A recently deciphered papyrus revealed that in his last hours Plato had a slave girl playing music for him and he spent his last moments criticizing her performance.

This reminded me of my fellow atrl sisters. Does that make us modern day Plato?

Despite battling a fever and being on the brink of death, Plato – who was known as a disciple of Socrates and a mentor to Aristotle, and who died in Athens around 348BC – retained enough lucidity to critique the musician for her lack of rhythm, the account suggests.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/29/herculaneum-scroll-plato-final-hours-burial-site

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yes, not only are their critiques incisive but they are also founts of wisdom and innovation

5 hours ago, May said:

i rub it [strangers' urine on the toilet seat] against my hole and use it as lube to let the huge log im about to drop pass through more smoothly

Yes, in the sense that Plato was also in the bath houses getting his Plussy wrecked by toga trade.

Let's just I think an ARTLer could come up with "The measure of a man is what he does with power," but I don't think Miss Plato could come up with an analysis of Britney's "Slumber Party"…

5 minutes ago, Pavement Princess said:

Yes, in the sense that Plato was also in the bath houses getting his Plussy wrecked by toga trade.

Gay men being insufferable since 300bc. Who would've thought?

Pop culture was in Plato, now Plato's in pop culture, in ATRL

I thought this was about the gaming app

Art or just content shaped by hype and algorithms? Maybe we need less stan wars and more honest appreciation for what truly deserves artistic recognition, instead of automatically praising everything. This is probably something Plato would say today

Edited August 5Aug 5 by Esteban[·MCR·]

10 minutes ago, Esteban[·MCR·] said:

Art or just content shaped by hype and algorithms? Maybe we need less stan wars and more honest appreciation for what truly deserves artistic recognition, instead of automatically praising everything. This is probably something Plato would say today

14 minutes ago, toy soldier. said:

What's your take? Express yourself. If you believe ai makes art less valid, should we go back to creating everything without computers?