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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
theartofasty
theartofasty

"death of the author" is a concept created to describe and argue that the author's intent is not the ultimate and universal authority on the meaning and relevance of a piece of art


The internet has instead turned it into one of two:


-either a spell to invoke to completely dismiss and demerit an author's intent over their own work, to the point it gets essentially pushed out of the conversation:


-or a spell to justify uncritically consuming art made by bigots and abusers, often who are actively benefitting from that consumption and utilizing it to further their wretched agendas

mushroomcaphat
sistervirtue

if you make fun of people for reading slowly im going to start handing you a comprehension worksheet every time you finish a book

sistervirtue

& not even touching on the idea of a varied reading approach + skill level.......i believe all literature has something to offer for the most part but if you read 90 books in a year and its all dogshit booktok stuff and then have the audacity to turn around and make fun of people who read slowly or struggle through lower level literature when genuinely trying for whatever reason im going to beat you to death with my copy of house of leaves

sistervirtue

you there ! "im not like these troglodytes i work out at the library" tumblr user! when was the last time you read a long form nonfiction piece answer quickly

in-mutual-weirdness
homunculus-argument

I actually really like the thing when you're starting to get the hang of a new language, enough to understand and say simple sentences but you gotta get creative to get more complex thoughts across, like a puzzle. I remember a time in the restortation school when a classmate who wasn't natively finnish and did her best anyway dropped something and sighed, telling me "every day is monday this week. I have had four mondays this week." And I understood.

I don't think I speak much of spanish anymore, but in the nursing school training period I did there, I did manage to get by with making weird Tarzan sentences. I got a nosebleed at some point and startled another nurse. Not knowing the words "humidity" or "stress", I managed to string together: "This is ok. It is hot, it is cold, I have a bad day, I am sad, I have blood. This is normal for me." And she understood.

And sometimes you just say things weird, but it's better than not saying it. One time, I was stuck in a narrow hallway behind someone walking really slowly with a walker, and he apologised for being in the way. I was not in any hurry, but didn't know the spanish word for "hurry", but I did know enough words to try to circumvent it by borrowing the english "I have all the time in the world."

The man burst into one of those cackling old man laughters that they do when something in this world still manages to surprise them. He had to be somewhere between 70 and a 100 years old, and I guess if there was one thing he wasn't expecting to hear today, it would be a random blond vaguely baltic-looking fuck casually announce that he is the sole owner and keeper of the very concept of time.

squid-thoughts

I’ve mostly learned Chinese in school, so I know a lot of academic vocabulary while having the language skills of a toddler in some basic areas. Once, I forgot the word for sad, which is a really dumb thing to forget. A bunch of the ways to say sad in Chinese are literally just “not happy”, but I also momentarily forgot how to say happy. So instead I said “there is an economic downturn inside my brain”.

pocket-deer-boy
ufolvr

Robot characters who are given names like SL-308-62 but instead of their human friend going Well let's call you Sally for short, they instead ask the other if they Like their current name.

"Do you like your serial number?" they ask. "Yes, quite. It reminds me of who I am" the robot replies. "I have heard others like me go by different names after some time, and maybe one day I'll choose one for myself, too. But right now that is my full name, yes" they continue.

Because it's not your decision to make whether or not the robot will receive a new name. It should be theirs only. What's the difference? One is more complex and the other is simplified. They were both given by strangers instead of themselves.

"62 will do," they conclude. "It's my model number - there will be no other 62 after me."

quasi-normalcy

Robots who instead start assigning numbers to their human friends

dragonkidalumnus

“Not that I mind,” I tell SL-308-62 one afternoon as we enjoy our shared lunch break (I have my packed lunch, and 62 has connected themself to their portable power bank) “but why do your call me ‘four’?”

The LEDs along 62’s appendages twinkle- a tell that they’re mulling over an answer.

“It’s a nickname,” they explain, “you are my fourth acquaintance aboard the station, and I’ve assigned you a serial number. Your full designation is F-001-04.”

“What does the ‘F’ stand for?” I ask, curious and charmed.

“Friend,” SL-308-62 says, their tone fond. “It stands for friend.”