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New post in the Hyperbole and a Half blog today! They're few and far between these days, but always so wonderful. She'd remind me of me if she weren't quite so...out of control. Though I can't relate to that, she reminds me of a few aspects of my personality in how she views and responds to the world around her. It's difficult to explain unless you've seen the blog though. It's a popular humor blog illustrated with MS Paint pictures. She talks about everything from crazy childhood experiences, to the trials and tribulations she has with her dogs, to dealing with her current depression. She has a strange and fantastic approach to life, and I completely love it.
Her post today actually focused on human nature and an experience of how that changed for her when she once wore a dinosaur costume at the age of four. She talked about how when she'd put the dinosaur costume on, she'd feel different, powerful and not quite human anymore. It was a very funny read, but it was also interesting to muse on how much of an effect a costume can have, symbolically, on the way we see ourselves and the limits of human nature. She was essentially describing a "mental shift" of sorts in that when 4-year-old her put on the dino costume, she felt powerful and had overwhelming urges to go on crazy rampages as opposed to when there was no costume and she was "just human". It's a fascinating phenomenon that we can put on masks or costumes or internet avatars and feel the power and freedom to completely remake our identities, in a way that we don't feel we can do otherwise. Another thought-provoking post.
Her post today actually focused on human nature and an experience of how that changed for her when she once wore a dinosaur costume at the age of four. She talked about how when she'd put the dinosaur costume on, she'd feel different, powerful and not quite human anymore. It was a very funny read, but it was also interesting to muse on how much of an effect a costume can have, symbolically, on the way we see ourselves and the limits of human nature. She was essentially describing a "mental shift" of sorts in that when 4-year-old her put on the dino costume, she felt powerful and had overwhelming urges to go on crazy rampages as opposed to when there was no costume and she was "just human". It's a fascinating phenomenon that we can put on masks or costumes or internet avatars and feel the power and freedom to completely remake our identities, in a way that we don't feel we can do otherwise. Another thought-provoking post.
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Date: 2013-10-03 01:03 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2013-10-03 02:47 pm (UTC)From:It is a bit sad that society stops allowing pretend identities after a certain point. There are still ways to do it (I dressed up as a hawk-person last year for halloween and it was awesome) but yes, far fewer opportunities. We're all a little too concerned with what's ok in an identity and what isn't, aren't we? :P
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Date: 2013-10-03 01:30 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2013-10-03 02:50 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2013-10-03 03:22 pm (UTC)From:A bunch of us still like to refer to parks as "the parp." :3