I’m interested in how a domain, work of language or art, mathematical proof, movie, etc. can be “up its own ass”
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I think the core is being excessively self-focused, in repetitions/layers, and ignoring outside world - ultra-advanced omphaloskepsis
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A certain level of focus on tools is acceptable, but after a while we expect people and things to “get on with it” whatever “it” is
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What are the most “up its own ass” things you can think of? Feel free to include things you like that are nonetheless up their own asses
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[although descriptively I’ve called the movie Interstellar “fractally up its own ass” for being a self-incepting fictional universe]
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i would not classify House of Leaves or GEB as being up their own ass despite adhering to this definition
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yeah good counterexamples
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Finding it very hard to resist pointing it out that the phrase "ultra-advanced omphaloskepsis" makes this tweet also look extremely "up its own ass". Suggests sthg about the label means "not caring if other (most) people understand or resonate".
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I would never
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Like every documentary movie is like this
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Omphaloskepsis... that's the belief that Willy Wonka brought down the towers?
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