{"id":4911,"date":"2026-03-16T15:33:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:43:42","slug":"good-bye-harajuku-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/2026\/03\/16\/good-bye-harajuku-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Good-Bye Harajuku Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"block-107db1d1-8780-4a37-a0b8-7fadb38c2ad2\">PR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAttention is the fundamental event. It is a tube that directs sunlight on some part of your inner garden, and not others. It is how you cultivate yourself. You are what you attend to. There is nothing more serious.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cThere is a war going on, for control of your mind. The only losers in this war are people who think the war is an exaggeration.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cIf you could drain out of your head all the information that had entered through an LCD screen, what would be left? Like ten per-cent. You\u2019d be like a child. You would prolly even get put in a mental institution. And now, how much of that video experience is security-cam footage? Almost none. It\u2019s all been carefully crafted for your consumption.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cYou don\u2019t sell your car by talking about your car. You show pictures of a beautiful woman standing near your car. And you don\u2019t sell facts by talking about facts.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cI\u2019m only saying that beliefs are based on narratives, and a fact is not a narrative.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cYeah, you know, when scientists were publishing facts about global warming, oil companies were crafting narratives. Look at the planet now. That might have been the last mistake scientists will ever make.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"block-404a6aeb-3f89-425d-8040-2e4011eec1a1\">Love<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-16912263-6aa0-4d8c-8521-efafbfb9de7b\"><li>\u201cAh, I love you boys! Seriously. Tonight, okay?&#8221;<br><\/li><li>\u201cWhen a beautiful woman kisses you, that\u2019s her power. When I kiss, that\u2019s my weakness.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cWhy did Arlin call you a sex pet?\u201d<br>\u201cPets don\u2019t bite back, I guess.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cThere is no such thing as a stray doll.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cI feel that the universe likes me, and that it touches me with your presence.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cIn a post-civilization world, love is a pointless luxury. People can live without love, but not without the hope of loving.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"block-7cf15683-33d1-4c17-a871-79e4fcf83618\">Speed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If it were possible to sleep during a speed high, you\u2019d dream of Tokyo.<br><\/li><li>\u201cAnorexia does not ruin your appetite. Methylphenethylamine does. Withdrawal from anorexia means you\u2019re eating. Withdrawal from methylphenethylamine means you\u2019re not. I have a problem, but it\u2019s not anorexia.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cI can feel it now. It\u2019s starting.&nbsp; I like it that you know what\u2019s happening to me. I like the way you look at me. I like it that you like it.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cIf you get on the train to Z\u00fcrich, you\u2019re going to Z\u00fcrich. Even if you were confused or mistaken or misled. There is no such thing as a false trip.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cSome people complain about the withdrawal, but I love it. You &#8230;. don\u2019t care because you\u2019re too tired to care.&nbsp; You have this total zen perspective on everything.&nbsp; It\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"block-ce774e3c-ed55-4900-8255-d5d2ee1e1887\">YouTube<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>&#8220;So what do you do? YouTuber?\u201d<br>\u201cThat\u2019s like calling yourself a prostitute because you have sex. You have to get paid to be a prostitute.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cLook, Google runs YouTube the way England ran orphanages. No one blames the orphans any more. It\u2019s mean.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Capitalism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cSomething must break. Either capitalism or civilization. And capitalism won\u2019t give up as easily as civilization.\u201d<br><\/li><li>\u201cIf you are watching this in a bunker or a spaceship, we\u2019re so sorry. We tried everything we could to turn things around. But no cure was as profitable as the sickness.\u201d<br><\/li><li>Democracy has been mankind\u2019s finest achievement. We have finally succeeded in making the choices of foolish people equal to those of everyone else. 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