tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657450053451704408.post2342135202647519818..comments2023-09-29T22:23:11.739+10:00Comments on ANYTHING BUT HUMAN: Will the last individual please turn off the lights.Julie Joy Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01494942281316667133noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657450053451704408.post-1689119974704233322010-12-31T15:28:00.834+11:002010-12-31T15:28:00.834+11:00I believe that 'stroking' has replaced soc...I believe that 'stroking' has replaced social grooming. Stroking being a form of recognition that we all need in order to survive as individuals subsumed into consumerist society, which reduces us to mere code on our credit cards. Even negative stroking ~ unwanted and mean spirited criticism, is better than no stroking at all. Claude Steiner who coined the term 'stroking economy' advocated we should stroke ourselves regularly. And this has more to do with affirmation than masturbation. <br />The million throng who gather tonight along the Yarra River ~ just mass ornamentation ~ an obscure carpet of color underneath the spectacle of pyrotechnics. Yes, let the last individual turn off the lights!Julie Joy Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494942281316667133noreply@blogger.com