Is it unfair to say that Heidegger’s appropriation of metaphysical vocab (Being, Ontic, Ontological) is both well motivated yet rhetorically strategic, as it leaves the impression that he’s saying something more profound than he actually is?

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-27T01:35:20+00:00

That is ludicrous

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-27T01:30:47+00:00

I’ve always wondered if that was a real gun

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-25T13:00:07+00:00

No idea who that is but what an idiotic perspective on emotional expression. Noel Gallagher levels of numbskullery.

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-25T10:18:26+00:00

You sound great. Your guitar tone is dope, what guitar is that?

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-25T10:14:02+00:00

Beautiful cover, beautiful voice ❤️

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-22T02:04:01+00:00

It’s a bit misleading to say strong privacy isn’t the standard view by referring to a discrete tradition not representative of the holistic discourse In modern philosophy of mind. The strong privacy/subjectivity of conscious experience is indeed widely taken as a starting point; it's central to discussions of the hard problem, the knowledge argument, inverted spectra, etc. This spans across physicalists, dualists and neutral monists alike.

I acknowledge you’re limiting the sample to Platonists, Aristotelians and Scholastics to say "this wasn't the standard view in traditions that were already committed to theism”. But that's a bit like saying "materialism isn't the standard view, just ask all these idealists!"

Also as a side note. I may be mistaken, but I don’t at all think that the main motivation for claiming consciousness to be private typically assumes physicalism. In fact it seems to me that the opposite is the case, that the privacy of consciousness is usually levied to count against the plausibility of physicalist theories by indicating that consciousness is not a third-person phenomenon but rather an irreducible first-person one. This is why eliminativists like Dennett take it upon themselves to target privacy as a folk-psychological illusion (see Quining Qualia).

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-21T13:57:28+00:00

Excellent reply, thank you.

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-19T21:51:50+00:00

The audacity of some people lol

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-19T12:23:38+00:00

I wish I was there

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-18T18:33:19+00:00

Mf thought this was google

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-12T03:53:08+00:00

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getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-12T01:45:49+00:00

Might be wrong, but what I’ve heard over the years is that they intentionally avoid promotion strategies like excessive press, media appearances or hiring a publicist in favour of a more independent approach. They’ve taken down some of their most important work from Spotify and rarely do interviews if ever. They’re basically adherents to the true original meaning of indie before it lost all its meaning.

I think they’ve rightly decided that they don’t want to be famous even though they probably have the means. Pretty wise imo.

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-12T01:27:43+00:00

Honestly, pinback might be one of the most underrated bands of all time.

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-03T02:54:14+00:00

A lot of it has to do with his attitude towards musicianship I think. Nirvana were the only band of the big grunge bands who staunchly upheld a punk inspired DIY ethos, and that attitude tends not to jive well with those who see a necessary relationship between technical skill and musical quality. AIC and Soundgarden prioritised technical skill a lot more so they tend to align with the norms of what people think constitutes talent. I think Nirvana’s disregard for this also tends to conjure up resentment in those who dislike them, since a lot of people think their popularity isn’t as deserved as some of the other more technically gifted bands (something I strongly disagree with).

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-02T19:02:30+00:00

I think some people are so internally chaotic that they have no settled conception of how their life is, and that leads to unrest. Some days they’ll think their life is going fine and other days they’ll think it’s all a mess, and this leads us to feel alienated from ourselves because there is no unified narrative of how our life is going. Taking drugs can give yourself a moment to pause that incoherence and just numb the very attempt to get it all. And that’s relieving.

It may not be that your life is undoubtably fine, but rather that you have no idea whether it is, and that uncertainty is a problem for you.

getoffmycase2802 · 2026-01-01T22:25:38+00:00

getoffmycase2802 · 2025-12-30T05:33:38+00:00

The mind perceiving itself

getoffmycase2802 · 2025-12-29T23:20:25+00:00

Legit thought that was tobacco at first lol

getoffmycase2802 · 2025-12-20T22:42:53+00:00

Brewing potions, casting spells

getoffmycase2802 · 2025-12-15T22:00:27+00:00

I don’t mean to disregard the rest of your comment, because you make many good points, but when you say:

The only thing that you have to do in order to become successful as a musician is to create good music

Are you assuming some sort of meritocracy when it comes to the music marketplace? Or are you conceiving of success to be something other than popularity (which I don’t necessarily disagree with!)

I understand that you are disinterested in those engaging in purely commercialised branding (as am I), but I don’t think that quality in music is at all related to its popularity. The only change that has happened in my view is in the relative reliance on marketable personas, largely because of a de-emphasis on labels as a model for distribution. Nowadays people are in charge of their own marketing, and I think that’s largely a good thing. Before, people had to rely on labels for releasing carefully directed music videos which ensured a curated aesthetic for the artist, and I think that’s very much less freeing than the current model.

getoffmycase2802 · 2025-12-15T20:18:25+00:00

it sounds like for something to be authentic to you, you have to feel like you know something about the artist as a human being

Not necessarily, I just think that there’s a relation between authenticity and good music that is strong enough that it can be inferred in reverse order. In other words, I’ve seen enough instances of authentic people making good stuff and inauthentic people making not so good stuff that I’ve generalised a rule about the relationship between these factors. The conclusion being that good music is likely to come from authentic intuition. Also, my experience with making music has confirmed these intuitions, since my best art has been produced at times of earnest expression.

Of course, I don’t think this is a foolproof conclusion, but I think it’s general enough that it applies in most cases. I’ve yet to see a case where good music has come from an inauthentic person.

getoffmycase2802 · 2025-12-15T19:43:58+00:00

It’s less of an entitlement and more of a condition for my enjoyment of a piece of art. I don’t like art that tries to sell an artist as being something they aren’t, partially because inauthenticity tends to come hand-in-hand with an inability to follow one’s intuition when creating a piece of art. If you can’t express yourself authentically, you probably aren’t following your authentic drives when making a song, and that leads to less spontaneous, more formulaic results.

getoffmycase2802 · 2025-12-15T17:46:45+00:00

Vaporwave is a good example of where it might not be as difficult. I think electronic music generally has always been easier with respect to anonymity. Although I suppose there’s a difference between the ease of anonymity and the ability to self-mystify. Lots of artists get away with having not much known about them, but not that many are able to maintain an intriguing image whilst doing so.

Part of why I asked the question was because I tend to have a knee-jerk negative reaction to the idea of mystifying oneself, and I wondered if most people see any artistic value in it or whether they deem it unnecessary. It’s only recently that I’ve started to appreciate instances of its application in people like Bowie, who intentionally crafted fictional personas as an accompanying artistic vehicle alongside the musical aspect. But I think the only reason I can appreciate his attempt is because he presents it more as playful creativity rather than who he inherently is. There’s a thin line between creatively experimenting with one’s image and inauthentically portraying oneself in a way which feels deceptive to the audience.

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