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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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.
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