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> Nobody notices, there is no meaningful impact whatsoever. In the article it's stated that the project was started by some poets. The world would be a cold(e

by jddj 3y ago

> Nobody notices, there is no meaningful impact whatsoever. In the article it's stated that the project was started by some poets. The world would be a cold(er), dark(er) place if we took a critically rational knife to every tiny instance of emotional reasoning. I'm probably as rationalist as they come with regards to death, but if we're being critical we should also ask if we're questioning someone's community gesture in earnest or if we're just building another quick soapbox from which to broadcast our personal philosophy. Or (if there's even a distinction), to justify our own self interest when affronted by what could appear to be a selfless gesture.

Fnoord 3y ago
Yeah, you can call something art and get away with it. Because suddenly it is 'an expression', and it does not matter what the use is. If you don't like it, it is a matter of 'taste' and if you don't agree with it 'you don't understand it' or 'you are looking at it from the wrong angle'. The fact of matter is nobody would've known about this if it weren't in the media. That alone tells us these poets don't have reach/impact. I'm all for poetry and art (there's plethora of both which I've enjoyed). I'm also all for this project from a personal PoV, as an experiment, it is a free society where this is (apparently?) allowed. But... do not pretend like it has reach/impact, cause it clearly hasn't. And do not tell me that I have to appreciate it when I clearly disagree with the principle of having a funeral in the first place. All of this can be summed up in one acronym: LARPing. Perhaps without the LA, so just roleplaying would suffice. > The world would be a cold(er), dark(er) place if we took a critically rational knife to every tiny instance of emotional reasoning. There are loads of methods to make an impact on society on living beings, and there's only so much time.
- jddj 3y ago
  > There are loads of methods to make an impact on society on living beings, and there's only so much time. Speaking of time..
  - AlexeyBelov 3y ago
    Well? Don't leave us hanging please. Finish the thought.

by jddj 3y ago

Fnoord 3y ago

Yeah, you can call something art and get away with it. Because suddenly it is 'an expression', and it does not matter what the use is. If you don't like it, it is a matter of 'taste' and if you don't agree with it 'you don't understand it' or 'you are looking at it from the wrong angle'. The fact of matter is nobody would've known about this if it weren't in the media. That alone tells us these poets don't have reach/impact. I'm all for poetry and art (there's plethora of both which I've enjoyed). I'm also all for this project from a personal PoV, as an experiment, it is a free society where this is (apparently?) allowed. But... do not pretend like it has reach/impact, cause it clearly hasn't. And do not tell me that I have to appreciate it when I clearly disagree with the principle of having a funeral in the first place. All of this can be summed up in one acronym: LARPing. Perhaps without the LA, so just roleplaying would suffice. > The world would be a cold(er), dark(er) place if we took a critically rational knife to every tiny instance of emotional reasoning. There are loads of methods to make an impact on society on living beings, and there's only so much time.

jddj 3y ago
> There are loads of methods to make an impact on society on living beings, and there's only so much time. Speaking of time..
- AlexeyBelov 3y ago
  Well? Don't leave us hanging please. Finish the thought.