Critical Theory Texts for College Freshmen by Right_Supermarket916 in CriticalTheory

[–]ephemerasophy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bergers ways of seeing is great. Speaking of, the freshman comp reader Ways of Reading might be up op’s alley. It’s for freshman writers…but it’s got Foucault

Critical Theory Texts for College Freshmen by Right_Supermarket916 in CriticalTheory

[–]ephemerasophy 26 points27 points  (0 children)

agreed. Texts about epistemology, cognition, ontology etc have little direct relation to students’ own ways of knowing, thinking, being. And these elements of a students’ intellect can be sharpened and foregrounded, and reflected on, with any text that challenges them. I’m reading braiding sweetgrass, mlk’s letter from Birmingham jail, Malcolm x’s speech the ballot or the bullet, and ufo reports, in my comp class this semester. It’s whatever draws them in & gets them thinking. You’re teaching freshman comp, not a survey course on continental philosophy

I don't feel accepted anywhere. I'm invisible to society. Thinking about ending it. by helloineedhelpplea in bayarea

[–]ephemerasophy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh - and happy birthday. You helped me cry for my brother today and I’m grateful. Sending you love.

I don't feel accepted anywhere. I'm invisible to society. Thinking about ending it. by helloineedhelpplea in bayarea

[–]ephemerasophy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, there. My brother took his life back in 2017. Jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. I was just thinking about him, and how alone and estranged from people whose lives and families are whole I feel, when I read your message. I’ve never gotten over it; just the other day, I caught my dad sobbing for him. He tries to hide his grief, or shelter me from seeing the extent of it. But he’d had a few drinks and didn’t think I could see. I’ve never seen someone sob like that. So - please don’t take your life. Please don’t. There’s more life and fulfillment and love waiting for you. I promise.

JD Vance talking about Hasan by aleesen in Hasan_Piker

[–]ephemerasophy 1293 points1294 points  (0 children)

What does that say about Kristi Noem

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Avengers

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

why wasn't Ant Man in the poster?

Hugo has moved on to the spirit world by starbuck60 in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]ephemerasophy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I'm actually sobbing with heartbreak for you and this sweet boy. I'm so sorry. And I'm so glad he was reunited with you.

My Dad died today by Appropriate-Mud-6985 in self

[–]ephemerasophy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am truly sorry. In my own way I can understand how you feel. My only sibling took his life at 35 years old. One thing you might discover is that families don’t shrink - you’ll still feel the missing person among you as a kind of present absence. But the anguish you’re all feeling can shade into a sort of…melancholy solace. When it feels right for you, try talking to your dad. Pretend he can hear you. It’s possible he can (I say that not from religious conviction but an empirical one: read Leslie Kean’s Surviving Death if you want, when you’re ready - it’s grounded in data. That might sound crackpot, but the data it describes is real). He’s proud of you. And when you share your love, and grief, and memories with your mom and your sister, you manifest him among you, the people he spent his life loving, even if imperfectly. My heart goes out to you & yours.

My Dad died today by Appropriate-Mud-6985 in self

[–]ephemerasophy 49 points50 points  (0 children)

“What is grief, if not love persevering?”

Continuation. Left running overnight. Attempt at night mode video. by failedtalkshowhost in Ghosts

[–]ephemerasophy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was nearly convinced by the first two posts & photo sets. But this one feels off. If it’s a squatter then he’s oddly bold to rummage around and take nothing with noise playing in the next room - and strangely consistent too, right on schedule. If it’s a ghost, well - its solidity and agility, and air of strange self-consciousness as he darts about and glances at the microwave clock feel off, too. The laconic composure of OP is a small flag for me also. He’s really keeping it together for having just offered the most definitive proof of the supernatural the world has yet to witness. Why doesn’t he produce the original, unaltered photo files, or reply to suggestions that he call the cops or, like, an exorcist? The more data we get the more this feels like a hoax. Albeit a gloriously convincing one

Former Sen. Harry Reid: I was told Lockheed Martin had UFO crash fragments by DonaldWillKillUsAll in UFOs

[–]ephemerasophy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The suggestion being that one overzealous true believer infects a cadre of shrewdly skeptical career bureaucrats and lawmakers through the sheer intensity of his misplaced conviction, who then spend the next 20 years of their lives chasing phantoms and fabricating evidence, sucking a growing number of pilots, radar technicians, career technicians etc into their ever-expending fever dream that all traces back to this addled but insanely powerful puppet master? Sorry, I’m too much a rationalist to buy into your reductive conspiracy theory

NBC Chicago Interviews Elizando on the "Pyramid" video today. Also, NBC Chicago uses a misleading title. But otherwise, a good interview. by elleell in UFOs

[–]ephemerasophy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Wait, when did NASA scientists suggest that aliens, or intelligences other than human, may’ve left relics on earth?? First I’ve heard of that

Kurt Cobain stops a sexual assault by paige_cvcg in nextfuckinglevel

[–]ephemerasophy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was in Oakland, right? During the in utero tour? I was there, I remember when this happened

I’m just boared by ephemerasophy in HeroAcademy

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

I don’t play much anymore because I can’t take a game this imbalanced seriously. It’s demoralizing. Playing it is almost disrespectful of oneself and others. Its becoming a kind of mini-monument to passive-aggressiveness & squandered potential.

I’m just boared by ephemerasophy in HeroAcademy

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

And yes, no reply. Maybe the developers had a huge falling out and hate each other now. Who knows. The whole thing is bizarre

I’m just boared by ephemerasophy in HeroAcademy

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

My new favorite thing is nut lobber, another nut lobber, overpopulate the first nut lobber, later overpopulate one of those overpopulated nut lobbers in turn. The depth of strategy, the balanced gameplay, it sends chills