THE PRESTIGE (2006)

[line b]

You were the first and I didn't even invite you. You just jumped through the short-lived blog portal into Dissensus Land.

Stop pretending like were not the best of friends

 

[luka]

can you do a review of all the new ones. sketch out their character traits etc so we know what to expect.

 

[version]

The Kid - Bob Dylan fanatic. Sports gambler. Michael Mann cultist. Disciple of LeBron.
Ian - Master of Cinema. Appreciator of violence. Extremely right wing.
Lou (if he ever breaks cover) - The most evil man alive. Holocaust denier. Predator. War criminal. Lawyer.

 

[luka]

will we have to watch out for and move to prevent a possible ian-craner alliance?

 

[luka]

i love politics. ive got an instinctive feel for it.

 

[sus]

Stop pretending like were not the best of friends

We should get a kickstarter going so Linebaugh can afford a cross-atlantic flight to visit his friend version, very difficult on a stick'and'poke income I'm afraid, but it would mean so much to him, he's never left the united states, it's important to see the world a bit before you die

 

[sus]

And version could use a little social interaction too, activate those mirror neurons it would be good for him

 

[luka]

craner left me a voice message today that said keep letting your light shine. i just want you to know how much youre needed.

 

[Corpsey]

Starting to see Sus as a sort of transatlantic Luka

 

[version]

craner left me a voice message today that said keep letting your light shine. i just want you to know how much youre needed.

The yoga's paying off then.

 

[luka]

Starting to see Sus as a sort of transatlantic Luka

the clever ones learn they can get ahead in life by mirroring me as exactly as possible. but by temperament hes closer to craner.

 

[Corpsey]

I'd like to see an anthropological study of dissensus, like when one of those scientists observes a group of gorillas over a five year period

 

[line b]

The Kid - Bob Dylan fanatic, sports gambler, Michael Mann cultist, Disciple of LeBron.
Ian - Master of Cinema, Appreciator of Violence, extremely right wing.
Lou (if he ever breaks cover) - The most evil man alive. Holocaust denier. Predator. War criminal. Lawyer.

We joke about lou but he did do actual jail time which is kind of the genisis of it all

 

[luka]

i smoked weed once and got paranoid barty was on an undercover assignment from vice magazine

 

[sus]

Starting to see Sus as a sort of transatlantic Luka

I recognize a winning discursive strategy when I see it

 

[Ian Scuffling]

 

[Ian Scuffling]

philosophers and sensates

the rift goes as far back as plato rebuking artists for being too focused on appearances in the republic . probably much farther. what’s the...

aloysiusplace.blogspot.com

I see the "flattening" but I've always been sympathetic to that sort of criticism because especially in the age of the internet it's probably a good thing to have as many articulate people as possible helping young people attain and understand these heuristics. I read this post as basically a sparknotes of The Birth of Tragedy, but it might help a zoomer who's never even heard of Nietzsche come to an understanding of the concept. And it's ridiculous to act as if this flattening isn't the basic practice and ideal form of criticism. If everyone on substack and medium were writing like this I'd chalk that up as a net positive.

 

[line b]

I see the "flattening" but I've always been sympathetic to that sort of criticism because especially in the age of the internet it's probably a good thing to have as many articulate people as possible helping young people attain and understand these heuristics. I read this post as basically a sparknotes of The Birth of Tragedy, but it might help a zoomer who's never even heard of Nietzsche come to an understanding of the concept. And it's ridiculous to act as if this flattening isn't the basic practice and ideal form of criticism. If everyone on substack and medium were writing like this I'd chalk that up as a net positive.

Sus didnt write that blog thats fellow american user mvuent who has been on a leave of absence ever since he went to london and met luke and I guess something horrible happened

 

[Ian Scuffling]

Who is Sus in that post?

I'm not surprised to find out Luke killed someone but I am confused as to why he seems to have gotten away with it

 

[kid charlemagne]

when i was in london, i felt that everyone i passed on the street had a .1% chance at being version