Member posted May 14, 2014 22:06
As we all know, from time to time, Facebook puts up random things on our timelines that they say "we might like".
A piece just popped up on mine that was filled with new age nonsense. It contained, among other examples, this sentence.
"We will sing the dreamer to fluid waking in which the hope of perpetual alchemy oozes like liquid gold from our navels of rapturous fire."
I'll give sixpence to anyone who can give me a plausible meaning for it.
Member Word salad to me. It reminds me of Chomsky's "Colorless green dreams sleep furiously".
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Member My guess is that it is intentional word salad with the hope that once you pause to notice it, you'll consider buying whatever it is they are selling. It's the same idea behind a really clever ad. I don't think it works with many.
Ceci n'est pas un seing .
Member I think it was standard new age nonsense. There was a lot more of it and as far as I could tell it was written with sincerity.
This parody site will give you a flavour of the kind of thing.
http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/ Sadly the randomly generated stuff makes as much sense as the sincere stuff.
Member If it's something FB says you 'might like', chances are it's an ad.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
<Proofreader> posted May 15, 2014 12:21
...or it was run through Google Translate.
Member It's gibberish to me...
