• FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    6 days ago

    Media illiteracy self report: these treats I enjoyed had themes that I failed to identify at first glance, then a fellow chud illuminated them so now I hate them.

    It's like if the shadow casters in Plato's allegory of the cave got tackled and the people trapped inside the cave learned that they're being suspended in an illusion of reality, but now the people in the cave are mad because the old shadows aren't convincing anymore and they want shinier shadows to keep them entertained.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      6 days ago

      It's like if the shadow casters in Plato's allegory of the cave got tackled and the people trapped inside the cave learned that they're being suspended in an illusion of reality, but now the people in the cave are mad because the old shadows aren't convincing anymore and they want shinier shadows to keep them entertained.

      This statement resonates and deserves to be extrapolated upon.

      • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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        6 days ago

        Writing my Master's Thesis in Hexbeariology on the synthesis of UlyssesT thought and Greek philosophy.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          6 days ago

          But you came up with that bit up there, not me. I'm not a tech billionaire, I don't want to steal credit!

          • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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            6 days ago

            shrug-outta-hecks the negation of the negation retains attributes of the original phenomena but is also distinct from it, thus the dialectic advances.