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That's not what Plato's cave means
Again, not even close to what that analogy represents.
Plato's Cave is an allegory for scientific education illuminating things we previously didn't understand.
It's literally about how about critiquing things scientifically gives us the power to leave 'the cave' (critiquing stuff being something Philosophers were pretty fond of.)
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I spend most of my spare time doing community organizing when I'm not getting exposed to radioactive liberalism at work.
The cave analogy really feels like projection when you're the one dropping cryptic references to conversations happening in other corners of the cave like I give a shit about what's on the wall over there.
No actually the analogy is about science, you're not allowed to use it that way
My brother in christ, take the L
The W for this site is getting to say narcissist is a slur? Uhhh okay. Honesly tricking you guys into going for that would be fine with me even if other guy also wants that because of their evil brainpan
I generally think people can be worked with and aren't intrinsically evil. It's specifically that get all essentialist about peoples biology vis a vis their usefulness to society and that's why they get the pit.
Understanding where people are and not wanting to insult them is very different from giving them free reign to hurt other people.
I don't think they're ontologically evil I was being silly don't worry
It is extremely funny the site flipped back to saying narcissist is a slur and I hope to god the mods double down. I need it to happen
I've been watching this from the start and it reminds me a lot of how people reacted super-negatively to the pronoun tags too. In the end it was more telling on them than anything else.
I've had plenty of bad experiences with people with poor emotional regulation, from a number of sources. I'm fine with people treating it as something for serious discussion and not levelling it flippantly as an insult. That's more what I have an issue with, I don't see how drawing a line at name calling over something people might legitimately be working on (especially as it relates to their own life) is difficult or enabling.
I’m just aghast wondering how someone could possibly be this far off base, it’s truly incredible
this you?
Ooo how scary a bunch of NEETs have some screenshots
Grow the fuck up. Also you ooze boomer filth from your emoticons, it sticks out like a sore thumb here
There's an irony to getting defensive about "pwNPD" and them using NEET as a pejorative.
I recognize that there's something there. I'm not defensive about the narcissism thing btw, haven't formed an opinion and if anything my first instinct was to agree with this person, but they are acting like a little shit.
That they are
I just reacted by saying "Go ahead, parade my identity in front of bigots. That's what we did at Stonewall and we should do it more often"
Lol well the site's reputation is certainly deserved. Hence people laughing at the prospect of "narcissist" becoming a slur. It's a joke in and of itself.
Jesus Christ dude, go outside
Aren't 90% of us posting on the clock or while smoking weed in our car? Tiresome bit.
Damn, talk about projecting.
always so brave when running to your fashie hq but backpedaling so fast when you get called on it
I think that's what he thinks it means.
It's like he saw the picture of a bunch of people in a cave and came to that conclusion rather than further investigating what the actual analogy means.
They said they actually know something about psychology up thread, my guess is this is a kid getting a psych degree doing that thing psych majors do where they imagine their intro textbook has granted them an honorary doctorate
Oh my fucking god you're right. That is so hilariously ironic.
oppa gangnam style
Okay who the fuck let the cat outdoors?