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Curious George and the case of the unconscious culture

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A tale of the modern world. It was my son’s third birthday party, which was Curious George themed. That meant a huge Curious George decal on the wall, some yellow-and-red balloons, along with Curious George toys and books for presents. And of course, there were little party favors for the kids to take home. Into which we had planned to put Curious George stickers from a set we had ordered on Amazon. Making the party favors the night before, my wife, with an appropriately curious look on her face, called me over while distributing the stickers. “I can’t explain it, you just have to see it.” Reader, this is what I saw. At first, I had a laughing fit. Not only were many of them hilarious, imagine if we had actually handed them out! We’d have been the talk of the town, forever the people who gave “Bi-curious George and the closet” stickers to toddlers. Who, I wonder, would have gotten assault-rifle George? Little Lilly? Perhaps, one might speculate, the stickers were hard for the company t

Curious George and the case of the unconscious culture Modern life is draining of consciousness Erik Hoel Sep 04, 2024 433 66 46 Share Art for The Intrinsic Perspective is by Alexander Naughton A tale of the modern world. It was my son’s third birthday party, which was Curious George themed. That meant a huge Curious George decal on the wall, some yellow-and-red balloons, along with Curious George toys and books for presents. And of course, there were little party favors for the kids to take home. Into which we had planned to put Curious George stickers from a set we had ordered on Amazon. Mak

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