Let's parse that word.
Working backwards...
1-The suffix “ment” serves to change a verb into a noun.
For instance, to “entertain” is an action, a verb and adding the suffix “ment” changes the verb, action into a noun; a thing.
2- the verb in this case is “muse”, which means to think, or ponder.
3-the “a” in the prefix of the word is an alpha negative, which negates what follows, just as the “a” in “atheist” (a·theist), describes one who does NOT hold a belief in. God
Putting it all back together, an “amusement” is a non-thinking thing.
In real life, an amusement park is somewhere that you go where your thought process is not engaged. Who ponders life on a roller coaster?
The TV is an amusement. Our brain waves flat line as we're hypnotized and we are subjected to being programmed (television programming). Nobody contemplates algebraic equations while watching the TV.
Submitted for edification.
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Thanks very much.
That was good...except for pondering life while on a roller coaster as in.. “why am I up here, trying to feel good while being sloshed around and wondering if I’m gonna’ fall to the ground and get smashed?” Is it the balance of fear vs. adrenalin and dopamine induced pleasure?
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THANKS... your entire post #61 is telling it like it really is!
I tip my hat to your INTELLECT!