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  1. Why Oboes Are So Expensive
    by Business Insider
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xOj9bLkYVQ
    that's a perfectly reasonable explanation
    via TYWKIWDBI

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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
    via [twitter.com profile] Ada_Palmer

Date: 2022-10-04 02:44 pm (UTC)
jjhunter: profile of human J.J. with goggles and a band of gears running down her face; inked in reds and browns (steampunk J.J.)
From: [personal profile] jjhunter
That amicus curiae brief filing from The Onion is both funny and very much to the point - it really delivers on its delicious table of contents agenda:INTEREST OF THE AMICUS CURIAE ............. 1
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

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