@9CL7T9k8cjnD@mastodon.social The image presents a table comparing and contrasting incompetence and nihilism. The table is divided into two columns, with the left column labeled "Incompetence" and the right column labeled "Nihilism." Each column lists features such as definition, core focus, primary cause, manifestation, motivation, relationship to norms, underlying emotion, potential for change, confusion factor, and example.

Under "Incompetence," the definition is "Lack of ability, skill, or knowledge." The core focus is "Ability/Skill," with the primary cause being "Deficiency in capability, lack of training, etc." Manifestation includes "Mistakes, failures, poor performance." Motivation may "Desire to be competent, but lacks the means," and can also "Have learned helplessness." The relationship to norms may "Struggle with or fail to meet norms." The underlying emotion is "Frustration, inadequacy, or feeling overwhelmed." The potential for change is "Can be improved through training, practice, and support." The confusion factor is "Outwardly can look similar to nihilism due to perceived apathy or lack of motivation." An example is "A person who consistently makes errors at a job they are not trained for."

Under "Nihilism," the definition is "A philosophical viewpoint that life is meaningless." The core focus is "Belief/meaning," with the primary cause being "Rejection of values, belief in meaninglessness." Manifestation includes "Apathy, cynicism, rejection of norms." Motivation is "Lack of motivation due to perceived lack of purpose." The relationship to norms may "Actively reject or disregard norms." The underlying emotion is "Disillusionment, despair, or detachment." The potential for change is "Requires a shift in philosophical outlook." The confusion factor is "Outwardly can look similar to incompetence due to lack of motivation and poor performance." An example is "A person who believes that all human endeavors are pointless."
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@9CL7T9k8cjnD@mastodon.social The image is a table that provides a close reading/hermeneutical analysis of the song "Nihilist Blues" by Bring Me The Horizon, featuring Grimes. The table is divided into two columns: "Lyric" and "Hermeneutical / Close Reading." The "Lyric" column lists various lines from the song, while the "Hermeneutical / Close Reading" column offers interpretations and analyses of these lines.

The table includes the following lines and their interpretations:

• "I've been climbing up the walls to escape the sinking feeling": The imagery of "climbing up the walls" suggests desperation and anxiety, while the "sinking feeling" evokes existential dread. The speaker is trying to escape but is trapped in their own mind.
• "But I can't hide from the nihilist at my door": The "nihilist" symbolizes the inescapable confrontation with meaninglessness. The door metaphor implies an externalized force that cannot be ignored.
• "Buried in the basement floor, didn't know what I had planted": The "basement floor" suggests repressed emotions or past actions. The "planted" metaphor implies unintended consequences—something buried has grown into something destructive (like the Cold War).
• "It blossomed with all the heart of a Cold War": The "Cold War" comparison suggests a psychological conflict—internalized, tense, and potentially devastating. "Blossomed" ironically contrasts growth with destruction.
• "I'm a spirit in a tomb": A paradox—a spirit (ethereal) trapped in a tomb (death). This could represent emotional/spiritual suffocation or feeling alive yet buried.
• "Won't somebody raise the roof": A plea for liberation, possibly referencing both physical escape (from the tomb) and emotional release. Could also be a play on party culture masking despair.
• "I'm going white, I'm going black, I'm going blue": Colors may symbolize emotional states: white (emptiness), black (void/nothingness), blue (depression). Alternatively, a reference to fading or losing consciousness.
• "Do you mind if I'm exhumed?": "Exhumed" suggests resurrection or being dug up—perhaps a cry for help or a desire to escape emotional death. The question implies hesitation in seeking revival.
• "I'm the ashes in the plume": Ashes (destruction) in a plume (something rising, like smoke). Could signify being both the remains of something and its lingering presence.
• "I'm a beggar in the ruin": A powerless figure in a destroyed landscape—helplessness in the face of existential collapse.
• "I'm peaking out, I'm burning up, I'm shooting through": "Peaking" (drug reference?), "burning up" (self-destruction), "shooting through" (escaping or disintegrating). A frenetic, chaotic state of being.
• "I'm only lonely for the truth": A desire for authenticity in a world that feels meaningless. The loneliness comes from the absence of absolute truth or meaning.
• "Paradise is in my soul, and I'm terrified I can't get out": An internal contradiction—paradise exists within, yet it feels like a prison. Fear of being trapped in one's own mind/ideals.
• "I'm lost in a labyrinth, we are lost in a labyrinth": The labyrinth symbolizes an inescapable mental maze. The shift from "I" to "we" suggests collective existential confusion.
• "Please, don't follow": A warning—perhaps to avoid the same despair, or an acknowledgment that the speaker's path leads only to ruin.
• "(Repeated refrains)": Repetition emphasizes cyclical despair, the inescapable nature of the labyrinth, and the futility of seeking meaning.

The table concludes with a summary of key themes and interpretations, including existential dread and nihilism, self-destruction and revival, isolation vs. collective despair, and paradise as a prison.

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