To think some people are in relationships with the idea of being understood

[VagueAndProfound]

The actual person is secondary.

Reminds me of my PoMo philosophy student flatmate at university.

<shudder>

Another OP trying to sound like an intellectual and failing miserably

Yes, that's what ChatGPT will give you if you feed it nonsense.

You read metaphor the way a Roomba reads poetry.

That’s not really my crisis.

I’m currently studying philosophy at university and have read works by many of the great philosophers, along with plenty of modern ones.

They tackle some difficult and abstract questions, yet one thing they all have in common is that they still manage to express themselves clearly enough to be understood. That’s the difference between genuine intellectual depth and writing that uses lots of words to say very little.

It’s a long time till the A level results come out, so expect more of this teen navel gazing over the next couple of months. They all think they’re so profound and think things nobody has ever thought before.

You confuse clarity with depth because academia trains language to behave. Some sentences are not directions, they’re weather. They aren’t meant to guide you somewhere; they’re meant to alter the atmosphere you think in.

I remember feeling deep listening to Nirvana under the stars.

I miss those days when I was young, dumb and hopeful.

I'm also glad I grew up and realised Nirvana sucked and now I have allergies so I avoid grass.

Utter tosh.