i would guess it's probably an annoyance with people assigning significance to the insignificant and the belief they've discovered something profound when it's intellectually pretty shallow. i can understand an eye roll at people who try to answer really complex questions about life and existence with something like pretty patterns, but i personally choose to be fine with people finding the things that help them understand the world in their own way. we're not all meant to be Aristotle.
Yes, I'm more in the continental mindset myself. To paraphrase Gene Wolfe, the meaning of life is life itself, not as a means to an end, but an end unto itself. Which is why I was originally curious about the why, assuming OP didn't take my curiosity as bad faith
Ok, well - in my cultural background, that sort of symbology is typically associated with scams, unsavoury types, and sexual exploitation. This pretension that life can be explained with magical patterns is fundamentally anti-intellectual and prone to appeal to fools.
To paraphrase another unsavoury person, when I see this kind of stuff I put my hand on the revolver.
i mean you're publicly stating your opinion in a comments section, which is designed for conversation. it's sort of weird to state something so strongly and then not want to elaborate more on why.
i would guess it's probably an annoyance with people assigning significance to the insignificant and the belief they've discovered something profound when it's intellectually pretty shallow. i can understand an eye roll at people who try to answer really complex questions about life and existence with something like pretty patterns, but i personally choose to be fine with people finding the things that help them understand the world in their own way. we're not all meant to be Aristotle.
Yes, I'm more in the continental mindset myself. To paraphrase Gene Wolfe, the meaning of life is life itself, not as a means to an end, but an end unto itself. Which is why I was originally curious about the why, assuming OP didn't take my curiosity as bad faith
It doesn't really matter why, does it?
It matters for me to understand you, the other. I'm trying :p
Ok, well - in my cultural background, that sort of symbology is typically associated with scams, unsavoury types, and sexual exploitation. This pretension that life can be explained with magical patterns is fundamentally anti-intellectual and prone to appeal to fools.
To paraphrase another unsavoury person, when I see this kind of stuff I put my hand on the revolver.
i mean you're publicly stating your opinion in a comments section, which is designed for conversation. it's sort of weird to state something so strongly and then not want to elaborate more on why.
Well, it was a response to a similarly un-elaborated statement of opinion.