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by adastra22 480 days ago
It shouldn't be expressed as a universal then: "you never really want an object, you only want the wanting"
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can you explain how an oil change is an object, otherwise it seems like you've got the wrong predicate. Knowledge isn't an object, either. Neither is "Kung Fu", "taking a shower", or "crossing the road."

I would like my own suborbital two-seat rocket plane. That is an object. I probably will never have a two-seat rocket plane. I would like to win the lottery when it's over $300mm, the object would be the $150mm in after-tax winnings. I will probably never have $150mm in lottery winnings.

I very specifically mentioned the lottery so maybe it "clicks" what's being talked about, at least the way i read it.

Fresh oil in a car engine is an object.
Sounds like you've got this all buttoned up