How to Argue with J. Morgan For anyone who may have stumbled across the threads discussing modernity and the dissolution of the West, it is quite possible they might have witnessed the incredible intellect of J. Morgan, disagreed with one of his points, and found themselves at a complete loss for how to respond. If this is you, I've put together a quick guide for arguing points that you may not even understand...
Tools: A computer
Websites: Wikipedia, Google
Steps:
1) Read J. Morgan's latest comment
2) Find a word you've never heard before that sounds philosophical
3) Search for word on Wikipedia
4) Write sentence using said word, click on link to another esoteric word
5) Tie sentences with both words together
6) Repeat
7) When in doubt, Google "postmodern quotes" , quote liberally from the most obscure (Not recommended for beginners)
8) If all else fails, name drop.
Example: I'll start with the word "modernity"- [First sentence] Are people cognizant of modernity's effect on their lives? [Quote] "One can only 'know' it within the socially constructed (or species-constructed) 'mediative-habits' of one's particular society/species/whatever. (Taborsky)" According to Taborsky, apparently not. Regardless of the effects of globalization [Wikipedia link], I think we all know what the pragmaticists [Wikipedia] were really after. And I for one side with St. Francis of Asissi [namedrop], in completely rejecting the views of the Platonists [wikipedia] and their influence on urbanization [wikipedia].
*Warning* This post is satirical in nature, attempting to argue with J. Morgan in real life is dangerous.
Tools: A computer
Websites: Wikipedia, Google
Steps:
1) Read J. Morgan's latest comment
2) Find a word you've never heard before that sounds philosophical
3) Search for word on Wikipedia
4) Write sentence using said word, click on link to another esoteric word
5) Tie sentences with both words together
6) Repeat
7) When in doubt, Google "postmodern quotes" , quote liberally from the most obscure (Not recommended for beginners)
8) If all else fails, name drop.
Example: I'll start with the word "modernity"- [First sentence] Are people cognizant of modernity's effect on their lives? [Quote] "One can only 'know' it within the socially constructed (or species-constructed) 'mediative-habits' of one's particular society/species/whatever. (Taborsky)" According to Taborsky, apparently not. Regardless of the effects of globalization [Wikipedia link], I think we all know what the pragmaticists [Wikipedia] were really after. And I for one side with St. Francis of Asissi [namedrop], in completely rejecting the views of the Platonists [wikipedia] and their influence on urbanization [wikipedia].
*Warning* This post is satirical in nature, attempting to argue with J. Morgan in real life is dangerous.
posted by Justin at 12:40 PM 
3 Comments:
That's hilarious because that is exactly how I right my posts to begin with.
I was just trying to be hermeneutic. Just kidding, but seriously, I'm waiting for your response over at the Redness' post.
I once tried to right one of j. morgan's posts, but it fell over anyway.
I mean, it could be said that Lyotard promotes the use of subsemioticist objectivism to analyze culture. COULD. BE. SAID.
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