#vagueness

[thirdity]

What is frequently appreciated in many so-called symbols is exactly their vagueness, their openness, their fruitful ineffectiveness to express a “final” meaning, so that with symbols and by symbols one indicates what is always beyond one's reach.

Umberto Eco, Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language

#symbols #words #language #meaning #vagueness #openness #quotes #Eco #Umberto Eco #Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language

[philosophybits]

Vague expression permits the hearer to imagine whatever suits him and what he already thinks in any case.

Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia

#philosophy #quotes #Theodor W. Adorno #Minima Moralia #vagueness #words #language #writing #speech

[dougielombax]

What’s the opposite of a mirror?

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #mirrors #opposites #hypothetical #maybe #idk #vagueness

[crustaceansingles]

Awfully nebulous.

#crustaceansingles #comic #webcomic #single panel #cloudposting #vague #vague feeling #vagueness #happy to help

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

A "gotcha question" is also known as a follow-up question. Diabolical.

Particularly useful for testing someone's ability to tell the truth.

#gotcha questions #gotcha #obfuscation #equivocation #vagueness #dishonesty #inconsistency #contradiction #religion is a mental illness

[rwanelmasrii]

F A H I M A 🐱🩶

#cute #cute cats #gray cats #cats of tumblr #my cat #sky #blue sky #vagueness #lovely cat #green eyes #beautiful eyes #my home #cats

[daakureisaiko]

#funny #meme #memes #dank memes #funny memes #ambiguity #vagueness #what happens in vegas #What happens in vagueness

[runningfromadream]

All her grace was in her vagueness. Her voice was soft, her manner languid, her features blurred and dreamy.

Donna Tartt, The Little Friend 

#The Little Friend #Donna Tartt #quote #quotes #grace #vagueness #voice #soft #manner #features #blurred #dreamy

[beljar]

I would have preferred to have lunch on my own, twirl a jar of mustard round between my fingers, and be vague, vague, completely vague.

Françoise Sagan, from A Certain Smile, 1955

#françoise sagan #a certain smile #vagueness #french literature #quotes #world literature #books and libraries #literary text #dark acadamia aesthetic #classic literature #sagan

[polyanthea]

He was some kind of man. What does it matter what you say about people?

-Tanya (Marlene Dietrich) in Touch of Evil, dir. Orson Welles (1958)

#marlene dietrich #touch of evil #orson welles #film #closing lines #conclusion #judgment #criticism #some kind of man #vagueness #type #character #indifference #ending #last words #adios

[irreplaceable-spark]

Twitter Ban

Refusing to back down, Dr. Jordan B Peterson calls out the “woke moralists” as he deconstructs the tweet that put him in the censors' crosshairs.

#jordan peterson #twitter #ban #tweet #ellen page #elliot page #censorship #vagueness #accusations

[orphetoon]

yeah

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #not really tho?? #vague spoilers for some monsters #laios touden #laios dungeon meshi #orphe’s art

[dilfsisko]

you there. high quality production youtube channel with a team of people. why are your captions autogenerated.

#els.txt #not a vague about any youtube channel in particular btw i just notice it. a lot #i need those

[dougielombax]

Soon.

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #my poor attempt at a joke #unreality #fortunately #memphis #memphis tennessee #this sounded funnier in my head #nightmare fuel #shitpost #highbrow shitposting #the idol of Eirræbœ #idol of eirræbœ #Eirræbœ #Memphis pyramid #needlessly ominous #vagueness #soon

[adriles]

they are Cancelling me for dealing with my grief as best i can . also for the vicious war Crimes

#book 24 #the conversation between the gods at the beginning there is just this #greatest hits #all i say is vicious war crimes in a vague way #and you all start frothing at the mouth like rabid dogs #a lot of yall get the memo with the blorbo tags but also. seeing quite a few strange pulls #not exactly war crimes but Ok #sometimes normal vicious crimes can just be normal vicious crimes ok guys #can yall stop tagging this as israel u guys r fucking weird…. #if u see this and think it is a joke about actual fucking horrific war crimes and ethnic cleansing. u may be fucked up in the head #please be normal #will people stop commenting on this please. none of yall r funny

[wolfythewitch]

i have so much rage in me one day i think i will explode. i dont think i know how to forgive as much as i know how to forget

#art #wolfy religious tedtalks #sketch #comic #i have such a huge disconnect with my emotions and i do genuinely think a lot of it ties back to religion #crazy how that happens #whats funny is i now have a lot of people i vaguely dislike but cant remember why. #crazy what happens when you treat forgiveness like an instruction and not a process