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minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days ago“Just stop being depressed” as if it’s a choice…
minus-squareBlueberryWalnut@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoI don’t remember if it was a comedian or who/where I heard this but someone once likened depression and outsiders talking about it to an asthmatic. Why are you depressed? Just do things that make you happy - there’s so much joy in the world just go get some! What do you mean you have asthma? There’s plenty of air like, right here, just breathe it!
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThat’s a really good analogy, I can’t believe I’ve never heard that before. I like that a lot actually.
minus-squareCoolans Planet@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down9·edit-22 days agoThat’s your interpretation, not the real meaning
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoSounds like what you call the “real meaning” is your interpretation
minus-squareCoolans Planet@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·edit-22 days agoOf course: I made the comic strip, so my interpretation is the right one
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWell that’s just not true. It’s merely the author’s interpretation. Media analysis should extend beyond authoral intent.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoRoland Barthes wants to have a word
minus-squareCoolans Planet@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·edit-22 days agoMy interpretation is still the right one. I’m responsible for what I say, and not what others understand.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoIf that were the case, life would be much simpler. It’s not
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoOnce you publish art it becomes subject to the interpretations of its viewers
“Just stop being depressed” as if it’s a choice…
I don’t remember if it was a comedian or who/where I heard this but someone once likened depression and outsiders talking about it to an asthmatic.
Why are you depressed? Just do things that make you happy - there’s so much joy in the world just go get some!
What do you mean you have asthma? There’s plenty of air like, right here, just breathe it!
That’s a really good analogy, I can’t believe I’ve never heard that before. I like that a lot actually.
That’s your interpretation, not the real meaning
Sounds like what you call the “real meaning” is your interpretation
Of course: I made the comic strip, so my interpretation is the right one
Well that’s just not true. It’s merely the author’s interpretation. Media analysis should extend beyond authoral intent.
Roland Barthes wants to have a word
My interpretation is still the right one. I’m responsible for what I say, and not what others understand.
If that were the case, life would be much simpler. It’s not
Once you publish art it becomes subject to the interpretations of its viewers