Meaning is not carried by the words, it’s carried by your mind. We assume that we assign the same meanings, but that’s a big assumption.

These online conversations, composed of words and only words, are arguably 99% us just talking to ourselves. Maybe even 100%.

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    3 days ago

    Yeah, if you really start breaking down sentences, to their individual words and their respective concepts, everything falls apart.

    Yes.

    Yes.

    Go on. Read that again.