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A Tools Definiton of Art

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Monday, April 22nd, 2019 12:52 pm

I don't think I'm cut out for being a professional philosopher - a lot of the job of such philosophers is to study, understand, and respond to popular positions held by other philosophers, however asinine or incoherent, and because "asinine" and "incoherent" are philosophical judgments, you can't make any agreed-upon list of works to exclude on that basis. I can deal with the stuff sometimes, but my tolerance for it is too limited to do the job in any kind of consistent way.

I do like philosophy, though, and philosophizing. And I've been thinking about how to define art lately - "art" as in the all-of-it thing, not specifically visual art - and that turned into the following.

( Content warnings: homophobia, classism, sexism and racism mentions, hospital mention, and a brief rant about 1978 made-for-TV movie 'Rescue from Gilligan's Island' )

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Tumblr repost: Why we talk about rape culture

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Saturday, December 15th, 2018 03:13 pm
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"Junkers Come Here" on YouTube

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Friday, February 5th, 2010 10:12 pm
h/t deviantart::ByoWT1125: "Junkers Come Here", in eleven parts.

(I have not watched it all the way through.)
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Monday, August 25th, 2008 11:02 pm
Sorry for not getting around to taking about stuff. Enjoyed The Dark Knight when I saw it Saturday, but consider it overrated - worth walking/running 2.5 miles for, but not nearly the religious experience people treat it as. Also, Two-Face was so much cooler than the Joker. (Yes, I said it. So there!)

In contrast, Test Drive Unlimited on XBox 360 rocks like a hurricane. This is a game where you really can drive at 140 mph (225 km/h) for forty miles without loading, through traffic, and it's a fantastic feeling. Only underwhelming parts are (a) the character customization, which is terrifically complex for not much effect, and (b) the motorcycles, which are a little too carlike to be truly thrilling. Oh, and they clearly didn't optimize for the in-car view. In spite of those, it's awesome - A+.
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Writer's Block: Top Five Video Games

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Thursday, November 15th, 2007 04:44 pm

What's on your Top 5 video games list?

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Mmm - lists. Always the easy out.
( And in the greatest tradition, starting from the top... )

(More details to follow - off to investigate the chess club.)
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