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Slavoj Žižek on how toilets embody ideology

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    countchocula
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    That was pretty damn funny, i enjoy some good zizek but the dude's gotta cut back on the cocaine. Ive only read First As Tragedy, Then As Farce but it has had such a positive impact on my own...

    That was pretty damn funny, i enjoy some good zizek but the dude's gotta cut back on the cocaine. Ive only read First As Tragedy, Then As Farce but it has had such a positive impact on my own consciousness in our modern world of brands and all that it begs the question: why havent i listened to more of his rants around this anal fixation?

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      ignorabimus
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      Not sure if it's cocaine. To be honest I find Žižek incomprehensible in any medium except on video so I've never read any of his stuff (despite a few tries). He's very funny when he speaks though...

      Not sure if it's cocaine. To be honest I find Žižek incomprehensible in any medium except on video so I've never read any of his stuff (despite a few tries). He's very funny when he speaks though (even if some of the joke is on him).

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      1. lemonworld
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        According to him, it's nervous tics... not cocaine.

        According to him, it's nervous tics... not cocaine.

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  2. primarily
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    He's right though. Think about the super toilets in Japan that flush half way through, play white noise, and then sing to you, stored in a seperate bathroom. It's not dissimilar to the custom of...

    He's right though. Think about the super toilets in Japan that flush half way through, play white noise, and then sing to you, stored in a seperate bathroom. It's not dissimilar to the custom of hiding money in envelopes, etc., and other elements of historical modesty that all live in a world of ever increasing technology.

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