this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2024
173 points (99.4% liked)

games

20534 readers
342 users here now

Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.

Rules

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months 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.