william kent
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Is Oppenheimer retroactively becoming one of these figures due to the film? Are people making inspirational Oppenheimer memes?
Giving me Darryl by Jackie Ess vibes
Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments?“You live vicariously through celebrities, I live vicariously through the guys who fuck my wife. But sure, ok, I’m the weird one. Let me ask you this: do you watch sports at all? I could ask, “what’s the point if you aren’t the one playing?” but it isn’t exactly a fair question.
I think a lot about LeBron James. I can imagine his NBA rings on the bedside table, next to Mindy’s wedding ring and these little antique porcelain ashtrays that Mindy’s mom gave us for our wedding. I’ll bet he’s got a great grip, and big hands that move decisively. A touch with no tickle, no trepidation, no contingency plan, just going to exactly the right place and going straight there. That’s basketball. I’m sure he’s all-around athletic, but for some reason I specifically imagine his hands, moving Mindy around. 6’8”, God.”
in a fatalistic way i think so. but the edits look cool and i like the movie so it gets a passIs Oppenheimer retroactively becoming one of these figures due to the film? Are people making inspirational Oppenheimer memes?
To the first question I would say yes, but the second question I have no idea. I don't really think about it that metaphysically if that makes senseinteresting point. part of what i was trying to articulate or ask was regarding the conflict of whether god lives in us through the ecstacy through the other beings he created, or if the second coming is still or never even coming. or maybe is it even not worth thinking about this at all
The West is now so much in hock to intentionally limited materalist scientific process that transcendence is ruled out from the get-go. Whereas sporting performances can be witnessed by everybody and are subject to agreed upon measurement and numerification, transcendent events such as spiritual visions, intuited awarenesses, experiences of other modes of existence are dismissed because they are not maximally accessible. Funnily enough, this accessibility is far more demanding than what science requires as evidence: e.g. effective mediumship, telepathy, psychokinesis, presentiment, reincarnation, have all successfully been submitted to standardly rigorous scientific enquiry.Can humanity be transcendent or are we abandoning the transcendent in favour of humanity due to realising these capabilities?
Have you always been a practicing Jew?
This is my feeling too.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
We know, but see how no one calls you a nonce when you say it nicely?This is my feeling too.