typhotic iceberg 煙霧冰山

“typhos – literally, 'smoke, vapour' Used by the Cynics to denote the delirium of popular ideas and conventions. For the Cynics, these are insubstantial “smoke” in comparison with the self and its present experiences, which alone can be known and possessed. One Cynic goal is atyphia, complete freedom from typhos.”

「直譯『煙，霧氣』犬儒用來形容流行的思想和習俗的神志不清。對犬儒來說，跟唯一能見識到和擁有的自我面前經驗來比，這些都是不充分的『煙霧』。犬儒有的一個目標就是無煙，擺脫煙霧的自由。」

—William Desmond, Cynics 《犬儒》

“Iceberg Tiers Parodies are usually images of an iceberg, captioned humorously so as to convey that the tip of the iceberg is the summation of the knowledge of most people, while the much larger submerged part of the iceberg is the sum of all knowledge of a particular topic. These parodies are often used in the context of imageboards like 4chan to ridicule outsiders, but they have also spread to fandoms. The image of the iceberg is typically used as an exploitable meme format with object labeling captions added in descending order the deeper you go.”

「冰山層次滑稽通常是冰山的圖片，幽默地標著字來表達冰山一角是大部分的人對話題的概括知識，雖然淹沒更大的冰山部分才是話題的總共知識。這些滑稽常在 4chan 類似的貼圖討論版上來嘲笑外人，但也有傳到同人區。冰山的圖片最常的模式是可利用梗，按照降序的深度加上物件的標示。」

—Know Your Meme, “Iceberg Tiers Parodies” 《冰山層次滑稽》

The blog name “typhotic iceberg” means that on the surface, my content is delirium—and below the surface, it's just more of the same. Many people have made me feel like my opinions are worthless; I'd rather agree with them instead of trying to prove my own greatness, because I hate failing. I'm a perfectionist. I can't satisfy everyone perfectly. But my experiences have taught me that the internet expects you to satisfy everyone perfectly. So as someone who refuses to completely delete my existence from the internet, I must choose how to fail.

「煙霧冰山」這部落格名稱的意思就是說，表面上來看，我的內容就是神志不清；事實上來看，也都是一模一樣。很多人讓我覺得自己的意見一無是處；我寧願跟他們同意，而不去試圖證明自己的偉大，因為我討厭失敗。我是完美主義者。我不可能讓大家完全滿意。可是我的經驗告訴我在網路上就是有需要完全滿意大家的要求。所以不願意完全刪除自己網路存在的我就是得選擇如何失敗。

And this is the choice I have made. I'm going to call myself a failure before you can. I'm going to act according to the worst case scenario before it even happens. You can say you want to hear me out, but I won't believe you. I'm convinced that on the internet, to be read is to be condemned to death, to let the reader seize your words and use them to bolster their own opinions as if you no longer exist. And so what? I know I'm already in hell. And I know you can't save me. No one can. Welcome to my mental prison. Enjoy your stay.

這就是我的選擇。我要比你先說我是敗類。我要在事情發生之前，按照最壞的情形來辦。可以說你真的想聽我把話說完，但我不會相信。我認為在網路上，被讀就是被判死刑，似乎你不再存在地讓讀者攫走你的話用來支持自己的意見。那又怎樣？我知道我已經下了地獄了。而且我知道你救不了我。我，誰都救不了。歡迎來到我的精神監牢。入住愉快。