>>630

Interesting - I never got into the Q research but the original posts were quite interesting, what is known? Also I get the frustration about mass bannings but I think you have to do something with all of the shills we've been inundated by, Sorosbux at work I guess.

>>633

I like it. I'm curious, I saw a thread a few months back about some book "The Language Crystal" whose premise actually seemed interesting, on the origins and esoteric nature of language but I never sought it out as it seemed like some nu wave pseudospiritual nonsense, do you all know anything about it and whether or not it's worth looking at? I'm very interested in language and its use/abuse as a writer who competes in online leagues and tournaments so if it were of any value, even on a basic level I would check it out.

I must admit the use of the same identifying images seems like avatarfagging but tbh on your own board I don't care, just odd given that there are also ids so people would know who is posting but I guess if VPN changes or something you want consistency so eh

>>690

I haven't read it yet but it did pique my interest - it was a big thing on /pol/ for a while because the book was 700 fucking dollars on Amazon and people wanted to know WHY, including myself. I remember they eventually found it hence why apparently now there is an archive link with the entire book apparently available:

https://archive.org/details/TheLanguageCrystal

I'm going to leaf through it and see how absurd it is. I don't know if it's trash or not, but I suppose it is best to be your own judge in these matters.

As for the writing competitions, the way it works is as follows: in a league or a tournament you are matched up against an opponent, you and your opponent receive a third-party "topic" such as a picture or some phrase or colloquialism, they can be concrete and obvious or verrrrry abstract. I remember one PPV (biggest event of the year, only time in the year where title belts change hands) when I was defending the sitewide championship title of my main site and the topic was some abstract painting. I wound up wrestling with that image for literally a week until I had a concept and really started rolling, I think in terms of technical prowess and multisyllabic rhyming it is probably one of my best pieces to date.

Once verses are written and posted the other people on the site will read both verses and vote on whose approach was the best. It's competitive, it's fun, and it really forces you to stretch your bounds and get creative.

Words have a lot of power man, make no mistake. The (((media))) is proficient in this, which makes sense since (((they))) are masters of sophistry and lying without lying, misdirection as misinformation etc. Changing a single word can make a massive difference in not only the meaning of a statement, but it can also change the emotional resonance of that phrase. It can make language beautiful, but so too can it make language brutish and ugly, allthewhile stile accomplishing the same "message", just changing what you THINK and how you FEEL about what it is written.

It's how the (((media))) programs their viewership, they don't write in an unbiased manner, they embrace biases and choose every word and phrase in order to make THEIR conclusion seem like the ONLY conclusion, all through their words.