“At some level, we actually share the attitudes of that rioting [British] underclass: that the purpose of life is to own cellphones and widescreen TVs; to ‘get laid’ and pursue other creature pleasures. We reject authority. We only lack the ebullience of the hoodies.”
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
“At some level, we actually share the attitudes of that rioting [British] underclass: that the purpose of life is to own cellphones and widescreen TVs; to ‘get laid’ and pursue other creature pleasures. We reject authority. We only lack the ebullience of the hoodies.”