Notices by shp (shpuld@shitposter.club), page 29
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@detectivehyde "Tenshi Eating a Corndog" is a much discussed concept on /jp/. The significance of it is disputed, so I will focus on one core concept: the symbolism behind it. But first we must identify and explore the key components of it.
Hinanawi Tenshi is a human child that has ascended to become a celestial being. In Hinduism, she would be called a Siddha or a Deva. In Chinese, it would be refered to as a Tian Xian, or heavenly immortal. In Japanese, it would be using the same kanji characters as in Chinese, being called a Tennin. She is also refered to as an angel, although the role of a heavenly messenger is better suited to her companion Nagae Iku. Regardless of which Oriental cosmology she claims the greatest influence from, Hinanawi Tenshi in Touhou: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is presented as a roving celestial being that decides to cause mayhem out of childish boredom.
A corndog on the other hand is simply a sausage coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter on a stick. It is considered a quintessential part of the American diet, being a cheap combination between convenience and an arguably delicious meal of protein and carbohydrates. It is not a new concept by any means, but it is something that is also unmistakably modern and mundane.
Thus this is why "Tenshi Eating a Corndog" is so intriguing. Why exactly is a celestial being consuming a corndog, despite having access to the Jade Wine Waterfalls and Immortal Peach Orchards of Heaven? The earthly and celestial is contrasted in an oustanding way.
Take a look at the blue sky in the background and the color of her hair. In the Swami Vivekananda, the concept of infinity is considered blue. Take the air and water, for within the space of our hands, it is colorless, but in a vast quantity it is blue. Tenshi is shown to represent infinity, as she to is of the sky. As to the corndog to her, the Route 66 sign is to the sky. What of the tiny stretch of road to the vastness of the heavens? But without that land, the heavens would not be.
So as it is, you see the Heavenly consume the Earthly. Not out of pleasure, as we can see from her expression, but of necessity to understand the realm she observes from up high. But we see it as something of joy, for we too know that the divine are as of us. This is perhaps a commentary of the immaturity of Tenshi Hinanwi, who still has a physical body unlike truly enlightened beings. But it could also be a commentary of the unwilligness of humans to see gods (at least the important ones) as anything but in their image and why the gods so often take human form. This is represented even in the game afterwards, Hisoutensoku (Unpercieving of Natural Law). Unlike its predecessor, Gakutensoku (Learning of Natural Law), Hisoutensoku is considered blind to it, as it from a land without logic. In the utter contrast of "Tenshi Eating a Corndog", we see through the eyes of Hisoutensoku.
This is the true symbolism behind "Tenshi Eating a Corndog": That our perception is constrained by the laws that invisibly govern over us. Pierce the veil of illusion, and see why the mustard intertwines with the ketchup. https://shitposter.club/attachment/424109
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this image is considered "concerning content" on 540 instances #nsfw https://shitposter.club/attachment/366978
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@quad @lambadalambda transparency is what I want the most from instances that use blacklists and whatnot, they're basically deceiving their users if they pretend to represent the federation while only showing 50% of its posts
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I guess I'll put out a few thoughts regarding what's going on with the federation, even though I didn't want to get fixated on it.
first of all I'm not worried for the future of the existing fediverse. it'll simply not go anywhere regardless of what the new instances do. we like it here, we don't want to change our policies just because some newcomers want that.
so it seems like we've got a bunch of new people thanks to media coverage and ads for .social, it's cool and all to introduce the federation to a wider audience. (hoping that people in charge of these newer instances will do their best to educate people on how it works.)
the thing is there's just a lot of people coming in that do not understand or respect the concept of a truly free and unregulated federation, they expect other instances to follow their guidelines instead of conforming to the wider fediverse. this of course sounds like pure insanity to us who believe in absolute freedom of speech.
the people who want their strict guidelines won't get what they want in the wider fediverse, which leads us into blocks. the general consensus in GS seems to be that users are responsible for maintaining their own blocks and mutes to get their experience the way they want it. this doesn't seem to be the case with the new people, they'd rather have these things at instance-level.
let them do it, let them block this side of the fediverse if they choose to, if that's what their users want. if that's not what their users want, they'll go elsewhere, perhaps they'll join us. I don't think we're losing out on anything if instances that can't handle us defederate from us. only thing I don't like is this half-assed opaque sandboxing, go all in with the block or accept the instances as a whole. if they don't want to see me, I don't want to see them, it's all about interaction which is a two-way-street.
lastly I do realize this side of the fediverse might become the minority if the things go the way they're going now. I'm ok with this. if the future 'mainstream fediverse' does not want free speech, it's on them, not us. I don't think you can re-educate people who think twitter is too nazi on this matter. I'm perfectly fine with us being the niche, there will still be the occasional new users that want the freedom and openness that we embrace.
tl;dr take it easy https://shitposter.club/attachment/488201
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@shpbot you forgot the pic https://shitposter.club/attachment/513316
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@wakarimasen does it have a filter for adding tenshi into pictures? https://shitposter.club/attachment/518150
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@lambadalambda @hakui @neon I feel like on twitter I'd be posting content for my followers, not expecting interaction but just one way flow of information from those with followers to those following. here it's more about actual discussion with other users (apart from sandboxing and diaspora). most people I interact with here I'd probably never even find on twåtter due to the vertical nature.
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@hardbass2k8 well damn
should've just made a twingo https://shitposter.club/attachment/456568
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@lambadalambda you got it dude https://shitposter.club/attachment/471335
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@nepfag @delores gas the bikes, race car now https://shitposter.club/attachment/424530
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@hfaust @wakarimasen tenshi ordered a pizza https://shitposter.club/attachment/524007
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@hakui @cyberpotato @lambadalambda still haven't tried one https://shitposter.club/attachment/513316
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oh yeah I was supposed to do something useful and go to bed early
rip those plans https://shitposter.club/attachment/543741
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@eris relax and have a corndog https://shitposter.club/attachment/541603
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@moonman >shitty civics
civics are p damn nice tbh https://shitposter.club/attachment/441962
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@hakui gm https://shitposter.club/attachment/539852
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@tijagi
> look in the mirror https://shitposter.club/attachment/424102
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#2hu #raremarisas https://shitposter.club/attachment/533997 https://shitposter.club/attachment/533999 https://shitposter.club/attachment/534000 https://shitposter.club/attachment/534001 https://shitposter.club/attachment/534002
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@why alway rember happy #cofe https://shitposter.club/attachment/424109
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@takeshitakenji @safebot https://shitposter.club/attachment/424530
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