[–] 1 point 1 month ago

The question in your text is a bit different from the one your body text. With regard to the title question: Yes, almost all senisible statements that can be made are contingent and are based on sets of assumptions that are the product of constructed context. It is actually one the major quests of western philosophy to work out the few possible statements where this may not be true. This, for example is what "Cogito ergo sum/I think therefore I am" by Descartes is about.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    This painting was purposefully left unfinished by Haring to represent his life being cut short by AIDS. It has sometimes been described as a self-portrait, with the incomplete nature of the piece representing Haring's unfinished career and the art he would not be able to create.[1][4] This painting has also been described as a statement on the AIDS epidemic's destruction of the gay community and culture, with the sudden shift into blank canvas indicating the sudden onset of the pandemic.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    This aluminum Water bottle. It has been with me for at least 25 years now. We traveled the world together several times over. It had to be rescued from lost&found boxes a bunch of times and I still use it every day.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    For the record: This seems to be a specific story from to Māori/Aotearoa branch of Māui Mythology. Not the Hawaiian branch. At least as far as a quick wikipedia search can tell.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    “Living Doll” is about a little girl named Christie (Tracy Stratford), who lives in a troubled household with her mother Annabelle (Mary La Roche) and new stepfather Erich (Telly Savalas). Erich is a mean, insecure man, frustrated by his infertility and inability to have a child with his new wife. He also rejects his stepdaughter’s affections, telling her he is not her father. The problems in the family get worse when Annabelle buys Christie a new doll called Talky Tina, which Erich disapproves of because of the cost. This also sparks a fight in front of Christie and her new doll.

    When the key in Tina’s back is wound up, she says, “My name is Talky Tina, and I love you very much.” But when Erich is alone with the doll and he turns the key out of simple curiosity, the doll says to him, “My name is Talky Tina and I don’t think I like you.” After that, every time he’s left alone with the doll, it says increasingly threatening things, like, “My name is Talky Tina, and I’m beginning to hate you.” He initially thinks it's a trick from his wife designed to humiliate him. Once he’s convinced the doll is some evil entity out to get him, he tries to destroy it, but it continuously reappears in Christie’s bed as Erich grows more erratic.

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