Sed Non Satiata

There was a chill wind blowing that night. It kind of caught you off guard as you turned a corner or crossed a road. As long as you stayed close to a wall you didn’t notice it so much and the evening almost seemed mild. But the evening was deceptive. One minute you’d be fine, walking along, watching the show around you, watching mini-dramas play out, then the wind would catch you. It would stroke your skin and ruffle your hair. It would make you shiver and turn your collar up. It would blow other people out of your mind. The wind would throw cold water in your face and you would stop and look at your reflection in a window. You would look at yourself as Christmas decorations blinked on and off. You would stand there and look at your face and feel cold and alive.

Your Life Has Timed Out Due To Inactivity

It was a mild, clear day. I was walking my mind in the local park. A light wind blew dead leaves off the trees. Gravel crunched under foot.
They were sitting opposite each other.
One had dusty clothes and scraggly hair. The other wore an oversize jacket and had a nervous twitch.
I stopped next to them. One of them smelled. I watched them.
They didn’t care. They were too engrossed.
They played fast. I had a hard time keeping up.
They exchanged piece after piece, hitting the little clock after each move.
They were engrossed. Here they could forget it for a while, keep reality at bay. Here things were black and white. Here things weren’t confused in different shades of grey.
One saw that his king was trapped and resigned. They set up the pieces to play again.
Here it was binary, win or lose. And if you lost, you just played again.
I watched them play and forgot it for a while too.

Public Opinion Doesn't Exist

Bourdieu said that public opinion doesn't exist.
His point was that it is a created phenomenon. Opinion polls produce an answer to a question created by the agency which asks it, it's not an answer to a question which individuals ask themselves.
And if it is created then it is manipulated, it is not genuine and so it lacks validity.
It's a convincing point, don't you think?
But if you agree or disagree, haven't you just been manipulated by the argument and question? In which case, the answer lacks validity.
So how can we get a public opinion on whether public opinion exists or not?
Thinking about it, who gives two shits about public opinion.