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Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live.
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Hunger
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.Posted · Author ribbit
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On the flaws of language
Language is not a neutral tool with which to pick up and examine the world; it is partial, imperfect, and contingent. Language speaks us as much as we speak it; we have an imperfect grasp on the words we use, which in turn have an imperfect grasp on the world we speak about, and although our words can shape the world, they do so crudely, crushing or concealing complexity and nuance.
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On clowns
[The clown] is a fantastic being, one possessed of an alternate biology, a biology that can withstand blows to the head by hammers and bricks that would be deadly for any mere human, and the clown can sustain falls that would result in serious injury for the rest of us.
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Ghost in the machine, glitch
In science fiction, ghosts in machines always appear as malfunctions, glitches, interruptions in the normal flow of things,” writes cultural theorist Janne Vanhanen. “Through a malfunction, a glitch, we get a fleeting glimpse of an alien intelligence at work.
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death
one day you will find out about Death with a capital D, and at that moment, in the unlikely event that she gives you time to do so, you will understand the real difference between the relative and the absolute, between full and empty, between still alive and no longer alive.
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Emptiness in Latin
1. Tabula rasa: Literally meaning “blank slate,” it refers to the idea that something is empty or devoid of content, like a clean slate waiting to be filled.
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Deus absconditus
“Deus absconditus” is a Latin phrase that translates to “hidden God.” It is a theological concept that refers to the idea that God has hidden himself from humanity, either by choice or by necessity. This idea can be found in many religions and philosophies, but it is most commonly associated with Christian theology.
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"As Kingfishers catch fire" poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“As Kingfishers catch fire” by Gerard Manley Hopkins is supposed to contrast the way each living thing is beautiful in its own way to the way one can become just or godly by acting just and godly, or at least striving to do so. I appreciate the sentiment of putting your mouth where your money is, particularly in the religious context. I’m not religious, but the overall idea is poetic and the imagery of the poem is very pretty.
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