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> It doesn't want you to kill yourself materially, but you could say that its desire is to kill off a certain piece of yourself, or to “end” “you” in some form.

Or in simpler terms, "stop being cringe" and its own form of cringe discourse.

Also, thanks for the Lacanian breakdown, if only it can get graphical with the ideas on discourse. "Chill", "Cringe", "Woke/Based", "Fake" could all be rephrased in the Lacanian.

https://www.lacanticles.com/2011/10/26/the-perverse-discourses/

https://www.lacanticles.com/2020/12/20/the-libidinal-economy-of-discourses-and-the-challenges-of-maladaptation/

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This is a good idea (framing chill/cringe/woke/based/fake in Lacanian terms), thank you. I've already done a little writing about cringe on Twitter but maybe worth elaborating.

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Thank you for the response, just as a heads up, I think this dude has made four evil gods as the four perversions, might wanna take a look https://goddisk.substack.com/

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