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this thread is just kinda toxic rn tbh, y'all wanna break it up for a while to calm down?
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Okay, that is actually breaking our rules of civil conduct to a bannable degree, and I do recall that you did some troll post in Promestein's farewell thread in the past, and mocked me when I mentioned it to you as well.We are not the gatekeepers to the Higher tiers, and this attitude of "WAHHHHHHHH, TOO MANY HIGH TIERS, WAHHHHHHH" is the most little bitch behaviour there is.
From what I recall, he relentlessly continued to argue for the sake of arguing in past threads even though Sandman31 and others had far better arguments with considerably more indepth knowledge, which made it seem that way.Disagreeing with you isn't exaggerating DC comic tiers.
No, but there is a limit to for how long the arguments should go on.Presenting counter-arguments isn't a crime.
may be a good ideathis thread is just kinda toxic rn tbh, y'all wanna break it up for a while to calm down?
Arguments go on for as long as they need to, just because you don’t see the reason in an argument doesn’t disallow it from being made, especially when people agree with said arguments. I know the Superman 2-A removal thread is a bad example technically as everyone agrees that went on way too long, but it lasted 7 pagesNo, but there is a limit to for how long the arguments should go on.
I dont think it would be a bad idea to lock the thread temporarily, and have it reopened when Xearsay is ready to present a full explanation of how he arrived at his tiers. I think regardless of the minutia of the evidence, this long-winded discussion is pointless without a thorough understanding of how the evidence interfaces with the official criteria.this thread is just kinda toxic rn tbh, y'all wanna break it up for a while to calm down?
Agreedlike idk, take a day off and come back to the thread tomorrow, people are just kinda overreacting rn.
No one has an amazing conspiracy or are the spawn of satan, people just kept piling on extreme statements and we reached this point, chill
Please don’t make this break to avoid toxicity about your personal belief you don’t understand the tier explanation, when people have literally agreed with said tiersI dont think it would be a bad idea to lock the thread temporarily, and have it reopened when Xearsay is ready to present a full explanation of how he arrived at his tiers. I think regardless of the minutia of the evidence, this long-winded discussion is pointless without a thorough understanding of how the evidence interfaces with the official criteria.
In other words, I literally do not know how or why he reached the tiering conclusions he did. It's not even necessarily that I disagree, it's that I don't know where he got the numbers from. We could lock the thread until he's ready to offer that, and then we can get down to brass tacks about whether or not the criteria is met by the evidence, and if the evidence is sufficient.
1. I told you it wasn’t a troll, you assumed it was without asking, deleted the post and then made up stuff about it, I’d explained to you it was a leaving joke started by KingofNegativity, but you continued to argue as if it was trolling.Okay, that is actually breaking our rules of civil conduct to a bannable degree, and I do recall that you did some troll post in Promestein's farewell thread in the past, and mocked me when I mentioned it to you as well.
Given that you have been a reasonably productive member, and I tend to try to be nice, helpful, and forgiving to our members in general, I can overlook it this time, but not if you continue to make a habit of being overly toxic.
Properly presented structured schematics and logical reasoning for his tiering structure would be very appreciated, yes, and I am definitely far too busy to constantly try to defend myself from a pile-on of attacks here.I dont think it would be a bad idea to lock the thread temporarily, and have it reopened when Xearsay is ready to present a full explanation of how he arrived at his tiers. I think regardless of the minutia of the evidence, this long-winded discussion is pointless without a thorough understanding of how the evidence interfaces with the official criteria.
In other words, I literally do not know how or why he reached the tiering conclusions he did. It's not even necessarily that I disagree, it's that I don't know where he got the numbers from. We could lock the thread until he's ready to offer that, and then we can get down to brass tacks about whether or not the criteria is met by the evidence, and if the evidence is sufficient.
People can agree with the tiers despite the absence of an explanation. It's not a matter of understanding or misunderstanding, the explanation simply isn't there. The official criteria haven't been addressed in terms of why the evidence supports certain tiers. Even disregarding the personal attacks that have come up in the thread, I do not see how this discussion can reach a satisfactory conclusion until we fully establish why/how certain criteria is met.Please don’t make this break to avoid toxicity about your personal belief you don’t understand the tier explanation, when people have literally agreed with said tiers
I don't "make up stuff". I have a mental condition that gives me extremely limited mental filters outward and inward, which makes me almost incapable of lying. At best I can tone things down or avoid to say something. I am perfectly capable of misunderstanding though, but you posting a mocking meme to me in response didn't exactly instill a lot of confidence at the time.1. I told you it wasn’t a troll, you assumed it was without asking, deleted the post and then made up stuff about it, I’d explained to you it was a leaving joke started by KingofNegativity, but you continued to argue as if it was trolling.
That seems like rhetorical manipulation, given that you were clearly addressing me specifically in your response. I cannot assume that you are suddenly switching to speaking in general terms and back again.2. I didn’t say this was you, this is a trend I see from people on the website and beyond, that 1-A and above is some magical tier that we have to project or power creep or whatever.
if you identify with the statement, I don’t know what to say.
It is fine with me, but I think that many people here seem to have a far too easy time forgetting all of the enormous amounts of hard work I have put down into being extremely helpful and considerate to them and almost all others here as soon as I do the slightest mistake. Nobody is perfect, and it is unrealistic to expect it.Ok can we actually stop now, at the very least for a few hours, this has become not an issue of Animal Man’s Tier but of the character of the main proposers and opposers of the upgrade
As someone who has severe mental conditions, my issues are not to be inflicted on others. Nor do I make it a point to blame my mental issues when I do something wrong.I don't "make up stuff". I have a mental condition that gives me extremely limited mental filters outward and inward, which makes me almost incapable of lying. At best I can tone things down or avoid to say something. I am perfectly capable of misunderstanding though, but you posting a mocking meme to me in response didn't exactly instill a lot of confidence at the time.
I was addressing your "extreme tiering" statement and using that as a diving board to the broader topic of Tier gatekeeping, which, if you remember from 2018, was something I was made victim of when people attempt to discredit me and my work because I lacked a green name and said how 1-A is a special tier WoD would never reach.That seems like rhetorical manipulation, given that you were clearly addressing me specifically in your response. I cannot assume that you are suddenly switching to speaking in general terms and back again.
DDM literally said it was only worthy of a Strict WarningAnyway, you blatantly behaved toward me in an outright toxic manner that we have repeatedly banned people for
You've moved from me saying "making stuff up" to saying I'm calling you a liar.You accused me of lying
I responded with that it is always extremely unlikely that I have lied given how I fundamentally work. I do not see how that is me using my mental disabilities as excuses for bad behaviour.
I have a mental condition that gives me extremely limited mental filters outward and inward, which makes me almost incapable of lying.
No, making something up comes from a broad many things. Lack of comprehension, misunderstanding, etc.Isn't deliberately making things up the same as lying? I also still do not understand how me explaining how I fundamentally work is the same as using it as an excuse for bad behaviour in this case.
I am not sure what we are even arguing about at this point. It seems meaningless.
I think you're misunderstanding how this part of the cosmology works. A lot of this kind of goes back to Bohm theory which was referenced earlier in the story. The physical universe is a system of wholes made up of smaller and smaller wholes that are spiraling down until our world/universe is like a cell in the body of God. With the Body of God representing the entire system. If one whole is already a universe, then a system of wholes that spiral down until our native world/universe is like a cell, would create layered universes. And since we know that in the interconnection, beings are dreaming each other. It stands within reason for us to conclude that system would qualify as a hierarchy.Let me say this, if your proof of hierarchy is the statement about the human world being a cell of the body of god, then you have likely low 1-C god but there are other proof of solid low 1-C god.
I understand one R>F is not a tier jump. It's simply another layer into a tier. However I think this is more than just a layer into another tier. As there is a very clearly framework in place about how existence is essentially defined as a giant story or narrative that Limbo/Implicate Order is transcendent to. With even all ideal worlds imaginable which would include stuff like the imaginal worlds and the Worlds beyond the third kingdom, being just attempts at trying to describe the Implicate Order. Which suggests there's a gap between just a greater world that would see the Worlds Beyond the third kingdom as fiction and Limbo. As those would be covered in all ideal worlds imaginable.And also I will like you to understand that one R>F is just one not a tier jump.
1. The main or native universe is 2-C. As it's a standard spacetime continuum. (Animal Man #24).I’m not a fan of going in circles with arguments but here please tell me the corrrelation between these worlds/planes. And their size.
1. The main universe
2. The space beyond all Knowing
3. The three kingdoms
4. The Lifeweb
5. The world soul
6. World beyond the third kingdom
7. The great light
8. The-implicate order
What I mean is this as an example
Now these are examples of how it should have been not a long post of things that don’t relate.
So please make a post like this with the necessary scans in it, that actually explicitly says whatever you are claiming.
It can be extreme short even just like the examples
The worlds and the order in which they come and why one transcends another
What do you think?Yeah, I should have taken the time to read the actual issues to get better clarity on these concepts. A surface look isn't cutting it.
So you said it works like Bohm theory that was referenced prior in the series?3. The hierarchy of universes I suggested was low 2-C to high 1-B however I think low 2-C to 1-B could also work based off what Firestorm was suggesting earlier. The reasoning for these tiers was basically what I already said at the start of this comment. The physical universe is a system of wholes made up of smaller and smaller wholes that are spiraling down until our world/universe is like a cell in the body of God. (Animal Man #88) With the Body of God representing the entire system. If one whole is already a universe, then a system of wholes that spiral down until our native world/universe is like a cell, would create layered universes. And since we know that in the interconnection, beings are dreaming each other. (Animal Man #14) It stands within reason for us to conclude that system would qualify as a hierarchy. Our native universe would be just one level in this hierarchy as it's directly said that our universe is at the bottom. It is also very much possible that the space beyond all knowing is just a higher level in this hierarchy as it does follow the whole dreaming system.
To reach Low 1-C from 2-C, the criteria says spaces whose size corresponds to one to two higher levels of infinity greater than a standard universal model.2. The Space Beyond all Knowing I reasoned Low 1-C for being beyond the space of the dream (Animal Man #50) where our native 2-C universe was brought into existence by the Animal Masters. (Animal Man #50)
I don't see where this becomes a qualitatively greater infinity, and the exact text says "Lights in the sky attract the mind of God, like a moth to a flame. The physical universe, the very body of God, is a system of wholes consisting of smaller and smaller wholes, spiraling down until our world, our individual minds, are but single cells in the body of God."The hierarchy of universes I suggested was low 2-C to high 1-B however I think low 2-C to 1-B could also work based off what Firestorm was suggesting earlier. The reasoning for these tiers was basically what I already said at the start of this comment. The physical universe is a system of wholes made up of smaller and smaller wholes that are spiraling down until our world/universe is like a cell in the body of God. (Animal Man #88) With the Body of God representing the entire system. If one whole is already a universe, then a system of wholes that spiral down until our native world/universe is like a cell, would create layered universes.
I don't see how a literal question, which is never given an answer, is proof that beings are dreaming each other. I also do not see what your reasoning is for how this qualifies as a hierarchy, nor how this hierarchy would satisfy the requirements of a "greater infinity." Also, where does it say that our universe is at the bottom?And since we know that in the interconnection, beings are dreaming each other. (Animal Man #14) It stands within reason for us to conclude that system would qualify as a hierarchy. Our native universe would be just one level in this hierarchy as it's directly said that our universe is at the bottom. It is also very much possible that the space beyond all knowing is just a higher level in this hierarchy as it does follow the whole dreaming system.
The criteria for 1-B states: spaces whose size corresponds from 8 to any higher finite number of levels of infinity above a standard universal model. In terms of "dimensional" size, this can be equated to 12-dimensional real coordinate spaces and up (R ^ 12 and up)4. Now initially I reasoned that the peak of the Lifeweb is low 1-A however I believe that 1-B, possibly low 1-A would also make sense. The reasoning for the peak of the Lifeweb being this tier is because it spans not only space and time (Animal Man #86) which would make up the hierarchy of universes, but it also contains the imaginal worlds at it's top (Animal Man #89) which are higher and more fundamental and foundational realities (Animal Man #85) outside of space and time, (Animal Man #82) thus also outside of the hierarchy of universes but still above them. The relationship the Lifeweb has with the imaginal worlds is that it was spun across all the realms. (Animal Man #86) Now the Lifeweb does not stop here, the Lifeweb itself is also stretching into infinity. (Animal Man #80) Meaning the hierarchy of universes and the Imaginal Worlds are just parts of a structure that is stretching into infinity.
Low 1-A is defined as:5. The World Soul should be low 1-A, possibly 1-A for multiple reasons. The first reason being that it conceptually encompasses the whole universe as the big idea. (Animal Man #86) Second it's considered a higher level consciousness to the imaginal worlds (Animal Man #86) which sit at the top of the Lifeweb, even going as far to be stated as the "whole amongst wholes in the mind and body of God." (Animal Man #88) Third it was found (Animal Man #87) in the Worlds Beyond the third Kingdom (Animal Man #87) which aren't listed as being a part of the Lifeweb and are also beyond it entirely. And since it's already greater than the Lifeweb which is potentially stretching into infinity, and residing in an even greater realm outside of and beyond the entirety of the Lifeweb, a possibly 1-A rating would make sense.
1-A is defined in the criteria as: objects with a number of dimensions equal to the cardinal aleph-2, which in practical terms also equals a level that completely exceeds Low 1-A structures to the same degree that they exceed High 1-B and below.6. Worlds Beyond the third Kingdom should be 1-A, as they're essentially not a part of the Lifeweb (Animal Man #86) and are beyond the third kingdom which is the peak of the Lifeweb. They also contain the World Soul which is already low 1-A, possibly 1-A, making these realms even greater in size than it. Creation(the Lifeweb in this context) and the darkness that surrounds it is also considered just a swirling vortex or pattern of life that forms in it's eternal sea of consciousness. (Animal Man #87) Making the worlds beyond the third kingdom function as some kind of consciousness from which creation emerges as a life form.
I do not see how "being a middle ground between Limbo" and the physical universe is remotely 1-A, nor how the phrase "manifestation of the absence behind reality" supports 1-A, with reference to the criteria.7. I didn't want to tier this location, however I now think it does kind of deserve a tier. The tier of this realm would be 1-A due to not just being a middle ground between Limbo/The Implicate Order (Animal Man #24) but for also being a manifestation of the vast absence that lies behind reality. (Animal Man #12) And knowing Morrison this vast absence that the Great Light is a manifestation of is most likely in reference to the Overvoid. As Morrison considers it the infinite nothingness that underlies all of reality. The reason this realm is transcendent to the Worlds Beyond the three kingdoms and the Lifeweb is because it's a middle ground between the Implicate Order.
8. Limbo/The Implicate Order would be High 1-A as it solidly stands beyond the framework that defines existence in the cosmology. With said framework being that everything is essentially a giant story or connected narrative (Animal Man #24) that Limbo is beyond and outside of. Even all ideal worlds imaginable are just attempts at trying to describe the Implicate Order, (Animal Man #19) which would include stuff like the imaginal worlds and the Worlds beyond the third kingdom, which are ideal worlds within the cosmology. Also this suggests there's a gap between a greater 1-A world that would see the Worlds Beyond the third kingdom as fiction and Limbo. As those should be covered in all ideal worlds imaginable.
I know it’s a lot of information but I did list the relationship between each.Now your post above is more better than the OP and easier to read
1 and 2 checks out then you lost it again at 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. You did not say the relationship between 3 and 4 or 5 and 6 or 7 and 8. And so many jumps and gap but we will take it one by one
Yes. It’s mentioned by the Writer earlier in the story and I have a scan that talks about it in the main post.3 was also good to read but just plain wrong, so let's take these one by one starting from 3
So you said it works like Bohm theory that was referenced prior in the series?
Do you even know what the theory is?
1. That’s not what the scan says. However the scan is very hard to read so I will just quote it.ALso there is no hierarchy here
The first scan talk show about how the universe is just god spiraling down until just a cell which is the universe that’s low 1-C, not an order of higher dimensions.
A whole body to a cell we can say the analogy is uncountable infinite, actually it is in no way even up to that but let me wank it up to say what the author meant was that the whole body(god) is uncountable infinity larger than the universe.
That is still just low 1-C.
And your second scan has another context of each world been a mirror of another world, and there are lots of them that’s vague and would not still pass tier 2.
This in it self is not a hierarchy there Is none here, it is still talking about a universe been the smallest part of a whole, that whole would be low 1-C.1. That’s not what the scan says. However the scan is very hard to read so I will just quote it.
“The physical universe. The very Body of God. Is a system of wholes consisting of smaller and smaller wholes, spiraling down until our world, our individual minds, are but single cells in the body of God.”
As you can see in the text, the body of God is very clearly defined as the entire system of wholes, with our world/universe being just a single cell amongst these wholes. And since each whole consist of smaller and smaller wholes with our world being all the way at the bottom, this can be interpreted as a hierarchy. It honestly wouldn’t make sense if it wasn’t a hierarchy, as we’d have to cut out all the information about their blatantly being a system of wholes
What do you mean different context?2. That’s not the context of the second scan. No where does it say each world is a mirror of each other. The context of the second scan is that in the interconnected universe, every part contains the whole. Here’s the quote of it just to give proof.
“The symbol of David Bohms Implicate Order theory. A vision of a vast interconnected universe where every part contains the whole.”
The part after where The Writer says “the universe is a mirror reflecting itself” is just another aspect of the Implicate Order theory. It’s not the same as saying each universe in the system of wholes is a mirror of each other. So as of right now it’s still an interconnected hierarchy of universes where beings in the interconnection are dreaming each other.
Just grantThank you very much for helping out, Deagonx and Pain_to12.
Just to clarify, is Xearsay's reasoning based on the Grant Morrison stories alone, or a composite cosmology of different Animal Man writers with wildly different ideas?
From the Issues he is usingThank you very much for helping out, Deagonx and Pain_to12.
Just to clarify, is Xearsay's reasoning based on the Grant Morrison stories alone, or a composite cosmology of different Animal Man writers with wildly different ideas?
This is wrongJust grant