OS POSITIVOS

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D.U.P.

In all my life, I have yet to hear of someone on their deathbed who says that they wish they would have put in longer hours at the factory or office, and I don’t think it’s too bold to state that the very concept of trading away the better part of your life — time that you can never get back — in exchange for money that you can’t take with you is an inherently raw deal regardless of income or occupation.
in "You Need A Job Like You Need A Hole In Your Head: Ryan Carey Reviews Max Huffman’s BIG DRINK" 15 maio 2020

Do sentido da vida com cómicos ao fundo, recordam-se? Excerto destinado a deprimir quem ainda não está no nosso comprimento de onda, mas enganam-se os que pensa que o sacámos de contra-lugares suspeitos, mesmo se o encontrámos entre os do costume: uma crítica a um comics, a provar-nos que estes são um bom meio para explorar "that tedium on an existential level":

a living death, if you will

You Need A Job Like You Need A Hole In Your Head. But seriously — how many academic studies are ever done in regard to quantifying and analyzing the lethargy, depression, and even suicide brought on by long-term employment?
in "You Need A Job Like You Need A Hole In Your Head: Ryan Carey Reviews Max Huffman’s BIG DRINK" 15 maio 2020

E assim chegados à nossa nota de hoje onde combinamos humores e depressivos. Mesmo sítio, publicado hoje, repetimos blurbs aos zines-em-missão...:

Zine culture has been entwined with autobiography since the desktop publishing revolution of the 90s. The intimacy of the minicomics object it’s appealing to those who want to share and explore who they are and what life means — a means of self-expression that’s low-stakes in terms of economics and publishing, but extremely high-stakes in terms of its possibility of sparking epiphanies and acting as a therapeutic outlet.
in "Minicomics & Autobiography: Intimacy, Vulnerability, and Identity" 21 maio 2020

...e erguemos brinde aos que já tiveram a sua epifania long-ago mas condenados contra-vontade ao compasso de espera. Senhores, agora como nos noventa,

A mini doesn’t have to tell your entire life story or even provide a sustained narrative: autobio can be a lifelong pursuit, a statement of identity, a way to explore mental health, or simply a way to engage the world.
in "Minicomics & Autobiography: Intimacy, Vulnerability, and Identity" 21 maio 2020

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