Re:Programming Isn't Special
by umvi on Friday October 09, 2026 @10:54PM
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On the other hand, just because a group of people agree something is art doesn't make it so. Or heck, maybe it does. I guess I could spend years perfecting my unique "prison wall fecal impact technique" and as long as lots of people can identify the nuances of my unique technique, and as long as it makes them feel emotions, I'm sure it can be considered art and can find a home in a modern art museum. But then to paraphrase Syndrome... "[When everything is art, nothing is]"
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Re:Programming Isn't Special
by DonaldPShimoda on Friday October 09, 2026 @10:58PM
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...the whole point of Syndrome's speech (at the metatextual level) is that everyone is super and he was wrong for not seeing it. (Mr Incredible was also wrong for not seeing it in Buddy, though.)
Anything can be art. It doesn't have to be appraised as "art" to be art. An audience doesn't have to derive the intended emotions for it to be art. Art is not truly a product; it is a component of the human condition, and we simply box it up for ease of sharing sometimes.