Comments on: George Orwell, spilling the beans http://trilema.com/2014/george-orwell-spilling-the-beans/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 21:25:08 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Terminal Pantsuit Discourse: No, There is No "We" In "Si se puede" « Bingology - BingoBoingo's Blog http://trilema.com/2014/george-orwell-spilling-the-beans/#comment-127502 Terminal Pantsuit Discourse: No, There is No "We" In "Si se puede" « Bingology - BingoBoingo's Blog Thu, 24 Jan 2019 03:17:10 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=58776#comment-127502 [...] Yet, at a time when another color revolution is going on and and Iraq style "humanitarian intervention" is in the works... they can't stop writing about the kid and putting his headlines above actual developing news. Instead they wring every ounce of emotional response out of the kid's smirk because they have to try their damnest to drown out reality with concern over form. [...] [...] Yet, at a time when another color revolution is going on and and Iraq style "humanitarian intervention" is in the works... they can't stop writing about the kid and putting his headlines above actual developing news. Instead they wring every ounce of emotional response out of the kid's smirk because they have to try their damnest to drown out reality with concern over form. [...]

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/george-orwell-spilling-the-beans/#comment-110758 Mircea Popescu Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:46:32 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=58776#comment-110758 Maybe blindfolds are depicted as being black for the same reason ninjas are depicted as wearing black - the convention that black is invisible to the cast. Maybe blindfolds are depicted as being black for the same reason ninjas are depicted as wearing black - the convention that black is invisible to the cast.

]]> By: pletzalcoatl http://trilema.com/2014/george-orwell-spilling-the-beans/#comment-110752 pletzalcoatl Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:57:11 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=58776#comment-110752 "Because for as long as your preoccupations are whether to vote red or blue, you are quite unlikely to go there by yourself and hang the whole lot. You might do it once you see me start, which is why all socialists are so terrified of actual people, but otherwise, for as long as you can be kept idly debating sterile nonissues the spiral of doom can continue unabated, towards ever lower living standards presented as ever greater virtual achievements." Why are blindfolds always depicted as being black? You can only see their true colors when you're not wearing one. Your third footnote is a splendid PSA...if only the P could digest it. Or moreover, merit the S. "Because for as long as your preoccupations are whether to vote red or blue, you are quite unlikely to go there by yourself and hang the whole lot. You might do it once you see me start, which is why all socialists are so terrified of actual people, but otherwise, for as long as you can be kept idly debating sterile nonissues the spiral of doom can continue unabated, towards ever lower living standards presented as ever greater virtual achievements."

Why are blindfolds always depicted as being black?

You can only see their true colors when you're not wearing one.

Your third footnote is a splendid PSA...if only the P could digest it. Or moreover, merit the S.

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