• Sergio@slrpnk.net
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    1 day ago

    The text mostly just obstructs the image. You can ignore it.

    Really? I interpreted the text in this meme as a rich commentary on the nature of textual interpretation.

    • Consider: “is the glass half full or half empty?” In this image the answer is unclear, obscured by the text.
    • In the same way, language interposes itself between us as thinking beings and the objective world.
    • Together, these point to the nature of subjectivity in interpretation: is the jug half empty or half full? We cannot even reach the empty/full dichotomy (which is so necessary for the expression of our subjective interpretations) because of the obscuring nature of language.