Lebron James, Jesus Christ, Beyonce, and Messianic figures

[kid charlemagne]

@version and I were talking about how Taylor swift is uniquely insular among pop stars to ever reach her level of fame. She has no affect on music trends whatsoever, no influence. She’s oddly absent from public space- not that she isn’t everywhere but i don’t hear her as often as I hear less popular artists when in bars/restraunts/ in commercials and etc. I don’t think there’s ever been another musician to hold the title of worlds most popular while simultaneously being so specifically for her fan base. That insularity can be read as ‘religious,’ in the spirit of the thread.

yea ive always been so fascinated by her universality among specific groups. there are men who like here, yea, but those concerts are just a sea of white women. i see women on dating apps who will mention her in their profile, and i dont understand why they would think i would want to talk about her

 

[sus]

As a wise man once said. "Getting out of the habit of deflation is one of the most useful things you can do for yourself. The tendency to dismiss and diminish will leave you in a far more boring world than the one you deserve to live in."

 

[linebaugh]

yea ive always been so fascinated by her universality among specific groups. there are men who like here, yea, but those concerts are just a sea of white women. i see women on dating apps who will mention her in their profile, and i dont understand why they would think i would want to talk about her

it’s cause we’ve taken everything else from white women, she’s all they have left

 

[kid charlemagne]

it’s cause we’ve taken everything else from white women, she’s all they have left

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

 

[Ian Scuffling]

raised G-dless found my way back through Hermeticism/looking closer at the history of Hermeticism, made first tshuvah/started back on my way 8 years ago

Could you recommend some books for someone just getting into it?

 

[Ian Scuffling]

sorry it was tangential i just tire of the insistent "mankind is exhausted sclerotic and doomed" theme on here. it's boring and also i frankly can't take it seriously by what my picture of the world looks like

I'm not sure if you're referring to my post as part of this, but I'd be curious to hear your opposing view if so. I didn't really intend mine to be so pessimistic.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

a temporary speculation from a provincial planet in the backwater of the universe

Your pep talk went wrong.

 

[sus]

No the humility is enchanting, inspiring, breathgiving lifegiving

 

[sus]

There must be uncertainty to go on, no one can trod through mechanical enactment, rolling themselves like billiard balls endlessly uphill

 

[mixed_biscuits]

There must be uncertainty to go on, no one can trod through mechanical enactment, rolling themselves like billiard balls endlessly uphill

You don't just have uncertainty, you claimed that there's 'no truth'.

 

[pattycakes_]

No the humility is enchanting, inspiring, breathgiving lifegiving

Everything ok at home?

 

[sus]

You don't just have uncertainty, you claimed that there's 'no truth'.

You're deeply confused about both my stance and epistemology broadly

 

[mixed_biscuits]

You're deeply confused about both my stance and epistemology broadly

If you don't think what you say is true why bother saying it? Are you just trolling us again?

 

[version]

yea ive always been so fascinated by her universality among specific groups. there are men who like here, yea, but those concerts are just a sea of white women. i see women on dating apps who will mention her in their profile, and i dont understand why they would think i would want to talk about her

 

[mixed_biscuits]

@WashYourHands

 

[WashYourHands]

Wasn’t there a Giants fan who did forked signs at opposition pitchers? Late 60’s, early 70’s?

Heard from a Phils mate aeons ago, can’t find the source and pushed for time