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My wife was reading a novel recently and was telling me about the plot and topics discussed in the book. One of the topics she was telling me about was how the main character, who was a publisher, went to a museum and after looking around at all the art got depressed at how nothing any of his artists or authors published was as good as what was in the museum, and how 99.9% of people are going to be forgotten by time regardless of what they do, basically saying something to the effect of "No matter who you are, in 100 years nobody will remember your existence".
In the moment it's thought provoking and interesting, but if you think about the topic for a little bit you realize just how commonly it is used and how played out it's been. Yea, everybody dies. People have been finding different ways to say, portray, depict, express that concept for literally ever now. There's no more novel discussion to be had about the fact that people all die, and a character experiencing that isn't an interesting story point anymore because you see it in shows, movies, games, songs, and books all the time.
I think the best way I could boil it down would be, the concept of people dying and being forgotten isn't some complex topic that only well read intellectuals have thought of, but is a common trope that even kids learn about from Lightning McQueen in "Cars" and hell, it's literally the plot of "Coco".
What are some other topics that people like to portray as deep, but are basically just pseudo intellectual slop.
In the moment it's thought provoking and interesting, but if you think about the topic for a little bit you realize just how commonly it is used and how played out it's been. Yea, everybody dies. People have been finding different ways to say, portray, depict, express that concept for literally ever now. There's no more novel discussion to be had about the fact that people all die, and a character experiencing that isn't an interesting story point anymore because you see it in shows, movies, games, songs, and books all the time.
I think the best way I could boil it down would be, the concept of people dying and being forgotten isn't some complex topic that only well read intellectuals have thought of, but is a common trope that even kids learn about from Lightning McQueen in "Cars" and hell, it's literally the plot of "Coco".
What are some other topics that people like to portray as deep, but are basically just pseudo intellectual slop.
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