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matte@feddit.nuto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What book(s) are you reading right now and recommend for others?2·8 days agoI read them as an adult. What I loved about the second book was the very original setting and perspective that was still completely captivating and felt believable. I don’t think I have ever read anything that is quite comparable. Anyway, maybe I should give the third one another go, I’m on vacation now so maybe a little bit more relaxed and patient!
matte@feddit.nuto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What book(s) are you reading right now and recommend for others?2·10 days agoMy experience was that the first book was fine, say 6,5/10. Just enough to move on to the the second, which I absolutely loved 9,5/10. Started reading the third with high expectations but it just didn’t engage me at all. Didn’t get through more than perhaps 25% of it.
matte@feddit.nuto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does the creator or the audience determine the meaning of a work of art?3·11 days agoMeaning only exists as experienced by someone particular in a specific situation in time and space. The meaning-making processes in these situations assume a configuration of previous experiences, and probably conventions, languages, agreements on symbols and metaphors, technologies and so on. “The work” doesn’t have any meaning outside of these situations (maybe it doesn’t even exist, depending on how you define it). The author normally has no control over these situations and thus cannot, practically speaking, determine any meaning. But probably there is neither a “the audience” that can “determine” anything. The audience likely consists of several elements that create meanings in different ways across space and time.
Related issues: The author/creator/performer had an intention that they themselves get to decide. But this intention is not universally and necessarily the same as “the meaning of the work”.
Practically speaking, the purpose of the audience is often to understand the intention of the author/creator.
Discussions of authorial intent may be useful and interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorial_intent
matte@feddit.nuto Classic Rock: A Journey Through Timeless Music@lemmy.world•Depeche Mode - Never Let Down Again (Live, Barcelona 2009)2·15 days agoQuite possibly my favourite DM song! (Together with Black Celebration)
matte@feddit.nuto Classic Rock: A Journey Through Timeless Music@lemmy.world•? And The Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)2·16 days agoAmazing haircut!
Very sadly, Rutte is not anywhere near a position to ignore Trump. And pushing back currently comes with a much higher risk than sucking up. I think Rutte is playing a short term game because in the long term Trump is too unpredictable anyway. I think Rutte just wants to make sure that Trump leaves this meeting feeling that “NATO likes Donald, NATO good” so that he doesn’t do anything drastic. Tomorrow he will probably focus on something different anyway. Golf, tariffs, Canada, Biden - who knows?
It’s just a strategy for dealing with an ego in need of constant external reinforcement and validation. Absolutely embarrassing but it probably works.
Maybe. Does the plastic wrap have those little bubbles you can pop?
What do you have in the back then?
Thank you, those are some interesting perspectives!
Lovecraft was on my list forever as well but I never got around to it until I found them on Spotify. Usually listen while travelling.
Thanks for another great answer. I realise now that the comparison with Soviet wasn’t very thoughtful of me. I just wanted to imagine something that would have broken up the Nazi German hegemony from the inside.
Another thought is that American products and culture probably are popular partly because they were winners in World War 2.
Great answer, do you see any internal tensions within the Axis that could foreseeably have caused collapse comparable to say Soviet communism’s collapse in the real world? How dependant were they on Hitler and Mussolini as individuals?
matte@feddit.nuto Casual Conversation@piefed.social•What's a common health myth people fall for?20·20 days agoThat individual health can be discussed separately from societal conditions such as what the market offers, salary levels, pollution, transport system, working hours, labour market, insurance system et cetera. “If you want to be healthy it is just your own individual responsibility to purchase healthy commercial products and services”.
I listen to Lovecraft audiobooks, for “free” on Spotify!
matte@feddit.nuto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the general global opinion people have on Qatar and Pakistan?2·25 days agoThank you so much for taking the time to write a long and informative answer. It was very interesting to learn about the situation. I really hope it will improve. Best of luck to you and your country/community!
matte@feddit.nuto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the general global opinion people have on Qatar and Pakistan?2·26 days agoPS. If you have any question about either, happy to answer>
Could you please say a few words about the situation for young people (say 15-25) in Pakistan? What are their dreams and aspirations? Main differences between socioeconomic groups of youth? Main conflicts and disagreements with older generations? View of the world?
I fully realise that this is a huge and complex question and that it will be very difficult to generalise. Any response on these kinds of questions would be much appreciated though!
Yeah a clear sign that it’s actually your favourite!
Great to see two really iconic artists and singers at their best!
Indeed, really exceptional performances! Thank you so much for sharing!
Nice performance, love the violin!