“ We spend our lives learning many things, only to discover (again and again) that most of what we've learned is either wrong or irrelevant. A big part of our mind can handle this; a smaller, deeper par… Chuck Klosterman
“ People who are wrong during particularly important moments inevitably spend the rest of their lives trying to explain how their wrongness was paradoxically correct, or—at the very least—why their wron… Chuck Klosterman
“ If you stare long enough at anything, you will start to find similarities. The word coincidence exists in order to stop people from seeing meaning where none exists. Chuck Klosterman
“ His separation from the rest of society is beyond vast. But we are not working within the parameters of reality; we are working within the parameters of televised sport. And that’s a critical differen… Chuck Klosterman
“ Everything said about Gen Xers--both positive and negative--was completely true. Twenty-somethings in the nineties rejected the traditional working-class American lifestyle because (a) they were smart… Chuck Klosterman
“ By now, everyone I know is one of seven strangers, inevitably hoping to represent a predefined demographic and always failing horribly. The Read World is the real world is The Real World is the read w… Chuck Klosterman
“ But regardless of the direction you move, the central problem is still there: Why do it? What’s the best reason for exploding the parameters of reality? With the possible exception of eating a dinosau… Chuck Klosterman
“ And this is not a criticism of coolness: by and large, the musical component of rock isn’t nearly as important as the iconography and the posturing and the idea of what we’re supposed to be experienci… Chuck Klosterman
“ According to the director, Primer is a movie about the relationship between risk and trust. This is true. But it also makes a concrete point about the potential purpose of time travel—it’s too importa… Chuck Klosterman
“ The Eagles' song Take It Easy) is clearly a problem of a young man, as no one over thirty-five could sustain interest in seven simultaneous relationships unless they're biracial and amazing at golf. Chuck Klosterman
“ When deployed in rap vernacular, the word feels slightly anachronistic, particularly when prefaced by the adjective . It’s a little old-timey. But there simply wasn’t a word that better described N.W… Chuck Klosterman
“ When The Matrix debuted in 1999, it was a huge box-office success. It was also well received by critics, most of whom focused on one of two qualities—the technological (it mainstreamed the digital tec… Chuck Klosterman
“ We must start from the premise that—in all likelihood—we are already wrong. And not wrong in the sense that we are examining questions and coming to incorrect conclusions, because most of our conclusi… Chuck Klosterman
“ Twelve Monkeys makes a lot of references to the Cassandra complex (named for a Greek myth about a young woman’s inability to convince others that her prophetic warnings are accurate), but it’s mostly… Chuck Klosterman
“ The year you spent ‘killing yourself’to make me love you…I thought that was us being best friends. We had all those intimate conversations and you sent me all those long e-mails and we watched all tho… Chuck Klosterman
“ The only modern narrative that handles the conundrum semi-successfully is Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko, where schizophrenic heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal uses a portal to move back in time twelve days, t… Chuck Klosterman
“ So this, I suspect, is where we really begin: In any situation, the villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least. Chuck Klosterman
“ Q: Assume everything about your musical tastes was reversed overnight. Everything you once loved, you now hate; everything you once hated, you now love. For example, if your favorite band has always b… Chuck Klosterman
“ Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids take drugs and kill themselves. These things should be the least… Chuck Klosterman
