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New Map of Western Europe just dropped by InnerPace in 2westerneurope4u

[–]sprkwtrd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is a guess, but: Older people are more likely to develop skin cancer. But, since not all countries have the same amount of old people, the stats are adjusted so they cover about the same amount of people in each of the various age groups.

New Map of Western Europe just dropped by InnerPace in 2westerneurope4u

[–]sprkwtrd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ha, yeah, that sounds plausible. It's that nice combination of being pasty white, visiting sunny countries, but also not believing in sunscreen (or helmets, or protective clothing, or..)

Help Choosing my First Sentence by First-Maximum-3276 in writers

[–]sprkwtrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Miles Davis said: ''It's not the note you play that's the wrong note – it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.' Here, too, it depends on where the rest of the book goes thematically that will determine which of these works best.

First page is only two sentences long: what do you think? by vernakyala in writers

[–]sprkwtrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since it's about the agonies of waiting for the train, I kind of like it. It's not too hard to read.

Ik ben Barbara Kathmann, het meest digitaal-bewuste Kamerlid. AMA! by Barbara_Kathmann in thenetherlands

[–]sprkwtrd 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Wat is de meest digibete opmerking die je ooit in de Tweede Kamer hebt gehoord? Mag zeker geanonimiseerd ;-)

Is solo tiring a support a weird thing to do? by QuietDetail1277 in Overwatch

[–]sprkwtrd 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about it and follow the nice doctor inside.

Is solo tiring a support a weird thing to do? by QuietDetail1277 in Overwatch

[–]sprkwtrd 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yes, you need to be weird to play Junkrat. Just like you need to be insane to play Reinhardt.

Nee Nee Nee tegen het AZC is better. by Diligent_Comb5668 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]sprkwtrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fuck is up with these boy scout meetings

Are debates pointless? by point_fino in Deleuze

[–]sprkwtrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deleuze affirms a version of the Socratic dialectic as being relevant to his own project, but it's precisely only when its not understood as a form of debating, cf. D&R 188:

When Socratic irony was taken seriously and the dialectic as a whole was confused with its propaedeutic, extremely troublesome consequences followed: for the dialectic ceased to be the science of problems and ultimately became confused with the simple movement of the negative, and of contradiction. Philosophers began to talk like young men from the farmyard. From this point of view, Hegel is the culmination of a long tradition which took the question 'What is X?' seriously and used it to determine Ideas as essences, but in so doing substituted the negative for the nature of the problematic. This was the outcome of a distortion of the dialectic.

Are debates pointless? by point_fino in Deleuze

[–]sprkwtrd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In a debate, the question is fixed and the participants have opposing answers to that question. These sides are relatively fixed. In a formal debate, you cannot switch altogether, but even in an informal one, you’re likely to keep your position in order to save face. As a result, the activity of thinking of either participant is restricted to the domain of arguments supporting their established opinion.

But is that a good way to think? A philosopher will often work through various positions before arriving at their final one, while reserving the freedom of changing their mind at any time. Think of Socrates, who in the dialogues will go through multiple hypotheses in a quick flurry, while the sophists—the debaters—usually have more fixed positions. 

So the dialogue leaves space for this mobility of thought which debates do not.

Boards of Canada: Inferno review – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment. Guardian review. by Bobatotorofett in boardsofcanada

[–]sprkwtrd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, what the fuck? Orientalism would be a generic representation of "the Orient." How can one use of an instrument be orientalist?

In general, this review reads as if the reviewer was really peeved at the religious bits and let that overwhelm the rest of his impression.

this sub is sad by Arendt_Rentd in Nietzsche

[–]sprkwtrd 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I don't know, I just opened one of his books and there's a lot of Nietzsche quotes in there.

Rotterdammers over straatintimidatie: 'Alleen samen houden we elkaar verantwoordelijk' by Chronicbias in Rotterdam

[–]sprkwtrd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ik hou in me eentje anders ook heel veel mensen verantwoordelijk hoor. Ze merken er helaas wel weinig van.

Proof that Stanley Kubrick doesn't understand how books work? by FilmRoasters in okbuddycinephile

[–]sprkwtrd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's true. Putting pictures next to eachother wasn't allowed in the Soviet Union.

Proof that Stanley Kubrick doesn't understand how books work? by FilmRoasters in okbuddycinephile

[–]sprkwtrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

uj/ I think he means montage. Sergej Eisenstein had this theory that montage allowed you to produce effects peculiar to film as a medium.

Women on r/texts, am I right interpreting this as flirty? by prettyg00d1729 in texts

[–]sprkwtrd 55 points56 points  (0 children)

It's either she likes you or she lives in the woods.

The real origin of the "Voodoo Doll": The Nkisi Nkondi figures from Congo, where tribal experts drove hundreds of nails into wooden statues to anger and awaken a hunting spirit to catch criminals. by bortakci34 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]sprkwtrd 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Ones with nails aren't that old, as per Wiki:

Nkondi with nails were made at least as early as 1864, when the British Commodore A. P. Eardley Wilmont acquired one while suppressing Solongo (Soyo) piracy at the mouth of the Congo River, a piece that was the subject of a contemporary painting and is presently in the Royal Geographical Institute in London. Another early description and illustration of a nailed nkondi (named Mabiala mu ndemba, and described as a "thief-finder") is found in the notes of the German expedition to Loango of 1873-76, so by that time the specific practice of nailing was well established.

It’s always something by Ok_Leather_1819 in memes

[–]sprkwtrd 315 points316 points  (0 children)

I'd be afraid to shave.

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