you know, for once, it'd be nice to see a parody of existentialism that doesn't miss the point altogether (and i'm not sure how he's characterizing the statement about artistic integrity as randian except by wording it in a bizarre way, although i'll admit i ran into a few people at occupy that tried to merge worker politics with support for ron paul - and were promptly made fun of).

see, it doesn't matter if he gets through college and gets a higher paying job or if he takes the job as an office temp (although reality is that he'll be lucky if his college diploma gets him a paying job in an office, that's where mom's social standing plays a role). whether he's making $50/hr or $10/hr, his life will still lack meaning. he'll still be forced into employment he has no interest in. the point is that the effort and the social standing that comes with it doesn't make a difference in an individual's happiness.

nor is the doctor's ferrari anything more than a temporary alleviation of the deep emptiness that defines his existence.

it would be easier if more people realized all of this, as building a movement to create a system that provides meaning would actually become possible. alas, we're instead persistently driven into the false promises of illusory happiness that consumer culture provides for us.

now, if you'll excuse me, i am going to ponderously play a single chord on an out of tune guitar for an hour as i meditate on the purposelessness of capitalism.

i've just unblocked about ten thousand people, which apparently required a lot of ram. i don't know what google was doing in the background, but it's clearly calculating something.

i will no doubt have another ten to twenty thousand people in my blocklist by the end of the year (those fedora idiots will be reblocked on immediate contact), but i always clear all my blocklists at the beginning of the year because, hey, it's a new year. maybe the idiots of the world have grown slightly. without that kind of optimism, there's just no use...

but, have no illusions: i am not all of a sudden less likely to block. it's just my yearly pardoning.