on Google Ngram ViewerCapitalism gave people time to be bored and then net-borne infantilism came along and cured them. Lots of problems with that–ennui, the lack of a particular signifier doesn’t mean the signified didn’t exist, the decline starting before the web takes off, etc etc–but it’s a nice idea. Does anyone still go to bars because they can’t think of what to do?
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Edward Gibbon va escriure (ca 1775) sobre els exèrcits d’Agricola a Escòcia que Els amos dels climes els més bells i rics - Christmas dinner in church
I know where I should be grazing this Christmas, thanks to the Archbishop of York: We are so lucky in this country - Dear me, yet another evil car driver!
Den mailed to point out a site run by a Barcelona taxi driver, Francisco Dugo aka Taxi Tupi, with a webcam
I can rarely think of what to do so it’s bound to be a reason for doing something from time to time.
Numbers suggest that this post did not ring a bell on Easter weekend.