December 2011
“What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.”
—Sylvia Plath (via soulofawomanwascreatedbelow)
“People smoke, Dichter explained, because it is both a sign of virility and a legitimate excuse to interrupt the day for a moment of pleasure, “comparable to sucking at the nipples of a gigantic world breast”.”
—In America in the 1930s a Viennese psychologist named Ernest Dichter implored advertisers to explore consumers’ unconscious desires. His insights revolutionised marketing and brought sex to advertising. (via theeconomist)
Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)
Gotye
No you didn’t have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don’t need that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
-Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)-