that’s interesting - I’ve never read a good explanation of the “satisfyingness” quale (a visual that’s inexplicably satisfying to see)
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I found one by
@EvanCMalone https://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=800 … - cf. Christopher Alexander’s “fit”@vgr2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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Why must you C.Alex everything
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it’s not “everything” it’s literally his independent aesthetic conclusion
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Yeah yeah Fun fact: car companies have design people specifically focused on making sure doors close with a satisfying thunk I bet there’s product design literature on this. I suspect there’s a strong aural component. It’s a kind of anti-music, like anti-jokes.
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why anti-music? a satisfying sound is more music than noise
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There’s no tension-resolution thing going on. It’s just straight up resolution. Like anti jokes aren’t incoherent or unfunny, they just don’t set up and resolve a premise. But I’m not attached to the idea. Just seems to fall short of musicality.
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I’d summarize it as something like “reading mind in the revelation of precise fit”
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The design examples have precision of fit going on but the soap and other found-ritual examples seem to have significant messiness and imprecision In fact we might have here a perfect challenge for you: the oddly satisfying mess. Extra credit: involving mild destruction
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Yeah I thought Act 1 was “dice rain”, Act 2 was “get the residual stub smooth”
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