Brexit Thread IV - Negotiations begin (and we're all screwed)

Why all the anger towards de Botton?

He’s a fucking spanner?

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Meh, I don’t especially like him. Tries too hard to be profound. His twitter feed is just a constant stream of vacuous soundbites to this end.

Suppose we’ll give him Status Anxiety but that was, what, 15 years ago now?

I mean come on state of this

https://twitter.com/alaindebotton/status/877777277517520896

Alain de Botton Quote:

@discobot quote

:left_speech_bubble: Excellence can be obtained if you care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible.

Beautiful.

Hi! To find out what I can do, say @discobot display help.

Remember when de Botton had google alerts set up for his name and used to read threads on DiS that were about him, and then tweet about it?

No.

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Probably before your time.

His wikipedia no longer describes him as a Philosopher: Alain de Botton - Wikipedia

Don’t patronise me, gramps.

Can’t believe Marckee is on here manspAlaining again.

That was _yes, on the old forums.

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I don’t remember this either.

The guy is horrendous, though. The racism and colonialism displayed in this is staggering

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journalists referring to this as a divorce irks me

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