@Satsuma in fairness i was watching this advertisement in a restaurant with the sound off
@Satsuma none
@witchfynder_finder HHD was an understated classic imo
from the internet’s selection of images maybe mario galaxy had the head‐planets and metroid wii just used heads next to the save file but regardless
first it was “romance literature can have some good qualities”, then it was “you don’t have to limit the perspective of your writing if you don’t want to”, then it was “here is what queer theory has to say about grief and mourning”
today it is “pretentious writing advice is bad and people should just explain in clear language when things are useful and when they aren’t”
@aescling for a potentially quite loose definition of “meaning”, “embedded in”, and “text”
@aescling “attempting to uncover the meanings embedded in a text” is i think the conventional definition
@witchfynder_finder nintendo is just trying to retcon the fact that samus owns clothes other than the zero suit
@aescling i would say that the purpose of (critical) theory is to build a (critical) framework for analysing things (that one can do criticism to)
@witchfynder_finder the one thing “tho” has against it is that, while quite common, there is also “although”, which is rarely shortened, and the two would probably have to happen at the same time
@witchfynder_finder i think “tho” will happen first tho
@aescling typically with little-to-no understanding of what the purpose of it actually is
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