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kleinbl00  ·  2464 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Probably the best terribly self-indulgent interview you'll read this week

"I entered Terminal 5 with my Tumi in tow" is a rap lyric out of something involving polo shirts, BMW SUVs and varietal yogurt. It's such a starkly materialist, logo-centric way of viewing the world that of course his life is defined by brand rather than function.





user-inactivated  ·  2464 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    It's such a starkly materialist, logo-centric way of viewing the world that of course his life is defined by brand rather than function.

Man, that hyphen is doing a lot of work. It took a couple of reads for me to stop being confused.

kleinbl00  ·  2464 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is because you are overeducated to a fault.