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Post by dianarmartinez on Jun 17, 2024 20:30:33 GMT
I thought my opinion was posted yesterday, but I do not think it saved.
I will say that when watching the video about absurdism makes you rethink your whole existence. I believe that many people think about life in different ways. It depends on the person's perspective and what they believe to be a priority. For some people it is non-tangible aspects like events and experiences, for others it is tangible items such as money, cars, houses, or luxury items. However, does it really matter in the end if things will disappear? I would like to believe it's true because what matters is what kind of knowledge you pass down to someone ese. The more someone knows; the more they can make an impact. But this believe can be a concept to ignore the fact there is no factual proof of the afterlife or if anything is worth everything. I guess this will always be a cycle for every person born to think about. Is it worth it to think about it, if we have not been able to come down to an answer? I guess it's absurd to think about the absurd.
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Post by Dr. Nemmers on Jun 18, 2024 16:29:57 GMT
Right, Diana, you're getting into that absurdism cycle-- just in the same way that if you say a word once, it has meaning and conveys something, but if you repeat it over and over again, it just becomes absurd gibberish and loses all meaning. On a related note, the etymology of our English word "barbarian" comes from the ancient Greeks, who didn't bother to learn other languages and basically felt like anything said not in Greek was meaningless. According to the link: and Barbarian comes from the Greek barbaros, an onomatopoeic word to refer to the foreigners whose languages the Greeks did not understand and interpreted as bar bar bar (similar to ‘blah blah blah’ in English). trnslate.org/origin-word-barbarian/When we say "blah blah blah," we signify that even though the words have meaning, they mean nothing to us, and we don't bother to listen to them. I wonder how this might relate to Barbary Shore? Is there just a lot of blah blah blah going on, especially in the second half? What's the significance of the title, and who are the true barbarians?
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