The second stage is perversion of reality, where people come to believe that the sign is an unfaithful copy, which "masks and denatures" reality as an "evil appearance—it is of the order of maleficence". Here, signs and images do not faithfully reveal reality to us, but can hint at the existence of an obscure reality which the sign itself is incapable of encapsulating.

Cargo cult urbanism

CTV

Of course this abomination is Canadian, the unholy synthesis of Europe and America

horrific

this is the kind of thing that most of my family would be dismissive of my critiques, because it "looks nice" from their vantage point of a suburban parking lot. I come from a deeply incurious tribe.

increasingly, my sense of intimacy and connection with people is mediated by our capacity for acknowledging and rejecting the absurdity of the world being presented to us as normal and desirable.

some are happy when Mickey Mouse hands them a candy bar and resent me for party pooping all over the magic spell by perceiving the guy making shit wage in a hot, heavy costume handing out diabetes and heart disease because a machine of assholes have an agenda.

This is like if the Half Life 2 Combine were a treat company

points at the tenses honey, you just gave a picture example, this isn't a 'They will' anymore....they are

nauseating