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Some time ago, I started making my way through shows I recall from my childhood as background noise while busy with other tasks. One of these shows is one which I had never properly formulated an opinion of due to how little I'd seen it in its heyday- Home Movies.

For those not in the know, Home Movies was one of the first great flagships to ever air on Adult Swim- the other being Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. Having originally aired on the much-maligned channel UPN, it would be picked up by Adult Swim and given new life in the form of a formal 4-season run, beginning in 1999 and ending in 2003. What amazes me about it- however- is how it has seemingly slipped through the cracks of television memory. While it's role in making Adult Swim what it is today is no doubt important, it would be overshadowed by later entries in the block- like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Morel Orel, Metlocalypse, and Robot Chicken.

I would say that the most apt comparison would be 'Home Movies is to Robot Chicken as Rugrats is to Spongebob.'

For those who haven't seen it, I recommend giving it a try. Season 1 is the infamous "Squigglevision" season, and the show becomes more mature/engaging as it goes on. I'll admit that it's not as funny as shows like Xavier: Renegade Angel, Tigtone, or Superjail, but it has its moments and has its own unique energy. My only complaint about the show is its "music."
 

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    Logic as a discipline has developed A LOT since aristotle developed the syllogism. basibally, logic used to be "if it follows these rules, then its true" but since Boole, but more importantly Frege and Russell, logic has become more or less a mathematical topic. In math, you gotts sit doen with yoyr statement and proove that its true using theorems and reasoning by reference to rules. Hegels logic on the other hand has a more mystical bent (not exactly mystical, but vauge enough to where the term fits). Logic for hegel is much more about a vague sense of the flow of reason in the develoent of historical time. It sounds really cool and nice and deep, but the more you dig into it, and try to put it in toyr own words, the less sense it makes).
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    This is a really good point and well-put. I just think it's missing that a lot of philosophy is concerned with truth being self-evident enough to prove it with simple thought, though I wouldn't call Aristotle or Hegel simple thinkers. It's an intuitive exercise as much as it is an analytical one.
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    Logic as a discipline has developed A LOT since aristotle developed the syllogism. basibally, logic used to be "if it follows these rules, then its true" but since Boole, but more importantly Frege and Russell, logic has become more or less a mathematical topic. In math, you gotts sit doen with yoyr statement and proove that it's true using theorems and reasoning by reference to rules. Hegels logic on the other hand has a more mystical bent (not exactly mystical, but vauge enough to where the term fits). Logic for hegel is much more about a vague sense of the flow of reason in the develoent of historical time. It sounds really cool and nice and deep, but the more you dig into it, and try to put it in toyr own words, the less sense it makes).
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    This is a really good point and well-put. I just think it's missing that a lot of philosophy is concerned with truth being self-evident enough to prove it with simple thought, though I wouldn't call Aristotle or Hegel simple thinkers. It's an intuitive exercise as much as it is an analytical one.
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    i think primitive is more accurate than simple
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      Still a Youth: This is a really good point and well-put. I just think it's missing that a lot of philosophy is...