strange loop

A strange loop is a cyclic structure that goes through several levels in a hierarchical system. It arises when, by moving only upwards or downwards through the system, one finds oneself back where one started. A strange loop is a hierarchy of levels, each of which is linked to at least one other by some type of relationship. A strange loop hierarchy is "tangled" in that there is no well defined highest or lowest level; moving through the levels, one eventually returns to the starting point, i.e., the original level. Strange loops may involve self reference or paradox.

“An example of a strange loop would be the Canon 5. a 2 from Bach's Musical Offering, which is a musical piece that continues to rise in key, modulating through the entire chromatic scale until it ends in the same key in which it began.“

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"strange fruit"

1930s anti-lynching poem written by Meeropol, put to music and made famous by Billie Holiday. Provides possible basis for the name of hip hop group "Strange fruit project.

"Southern trees bear a "strange fruit"
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees."

Meeropol, 1939

by Jonathan Eakle September 13, 2007

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Life is Strange

The absolute best game you will ever play or watch. Chloe is a drug addict, Max is a hippie, Rachel is dead(oof) Kate is suicidal, Victoria is an asshole, Mark is a pervert, Nathan is a mentally damaged teen who is being used by Mark Jefferson to kidnap girls, and it involves time travel, a hick Oregon town of a few hundred people, and a huge waterspout.

"Life is Strange is the absolute best game ever! I don't know what fucktard would suggest otherwise!"

by Life is Strange- Poor Rachel February 1, 2018

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