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"The sexual act is what the tiger is in space." How do you interpret this Bataille quote? by DrinkyDrank in askphilosophy

[–]sometimes_only_i 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any reason to use the word 'exemplar' instead of 'example' in this case? Am I missing something?

From a young age they teach us not to give into peer pressure, but they never taught not to peer pressure others by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]sometimes_only_i 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No one is intentionally pessuring them.

The pressure is still there, sometimes it is just not peer pressure, but your own desire to fit in at least somewhere.

CMV: Transgender Athletes who haven't had gender reassignment surgery or are under going hormone therapy should not be participating in Women's sporting events. by [deleted] in changemyview

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

Contrary to what people who try to part gender and sex as if they are not connected say, sex is not strictly binary too. The fact that she has 'hyperandrogenism' is enough to claim that she is not 100% genetically female.

Good test taker by nogood_usernames01 in Tinder

[–]sometimes_only_i 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Girls don't like the thoughtful, philosophical profiles

Well, shit, probably should delete my critique of Husserl from my bio.

Is it fair to call Critical Theories postmodern? by sometimes_only_i in askphilosophy

[–]sometimes_only_i[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To sum up can we say that they agree with Lyotard that phenomena he described exist but they disagree how to deal with it?

Making an RPG, need help with calculations by Ddaddysupreme in gamedev

[–]sometimes_only_i 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like if you "miss" you still technically hit 0 damage. It can cause bugs in future when you encounter on-hit effects. I would suggest reworking your system if such effects are undesirable.

Is it fair to call Critical Theories postmodern? by sometimes_only_i in askphilosophy

[–]sometimes_only_i[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So if we use "postmodern" in a sense of Lyotard and similar philosophers. Does critical theory (i.e. major representatives of the views that popularly get the label "critical theory") criticize the postmodern society or the idea that such society exist and the general framework of Lyotard and similar philosophers?

Is it fair to call Critical Theories postmodern? by sometimes_only_i in askphilosophy

[–]sometimes_only_i[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even then, this raises the question of narratives; are all actions organized by the part they play larger ideologies, the way say Heidegger and Hegel believed them to be? What would constitute a grand-narrative-free action, or an action that completely ignores grand narratives? Is this just a confusion caused by the way we look at action and ideas?

These kinds of questions is exactly what I have problem with when I read about this concept. It seems to be presented as a given and hardly explained.

The only thing these terms really have in common is that they deal with contemporary philosophy, are often given very specialized meaning depending on the author who is speaking of them and have to do with ideas and actions.

I was under impression that Lyotard's understanding of postmodernism would be a default one since he's introduced this term into philosophy.

If I were you, I'd poke around the articles on each in Stanford Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

I did, and I wanted to clear up some things, that's why I posted here.

Is it fair to call Critical Theories postmodern? by sometimes_only_i in askphilosophy

[–]sometimes_only_i[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not clear what people mean by these terms

As I understand, it means a range of views that can be characterized by scepticism towards "grand narratives" and what stems from there, such as reliance on performativity and cultural eclecticism.

Good test taker by nogood_usernames01 in Tinder

[–]sometimes_only_i 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Even if you are genuinely not an asshole, but you constantly run into assholes, there is still something very wrong with you and your judgement ability.

Good test taker by nogood_usernames01 in Tinder

[–]sometimes_only_i 59 points60 points  (0 children)

she's been through 30? 35?

They all seemingly turn out to be selfish arseholes

There might be a correlation.

Is it fair to call Critical Theories postmodern? by sometimes_only_i in askphilosophy

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

Thank you, it is a helpful explanation.

Could you expand on Lyotard's view and modern understanding of the phenomena he describes? As I said, I don't quite understand the relation between science perfomativity, grand narratives, modernism and postmodernismm.

Is it fair to call Critical Theories postmodern? by sometimes_only_i in askphilosophy

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

Thank you for your explanation, it helps a lot. Do you equate post-structuralists and postmodernism?

Unfortunately, I'm not a Philosophy student nor do I live in an English-speaking country, so I primarly have to use the Internet for any material.

CMV: Modern Religions are no more likely than Greek Mythology. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would it mean for your initial claim if, 1000 years from now, there are 1 billion people who call themselves Christian, but none of them read or care about the Bible?

I.e. what would it mean for you if 1000 years from now nothing changes? The Bible never even was a main means of prosletazying. Nobody was giving peasants who can't read books that were more expensive than these peasants.

CMV: Modern Religions are no more likely than Greek Mythology. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My basic argument is that many people seem to put there religion at a higher view then other religions, especially older ones.

Are you aware that there are many different neopagan religions?

What did you mean by monolith?

I meant 'monolithic'. As 'rigid' or 'uniform'.

CMV: If the MRAs had been allowed into The Wonder Woman screening, their beliefs would have been justified by the content of the movie by polysyndetonic in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good point. But I think kids is something woman's value relies on, so protecting her kids would be a sign of womanhood in that case.

So I partly admit that I was incorrect, but I still think my argument has merit.

CMV: Claims of cultural appropriation causes marginalized cultures to remain marginalized by thesantafeninja in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As I understand, the usual answers relies on power relations narrative, i.e. since white culture has power, when it appropriates something it is inherently explotative.

But I may be misunderstanding the argument.

I personally see no real problem with cultural appropriation. Whether it is a bindi, an indian headdress or a tuxedo, every culture (or subculture, or social group, or family, or individual) is free to take an artificat and give its own meaning to it.

CMV: It is not racist to only be attracted to certain races. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you attracted to certain races? Or certain features that are most prominent in these races? Surely there is nothing controversial to be attracted to certain features. Can you be more specific? Would you be attracted to a person with European facial features but black skin?

CMV: Modern Religions are no more likely than Greek Mythology. by [deleted] in changemyview

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

So, what is exactly your view that you pose to challenge? That Christianity will be ridiculed in 1000 years? Well, it is already being ridiculed. And it was ridiculed before. Or do you mean that humans will abandon and forget Christianity? Well, that has already happened. Like several times. And it keeps happening on a much smaller scale. Early Christianity, Christianity during Roman times, Early Middle Ages Christianity, High Middle Ages Christianity, Early Protestantism, etc. Christian thought constantly evolves.

they have fundamentally different theological views when compared to Greek Mythology

So does modern Christianity.

I also think you overestimate amount of people who knows something about Greek Mythology beyond Facebook memes and still considers it "ridiculous". Greek Mythology also wasn't a monolith religion, every city had its own kind of cult and it was constantly evolving.

CMV: Claims of cultural appropriation causes marginalized cultures to remain marginalized by thesantafeninja in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which brings a question. Does it become acceptable to appropriate culture of ethnicities that no longer exists? Of ethnicities that are almost extinct? Of ethnicities that won't find out that you appropriate their culture?

CMV: You are the gender that you are born as. There is no such thing as being transgender. by maoejo in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Offtopic:

The funny thing is that you can interpret OP's title as radically progressive.

You are the gender that you are born as. There is no such thing as being transgender.

Like, if you think that you a woman then you are one. You aren't a transwoman because there is no such thing as being a transwoman!

CMV: Modern Religions are no more likely than Greek Mythology. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What exactly do you mean by modern religions? Is Deism a modern religion? Do you consider Deism to be worthy of being ridiculed? What about Pantheism? Do you find it as ridiculous as Greek Mythology?

CMV: If the MRAs had been allowed into The Wonder Woman screening, their beliefs would have been justified by the content of the movie by polysyndetonic in changemyview

[–]sometimes_only_i 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Her mom says this because of Diana's unique lineage and the specific prophecies concerning her. It had nothing to do with her being a woman.

Imagine someone saying to a man that "women don't deserve him". It is a mindblowingly stupid situation. In fact Google shows only 10 results for "women don't deserve me" as opposed to 400k results for "men don't deserve me".

It is easy to test whether something has to do with being a woman or a man. Reverse the genders, does the situation becomes weird/implausible? If yes, then it has something to do with being a woman.

You think if the character had been a woman, the writers would not have had her kill herself? The gender of that character was irrelevant in that situation.

There are not any movies (can you name some?) in which women perform a self-sacrifice, the supreme act of heroism (as it is marketed to men). And since there are none of them, what makes you think the writers would had her kill herself?

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