Oh man that conversation would be amazing. Don't get me wrong, I bought a tiny pitcher that I think is gorgeous and I am happy to have it, but it is definitely To Make Mom Happy, not something I need or use in daily life.
There's a bit that I would have sworn was in CS Lewis' Screwtape Letters that I now cannot find, about how we assume that the things and habits we grow up with are "real" or "proper", and how upset we become when we encounter things and habits which differ from them, even if they are actually entirely made-up standards. Like, if you are accustomed to butter knives of a certain shape, and someone has butter knives that are "weird", your mind reacts with "well, that's not a REAL butter knife". I am mangling this metaphor and it is going to drive me crazy that I cannot find the source material.
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Re: Humans sharing characteristics
Date: 2024-01-12 06:06 pm (UTC)There's a bit that I would have sworn was in CS Lewis' Screwtape Letters that I now cannot find, about how we assume that the things and habits we grow up with are "real" or "proper", and how upset we become when we encounter things and habits which differ from them, even if they are actually entirely made-up standards. Like, if you are accustomed to butter knives of a certain shape, and someone has butter knives that are "weird", your mind reacts with "well, that's not a REAL butter knife". I am mangling this metaphor and it is going to drive me crazy that I cannot find the source material.