To guitar nerds, "aesthetics" is the visual appearance of the instrument. The beauty of the sound of the instrument has specific jargon.
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Perhaps "beauty" is the word we use when we don't know what we're talking about. When we do know, it's lexicalized into every facet.
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(Which specificity makes it easier to deny that there is any such thing as general beauty)
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@sarahdoingthing 'God' is another word we use when we don't know what we're talking about in the same way as your example1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@thejaymo belief in fairies and belief in bad guys both fill different kinds of gaps between expectation and experience1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing Some good stuff on that exact thing in here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuzU98S5LSA … but about dragons1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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