brokenfragilethings In reply to the-solimnludic [2013-08-12 04:08:03 +0000 UTC]

Yep! O: Basically, a paradox is something that sort of...you know, leads to a conclusion that's self-contradictory. And, well, it's pretty much a contradiction to be writing words, and saying I've forgotten how!
That's how I see it, at least.

(:

But yeah, it really is bahahah

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the-solimnludic In reply to brokenfragilethings [2013-08-12 18:12:34 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see what you meant now. I feel sort of dense for asking, but at least how I see it it isn't a paradox and it is a contradiction, which are slightly different, in my opinion. xD A paradox is a conclusion that's self-contradictory but it's because it loops back around to where it started infinite times. (i.e. I went back in time and killed my grandmother when she was young-->she never gave birth to my mom and therefore I was never born so I could not be alive to kill her--->I never killed her-->she survived to give birth to my mom-->I am alive-->I go back in time and kill my grandmother again.)
"Forgot" how to write words-->Writing a poem-->Didn't forget how to write words-->Poem exists and it is about forgetting to write words.
O.O I am confusing myself, but sure we will go with it is a paradox, never mind.

Haha, yup!

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brokenfragilethings In reply to the-solimnludic [2013-08-15 07:34:53 +0000 UTC]

Hmm.
I definitely see what you mean! Although, I just looked it up in the dictionary because I'm crazy anal like that (and I don't want to be incorrect! Like, I don't mind being wrong, I just don't want to misinform and stuff, you know? So I definitely wanted to check out my facts LOL)
And there are a few definitions? Mostly, though, it's "a statement or proposition that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory."
And I know people use paradox in the suuuuper crazy way, with the back in time and the killing of the grandma LOL
but I think it can also be used as something simpler, you know?
The statement, in itself, leads to a conclusion that's senseless. That's really all I had in mind for, when I said paradox! I was using a simpler use of the word, it seems.
I hope it didn't make anything annoying or like bad about the piece or anything! I'M SORRY VCIEGHKJNDM THAT'S JUST HOW I SAW IT IDK CYEGIUHJKND

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the-solimnludic In reply to brokenfragilethings [2013-08-20 21:05:47 +0000 UTC]

Haha, that's fine! Good idea, misinforming would not be good.

I see, so there isn't a concrete way paradoxes could be found, since it has a mini-list of what the conclusions could be like.
Hahaha, exactly, like what I used as an example !
Mm, yeah, I agree!

Yeah, that's totally okay to use a different definition of it (than what I was thinking of). Oh, no, you definitely didn't spoil the piece for me with all this paradox talk! Thank you for explaining this to me!! I learned something new! And your piece is still amazing. <3

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