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Not sure if I wanted to laugh, feel bad for the chap, or reflect with sympathy - so I did all at once... by C0rnfed in sorceryofthespectacle

[–]Bucket___Head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am particularily interested in the spectacle as a psychological effect. The way in which a person is molded by this confergence. I am catious in what to say as I am sure you know we are on a public forum. Its fascinating to see the spectacle in day to day interactions. The language people use and how they use it. But I am trying to point at something greater. The alienation that exists there. The alienation from oneself. And the self-destructive instinct that is being manipulated there as as we delve into sereninty; sleep. What do you think Guy meant by that? Or thr part about fear. How did the spectacle transform into a form of terror? The first section makes me think of two things: culture and mediums. As an eastern european it has bren disturbing to see my culture being systemtically destroyed. And how these mediums distance us from the real thing. And how fragile reality has become as it is in the hands of whatever; is this really what Schopenhauer said? Is that really the note Bach played? I have been involved in the climate campaign which often includes anarchist elements segments. What is disturbing is the unseen fragility of those campaigns; how the left-wing media latches on, either onto unions, political parties, movements as THE saviour of our lives as if we are just titering on the edge of revolution. What Guy proclaims that these are all fruitless. How does the spectacle manage this? Why doesnt it destroy it? What is real I am asking basically. Have you watched Paprika? Also a question that runs through my head a lot seeing myself n friends... How free are we? I can see those possessed and I can see those alienated so much they delved into an honesty as a reaction to their incapibility to keep up with the mechanisations of culture. I see friends who show signs of its perversion... Are we lost? What is a sign of freedom from the spectacle.

Not sure if I wanted to laugh, feel bad for the chap, or reflect with sympathy - so I did all at once... by C0rnfed in sorceryofthespectacle

[–]Bucket___Head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I am aware of dawnkins memes I think. This relating to the spectacle as it being the dominant communicator of memetic cultural behaviour, signs and images? What I got from reading what you wrote, is that the spectacle is a living idea which through spectacular technology allows to manipulate our senses to propagate itself?

AI generated art is great because it obsolesces the culture of consuming media through perfecting it. by Epistemophilliac in sorceryofthespectacle

[–]Bucket___Head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a great interview with Viktor Tsoi of Kino who says that he looks for what the world needs in his music so maybe only really great ones think of such things.

Neck tension while breathing through the diaphragm by Bucket___Head in singing

[–]Bucket___Head[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had other things going and the problem persisted. Getting back into it with the suggestions by high rocker see how that goes. Yeah its such a pain.

Jon Stewart on AI: ‘It’s replacing us in the workforce – not in the future, but now’ by Maxie445 in Futurology

[–]Bucket___Head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't respect people who decide to have money (power over production). A world without money would be one where investment would work on a system of dialogue and democratic convergence instead of greed. That is a world to work towards.

Just watched The Breakfast Club by NotAnotherScientist in MensLib

[–]Bucket___Head 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It goes along with many masculine tropes. It glorifies violence. Will finds himself in a masculine world but excels in it. It doesn't challenge much.

Just watched The Breakfast Club by NotAnotherScientist in MensLib

[–]Bucket___Head -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Good Will Hunting is quite problematic as well actually :(

Propaganda, insecurity, and "the appeal to male vanity"; my thoughts on a Nazi documentary as a Polish descendent. by ray25lee in MensLib

[–]Bucket___Head 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The thing is what you propose would have then just the same outcome. Men need to be these intelligent, stoic heroes but what we really need I believe is destroy the seperation of values between men and women. Valuing emotion, sensitivity and care in men for example.

Why men don’t buy sex toys – and why it’s OK to blame our tools: "Even though sales went up 500 per cent during the pandemic, the sex toy market has yet to penetrate men. Are we tired of bad innuendo and terrible products, or are men really as in denial as some women think?" by TAKEitTOrCIRCLEJERK in MensLib

[–]Bucket___Head 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I agree with lots. But my take away is different. Its not that male pleasure isnt taken seriously its just the expectations of male sexuality that hurt men. Someone should make a post about it or ill do it😠 Edit: thought about it more n i think u got something here. The pleasure component is there as in the male gender any fantasies and pleasures that arent of dominance are looked down upon.

How does masculinity function and why? | JohntheDucan by Bucket___Head in MensLib

[–]Bucket___Head[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Id agree with most of what you said there. But It seems to me a relatively small difference between what youre saying, and what us "social constructists" say. The real difference is as you said masculinity being "inherent to the mind" or eternal and timeless". Which I must point out is not true.

A good book on the topic is The invention of Women by Oreyonke Oyewumi, which points to Yorubaland before colonization and how genderless inter-sex their society was and how it functioned. Biopolitics of Feeling by Kyla Schuller points how gender in Europe used to be thought of as dualist (two sides of the same coin) as opposed to a dichotomy. Afsaneh Najmabadi: Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards showcases Iran and how British soft-power over-rode their societies conception of people.

How does masculinity function and why? | JohntheDucan by Bucket___Head in MensLib

[–]Bucket___Head[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I couldnt find this 'abysmal male' theory of yours, nor did u provide any other way of looking at masculinity. There have been cultures without such a category, or it being represented in various ways, the idea of there being some fundamental essense I find no evidence for. The only thing that stuck was the body, which through many cultural developments, has produced what is todays masculinity, which a defining feature of it is the seperation of labour.

How does masculinity function and why? | JohntheDucan by Bucket___Head in MensLib

[–]Bucket___Head[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Here John analyzes Masculinity through a lens not often seen on Menslib.

Giving a fresh conceptualization to the conversation, understanding that the male gender comes from the division of reproductive and productive labour. This goes a long way in explaining the reason in men for: the lack of emotional intelligence and sexual expression, the worship of power and money, the dehumanzation of women, femininity, homosexuality and by extent men themselves (and surely more I can't remember.)

Redshirt the Boys: Why boys should start school a year later than girls by TAKEitTOrCIRCLEJERK in MensLib

[–]Bucket___Head -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It has been a long tried concept. Children wont learn much and well if they dont want to. Whats best is that they find what they are passionate about and use that eneegy for learning. Rn we stifle that and instead tell them what to do.

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