"An elementary proof that I used all the time, but it's so vulgar that I like it. The empirical proof that we are not talking about horror but simple disgust. I warn you, it is disgusting but very innocent. Imagine, you all the time swallow your saliva ... no problem, ok ... do something: Take an empty glass and spit a lot of your saliva into it. The moment it's out, it becomes disgusting. A proof. Try to drink it again. I cannot. [...] But you see, it's purely structural. Rationally, you know, my god, seconds ago it was in my mouth. But the moment it's out ..."

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Slavoj Žižek. Different Figures of The Big Other.
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