There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and...

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and...

We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary...

We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary...

Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end...

Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end...

Purchased experiences don't count.

Purchased experiences don't count.

In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend...

Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you...

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you...

Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.

Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.

It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't...

It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't...

If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope...

If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope...

If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you?

If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you?

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about...

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...