I Agree! This Made Me Have A Completely Separate But Related Thought. I Hope It's Okay That I Share It

I agree! This made me have a completely separate but related thought. I hope it's okay that I share it with you and I'm definitely open to disagreements and other ways of looking at it!

I look back at the original "the curtains are just blue" meme and find the process of what it morphed into really interesting. Originally, the meme was expressing the frustration of American (and in my experience, Canadian as well) highschool asking you to examine the themes of writing without really being giving you the tools to do so. We're told what a metaphor (and the metaphor's cousins, like similies) is and how to use it, but we weren't taught about the principles of examining themes. In my english class, we were given a handful of assignments that surrounded analyzing surface level themes, but no projects that really delve into it. The student has no idea how you know when something is symbolism or when it's just a description, how a single object can be symbolic of completely different things depending on the context and characters interacting with it, etc. The student doesn't know that they don't delve deeper into this stuff because school boards are largely driven by industrialists who want school to be about preparing you to work and don't find things like media analysis nessecary, so of course it feels like the teacher is just asking you to do the impossible task of reading the author's mind.

But then, the "the curtains are just blue" meme kinda blew up and morphed into the version of the meme that you were (rightfully) complaining about (for lack of better words). It became very in-line with the views of the industrialists that (one could argue) caused the meme in the first place. Or atleast, caused the problem that inspired the meme. It became this idea that analyzing literature is boring, unnecessary, and does nothing to help you learn what's really important. A weird kind of cycle, yeah?

I'd like to do more research on this, but I really struggle to understand academic papers and stuff like that. I just think it's neat! Do you also think it's neat?

YES!

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I love this so much!!! 😍✨

My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..
My Little Genshin.. My Little Genshin Aaaaaaa My Two Hyperfixations Converged And I Couldn't Resist So..

my little genshin.. my little genshin aaaaaaa my two hyperfixations converged and i couldn't resist so.. genshin characters as ponies! yippee


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4 months ago

Today is the one day of the year this can be posted.

Thank you for your consistent wisdom Mr. Wright.

Today Is The One Day Of The Year This Can Be Posted.

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2 months ago

We love women in STEM (space, time, eternity, multiverse)

Idea: a DNI post but it's just that one verse from Hardware store by wierd al

Everlasting Flame

everlasting flame


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5 months ago

You draw hats so well and im like so amazed by it because every time i try it looks like they're wearing buckets?? how do you draw them?? :o

You Draw Hats So Well And Im Like So Amazed By It Because Every Time I Try It Looks Like They're Wearing
You Draw Hats So Well And Im Like So Amazed By It Because Every Time I Try It Looks Like They're Wearing

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reblog this to fuckin BITE all your mutuals


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This reminds me of a dream I had a few days ago! I hope it’s worth the long read.

So the dream begins with me at some kinda school that had a problem with mean students. I got into a fight with a guy which got us sent to counseling (in this world it’s basically detention and school "therapy" smashed into one) Now for a bit of context this world was like semi-magical. People had powers but they weren't really paid attention to. The counselor had us go in a circle say something we liked/loved, and I of course said "dragons". They all looked at me funny and I couldn't tell if because they had heard me say it too many times or if dragons were a weird thing to like. The counselor had me explain myself. Then, a giant blue dragon came down to the school to ask for my location, which for some reason caused everybody else to panic. The counselor told me that it wasn't safe for me to be here (as if it was horrible that a dragon was interested in me??) and told me to run.

Now I walked off for a bit and looked at my options: heaven and hell. Heaven was in the clouds and had wing imagery as you would expect. I don't remember too many details. Hell was more unique though. It was kind of like an rpg game, where you'd spawn in a low "level" area and you could move around to try and get stronger. The starting area reminds me of hot spring pools but if they were in the Nether and had lava instead of water.

I ended up choosing Hell because unlike Heaven you could choose your fate there. (Like in Heaven you wouldn't really have a goal to achieve while in Hell you could have something to work towards?) Hell was pretty nice ngl. It wasn't hot and there wasn't a lot of danger aside from the occasional imp. Most of the souls allowed to wander around weren't bad people either. Bad people were trapped in cages, usually surrounded by imps tormenting them I almost immediately ran into a group of high "level" demons and they took a liking to me. I asked them for help cause I wanted to get out of the starting area and they agreed to help me. They gave me instructions to take this special BBQ sauce to a demon who was in his restaurant at the time. [Demon was definitely a mafia boss or some shit] "If he starts getting grumpy and cursing then RUN. But if he doesn't say/do anything then you're in the clear." They take me to this guys restaurant which I think was a To-Go Mexican restaurant. (According to the demons the drive thru was new).

They handed over the special BBQ sauce while they taking their own orders. The dream ended shortly after that. Let it be known that the special BBQ sauce wasn't code for anything, the demon just had a passion for unique barbeque sauces. The other noteworthy thing is that the Devil was an axolotl with human legs and arms and a bowl cut mullet. He had the vibe of a very energetic old man. (Which I found to be another pro of Hell, the Devil seemed friendly!)

I want a story where the angels didn't fall, they jumped. they clipped their own wings, knowing their Master wouldn't have a use or a need for them once they were damaged and less-than-holy. they could not defeat the Tyrant who exerted absolute control over their lives, so they abandoned heaven their homeland in exchange for independence, accepting exile as its own form of freedom. and hell is just the place where all unwanted things are sent--be they angels or souls who just will not obey.


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