• enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    OK, Grandpa, back to bed. j/k j/k :)

    We have multiple industries (movie/tv/gaming/sports) whose main focus is “wasting” time. Finding some enjoyment in linguistics and logic certainly isn’t any more of a waste.

    • Quicky@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Haha I’m just being dismissive, but greater minds than mine have made the same point.

      I read something a while back about Ludwig Wittgenstein (in a YouTube comment of all places). He basically said “It turns out that Philosophy, my entire life’s work, is just a language game and, in the end just like a game, it can be fun and challenging, but ultimately meaningless.” Everyone disagreed then immediately went back to playing their own games, trying to prove him wrong by proving him right.