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Whereas the opposite is true with language. Though I guess that is because language offers more options for communicating nuance, allowing for variability, not being restricted to absolutes - like numbers which are limited to a certain type of knowledge. Which isn't quite it, but it's complicated
100% agreed. I am no expert, in anything, but I have spent a lot of time the last few years familiarizing myself with... a few topics, but two specifically would be statistics and etymology. I have found generally the deeper I go with statistics (really all math) the less true it is
re: snakes one point I do want to reemphasize, and I am going to look up those mythological references, but I thought the specifics of each version was fitting given the political debates in the modern world around ... a lot. It's like mythology saw the problems from centuries away kinda spooky
As far as the "ask for it" I was mostly joking because I have a tendency to kinda just uh once I get going, I'm gone lol So I was joking about how your one post response led to my however many
and though our technology and media may change there is a reason for the phrase "it isn't a [ blank ] problem, it is a political one" and political just refers to civilization, society, social, etc Which is to say people in general don't really change a whole lot, on the whole, generally speaking
But my main points, if I have any, is to highlight things which are seemingly infinitely reoccurring, because even if those things are described in fantastical mythological terms it is likely those who created the stories were telling a highly embellished story about real world people and events
I greatly appreciate the responses! Clearly you are much more knowledgeable about these things than I am, I mostly am just pointing out what I find interesting, especially when I see relation to things happening today (or much closer to today than the times when the myths were originated)
And as far as the general cause of our present reality resembling Hell in style and substance, I blame entirely "reality" tv and generally the devaluation of real quality media and art. To clarify: 100% of "reality" tv is 100% shit www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne... See alt text for more urls
Because though we can all agree that behavior is and should be grounds for expulsion from society, in the big picture, fucking with that amount of money that they have effects more people in more ways. Something I have written about numerous times.
Literal textbook definition of the word "conspiracy", ICYMI I've mentioned that link a few times, all good comments Particularly the ones also mentioning the Epstein bullshit Which also, ICYMI, is - or should be - more about financial fuckery than actual fucking www.reddit.com/user/irrelev...
Which for that matter as far as I can tell this entire administration is entirely unconstitutional and blatantly so. Like the entire thing - contrary to my assertion in the screenshot two above - is and should be nullified and undone. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Or straight up killing people, and doing so expeditiously, because to ensure their murder victims receive due process - as the constitution guarantees to every person (not only citizens, btw, ICYMI) - is too much work. Which they violated again and again dragging shit out for the orange problem
But I shouldn't be surprised because these fucking ghouls only care about one thing: being in control. Whatever the cost. Whether that is numbing entire generations of people (who correctly are unable to cope with the inhospitable society we are unable to escape) via "mental health" prescriptions
Explained more in depth in my comment on this post in the subreddit r/opensource which appropriately enough is not open source and I had to do extra pointless digging to find the comment which is a perfect metaphor about paywalls and other related concepts www.reddit.com/r/opensource...
"badly" why the fuck are wealthy people the only ones considered individually? what a stupid fucking backwards ass evil fucking shit ass society they entombed us in see the the post pinned to my reddit titled "untitled" for a list of middle fingers all the way up www.reddit.com/user/irrelev...
BTW the quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson here is applicable to basically everything, especially laws, finances and other related matters: >I wish to write such rhymes >as shall not suggest a restraint >but contrariwise the wildest freedom. Because as soon as you restrict, you done fucked up, badly
specifically referring to filibuster which is to say I can't be the only person who feels we have been stuck in groundhogs day for like thirty fucking years And maybe those who've succeeded due to access to large amounts of money succeeded due to large amounts of money, and not magnificent ideas?
the only thing they are accomplishing is incentivizing and spreading not only 'piracy' (vaguely defined) but the other words which are related to it, which I helpfully mentioned already elsewhere in the thread you replied to: bsky.app/profile/rele...
Metaphorically meaningful for the various concepts I mentioned throughout as well as elsewhere and very much applicable to real world scenarios that have been seemingly entrenched in processes and theories that have been unproven and unchanged and from what I can tell clearly harmful and effectively
To bring it back to your specific point: there are two snakes in the mythological story you are referencing, and they were mating. Tiresias was punished for interrupting the mating, I am guessing. Whereas what Orwell's father did in the story I referenced was to dissect a single snake. Which is all
All of which is awfully similar and uncannily related to all things discussed in this thread, such as the conflation of very similar but meaningfully different concepts, specifically the point I made about strife being antithetical to life, or said another way, instability is antithetical to life
Which is different from the single snake in the Rod of Asclepius - there is a difference between the mythological gods of commerce and medicine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_...
See the picture but one point to emphasize is the two snakes present in the caduceus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_re_m... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceu...
It is probably unnoticed in the chaos in the first reddit link my reference to rainbows for reasons which may seem strange (hint: not mythology) In addition to her relation to rainbows, Iris "is depicted as a woman carrying a caduceus the symbol of the messengers" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(m...
However, contrary to that (because few things are absolute) www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
& I do realize Iris in the original sense did not refer to... well, our eyes / sight, but I am definitely making that connection. In the sense that seeing, contrary to the idiom, is not believing. It often causes more problems. In the sense of ... prejudice and things of that nature
ICYMI: Eris is the goddess of strife, amongst other things. I swear I had read something where Eris and Nyx (night) were conflated but apparently not (in this dimension, wink) so I'm not sure what's up with that. Nevertheless, that all does fit, metaphorically, with the relation between Eris / Iris
And to metaphorically indicate where I think that particular point is most confused, I don't make many edits on Wikipedia, but those I do are typically about minor but specific things. Such as this one, correcting Eris to Iris: (that *is* what the book says btw) en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
and the philosophers stone doesn't exist (or does it?), and y'know just a lot... but this is getting a tad off topic, isn't it? Point being: free = free, chaos =/= disorder/disruption archive.org/details/Cycl...
If you research their predecessors, some of the earliest organizers of large amounts of mostly correct information, you'll find other interesting incongruities. Such as how the French have always had an issue with money words and freedom, archive.org/details/Cycl...
The most direct translation from money to other things is time, and freedom. So what is in the previous post is non-comprehendable. Free has one definition.
gratis vs libre no monetary cost (gratis) vs little or no restriction (libre) "Think free as in free speech, not free beer." "Think free as in libre, not gratis." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_...
One thing I have had a lot of disagreement with is "free as in freedom not free as in beer" As I understand it, that is the same thing. Which is what I am communicating in the previous screenshot. A wikipedia page lists a couple alternatives to more clearly understand their interpretation:
Some of this is easier to link rather than try to explain www.reddit.com/r/etymology/...
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Or is it? (to be clear, I think all religion and mythology is metaphorical -which fits with computers, nicely- and as such in the screenshotted context, what is referred to is good vs bad and the distinction between them - which is evident and understandable by age two) archive.org/details/isbn...
Because as we all know: the devil is in the details ia800204.us.archive.org/13/items/The...
To be clear, I don't disagree with all or even most of the things, rather there are some specific points that stick out ia800201.us.archive.org/6/items/rich...
& that is very much related to discordianism the chaos/disruption/etc I mean & that is very much a type of thinking which is influential to a lot of people in those types of circles whether they realize it or not en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord...
So actually, maybe they're right, because clearly what is the result of the type of economical strategies which have been guaranteed to be "successful" and continue is something that to me looks a lot like cancer
Is, in a word: potential The others are another word for, or similar to: destruction These are opposites I think we all are aware of the propaganda, particularly from galaxy brained dudetechbros, in order to grow the economy (like a cancer, like that's a good thing) what is needed is disruption
as far as the real world influence, are the points I very firmly disagree with, and that is 1. disruption/disorder/chaos is a good thing and necessary for the creation of useful ideas/processes/etc First, one of those is not like the other Chaos, to me (as explained in the linked reddit comments)
To some people who have, for some reason or another, 'ascended' to the seats of power in our government. I am referring here to the pseudo-religion of discordianism Which I have commented on elsewhere a few times, but the main points which I see as being _very_ real www.reddit.com/r/chaosmagic...
And anyway, a lot of the more theoretical thinkings aren't directly attributable to the people who actually were doing the computer things. For example, the one I am working towards, I'm not sure how close it is or is not to the tech industry - but I am sure the basic concepts have been influential
I won't criticize or disagree w/ all the various theoretical schools of thought associated, some or even most are useful - even if I disagree. And especially w/ "AI" things happening recently, I've found myself seeing more and more similarities between how my mind works and how computers function
It has been probably the technology industry and the nerds who created it who have been one of the most influential. For good reason, clearly, because what they created *gestures broadly* is kind of like literal magic? Idk about you but I have no idea how this actually works at the lowest level
Orwell wrote that article in 1946, according to the website. We should all be aware of the political environment in which he lived as well as how politics have evolved since Particularly regarding theoretical concepts indirectly related to politics which nevertheless influence political thought,
True. I was mentioning that for the thematic relation - which, while coming up with the appropriate response to your reply, has turned out even more appropriate than I actually intended For a few reasons that are somewhat difficult to explain linearly - and of course this is not literal whatsoever
Well you asked for it lol
>More reliable than an n-gram! Clearly the value of trends (etc) is understood Nevertheless: according to available sources it appears I am not the only one who has (re?)discovered the timeless value of etymology. As for wtf is going on in the rest of the post: idk? www.reddit.com/r/etymology/...
Which is an esoteric way of saying having a wide variety of diverse experiences (of both places and people) is one of the least specific, easiest to obtain, and most vaguely defined ways for one to become a well rounded person Today we have a dangerous amount of inflexible and rigidly shaped people
However, with that idiom I quote too much: within the particular is contained the universal What I usually leave unsaid is to make any sense of either - either the particular or the universal, or how they relate - one must have an understanding of each entirely independent from the other.
A strangely specific reflection of reality, part two: Dude wrote an ~19k character analysis about the in game economy. I replied stating I didn't read what they wrote but I knew it was true because people are people & within the particular is contained the universal www.reddit.com/r/elderscrol...
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A strangely specific reflection of reality, part one: (contrary to the reply to my comment I am not very clever) www.reddit.com/r/elderscrol...
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∞? absolutely not. wrong. 👇 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6...
I fucking love chocolate, btw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_...
ahem bsky.app/profile/rele...
In an uncanny, strange, hard to describe way the feel of Elder Scrolls lore is different, but still true, depending on whether one is playing a solo game like Skyrim or Oblivion, or playing a multiplayer game (which can be played solo) like TES:online, or reading about it. Just like . . . real life!
on UESP I have gotten a much better understanding of the depth and quality of The Elder Scrolls than I ever did playing. Though I wouldn't say I missed points entirely playing In a sense it almost mirrors how things work in reality (because video games are not the reality but they are a reality)
Which brings up another point mostly unrelated to this, but not entirely: reading is and always will be the superior form of learning. Reading is the only communication which (can) monopolize attention. I mention this because though I haven't played it, I have read about it, and I feel like reading
(because ICYMI video games are the new medium) It would be The Elder Scrolls. To bring this full circle, I mention that because though I havent played the recent installment(s) to The Elder Scrolls online (long story -> $), they added a new deity similar to Tiresia: en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:It...
because I feel like most movies and tv shows made over the last 20-30 years are total garbage. Like >90%. Anyway LOTR is what I would consider "the gold standard" for movies made in my lifetime that will remain forever timeless. For books, that would probably be Harry Potter. And for video games
As far as this particular thread, I have long felt modern story telling is mostly devoid of soul and that unnameable quality which makes stories worth repeating - other than a handful, and two would be The Lord of the Rings - the original trilogy, though I have not read the books, but I mention that
Anyway, I did find an interesting thing while trying to find that specific mention which is tangentially related, and I'll just share the screenshots with no further elaboration
Which is besides the point because whether it was Emerson, or Carlyle, or some anon Wikipedia editor, or even an AI/LLM (which inputs its outputs from humans outputs) - it is true, and is still true, and it is the main issue causing widespread harms throughout human history.
Rising up to varying degrees of severity throughout history - truly before Emerson, and after. Anyway, like I said, I was unable to find the specific instance where this was explained in detail, and it may not have been, and I am only remembering reading it from some Wikipedia or AI/LLM summary
... points from Emerson, I think, somewhere in the letters (which I can't find at the moment) was one of the problems with (American) society was the misplaced valuation where material property was given far more authority than life. A problem which has continued as a major source of conflict
I recently was reading about the long running correspondence between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Carlyle - whom, ICYMI, is the person to assign the title "the dismal science" to the field of economics which previously was referred to as "the gay science" - and was reminded here because one of the
I'm not sure that is true. From my POV it appears not only Nature itself in many places, but those few things which remind us of our nature, are indeed sold >I have always suspected that if our economic and political problems are ever really solved, life will become simpler instead of more complex
The actual essay ends with stating, in other words, enjoyment of Nature and things which keep us forever connected is fortunately one of few threads which can not be brought under the control of the soulless machinations belonging to economics and capitalism www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
Stephen Cox, Untitled, 1977 #artbots #tate https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1127507
Which reminded me in wonderfully metaphorical ways related to modern society, particularly economic/cultural "norms", of a story I learned of semi-recently about a lesser known figure from mythology: Tiresias, whose story is catalyzed by stomping snakes to death www.britannica.com/topic/Tiresias
I particularly enjoyed the anecdotal story from his son describing an event where his father stomped a snake to death then proceeded to fillet it, which is presented without any further elaboration (about two minutes in) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZfw...
Possibly related: anyone else notice the entirety of ~2017-now has been these ghouls crying about maybe possibly facing consequences and them promising they will fix what they fucked up? Yet everything keeps getting fucking worse because they are the problem? techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/o...
>But Musk’s return to full-time brand promotion has not been without its questionable moments. . . . Isn't that technically like his entire "job"?
~~caused~~ ^worsened smh this is why I like reddit where there is markdown text and things are editable, but I digress
turns out seemingly small inconsequential seemingly harmless things seemingly not serious that seemingly could not have unforeseen consequences can do more than it seems. its complicated. so alternatively here's some weird european goth music for probably no reason music.youtube.com/watch?v=A9-D...
*not sorry sorry indicates regret, I do not regret stating this however this does bring up another widespread issue (subtly) caused by the propagandized, omnipresent, previously immutable, unavoidable "advertising" industry the mantra "no regrets" hey stupids that's stupid no regret = no change
me playing taps in some version of reality or something: (get it? it's cause the tapped foreheads(x2) are skulls or something we're all dead anyway something something can't take it with you but ICYMI we can/will take it from you something something we will we will something something boomboomclap)
ICYMI: that's how 2 + 2 = 5 AKA: numbers are not reality, but they do represent reality so long as someone isn't in the kitchen with dinah, someones in the kitchen I know-oh-oh
I've been trying to think how to phrase how I've felt over recent years (~2015-2020,~2020-2024,~2025-?) as metaphorically the three versions of Schrodinger's cat, . . . (that's a metaphor, fool) something something hinged & unhinged at the same time *taps foreheads*
to be continued, but TLDR: www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport... (follow the links within assuming none of them are disabled/broken by *checks notes* not me - but as the most important of all points that's why I took this screen shot and saved it locally on my own computer, which has ample storage space)
something something warhol news.mit.edu/2025/how-rep...
"Art critics regularly bring to a painting history, culture, schools of painting, and so on. But what’s often left out is how the act of viewing shapes mental structures in the brain."
... or is it if the majority 'of voters' disagree? or do we err on the side of Justice over the tyranny of the mob? If children inherently display clear signs they understand the difference between right and wrong (fair vs unfair) by roughly age 2, what happened(s)? www.reddit.com/r/scotus/com...
Or does reality trump rhetoric? Or is this all semantics? In any case that is above my paygrade, and should be left to the appropriate authorities and only if their decision is disagreed by the majority should the decision be reviewed, #MajorQuestions bsky.app/profile/rele...
When two people who disagree refuse to compromise (ie both refuse not only one) after they both die who had the last word? What if they were famous and the debate well known so each point is repeated? Does the last word change? Is there a difference between the two? Does the last word matter?
New Hinge bio
I think I just discovered a new kind of lizard or maybe dinosaur . . . or bird is there really a difference? before you ask, I don't know either music.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUt...
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dang totally missed a perfect chance to outclass that nonsensical buffalo x 7 "grammatically correct" sentence which has been shitposted an uncountable number of times yet is clearly invalid but i forgot to say automatically, and automagically, and algorithmagicaticaly or something goodnight
yikes who let the crazy guy post from my account he has a point though
seriously my reddit has more effort/accurate information/cited sources/relevant important info than a concerning number of commercial publishers publish. but that might be because scam ass politicians/nonprofit goons been giving 20 year olds jobs to shitpost on substack bsky.app/profile/rele...
I don't think anyone who hasn't freely received scam ass pandemic fraud money or scam ass tax loophole money can seriously say government has done a single solitary fuck to directly help them. Deporting people to concentration camps and blowing up the other side of the world does not count, sorry
[Your time is important to us. Thank you for holding while our automated systems automate automation of automatons automated automations. The automation of the automation will be over soon. Your call will be answered when an automation is ready to automate you.] music.youtube.com/watch?v=X95q...
I don't think anyone who hasn't freely received scam ass pandemic fraud money or scam ass tax loophole money can seriously say government has done a single solitary fuck to directly help them. Deporting people to concentration camps and blowing up the other side of the world does not count, sorry
WHAT THE FUCK ARE POLITICIANS PAID TO DO? VACATION AND SLEEP AND SHITPOST DEBATE ABOUT IDEOLOGICAL NONSENSE WHICH IS IRRELEVANT TO THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN REALITY? jesus christ this country fucking blows. I would've left but it is an open air prison