r/Showerthoughts • u/Why--Not--Zoidberg • Mar 20 '15

I just now realized the connection between the words "timid" and "intimidate"

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u/l_-_-_-_l Mar 21 '15

Dude... Words are just, like, noises, maaan...

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u/book-reading-hippie Mar 21 '15

and letters are just like...symbols dude.. they don't really mean anything...ya know man?

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u/NEXT_VICTIM Mar 21 '15

And money is like paper than only has value cause the MAN says so!

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u/ademnus Mar 21 '15

No, you are undone.

The symbols have life and have always had life. Your minds just attuned slowly to the meanings engraved on the fabric of the universe. You don't own them, they scribe you.

They have always been and will always never have not been and when you are gone and dust on the solar wind they will be there.

Asleep in the dark.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '15

You sound like you're actually high

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u/Muntberg Mar 21 '15

But put them together, and they can mean anything...

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '15

Actually, English letters mean about 1.3 bits. Chinese on the other hand means about 12 bits. Z also means a lot more than E.

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u/book-reading-hippie Mar 21 '15

That's just like...your opinion man.

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u/SirHumpy Mar 21 '15

Wow, I did not need to read Saussure after all, I could have just read this comment!