View Pit Stop page for race #29 by andreaak00 — Ghost race
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Official speed | 137.76 wpm (43.21 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | February 3, 2019 1:20:58am UTC |
Race Finish | February 3, 2019 1:21:41am UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 2) |
Opponents |
2. all3nvan (114.04 wpm) |
Accuracy | 98.0% |
Points | 195.16 |
Text | #4190054 (Length: 496 characters) A more radical strategy for escaping from unbearable reality is that of 'de-realization'. In his analysis of the big trench battles of the First World War, such as Ypres and the Somme, where hundreds of thousands died to gain a few yards of land, Paul Fussell pointed out how the hellish nature of what went on made the participants experience their situation as theatrical: it was impossible for them to believe that they were taking part in such a murderous endeavor in person, as 'themselves'. |