What I saw on the web on 2022.10.3
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- Why Oboes Are So Expensive
by Business Insider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xOj9bLkYVQ
that's a perfectly reasonable explanation
via TYWKIWDBI - Seeing and somethingness
by Nicholas Humphrey
https://aeon.co/essays/how-blindsight-answers-the-hard-problem-of-consciousness
an investigation of the implications of blindsight. i feel like there's a step lacking in the argument.
via reddit - The Pathologies of the Attention Economy
by L.M. Sacasas
https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/the-pathologies-of-the-attention
not yet read, but it's a topic about which i think regularly
via ran prieur - BRIEF OF THE ONION AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER
by The Onion
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/20221003125252896_35295545_1-22.10.03%20-%20Novak-Parma%20-%20Onion%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2x47EFBGwG0hVkfaTi4vV5T5TH4ZhmeTD2xdHtGwv6zQ8c55bo5-5HLKw
in case you still thought we were actually in the real world, this exists
via comment on charlie's blog - Sheldon Cooper presents Fun with Flags
by David Benson
https://slides.com/davidbenson/minimal#/1
i will never look at "Norway" the same way again
viaAda_Palmer
no subject
Date: 2022-10-04 02:44 pm (UTC)INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF ARGU- MENT .................................................................. 2
ARGUMENT ........................................................ 4
I. Parody Functions By Tricking People Into Thinking That It Is Real ........................... 4
II. Because Parody Mimics “The Real Thing,”
It Has The Unique Capacity To Critique The Real Thing .......................................... 8
III. A Reasonable Reader Does Not Need A Disclaimer To Know That Parody Is Parody ........................................................ 10
IV. It Should Be Obvious That Parodists Cannot Be Prosecuted For Telling A Joke With A Straight Face ................................. 15
CONCLUSION..................................................... 18