How did StyleZeitgeist start?

[MetroBulotDodo]

First waywt pic ever.

MA+ deerskin reversible shirt
LUC wrong tension buffalo J-pants
CCP stick (no bread and no trousers at that time)
Not shown : carpe diem clogs with oak soles

You know how when you write LOL, one rarely is literally LOLing? (Just on the inside?) Well, I just had an amazing, classy moment where I was spraying tea all over my monitor, after which I had to rest my forehead on the table so that I would not choke.

I would love a parody thread.

-MBD

also, i can't believe that Acephalé has that engraved stuff on the LoTR ring as his signature...

[Acéphale]

/\ lotr?

no, it's socrates from plato's apology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_that_I_know_nothing

also, i can't believe that Acephalé has that engraved stuff on the LoTR ring as his signature...

[MetroBulotDodo]

Acéphale,

I'm sorry. That was a terrible joke on my part.

Of course, I do know that the phrase is important to the foundation of Platonism, in particular to the understanding of what Plato meant by the "Platonic ideal" and his theories of truth, abstraction and forms.

Rest assured, I mean no harm. The whole thread was so funny, I couldn't resist.

-MBD

[Fade to Black]

lol MBD i love your attitude as displayed through your online textual cadence, it has such a 'pop' to it

[OkbutNo]

Acéphale,

I'm sorry. That was a terrible joke on my part.

Of course, I do know that the phrase is important to the foundation of Platonism, in particular to the understanding of what Plato meant by the "Platonic ideal" and his theories of truth, abstraction and forms.

Rest assured, I mean no harm. The whole thread was so funny, I couldn't resist.

-MBD

Well, that's not back tracking at all.

Now, I wouldn't finally register just to point something like that out, but since the rest of your post represents what I see as a fairly fundamental misunderstanding of what's occurring in the quote you identified as lord of the rings (and Ancient Greek philosophy is fairly close to my heart), I just had to say something. No, you weren't making a joke. Plato, through Socrates, isn't exactly talking about the Forms or Absolute Truth, its from the Apology, as was pointed out, and Socrates is defending his teaching style from accusation by the people of Athens. As in, he explains that he can't be teaching the youth poisonous ideas if he isn't teaching anything in the first place. He says he knows nothing so he asks questions, requiring clarification of the ideas postulated by those he's talking to, until etc and so forth, basic socratic dialectic shit.

And yeah, maybe not the most important thing to comment on, but jeez just admit that you mistook greek text for lotr or something. I don't even doubt you've heard the quote before but that's a lot more graceful than a hamfisted, "no guys i totally know whats going on I was just joking when I said something that wasn't even funny in the context of the thread!"

[cjbreed]

and this particular internet forum quarrel cannot exist without an "oh no u di int" tyra gif

[Avantster]

(a pictograph representing keen interest in the forthcoming retort and consequence.)

this is, after all, a forum. on the internet.

Or, the oft-preferred.

[doldrums]

Or my running favorite:


I LoVE It wHeN MuGZ be geTTIng all DiALectiCal and shit...

[marco-von]

as i read on....





the internet punch was parried by an unknown cause




this shit just got real.

[Monty76]

i have no idea how it started so i won't speculate on fausts passions and personal motivations but in a practical sense it feels like it was created as a rejection to TFS and the like. an alternative i guess.

this is a total guess so no offense intended

I don't remember the exact circumstances but this guess may be more correct then even you intended it to be.

[morsto]

Okbutno, that was (truthfully) a very good first post.

[MetroBulotDodo]

And yeah, maybe not the most important thing to comment on, but jeez just admit that you mistook greek text for lotr or something. I don't even doubt you've heard the quote before but that's a lot more graceful than a hamfisted, "no guys i totally know whats going on I was just joking when I said something that wasn't even funny in the context of the thread!"

As my experience on SZ accumulates, I grow more confident that when the day comes to depart, I will have departed with a new and deep appreciation for -- if nothing else -- the expressive and gestural brilliance that is a timely delivered face palm.

Perhaps arguing about ancient Greek on fashion forums is the new thanatopolitics? Discuss.

MBD

[cjbreed]

everybody facepalms, why would u depart?

[michael_kard]

εν οιδα οτι ουδεν οιδα is not a direct quote from plato's apology, more like a concentrated paraphrase.

i know one [thing], that i know nothing is its exact meaning. there's not much to discuss beyond that... i think its pretty clear

[Chant]

εν οιδα οτι ουδεν οιδα is not a direct quote from plato's apology, more like a concentrated paraphrase.

i know one [thing], that i know nothing is its exact meaning. there's not much to discuss beyond that... i think its pretty clear

It's a formal paradox (if you know that you know nothing, then you know at least one thing, and you can't say that you know nothing anymore), so, no, it is not clear.