Tagged "absurdism"

There’s a fascinating Sanskrit word — पूर्वाग्रह — which translates to prejudice or preconception. But the translation misses something: the suffix आग्रह does not mean either judgment (-judice) or conception. It means insistence, or appeal. And when this insistence crosses over a moral boundary, it becomes दुराग्रह — a stubborn, obstinate insistence on something. This word is closer to हठ (or हट्ट in Marathi). Unfortunately, I cannot find a suitable English word or phrase that accurately conveys the meaning of either दुराग्रह or हट्ट.

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To the memory of Kevin Conroy. There was only ever one true Batman.

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You have been playing for months. Slowly and steadily, you have harvested every collectable - making yourself stronger and stronger until you can kill the toughest enemies. Every enemy defeated, every monster slain. No side quest worth doing remains. Those not worth doing are also done because you are a completionist (which is a dignified way of saying that you have no life). No part of the open world remains unexplored - you have climbed the tallest mountain and dived the deepest sea. All of this, you have done on the highest difficulty level. All the DLC is exhausted, too. The strongest creature in the world is you.

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