LHX - short circuits - part 2 - from midnight to midnight

[LHX]

"dead seriously even though we smilin'
and thats how we like it"
- keith murray - intro to 'the most beautifullest thing in this world'


- introduction -
the days of entertainment are over
you have lost your innocence toward entertainment
and can be entertained only as much as you are carrying out your work

i notice that being convinced into a course of action is simply a matter of effectively trapping yourself into NOT being able to do any alternative


- part 1 - trapping yourself -
people seem to want one of two things
1. to be left alone to relax and do as they please
or
2. to be the champion of planet earth and the universe


unfortunately
for those who want to be left alone
they have been and will continue to be interrupted by those who want to be the universal champions

and thus
they are called into action and are forced to push themselves to become the champs simply in order to get all the knuckleheads to leave them the fuck alone

coming to terms with this is an effective way of climbing out of the bottomless pit of why-me-wishful-thinking
and approaching your days accordingly


- part 2 - what do you do for a living? -
since we have a thing called 'the inevitable'
it is wise
and the sign of a true champ
to encourage this 'inevitable' to hurry up

thru communication media we have the ability to tarnish and ruin all forms of entertainment
this can be done in a few ways
1. the creation of mass amounts of abstract bullshit nonsense to clog up and flood the airwaves
2. create entertainment that is so good that it becomes too good (in the 'more fun than you really wanted' category)
3. stampeding through safety-zone-support-group type entertainment outlets (internet forums or any live platform) and making it uncomfortable and no longer useful

- part 3 - are you fucked? -
maybe
probably
i am suggesting that the smart money is on ruining other peoples entertainment AS YOUR MAIN PRIORITY (aside from eating and feeding dependents)
this will force people to look for alternatives
and then when they find an alternative
wreck that too
until they too are trapped into acknowledging that this place has become what it has become
and there is no escapism
until there is only escapism

fuck the confusion angle
changing signs and rearranging things to make your fellow man do a double-take is not even a blip on the radar screen
actually
they are a waste of your time

it would be just as useful to rearrange your own shit and then try to forget

an ideal course of action would be one that results in something compelling yet unenjoyable and results in something bad coming to an end

medication
but not synthetic

LHX
has unenjoyable down
needs to work on compelling

[LMNO]

Best one yet, in my opinion.

[East Coast Hustle]

it's probably a good thing for everyone else taht you aren't eligible for my contest, because I'd have just sent you the prize right away for that one.

that was fucking awesome.

11/10

[Hoshiko]

I liked it. I thought about it, and came back and read it again. I might be being obvious, but I did have an issue with-

i am suggesting that the smart money is on ruining other peoples entertainment AS YOUR MAIN PRIORITY (aside from eating and feeding dependents)
this will force people to look for alternatives
and then when they find an alternative
wreck that too
until they too are trapped into acknowledging that this place has become what it has become
and there is no escapism
until there is only escapism

This too often becomes destroying/wrecking what you yourself don't find entertaining, leaving the good stuff to yourself. Otherwise, we would have wholescale destruction of porn, sports, good food, literature... I don't find too much of that here or anywhere outside of fundamentalistic religions, for that matter. Even the most nihilistic among us likes a good beer on occasion.

In my opinion, given the way the human mind works, the only chance anyone would have of this working would be if the destruction itself was your sole source of entertainment. This inevitably leads to self destruction, and a breakdown of the effectivness of the process. You can't live in the machine without beocming the machine or self destructing. I haven't seen any other options.

Am I reading this wrong? Thoughts?

[Horab Fibslager]

i disagree on the point that even the most nihilistic among us enjoy a good beer now and then, because nihilism is all about beer.

[LHX]

I liked it. I thought about it, and came back and read it again. I might be being obvious, but I did have an issue with-

i am suggesting that the smart money is on ruining other peoples entertainment AS YOUR MAIN PRIORITY (aside from eating and feeding dependents)
this will force people to look for alternatives
and then when they find an alternative
wreck that too
until they too are trapped into acknowledging that this place has become what it has become
and there is no escapism
until there is only escapism

This too often becomes destroying/wrecking what you yourself don't find entertaining, leaving the good stuff to yourself. Otherwise, we would have wholescale destruction of porn, sports, good food, literature... I don't find too much of that here or anywhere outside of fundamentalistic religions, for that matter. Even the most nihilistic among us likes a good beer on occasion.

In my opinion, given the way the human mind works, the only chance anyone would have of this working would be if the destruction itself was your sole source of entertainment. This inevitably leads to self destruction, and a breakdown of the effectivness of the process. You can't live in the machine without beocming the machine or self destructing. I haven't seen any other options.

Am I reading this wrong? Thoughts?

yeah i guess the issue would prolly center on entertainment itself

its a two part thing
1. originally separating entertainment from what we do for a living
2. the evolution of this to the point where we use entertainment as a means of rewarding ourselves for doing things that we do not want to do

it looks like it is time to bring it on back

be entertained by your work
and the rewarding work right now looks like it is to dismantle entertainment-as-escapism

self-destruction may not necessarily be a breakdown in the process

[Hoshiko]

i disagree on the point that even the most nihilistic among us enjoy a good beer now and then, because nihilism is all about beer.

This is true.

I'm just having trouble seeing "dismantle entertainment-as-escapism" as different from any other form of escapism. I guess it would work if you defined entertainment as Media and art, but then people would just find something else to be entertained by. And the dismantler would in turn be entertained and escape.

It sounds like a form of renouncing everything but (work as dismantling entertainment-as-escapism) or (God) or (Drugs) or any other fixation. I don't think it's sustainable.

self-destruction may not necessarily be a breakdown in the process

Ok, that I hadn't thought of.

[LHX]

i disagree on the point that even the most nihilistic among us enjoy a good beer now and then, because nihilism is all about beer.

This is true.

I'm just having trouble seeing "dismantle entertainment-as-escapism" as different from any other form of escapism. I guess it would work if you defined entertainment as Media and art, but then people would just find something else to be entertained by. And the dismantler would in turn be entertained and escape.

It sounds like a form of renouncing everything but (work as dismantling entertainment-as-escapism) or (God) or (Drugs) or any other fixation. I don't think it's sustainable.

self-destruction may not necessarily be a breakdown in the process

Ok, that I hadn't thought of.

you can renounce everything if you want

but there is still something renouncing

it is sustainable when sustainability is the only thing left