tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post5579322106940455902..comments2024-03-16T08:32:58.087-07:00Comments on Consider Your Ass Kicked!: Ask A Question Get An Answer #8: Other Than Death and Taxes (Naturally), On What Do You Rely? dogimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-54945230365636240272023-11-13T16:25:24.883-08:002023-11-13T16:25:24.883-08:00This whole question strikes me (in retrospect) as ...This whole question strikes me (in retrospect) as rife with liminal m3ssag1nges JUST KIDDINGdogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-37339019309325956732014-04-09T15:34:44.575-07:002014-04-09T15:34:44.575-07:00In some cases, in my own case, I have occasionally...In some cases, in my own case, I have occasionally redefined Self as the Other. Only where it was defensible! Only where it was justified.dogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-52299912192508174772014-04-09T13:47:19.959-07:002014-04-09T13:47:19.959-07:00Sometimes you just need to find a good reason to f...Sometimes you just need to find a good reason to fuck the Other.<br /><br />Anything will do.sophistikittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705390137342099193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-91803912058129258222014-04-09T13:07:21.028-07:002014-04-09T13:07:21.028-07:00It's because of his traditional and disgusting...It's because of his traditional and disgusting diet and atrocious culturally-inculcated hygiene rituals. But I'm not sure those are reasons to <i>fuck</i> him though. <br /><br />Still, I guess if it's a choice between Self and the Other...dogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-86596692824751601852014-04-09T10:50:11.031-07:002014-04-09T10:50:11.031-07:00FUCK THE OTHER.
He's shifty and he smells fun...FUCK THE OTHER.<br /><br />He's shifty and he smells funny.sophistikittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705390137342099193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-69581255361500867972014-04-09T09:10:44.515-07:002014-04-09T09:10:44.515-07:00I did think there was some chance of confusion. I ...I did think there was some chance of confusion. I took pains to define it up front, but once a distractingly amusing interpretation creeps in, it's hard to dislodge! Still, amusing is good too. <br /><br />I usually associate the Other (or even The Other, but that's a bit excessive) with the whole sociological or would it be anthropological (or socioanthropological?) idea of the one who dogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-32183473255881406492014-04-09T01:29:14.074-07:002014-04-09T01:29:14.074-07:00And thank you in turn for such a prompt answer!
...And thank you in turn for such a prompt answer! <br /><br />I have to confess, though, at first I took the Other to refer to the Uncanny, and then I thought it'd be an entertaining exercise to think of it in a Game of Thrones-ey sort of way.<br /><br />While capitalising the Other does look cool, you do run the risk of your reader's imaginations getting carried away with themselves.sophistikittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705390137342099193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-10897089445225369952014-04-08T16:15:08.169-07:002014-04-08T16:15:08.169-07:00How could I forget!
Fond thanks are due to Steph...How could I forget! <br /><br />Fond thanks are due to <a href="http://asurfaceofinfiniteshallowness.blogspot.com/p/consider-your-ass-kicked-nonspecific.html" rel="nofollow">Stephanie</a> for posing this question using the Ask A Question Get An Answer button! <br /><br />A question indeed. It threatened to sweep us into deep waters, but I hope you'll agree I was able to keep it right there ondogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180693.post-52116396785051122182014-04-08T16:06:59.909-07:002014-04-08T16:06:59.909-07:00I wasn't able to capitalize a couple instances...I wasn't able to capitalize a couple instances of the word "other," as it didn't seem to me that I was talking about the Other. It was more an each of you and the other of you setup. <br /><br />I justify it. dogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.com