Well, it's Friday and you know what that means: Bring out the gimp!!!
On another note, I recently read a blurb from a philospher who stated that language exist to translate, not to communicate. I find this to be both outrageous and fascinating.
I believe it implies that, while we want to communicate with one another, that is, share information, what we are really doing with language is to transform our individual experiences into the experiences of another. That is to say, in order for others to appreciate what we say, they must take up our statements and make these enunciations their own.
This is important because it emphasizes that we are not simply social creatures, defined by cultural semiotics; we are also individuals with unique qualities that will ensure, at some fundamental level, that we are strangers to one another. Or perhaps not!
Any thoughts?
On another note, I recently read a blurb from a philospher who stated that language exist to translate, not to communicate. I find this to be both outrageous and fascinating.
I believe it implies that, while we want to communicate with one another, that is, share information, what we are really doing with language is to transform our individual experiences into the experiences of another. That is to say, in order for others to appreciate what we say, they must take up our statements and make these enunciations their own.
This is important because it emphasizes that we are not simply social creatures, defined by cultural semiotics; we are also individuals with unique qualities that will ensure, at some fundamental level, that we are strangers to one another. Or perhaps not!
Any thoughts?
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I donno that I'd classify masturbation as annoying... but then I tend to think what's annoying about the self-help thing is the schmaltz factor.