Comments on: What Tyler Durden’s Philosophy Teaches Us About Travel

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:09:12 +0000

ROFL–well mocked, Sir. Well mocked.

By: The only person who gets Fight Club

The only person who gets Fight Club — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:07:52 +0000

Jesus Christ, where to start? Did anybody watch Fight Club? If you did, then don’t be surprised when Tyler smacks you in the back of the head or punches you in the gut. Whoever wrote this article just found some mediocre at best excuse to tie-in some Fight Club references to something Tyler would never do… Travel. Did you all forget that Tyler is a sociopath and the Narrator says something like”I wanted smother those French beaches I’ve never been in with oil” and “I wanted to destroy something beautiful”. On top of that, do you really think you need to fucking travel to find fulfillness in your life? If you scaled Mt. Everest crawling for all I care, do you think you’ll just come back home a completely redefined person? No! Your just gonna go back to your 9-5 or salary job amd quickly burn away the little bit of life you have left. Traveling to different parts of the world isn’t going to make your life any better either. All traveling is is something society wants you to think is crucial to your happiness so you could turn the big hamster wheel that is the economy. If your wealthy, good for you. Go on and whisk away your life doing something you think is vital to your being. I say, Fuck off with your travelocity tickets, Hilton hotel suites, and Enterprise rent-a-car. Just flame me at jjimenez1230@yahoo.com because if you even bother ranting on me on this website, 100% chance I’ll never read it. But don’t let that stop you from getting the satisfaction of looking so ballsy on front of all these courteous strangers…

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By: Hostels Valencia

Hostels Valencia — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:25:38 +0000

that was a great post!!
thank you very much juliane, it really move something inside, makes me think a lot all what you just said
thanks again

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:00:41 +0000

Stop consuming travel!
According to a great sufi writer traditionally there are two reason to travel :
1 war
2 pilgrimage
Tourism is the first one, usually. Consuming, getting everything out of the situation, eating up excitement, the locals, the place. That's not freedom, just an other way of consuming. Don't fool yourself
You can be a pilgrim still. Be a witness. Be friends with the locals. Be their guest, and act like you are equal with them. Imagine, would you do the same, if they come to visit you?
Freedom is not running away!

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By: JULIANE

JULIANE — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:07:58 +0000

Thanks Andrea

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By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:33:14 +0000

This was beautifully written and so everything that I believe about travel and the beauty of the vulnerability of being in an explored place. This connection with the ideas in Fight Club is something I wouldn't have expected, but I LOVE it. I'll be printing this out and keeping it near my bedside. This is something great to read and re-read to remind myself how I want to live.

Thank you for this, it was great!

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By: DHarbecke

DHarbecke — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:30:37 +0000

So – if you define yourself by the things you need, were you your parents' house prior to moving out?

If you compare the two cases, you can boil it down into "I am my sheltered outlook," and you might be making some progress here. Best of luck to you!

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By: DHarbecke

DHarbecke — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:22:51 +0000

Can I have your plane ticket?

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By: Travel is Wasteful

Travel is Wasteful — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:42:42 +0000

Except for foot or bicycle travel, most traveling is wasteful and selfish as it contributes to greenhouse gases being poured into the atmosphere just so you can see some other place, you selfish bastards. I feel that unless you are using pretty much no fossil fuels (I am not against nomadic lifestyle, just burning carbon to get there), you are not really making the world a better place to be. I also feel that it is a spiritual ideal to be able to be content wherever one is, and not look outside oneself for a constant source of entertainment in the form of traveling or whatever, although I understand human nature is curious. I would just like people to start to think locally, and think twice before traveling. Do you really need to travel? We do it for our cars, to cut down reliance. I think it is incredibly wasteful just to travel for your own self-interest.

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By: The Arabic Student

The Arabic Student — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:19:05 +0000

I used to subscribe to this Fight Club way of thinking, but since then I've had to move out of my parents house and get a job and I've realized that you pretty much are your money and you are your job.

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