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...apathy” in bold, the sign language at the bottom, and the mention of Camus and “Office Space” in the reviewer’s quote are enough to capture any mild cynic’s interest. There are probably many pseudo-intellectuals out there making this their manifesto. Your witty friends would eat this...
...Thomas sees the suicide-bomber mentality as a form of “psychosis” that defies explanation. Thomas cannot be blamed for failing to rationalize the kamikaze pseudo-tradition—six decades later and now facing a new brand of kamikazes, we’re still at a loss for words...
...onslaught of commercial attention and the bequeathing of pseudo-celebrity status are all too familiar to those who have penned Harvard-centric books in East Asian countries. Though these books tout success stories, for some, Harvard may remain an elusive—but all-consuming—goal...
...crisis, as chairwoman of that committee. As to why there are still skeptics--there are people who believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona. Another reason is that some of the largest polluters are still putting millions of dollars a year to hire pseudo scientists to confuse people into thinking that this crisis isn't real...
...weighs down the album. And by “weighs down,” I mean “sinks.” What makes it all worse is that Dre doesn’t even appear on the album. He takes us out of that pseudo-fantasy escapist hip-hop world where you believe everything the rapper says—he’s the greatest, he gets all the hoes, he drives a Bentley, and so on—and brings us back into the real world, where rappers are just as petty and insecure as the rest...