It occurred to me recently that some people may think that when I describe something as interesting or not-interesting, I’m trying to somehow relate that subject to my grandfather. Please rest assured, I am not doing that.
When I describe something as interesting, I just mean that it seems to point at elements in our experience in a way that seems too accurate or close to accurate to be dismissed as mere coincidence.
When I describe something as not-interesting, what I’m trying to convey is that it seems to relate to something in our experience, and it is too amazing to be mere coincidence, but it is not accurate, nor is it near accurate. On all the occasions I have ever described something as not-interesting, I was never trying to say that something is boring (nor Boring).
When I wrote about having a houseguest, I described things here (in my apartment) as uninteresting, but that is a different word, so it’s not in conflict with what I wrote in the paragraph above, but I would like to be clear that what I meant is that things here are boring (lower-case b, adjective). In that instance also, I was not at all trying to relate the subject to my grandfather.
My original intent was to simply convey an idea in a very concise way instead of being long-winded about it. Well, I made an unfortunate choice of wording, and so here I am being long-winded about it, but at least I only have to do it once… yay!
I didn’t mean to cause confusion. I’m sorry that I probably did, and I apologize for that.
God bless everyone!
SantiInterestingNot interestingJohn Boring
Interesting / Not-Interesting
March 5, 2024, 8:00 pm
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Santi
It occurred to me recently that some people may think that when I describe something as interesting or not-interesting, I’m trying to somehow relate that subject to my grandfather. Please rest assured, I am not doing that.
When I describe something as interesting, I just mean that it seems to point at elements in our experience in a way that seems too accurate or close to accurate to be dismissed as mere coincidence.
When I describe something as not-interesting, what I’m trying to convey is that it seems to relate to something in our experience, and it is too amazing to be mere coincidence, but it is not accurate, nor is it near accurate. On all the occasions I have ever described something as not-interesting, I was never trying to say that something is boring (nor Boring).
When I wrote about having a houseguest, I described things here (in my apartment) as uninteresting, but that is a different word, so it’s not in conflict with what I wrote in the paragraph above, but I would like to be clear that what I meant is that things here are boring (lower-case b, adjective). In that instance also, I was not at all trying to relate the subject to my grandfather.
My original intent was to simply convey an idea in a very concise way instead of being long-winded about it. Well, I made an unfortunate choice of wording, and so here I am being long-winded about it, but at least I only have to do it once… yay!
I didn’t mean to cause confusion. I’m sorry that I probably did, and I apologize for that.
God bless everyone!
SantiInterestingNot interestingJohn Boring