The things we carry (or keep around) are the complement of our garbage. Telling garbage from non-garbage is a complex judgment. @ribbonfarm
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Depressed people and certain others are not capable of it. The self and its objects become indistinguishable from garbage.
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Trying to tell garbage from non-garbage is emotional, subtle, and likely AI-hard in all but very obvious cases (food wrappers)
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@sarahdoingthing Distinction is basically arbitrary. Depends on perspective. Cf: rock garden made from garbage by just-died Nek Chand1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@vgr i find that the more i put into hygiene of all types the better my life becomes. cleanliness is godliness for a reason1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@otisfunkmeyer@vgr I don't think we disagree - metaphorical hygiene, not germs1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@otisfunkmeyer metaphor of use != mechanism of utility? Or Lady Macebeth "out, out damn spot, goo gone thee to hell"?1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@vgr @otisfunkmeyer the line between maintenance/cleaning and adornment is often fuzzy - old custom of stove black comes to mind
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@vgr@otisfunkmeyer people used to lovingly polish their wood stoves with atom-thin layers of black polish, weekly or even daily3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@vgr@otisfunkmeyer it was just what one did, like bathing daily today0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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