Pedestrians on the Lost Highway, part V of V: Curly's Tale Continued

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, November 19, 2012, 04:56:38 PM

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Anna Mae Bollocks

Quote from: American Jackal on November 19, 2012, 05:24:38 PM
so I wasn't expecting that even though I should have.
ya know. I only know about them, but I can't remember ever watching them.

But on another note I think I shall continue maintaining that the universe is absurd. its punchline is that there is no punchline.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh7cixW-fQU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd0ENBpvle0
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

Anna Mae Bollocks

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P3nT4gR4m

Fucking :mittens: At last someone frames nihilism the way I understand it. The way nihilists never seem to!

I'm up to my arse in Brexit Numpties, but I want more.  Target-rich environments are the new sexy.
Not actually a meat product.
Ass-Kicking & Foot-Stomping Ancient Master of SHIT FUCK FUCK FUCK
Awful and Bent Behemothic Results of Last Night's Painful Squat.
High Altitude Haggis-Filled Sex Bucket From Beyond Time and Space.
Internet Monkey Person of Filthy and Immoral Pygmy-Porn Wart Contagion
Octomom Auxillary Heat Exchanger Repairman
walking the fine line line between genius and batshit fucking crazy

"computation is a pattern in the spacetime arrangement of particles, and it's not the particles but the pattern that really matters! Matter doesn't matter." -- Max Tegmark

Juana

Awesome! Yeah, oddly heartening and I fully support getting this into meatspace. I'll do my bit to spread it around.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

LMNO

Again, I don't think this is exactly nihilism so much as existential absurdity.

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 19, 2012, 06:50:20 PM
Again, I don't think this is exactly nihilism so much as existential absurdity.

One or the other.  Doesn't really matter.

And Garbo, I'll be prepping the whole series into a single .doc format and asking someone to PDF it.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

I don't know the difference between Nihilism and existential absurdity.

All I know are the following facts:

1.  Your life is your own, if you have the guts to seize it.

2.  There's no plan.

3.  Don't just eat that cheeseburger, eat the hell out of it, and

4.  Relax.  Shit just isn't that important.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

P3nT4gR4m

Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 19, 2012, 06:50:20 PM
Again, I don't think this is exactly nihilism so much as existential absurdity.

you could be right, I never went too deep into philosophy. Nihilism for me = "there is no meaning of life" and that's as much as I could be arsed learning. I'm sure I've mentioned this before but I'm stumped how a lot (most?) people who arrive at this conclusion seem to get pissed off about it. If my existence turns out to have one iota of purpose I'll be as pissed off as a motherfucker. Would kinda turns a holiday into a job.

I'm up to my arse in Brexit Numpties, but I want more.  Target-rich environments are the new sexy.
Not actually a meat product.
Ass-Kicking & Foot-Stomping Ancient Master of SHIT FUCK FUCK FUCK
Awful and Bent Behemothic Results of Last Night's Painful Squat.
High Altitude Haggis-Filled Sex Bucket From Beyond Time and Space.
Internet Monkey Person of Filthy and Immoral Pygmy-Porn Wart Contagion
Octomom Auxillary Heat Exchanger Repairman
walking the fine line line between genius and batshit fucking crazy

"computation is a pattern in the spacetime arrangement of particles, and it's not the particles but the pattern that really matters! Matter doesn't matter." -- Max Tegmark

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 19, 2012, 07:01:20 PM
If my existence turns out to have one iota of purpose I'll be as pissed off as a motherfucker. Would kinda turns a holiday into a job.

DING DING DING!
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Juana

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 19, 2012, 06:51:44 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 19, 2012, 06:50:20 PM
Again, I don't think this is exactly nihilism so much as existential absurdity.

One or the other.  Doesn't really matter.

And Garbo, I'll be prepping the whole series into a single .doc format and asking someone to PDF it.
If you're not looking for anything fancy, I can PDF it for you and send it back for approval. This week is gonna be pretty quiet, thank god, and I'll have time.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Secret Agent GARBO on November 19, 2012, 07:05:24 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 19, 2012, 06:51:44 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 19, 2012, 06:50:20 PM
Again, I don't think this is exactly nihilism so much as existential absurdity.

One or the other.  Doesn't really matter.

And Garbo, I'll be prepping the whole series into a single .doc format and asking someone to PDF it.
If you're not looking for anything fancy, I can PDF it for you and send it back for approval. This week is gonna be pretty quiet, thank god, and I'll have time.

Okay.  PM me an email, and I'll send it to you in word format tomorrow sometime.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Juana

"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

Eater of Clowns

My favorite part of this was that a piece you wrote years ago just clicked for me.  Awesome.
Quote from: Pippa Twiddleton on December 22, 2012, 01:06:36 AM
EoC, you are the bane of my existence.

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 01:18:23 AM
EoC doesn't make creepy.

EoC makes creepy worse.

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the afflicted persons get hold of and consume carrots even in socially quite unacceptable situations.

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 19, 2012, 08:57:41 PM
My favorite part of this was that a piece you wrote years ago just clicked for me.  Awesome.

I think Payne actually wrote that, if it's the bit about being on the wrong side of the police line.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Eater of Clowns

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 19, 2012, 08:58:18 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 19, 2012, 08:57:41 PM
My favorite part of this was that a piece you wrote years ago just clicked for me.  Awesome.

I think Payne actually wrote that, if it's the bit about being on the wrong side of the police line.

Ah.  I knew it was one of the letters from that fall.  I wrote something in response and I couldn't figure out why I couldn't make it jive until just now.
Quote from: Pippa Twiddleton on December 22, 2012, 01:06:36 AM
EoC, you are the bane of my existence.

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 01:18:23 AM
EoC doesn't make creepy.

EoC makes creepy worse.

Quote
the afflicted persons get hold of and consume carrots even in socially quite unacceptable situations.