forgive my rant
Posted Jan 28, 2015, 9:39 AM UTC
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And to think he would have sounded legitimately smart if he ended before the "unique snowflake" paragraph.
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Yeah, the start was fine. And then it went down the iamverysmart rabbit hole. Problem with what he/she's trying to do, is that when you break something down that we all understand on some basic level, (cuts and slashes), it's near impossible not to sound like a pretentious dick. Like describing what the definition of is, is.
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Still, there's a difference between breaking down a complex topic and trying to sound like a time-travelling love child of Freidrich Nietzsche and The Buddha.
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Friedrich.* Sorry, had to correct you because it sounds weird when I say the name in my head.
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Damn Germans and their damn long-ass complicated names...
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I wouldn't rant about it, but orange is correct. I know an old guy who used to say that if you don't sharpen your tools then they are weapons.
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I lost it at "the nature of duality"
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I'm reminded of http://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart/comments/2tu790/meta_dae_always_assume_that_the_other_person_in/
If you look at my comment history you'll see I wasn't really involved. I don't play alt games, either, so...
Sorry about that then.