One weird trick to frustrate the hell out of a Marxist bro

November 4, 2016 9:40 AM

"He moved through the stages that everyone moves through when they have fallen prey to the Žižek Maneuver: disbelief, defiance, and finally, dizzy irritation. Maybe even a bit of actual anger. I could see that he thought I might be messing with him, but he could not prove it. He gave up on me shortly afterwards, and ignored me for the rest of the night. Later I saw him talking to his friends and pointing at me. I imagined what he was saying: 'That girl over there, she doesn’t even know who Žižek is. ŽIŽEK.' I smiled at him and waved... This is the Žižek game, and I am going to teach you how to play it." Rosa Lyster for The Hairpin: "The Best Time I Pretended I Hadn’t Heard of Slavoj Žižek."
posted by koeselitz (9 comments total)

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posted by koeselitz at 9:41 AM on November 4, 2016 [1 favorite]

Hahaha, this is awesome.
posted by My Dad at 9:44 AM on November 4, 2016

Who?
posted by drezdn at 9:51 AM on November 4, 2016 [1 favorite]

Double.
posted by strangely stunted trees at 9:51 AM on November 4, 2016 [1 favorite]

Hilarious essay but double, unfortunately.
posted by griphus at 9:52 AM on November 4, 2016 [1 favorite]

Him?
posted by tobascodagama at 9:52 AM on November 4, 2016 [1 favorite]

Very funny, but probably unfair to play with graduate students.
posted by sfred at 9:53 AM on November 4, 2016

I genuinely don't know who or what Morrissey is.
posted by casarkos at 9:53 AM on November 4, 2016

What's a double?
posted by mayonnaises at 9:55 AM on November 4, 2016 [1 favorite]