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'We're not entirely sure what's going on': Jordan Peterson taken down by moldy room, daughter raises possibility of 'spiritual attack' (wegotthiscovered.com)

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[–] spacemint_rhino@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

(Kermit voice) What do you mean by mold? Mold in the metaphysical interpretation is a the creeping darkness of social isolation in the post modern environment that young men find themselves. Mold is the hidden predator that consumes even the dragon, the darkness that reflects the greater unknown that surrounds even the leviathan. If you take Moby Dick for instance, mold is the true antagonist, the great depths that surround and threaten both the protagonist, your physical self, and the whale, your metaphysical antithesis! It’s perplexing and I’m just on the verge of being able to understand it and perceive it, it’s right on the verge of my limitations to understand! tears up

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Real good! I felt like I was listening to him being interviewed.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Or any other psychology prof on any campus.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Definitely not the ones I’ve talked to, and I’ve talked to many. Well, one of them kinda…fit the mold.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mold in the metaphysical interpretation is a the creeping darkness of social isolation in the post modern environment that young men find themselves.

That is an almost perfect Peterson sentence. Except, remove the mold, it's too concrete:

The metaphysical interpretation is the creeping darkness of social isolation in the post modern environment that young men find themselves.

Now you can shuffle the building blocks around however you wish!

The creeping darkness is the metaphysical interpretation of the post modern environment that young men find social isolation in.

Etc.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Hmm, that's the sort of post-modernist textual word game that Peterson claims to oppose. And yet it sure as shit sounds like him.