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RiKD  United States. Apr 21 2025 05:52. Posts 9242 | | |
I'm deep in theory. What a magical time. I am about half way through Mythologies by Roland Barthes. Then, I have The Medium is the Massage by McLuhan, Elements of Semiology by Barthes, and Society of the Spectacle by Debord up next but no one gives a shit.
That is really what this blog post is about. How no one gives a shit. Being an autodidact is a very solitary pursuit by definition. I joined a philosophy channel on Discord and they don't really give a shit either. It's mostly analytic academics. I don't fit in. The server is too active. Reddit has nothing for me besides the occasional Google search. I kind of despise Chat GPT but it can be somewhat useful.
My poor mom has to hear earfuls of the stuff I'm reading. At least she says she enjoys it to a point.
I'm just lonely. I went in hard on some Baudrillard. I think up to 2 weeks have flown by. I don't know if I even thought to be lonely then. Mythologies by Barthes is ok. It is a good intro to semiotics. A nice break from the denser and more opaque Baudrillard. Although, Baudrillard fascinates me. He seduces me. He haunts me.
There is no where for the autodidact to go except to touch grass and deal with it. Academia is a pipedream. It has been ever since I did not major in philosophy and chose poker over academics.
And the elephant in the room is that I need a job. I know, I know. I need a job. That is tremendous toil. If I did not have hypertrophy training and theory I would be in real trouble. The toil and the void would be too great.
Overcoming inertia in entropy. In a simulation the only thing left to do is play the game. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players (Shakespeare).
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Loco Canada. Apr 21 2025 23:02. Posts 21002 | | | |
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ni hao ma? comment ca va? |
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RiKD United States. Apr 24 2025 23:26. Posts 9242 | | |
To all Canadians in the thread I apologize. (Doctor) Marshall McLuhan was Canadian. Born in Edmonton and died in Toronto he is a real Canadian hero. A PhD from Cambridge in English it's a dream to read his untranslated English in works such as Understanding Media.
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In other news, for anyone that is hitting plateaus in the gym and generally not having a great go of it I highly suggest taking a break. I took a week off, switched up all the exercises, and lowered volume and generally feel great again in the gym.
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I regret not reading more in my teens and twenties. I also could have taken better advantage of university. All you had to do was ask an advisor to take more classes and they would let you do it if you showed you could succeed. Then you could take even more classes. You could potentially double the course work for the same price. |
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highsight is 20/20 rikd, shouldn't regret life experiences imo |
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RiKD United States. Apr 25 2025 05:34. Posts 9242 | | |
Before poker I took a philosophy 101 class and got the highest grade in the class even though the professor was a douche and the subject was lame ass medieval philosophy like St. Thomas Aquinas. The TA made recitation magical though. In my family the men major in STEM primarily chemistry. I was too much of a coward to switch to philosophy.
Unfortunately, I didn't know about the increased course load for free hack until my junior year.
After poker nothing mattered because I was going to play poker no matter what. Taking so many courses my senior year definitely hurt poker though.
I did have some great experiences.
I think I am having these university reflections because I am hanging out a lot in a philosophy server with a lot of students and academics. After talking more and more I don't feel like as much of an outcast even though I am. I don't know how much it helps me in my current situation but it is enjoyable to have people to talk philosophy with. |
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loco u gonna answer my questions? I answer urs |
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