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The Paradox of Minimalism may be summed up in one sentence:
"If less is more, how little is too much?"
There are NIL Google results for that phrase, a quotation now attributable to Possom Cohen, New Zealand.
Time becomes more valuable as one ages. This is a classic example of the Paradox of Minimalism.
The Paradox of Minimalism is related to the passage of time and to The Holiday Paradox.
Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up with Age?
July 1, 2016
Scientific American
Bonnie Raitt addressed the passage of time and the Paradox of Minimalism in her song "Nick Of Time."
Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
"I see my folks are getting on
And I watch their bodies change
I know they see the same in me
And it makes us both feel strange
No matter how you tell yourself
It's what we all go through
Those lines are pretty hard to take
When they're staring back at you
Oh Oh Oh, scared you'll run out of time
When did the choices get so hard
With so much more at stake
Life gets mighty precious
When there's less of it to wa-a-a-aste
Mmm-m-m-m-m-m
Mmmmmmm, scared you'll run out of time"
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There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.â
â Woody Allen, Annie Hall: Screenplay
The Paradox of Minimalism is epitomized in the opening sentence of this 2016 New York Times article:
"It has become an ostentatious ritual of consumerist self-sacrifice; people who have it all now seem to prefer having nothing at all."
The Oppressive Gospel of âMinimalismâ
By Kyle Chayka
July 26, 2016
NYTimes
The Paradox of Minimalism also describes some very rich people giving away most of their material possessions.
âThe richer you are, the less you have.â
Another ironic example of the Paradox of Minimalism is the recent KonMari decluttering craze:
konmari.com
Yeah right is a sarcastic phrase, two positive words, when combined, equal a negative.
In NZ, in the 1990s, the Kiwi beer Tui adopted and adapted the phrase âyeah rightâ for a billboard campaign that poked fun at all aspects of culture, sex, romance, life and geopolitics.
âYeah Rightâ became a New Zealand pop culture catchphrase and integral cornerstone of New Zealand spoken and written English. Yeah right has extensive coverage in the NZ press and went global on Youtube as the Internet expanded.
Not all guys think like that - Yeah right.
Australians donât have a silly accent - Yeah right.
U.S. Intelligence - Yeah right.
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N'est-ce fucking pas is a combination of the commonly used French phrase N'est-ce pas (that means "isn't that so?") and the universal word "fucking", often used as an imperative to signal intensity of anger, happiness, rage, greed, lust, ... anything pertaining to the life.
"N'est-ce fucking pas" means: isn't that fucking right?
The Covid-19 pandemic is a global disaster, n'est-ce fucking pas?
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BCP + ACP
Two acronyms that demarcate the world before and after the arrival of the coronavirus
BCP + ACP
Before Coronavirus Pandemic
After Coronavirus Pandemic
Similar in structure to
B.C. and A.D.
Before Christ
After Death of Christâ¦
BCP + ACP
"When were you born?"
"21 BCP"
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"When did you get married?"
" 7 ACP"
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N'est-ce pas is commonly used French phrase that means "isn't that so?"
The literal translation from French to English is: is it not?
It is generally used at the end of a sentence, to punctuate validity of the statement or an alternative to saying "right?"
New Zealand is one of the most beautiful countries on Earth, n'est-ce pas?
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2023: Trump is again the GOP Frontrunner, confirming the enduring power of MAGA (Morons Aren't Going Away).
This MAGA phenomenon is consistent with The laws of stupidity according to economist Carlo M. Cipolla:
qz.com/967554/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupidity.
This definition of MAGA was created by WW on The Left Coast, July 18, 2023
PPAF - Primary Producers Are Fucked
Poor Farmers (Primary Producers)
If it is not the weatherâ¦. It is:
NZ Government Regulation
Foreign Duties
Exchange Rates
Nasty Rip-Off Australian Banks (the Big 4 make astounding profits in NZ)
Expensive Labour Costs
Local Council Insanity
Environmental Imperialism
Insanely Expensive Legal + Accounting Fees
Home | MPI - Ministry for Primary Industries. A New Zealand Government Department
Inland Revenue - Te Tari Taake
worksafe.govt.nz
Australian-owned two super market chains that dominate the NZ retail industryâ¦
and collude to drive down the prices of primary products (meat and vegetables) paid to producers while charging some of the highest retail prices in the developed world.
fonterra.com
Department of Conservation
doc.govt.nz
The list could go onâ¦..
PPAF - Primary Producers Are Fucked
Poor farmers.... again whacked by severe drought.
South Island farmers forced to sell stock, let crops die in drought | Newshub
www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/03/south-island-farmers-forced-to-sell-stock-let-crops-die-in-drought.html
PPAF - Primary Producers Are Fucked