problems being friends with insane people

Ennui — A. @ 2:04 pm

In such a world, what we have is not communication, but contamination of a viral type; everything spreads from one person to another in an immediate fashion. The term ‘promiscuity’ describes the same process: things are there immediately, without distance and without charm. And without genuine pleasure.

–Jean Barudrillard, Passwords

Genuine pleasure. Now that was what I was missing.

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