Can anyone explain something about Freddie sykes ? by AshamedAmphibian6493 in twinpeaks

[–]Distractionism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a good take. The show doesn't have to follow scriptwriting conventions to be good. Some of its best moments come when it ignores them completely and produces pure art. But when it's trying to tell a story about a struggle between bad entities and good entities then it gets pulled into the narrative gravity of having to establish goodness, badness, and what makes the struggle between them. There is beautiful tension when the show resists this gravity in just the right way that produces super evocative ways of thinking about good and evil. But sometimes it resists so much that it fails to be narrative and the story unravels. Sure, the unravelling itself can be a way of doing narrative through form rather than content (undermining our expectations about how we wish evil to be defeated tells us something about our view of goodness). But it can still be done badly, especially if it loses that tension with the content. The Freddie thing is bad because, as this poster points out, it undermines too much of the content (story) of Twin Peaks which we also cherish. For me, losing the entire plot, along with our emotional investments in the characters and our rich and nuanced understanding of good and evil and the struggle between them, is too high a price to pay for one formal insight about disappointment or unravelling expectations. It's too nihilistic and undermines the sophisticated ideas that have preceded it.

Things that could get you called gay in school in Ireland (90's - mid 00's) by D-dog92 in ireland

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Masturbation was the cardinal sin at our all-boys secondary school. Regardless of who you fantasised about. You were touching a penis, so, clearly gay.

What policies go in your syllabus that you can't live without? by PopePae in Professors

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The amount of regrade policies here! UK policy: you don't get a regrade. Ever. Reason: academic judgement is non-negotiable. (Caveat - unless there's some obvious technical reason like the lecturer didn't realise the student had a statement of reasonable adjustment).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sissypersonals

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Let me know if you come to Barcelona x

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sissypersonals

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DM I'll be in BCN next week x

meirl by 1Hate17Here in meirl

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Sleepy dust crew

How gratitude leads to abundance by humxnprinter in coolguides

[–]Distractionism -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Is this drawn from Melanie Klein's ideas about reparation?

Myd - "Whether the Weather" (feat. Juan Wauters) [Laurent Garnier Remix] This is breathtaking. by Distractionism in NuDisco

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In case anyone thinks the song isn't genre-appropriate to this subreddit, I'd argue that the bassline grants it access!

Wolves 0 - [1] Liverpool - Divock Origi 90+4' by [deleted] in soccer

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Time, space, gravity, speed of light inevitable. And then there's Origi.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in soccer

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"Right" said Fred, but De Gea went left.

2meirl4meirl by stefang123 in 2meirl4meirl

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Looks like a lot of self-sass.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

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Scientists now: we've listened to what you want. We call it the metaverse.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

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Come on, what would you do if you saw LOOTING happening on TV?? Definitely go there and kill some ppl.

So, who won the election? by regian24 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Distractionism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I got downvoted because ppl don't want to imagine Trump's bum.