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Nature's pleasure

1 Jul 2009 @ 21:17

Rant by Jack Charles Adams [jack]

Anybody who frequents London during the week will no doubt be familiar with The London Lite and The London Paper - indeed, anybody who has ever been to London on a weekday will no doubt have been inundated with them at one point, such is the vociferousness with which they're thrusted upon you from all angles. Like with any free newspaper in a major city, these papers' sole sustenance comes in the form of on-page advertising - inordinate quantities at that, splashed around the actual "content" (big images and mostly fabricated, slightly libellous stories about celebrities)... - [read more]

Consumerism / General-Culture

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Bono hates you

8 Apr 2009 @ 14:27

Rant by Jack Charles Adams [jack]

So my little sister turns 17 tomorrow. Have I got her a present? No. Has she told me what she wanted? Yes.

I know it seems I'm already establishing myself as a bit of an arse having not got her anything - and I know the good in you might be thinking "well, maybe she's being unreasonable, and has asked for something ridiculously expensive and/or rare?"

Well, she hasn't. Not in theory, anyway. Not in monetary terms. She's asking for my pride - for me to swallow it, shit it out and then flush it away.... - [read more]

Consumerism / General-Culture

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