This is not a real post.

[rzemanfl]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by muriel_volestrangler (a host of the General Discussion forum).

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[Angry Dragon]

1. Not real posts belong in the Lounge

[rzemanfl]

9. That would defeat my purpose of compliance. n/t

[lame54]

46. The Lounge is a fictional place

[Kaleva]

2. My response to your OP isn't real either.

[MineralMan]

3. Is it a surreal post, then?

[johnp3907]

4. But is it funny?

[rzemanfl]

5. I think you get it.

I hope someone else does.

[Exotica]

6. Hyperreality?

"The authentic fake." – Umberto Eco

which is apropos for the state of our politics, lol

[Adrahil]

17. Love Eco.... is that like...

Genuine Faux Leather?

[Exotica]

19. Traveling Through Hyperreality With Umberto Eco

http://www.transparencynow.com/eco.htm


An early description of the way contemporary culture is now full of re-creations and themed environments was provided by Umberto Eco. In a brilliant essay, Eco saw that we create these realistic fabrications in an effort to come up with something that is better than real -- a description that is true of virtually all fiction and culture, which gives us things that are more exciting, more beautiful, more inspiring, more terrifying, and generally more interesting than what we encounter in everyday life. In his description of Disney, Eco also saw that behind the facades lurks a sales pitch. Put these ideas together and you have a succinct characterization of the age, which is forever offering us something that seems better than real in order to sell us something. That makes Umberto Eco one of the forerunners of contemporary thinking on this subject.

Snip

[Adrahil]

22. Thanks for that! NT

[Exotica]

21. Simulacra (inspired by Baudrillard)

A film inspired by the French philosopher, Jean Baudrillard and his book Simulacra & Simulation. A man tries to escape his ordinary monotonous life. In a world of conformity, originality is always at risk of being copied.
(I found this movie collecting dust from my film school days. This film was wrote, shot, and edited in two weeks in Fall 2003)

[Adrahil]

23. My wife studies all that stuff.

She's a professor. A little rubs off on my now and again!

[Exotica]

24. I also took courses on it in uni. Working on my PhD now, albeit in a different field

[ck4829]

7. This is not a reply.

[rzemanfl]

8. ................................................................................................n/t

[syringis]

10. Maybe not a real post...but perfect !

After all, it is not a real presidency now days.

[rzemanfl]

12. Actually there are foul words between each period.

Drumpf forces me to self-censor.

[MineralMan]

11. Ceci n'est pas un reponse.

C'est une illusion.

[syringis]

13. Pas mal :-))

Et la présidence, une DEsillusion

[ProudLib72]

28. Were you aware....

[poboy2]

36. Never saw this one before- nice. -nt

[syringis]

37. I am, I am :-))

Inspired from a painting of one of our most renown artists : Rene Magritte.

[ProudLib72]

38. Hi Syringis!

Yes, I originally went looking for Magritte's "Pipe", but I stumbled across someone's contemporary interpretation of it that seemed more appropriate.

[syringis]

41. Hi ProudLib

You did well

The quote is very often diverted here, to point something surreal or strange.

[CTyankee]

43. Since you weren't on DU yet when I wrote this...

here is my essay on this painting

The Treachery of Images: This is not a pipe.

enter that title in your search box and it will come right up for you to read.

[syringis]

44. Hi CTyankee

Thank you, I'll read it.

In my introducing post, I remember you said being an art historian.

I also remember you were baffled by the Belgians eating waffles everywhere, at anytime. It is true.

[NCTraveler]

14. Appears legitimate to me.

So hard to tell these days.

I do seem to have an issue with what you have done here....

[rzemanfl]

16. Thank you for responding in English.

I seem to have brought out the Francophiles. DU has those. The Repukes have pedophiles.

[syringis]

35. I'm not Francophile, I'm Francophone

I'm not an English native speaker. I'm from Belgium, I speak French.

Time to time, some DUers answer me in French. I hope it didn't bother you, it was not the intent.

[rzemanfl]

42. Not a bit. n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. What is reality?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. You've met me at a very strange time in my life.

[boston bean]

20. A FAKE post?????? !!!

[IronLionZion]

25. I don't know what's real anymore

it all feels surreal these days.

[Binkie The Clown]

26. I'm not going to reply to that. nt

[rzemanfl]

27. It's a thought experiment. Think of Drumpf and put words between the periods. n/t

[tblue37]

29. But it IS a pipe. nt

[rzemanfl]

30. That's so deep I only sort of get it. n/t

[rzemanfl]

33. Magritte. I should look at all the posts in a thread I started. n/t

[syringis]

40. It is funny...

...because in French slang, "une pipe" means a "blow job"...

The idiom is "tailler une pipe"

[BoneyardDem]

31. drawing a blank here..........................

[VOX]

34. Trump is not a real president.

[briv1016]

39. So square it.

[mwooldri]

45. This *is* a real post.

I'll take a-fence at anyone who dares says otherwise.

[rzemanfl]

47. All it needs is a turtle. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

48. Locking - the hosts feel this OP doesn't meet the GD Statement of Purpose

"Discuss politics, issues, and current events."

Please repost in The Lounge. Thanks.