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I talk to myself on this blog, and sometimes people overhear and even like what I have to say. Maybe you will too? Philosophy side blog here

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It sucks how they can only grow more "indistinct and fugitive" with time.

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there's not much else to do flamboyantly but be gay come to think of it

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[calciumcryptid]

I feel like a lot of people get "All Art is Political" confused with "All Art is made with Political Intentions" which is not the same.

[northshorewave]

To bounce off this a bit, what I wish I'd made clearer in my own recent such post is "All art is political" is a motte for not just what OP said, but "The real-world political impact of any given piece (or even genre) can be discretely and objectively measured" and "'holding creators accountable' is a reliable, effective way to boost the positive impacts and lessen the negative ones", which are also baked into the whole ideology and which are even more symbolic-magic than "All art is made with political intent."

Because in practical terms, the fights are rarely like "We need to be more open to the idea in general that works of art intersect with ideas about economics and labor and sex and race and etc." That's the baileyest bailey there ever was. Like, I don't know how anyone, even the people who have spent the last 15 years throwing darts at a picture of Zoe Quinn, could honestly go "no they don't, not ever, you're making that up" with a straight face. People who act like that's the ground that needs defending are being too easy on themselves. The battleground is much more like "This specific work is causing measurable harm for these specific reasons, and if you care about harm, it's your moral responsibility to refuse to engage with it and condemn everyone who does. My moral authority (and factual accuracy) is not to be questioned, of course." And then when people rightly call that out as bullshit, the retreat looks like "But don't you understand that All Art Is Political?"

That's the song and dance that has, over the years, made me dismiss anyone who uses the stock phrase without at least gesturing at its limits.

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"It doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyway".

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Video shows chaotic scene that led to standoff in Mentor

Newly released body camera video and 911 calls reveal the chaotic series of events that led to an hours-long standoff in Mentor this week.

[moredarkthanshark]

RIP James Blood Ulmer

[animepopheart]

★ 【Shiren】 「 Frieren in Masterpieces 」 ✔ republished w/permission ☆ follow our YT interview show!

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Tried doing a guitar jam with someone on TF2 tonight (basically trying to play in Eb with them over the mic), someone said the riff I improvised on acoustic guitar sounded metal.

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If this was even slightly inspiring, where would I be right now if being able to play with others was a regular opportunity?

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[markovchaingang]

americans are a saudi oil baron's idea of classy. brits are an american's idea of classy. the french are a brit's idea of classy. unfortunately the chain ends here since the french's idea of classy is also the french

[jazzplusplus]

1970s - Ron Carter promotional poster - CTI Records (Japan)

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"Imagine" instead of "invent", that better stresses an important similarity Wittgenstein's philosophy has with others. "Thought experiments", "eidetic variation" (W. himself uses 'imagine' in the Blue and Brown Books too).

An atheist might be concerned with the grammar of "God" or "god", even if just in particular circumstances (like encountering a believer and making sense of their differences, respectfully or otherwise!).

There's the argument that "theists deny gods too, atheists just go one god further". Does the emphasis on God make any difference? Especially if the theist believes in something very specific about God, like "That God was man in Palestine / And lives today in Bread and Wine"?

[konpiii]

Midna

[unaturalhistory]

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Oh, they deactivated again...?

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