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When will this guy stop with his profligate, absurd activities?
Finally, Schonberger positively compared the episode to the 2004 comedy film Napoleon Dynamite, writing, "Indeed, the whole pilot vaguely reminded me of Napoleon in the way that the characters just sort of lurk around and pour their limited energy into absurd activities".
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Making art is often seen as an absurd activity, and it often is, but I would argue the flow of this endless stream of stuff is no less absurd.
People are happy to subordinate their lives to getting and spending money if they are surrounded by other people doing the same thing -- or at least by others who don't find their activity absurd.
Equally, expecting them to generate rents from commercial activity to pay for subsidised activity is absurd.
It may sound absurd, but joining a new activity leaves you less free time to think about it.
The offer, though seemingly absurd, highlights the challenge of curtailing the activities of extremist groups, which increasingly use public service to boost their appeal.
For many people — particularly anyone over the age of 30 — the idea of describing your blow-by-blow activities in such detail is absurd.
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