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He wasn't suspicious, he called it out. And seeing how oeople block each other on Twitter and retreating into echo chambers all the time, people on HN and else
by thinkfurther 9y ago
He wasn't suspicious, he called it out.
And seeing how oeople block each other on Twitter and retreating into echo chambers all the time, people on HN and elsewhere react like babies to anything that is "too personal", he's perfectly right. It's not about knowledge, it's about being and remaining cut off from yourself and genuine emotions. Having a lot of knowledge about the world is a great way to go about that, while deluding oneself about it. Others are having power or respect. And it's not a long or complicated book, you know, so even just this discussion kinda proves it right.
Oh, and video games, where basically 95% of the "lore" just seems to be code for having issues? Don't get me started on that Deathlord McVoidtouch and all that inane BS. I've been playing games since 1990, and 99.9% of it has always been trash, while today hardly anyone is even trying. And people lap it up, the dumber it is, the more filled with marketing speak and alienated magical thinking, the better. "It's just a game, it's just a movie, don't be a party pooper". It's Fahrenheit 451 to a T.
- kfhoeihfy38h 9y agoDeathlord McVoidtouch actually gives me 0 results on Google, which is not something I'd expect to happen.
- thinkfurther 9y ago> which is not something I'd expect to happen. Silent downvotes on the other hand are exactly par of the course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSRuncwwJyQ&t=29m06s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSRuncwwJyQ&t=29m06s You're fucked, and you know I know it. You can not react and prove me right, or react in the only ways you know how and do the same.
- jack1243star 9y agoYour third paragraph applies equally to books, per Sturgeon's law. [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law