks columns are just like blah blah blah to me at this point
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 January 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
"hi i'm david brooks and i've thought a lot about poverty in the last couple of hours"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 January 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
Like as soon as someone says "because of the 'Superstar Effect'" is when I start stuffing them into the trunk of my car while they are still talking
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 January 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
"look, it's just the way things are"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 January 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link