Noble Dust

Hmm, ok, fair enough. We do have them across the pond, yes; we call them European Starlings, so I assume they're an invasive species; maybe that's whe...

What in the world do you like about starlings?

Back in the day there were even more for awhile.

Wow!

Bacon yes, but idk about the rest. I don't have a sweet tooth.

Wow!

I don't disagree with this concept, but the problem is getting depressed people (read: people stuck in specific emotions) to emotionally understand a ...

Bad advice.

I think it's always rational to accept one's depression. The problem is that it's hard to be rational while depressed. I speak from experience. To be ...

Heeeeyyyy it's your quarterly dose of the best piece of music ever written! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZCObKzSafw

Ok good to know. Filed in it's proper folder.

@"Banno" Yeah I was gonna ask; what about no fat and no farts?

How does bacon rate worse than vanilla extract?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTAnBM0ZdVI

Good to know. Welcome back!

I'd be interested to hear from someone with that view as well.

Woah, "Sunday's final" as in a massive free for all? Sounds American I've ever heard it.

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Oh sure it did :rofl:

Nah bro I'm not fucking joking.

That's so weird, as I was about to read this, there were two electrical bursts outside my window (during a rainstorm). And a third. I shit you not.

LOL The internal voice I use when reading your posts is so nasal. Amazing.

Beginners have far-sight.

Mystically.

So now you suddenly dismiss an authoritative source?

Actually, fuck you for your misappropriation of what I said.

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Who said the user was a bot or an automated security camera? Those are programs programmed by human beings. I have no idea, it just breaks down if you...

According to my research, when you respond to me, you're responding to this: No, the mind of the camera-user is what puts the photo together. They do ...

No, the camera is a metaphor in this discussion. Read back if you need to.

Correct.

The problem is that you're still using the metaphor. The metaphor gets you from A to B, but you have to cast it off once you reach B. This is the clas...

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So there is the user of the camera, the camera, and the image. Correct?

@"Hanover" (non-Pro tip: when you say this (love the convoluted text formatting here I just fed my dog. Give me the 2 complementary explanations of th...

I tried to form a pentagon with slashes and etc, but I'm too lazy to figure it out. Maybe we can spam him, bar being banned via spam... @"Wosret" @"Wo...

If you want to use this metaphor, you have to include the user of the camera. Otherwise the metaphor breaks down, and your entire argument breaks down...

No, the mind of the camera-user is what puts the photo together. They do this first and then take the photo. It's a poor metaphor until you acknowledg...

I sent you a lonely like.

Within the analogy.

I love the byline, and I respect David Bentley Hart (oh wait, these two things are related). :up:

Ok ok, calm down. Again, in my little universe, there's what we called "early country" or whatever the fuck we called it. Many if not all of those art...

Perhaps if we hale satan we can summon @"Wosret".

I've had a hard time believing that materialists of any stripe are so stupid that they can't realize the perspectivism inherent in their own experienc...

As @"180 Proof" would say, :up: I wonder to what extent your interlocutors skim-read your very precent, extensive quotes, and dismiss them. Not your f...

Sure, I've noticed the appeal of early rawness, but I've also noticed the appeal of later refinement. Is one more valuable than the other? In my mind ...

But within the analogy, the person taking the photo/video is ontologically different from both the image and the camera.

I'm re-reading your post now, and have some thoughts. You say your favorite works from your favorite authors were their earliest. Were they also the f...