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_refugee_  ·  2264 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Probably the best terribly self-indulgent interview you'll read this week

uhm, wow.

    I looked down at the small section of my life situated at that airport dining table: my new Nike Air Max sneakers, my cashmere swacket (that’s 50% jacket, 50% sweater, 100% cozy), my almost-too-soft-to-be-taken-outside leather duffel bag, and my iPhone.

Like how can you type that and not ... feel ... something about yourself. something seriously short of oxygen and rarified





kleinbl00  ·  2264 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"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  ·  2264 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  ·  2263 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is because you are overeducated to a fault.

_refugee_  ·  2264 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"I looked down at the small portion of my money stacked on that airport table, and for this article, I figured I'd count it. I felt it defined me, and in order to share that definition, my audience needed to know how big exactly it was."

    As Jony posed for our cover shot against a scrim, the photographer, a friend of his, made a few jokes. Jony laughed. Not because he had to, but because he thought they were funny.

    This story has been edited and expanded for the web.

jesus what a bad decision