If I want

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Ophelia Benson

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Jeff Mason of Reuters:

“I could jump over the garage if I want. I could beat you up if I want. I could go into the bank and take all their money if I want. I could…I could…I could eat all the chocolate in the world if I want.”

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7 responses to “If I want”

  1. Acolyte of Sagan Avatar
    Acolyte of Sagan

    I love this from J.K. Rowling;

    .K. Rowling

    ✔

    @jk_rowling

    I do’nt care what Kids at School call me because they are all Disgusting Fake Losers and my Real Friends go to a diffrent Scool you haven’t heard of and they think Im the Coolest and Smartest and we go to parties and I don’t have to tell you there Names for this to be True.

    2:10 PM – Aug 19, 2018

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  2. Dave Ricks Avatar
    Dave Ricks

    Now I see, Rowling works in terms of characters, which is different than “medicalizing” the discussion with psychological terms. And now I see, the actor Michael Shannon gets his rants from working in terms of characters. Playboy published his latest rant this week:

    PLAYBOY: There’s no part of you that would want to play Donald Trump?

    SHANNON: No.

    PLAYBOY: Just to get inside his head? You talked about being fascinated with bad men who are suffering.

    SHANNON: How do you mean? How is he suffering?

    PLAYBOY: Don’t you think Trump struggles with demons?

    SHANNON: He’s having blast! Are you fucking kidding me? That guy is having so much fun.

    PLAYBOY: And there’s no self-doubt or fear?

    SHANNON: He’s having the time of his fucking life. He doesn’t even have to work. All the hard work that most people have to do to get to be president of the United States, he just skipped all that. The fucking guy doesn’t even know what’s in the Constitution. He doesn’t have any grasp of history or politics or law or anything. He’s just blindfolded, throwing darts at the side of a bus.

    PLAYBOY: So Trump is where your capacity for empathy ends?

    SHANNON: What is there to be empathetic toward?

    PLAYBOY: What do you think is going through his head at four A.M. as he’s lying in bed and staring at the ceiling?

    SHANNON: He’s probably thinking, I want some fucking pussy. I don’t know. I’m not going to remotely contemplate the notation that Trump is capable of deep reflection.

    PLAYBOY: In any form?

    SHANNON: In any form! It doesn’t happen. Fuck that guy. When he’s alone with his thoughts, he’s not capable of anything more complex than “I want some pussy and a cheeseburger. Maybe my wife will blow me if I tell her she’s pretty.”

  3. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    ExACTly.

  4. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Pun Police: Ms Benson, please step away from the keyboard and come with us. You’ve been warned before about this behaviour.

  5. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    Oops. I didn’t intend the pun (because that would be really lame), it was just emphasis.

  6. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Oops. Am I the lame one?

  7. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    Hahaha nah, I’ll let you off this time.

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