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@irene I get it! Verbosity isn't really appreciated by most people, which sort of serves as another method of weeding out the wimps. Ha.
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Navigatr9276yNow, I'm really not looking to start an argument, seriously, I'm just incredibly intrigued. Why do you consider art to be meaningless crap?
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"withholding from others information". Smfh, wtf was the point of reordering that sentence? This belongs on r/iamverysmart
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Navigatr9276y@irene Well, to answer that question we first need to define what concepts are useful, and why. And also perhaps define exactly what "art" is. That's why I asked my question in the first place, out of sheer curiosity as to what OP considers to be art and why it's useless.
I mean, one could consider the construction of computers and electronics and art form, if the art is defined by the skill and experience of the person putting it together.
Humans as a species loves to categorize anything and everything, it's how we best understand the world around us. Unfortunately most things don't fit neatly into boxes in that way, so we end up with kind of blurred lines in a lot of areas. -
@irene is music useless crap? Or movies? Or buildings? They are all art in their own way.
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@irene do you listen to music? So art is not an useless crap for you. Do you enjoy a good movie or series? So art is not an useless crap for you.
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@irene well that's subjective. I do love photography and painting and in my free time I do visual and generative art. It's a way to express things that you can't express in any other way, and people enjoy that, can relate or just have a sense for aesthetics.
Is that crap? Maybe, sometimes, is a matter of taste.
Is that useless? Mostly yes, it's subjective, but rarely is of practical use.
But is that useless crap? I don't think so, lots of people enjoy art 😁
PS. I don't like football, is that useless crap? 🤔 -
Navigatr9276y@irene If we're talking about finding the meaningfulness of "art gallery"-art, I think the conclusion is that we just can't.
To some, having certain styles of paintings and pictures in their environment can improve their well-being (e.g. cause inspiration, lift the mood, help in relaxation, etc.), but to others that very same imagery might have pretty much the opposite effect. :P
It's a VERY subjective topic to say the least.
PS. Porn is most definitely art, there's no arguing that. -
@Navigatr I don't agree with that comment, but I upvoted it because of the thought which was involved in its creation.
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@varikvalefor @Navigatr Never mind. I completely misunderstood it. It's a pretty neutral comment. I like that.
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@flightlessbird I find sentences which are ordered like that to be clearer in their intentions.
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@trollonaboat It might be a little bit of both, but I'm not going to give an exact answer.
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(Yes, I use "thee" and "thou", as well as the "-st" suffix. They maximise the clarity of statements.)
People who resemble me are rare, but I intend to form with someone who is extraordinarily similar to me an alliance. Because I have failed to locate anyone who meets my criteria by simply performing on-line searches for people who bear a resemblance to me, I am publicising this document.
I have an unusually dry sense of humour, one which is dry to the extent of often being interpreted as being extremely malevolent. I am a polymath who studies ornithology, various fields of computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, general biology, neurology, physics, mathematics, and various other things. I am more than capable of withholding from others information, i.e., I am capable of keeping a secret. Being politically correct is hardly an act of which I am guilty, and, in order to provide an example of my politically-incorrect nature, I cite in this sentence my being a eugenicist. I am the servant of the birds. I greatly appreciate the breed of philosophy which concerns interactions and general wisdom, as opposed to questioning the purpose of existence and otherwise ultimately unimportant things. I have been described as being paranoid about security. I do not in the slightest like meaningless crap, e.g., art. I often venture in an attempt to shoot tiny birds, because I adore them and wish to develop a greater understanding of them. I am proficient with most computer systems when a manual is available to me. This was a small assortment of pieces of information concerning me which could be used as a method of judging whether or not thou art similar to me.
Thou art, however, required to possess some specific qualities, which include being able to maintain confidentiality, i.e., not being a whistle-blower or anything similar. In addition to this, consciously believing that logical reasoning is better than emotionally-based thinking, and thou needest to be capable of properly utilizing resources which are available on-line, e.g., Encyclopedia Britannica. I also demand that thou writest coherent English sentences.
If thou believest that thou bearest some resemblances to me, please send to me an e-mail which describes thee and is encrypted with the PGP public key which is available at the following URL: http://raw.github.com/varikvalefor/.... I can be reached at varikvalefor@aol.com.
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