• foggy@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    If you live in New England I can offer an anecdote that translates this thought.

    You know how stone walls are fucking everywhere? They are things. The things they are… Are a lot more of a thing than the thing they immitate.

    The OG stone walls in new England were settlers literally moving glacial erratics to their property line so they could plough/farm. People thought it was an aesthetic way to demarcate property lines, so they started buying rocks to make these walls.

    And now revisit the quote.