The wild boys
by William S. Burroughs · first published 1971
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I reread Burroughs when I get like that. From Wild Boys, in the chapter "Dead Child": I held out my hands no more power left in them head against a tree it was cold on my eyes moon that night solid I could touch almost couldn't get the leg was broken and…
on “U.S. alcohol-related deaths have doubled, study says” ↗Well, some of the stuff that people do to make a point about discrimination and harassment is expressly done "with the intent to disturb people". I pulled my example from William Burroughs' Wild Boys. But some of the costumes in gay pride marches come pretty damn close. And hey, it's all good fun. But people need to play safe, avoiding needless risk.
on “Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say” ↗…https://www.amazon.com/Indian-Galvanized-Fire-Smith-5-Gallon... ... filled with lighter fluid, plus one of these ... https://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Lighters-bernzomatic-flexibl... ... and some duct tape. Got that from William S. Burroughs' The Wild Boys.
on “Boring Flamethrower” ↗Voluptuous Panic had a section on "Wild-Boys", hypersexual BDSM-style roving gangs of teenagers. This and other characteristics of "Weimar degeneracy" were often discussed on 4chan's /pol/, by white nationalists who often came there to spread their…
on “The German Experiment That Placed Foster Children with Pedophiles” ↗