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Old 08-13-10, 07:53 PM   #1
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Default Toilets and ideology and cats

Internet hero Slavoj Žižek, the Slovenian continental philosopher and critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis:
German ideology - reflective, philosophical
French - revolutionary, dismissive
Anglo-American - intermediate, passive.

Slavoj Žižek’s lecture on German, French and Anglo-American toilets and ideology and cats:



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Old 08-13-10, 08:21 PM   #2
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I'm sorry I can't have an opinion on a person whose name I can't pronounce.


American Toilet
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Old 08-13-10, 09:30 PM   #3
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"...as soon as you flush the toilet, you're right in the middle of ideology."

Actually I think "ideology" typically enters the picture a few moments earlier, but that's just my opinion.
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Old 08-13-10, 10:21 PM   #4
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"...as soon as you flush the toilet, you're right in the middle of ideology."

Actually I think "ideology" typically enters the picture a few moments earlier, but that's just my opinion.
Did you know that toilets 'swirl' in different directions depending on which side of the (magnetic) equator your on...

Wheres your ideology now???
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Old 08-13-10, 10:28 PM   #5
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Did you know that toilets 'swirl' in different directions depending on which side of the (magnetic) equator your on...

Wheres your ideology now???
*pssh* That's just bassackwards.
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Old 08-14-10, 12:21 AM   #6
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*pssh* That's just bassackwards.
I'm getting tired of you people harping on bass players!

Wait, it means what?

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"...as soon as you flush the toilet, you're right in the middle of ideology."

Actually I think "ideology" typically enters the picture a few moments earlier, but that's just my opinion.
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Did you know that toilets 'swirl' in different directions depending on which side of the (magnetic) equator your on...

Wheres your ideology now???
In a swirl?
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I'm getting tired of you people harping on bass players!

Wait, it means what?

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Y'know, a band would not be the same without a bass player.
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Y'know, a band would not be the same without a bass player.
Even a bassackwards one?

(I'm sure Frau Kaleun will find that question redundant.)
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Old 08-14-10, 01:46 PM   #10
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Even a bassackwards one?

(I'm sure Frau Kaleun will find that question redundant.)
Could be worse, it's not like you're the drummer.
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Could be worse, it's not like you're the drummer.
Are you really sure?

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Could be worse, it's not like you're the drummer.
Hey now!
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Did you know that toilets 'swirl' in different directions depending on which side of the (magnetic) equator your on...

Wheres your ideology now???
Did you know that's a myth? There was a thread on it not long ago.
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