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Aldous Huxley was a Prophet.

Started by Zurtok Khan, October 27, 2005, 04:26:36 AM

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Zurtok Khan

October 27, 2005, 04:26:36 AM
I'm sure you all know that Aldous Huxley was a prophet.  Or, you think he was the most retarded person you've ever read (things around here almost always swing one way or the other).  But, regardless, it's scary how right he was some times.

I was reading a copy of the Reader's Digest in the breakroom the other day.  As you know I work for the local office of the Evil Empire (Wal-Mart).  There was no one to talk to in the break room (because I don't speak spanish...), so I picked the RD up.  I'm flipping through it reading it's "funnies" (which really aren't all that funny...they lack motorcycles and face-rapping bats).

I come to an article about all the wonderful things that science can do to make your body stay "younger" longer.  They have an interveiw with some lady about how she is getting older, and with all these new advancments, she feels she will be able to stay young and fashionable all that much longer.

As I read the RD, I was struck by multiple things.  The first was my palm to my forehead.  The second, was that the language of the article was so...simple.  I could've read it in 2nd grade.  The third was, "Well, so you have a wrinkle?  And?"  The fourth was that there is something wrong with this.

I read a statistic (yes, I know all about their supposed reliabilty) somewhere that said highschool graduates this year will have 1/4th (or something to that effect) of the vocabulary that highschool graduates did 10 years ago.  I don't know how true it is, but personal experiance has shown me that it most probably IS true.  I've edited papers for people in my classes once or twice, and see that the depth and breadth of their writting is abysmal, I wrote better papers in 8th grade.

Americans have lost the will to learn.  They would rather know what is going on in some reality TV star's life because he/she/it has a "better" life then the normal person, or at least more "interesting."  They take an interest in other people's lives because they cannot believe they have it within themselves to take an interest in their own.  Perhaps they're right.  But, if that's how they're going to be, then fuck them that feed the machine with their mind numbing work, with their pointless drivel, with their whinning and crying and bitching and moaning.  Fuck them if all they can do is sit back and watch the grey fill the room instead of standing up and choosing to turn on a light or open a window.  If they don't stand up to take their own power back, then they don't deserve it anyway.  Fuck them.

Americans are being fed fat lazy pleasures.  And, they are being grown fat on them.  When they don't fit the mold (and by that I mean holocaust victem thin, or buff with a sixpack and young and cute) then there is somehow something wrong with them.  We have psycologists diagnosing ADD in little kids because they happen to have energy.  And the same people are diagnosing fat-ass with depression because he/she's too lazy to go out for a walk (look, I know both ADD and Depression are real...but you can't tell me that "rising" rates of both aren't more closely linked to people believing they have it rather then actually having it).

All in all this place is fucked like some playgroud ball that doesn't get played with anymore because all the kids are too fat and lazy to go outside.

Live damnit.

If you're not happy, change it.  Otherwise shut the fuck up and keep eatting your tasteless gruel.  It's what you're here for, after all.

-His Holiness the Zurtok
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

The Good Reverend Roger

#1
October 27, 2005, 04:31:08 AM
Huxley = teh prophet.

TGRR,
Is HAPPY to be a Delta!
" 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.

Zurtok Khan

#2
October 27, 2005, 04:57:24 AM
You aren't a delta, you're an epsilon minus semi-mormon...err semi-moron that is.

:twisted:
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

The Good Reverend Roger

#3
October 27, 2005, 04:59:51 AM
Quote from: His Holiness the ZurtokYou aren't a delta, you're an epsilon minus semi-mormon...err semi-moron that is.

:twisted:

Oh, on my good days, I'm a TOTAL moron.

In fact, I can out-stoopid ANYBODY, if I put some effort into it.

TGRR,
Drops his PANCE and rolls in his mistakes.
" 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.

Zurtok Khan

#4
October 27, 2005, 05:06:37 AM
Even a full-fledged mormon?

I mean, that's a tough deal.

I have QUITE a few people here in Utah I'd like to see you outstoopid.

-HHTZ
Doesn't really think Roger is all that stupid (right now).  :D
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

The Good Reverend Roger

#5
October 27, 2005, 05:14:58 AM
Quote from: His Holiness the ZurtokEven a full-fledged mormon?

I mean, that's a tough deal.

I have QUITE a few people here in Utah I'd like to see you outstoopid.

-HHTZ
Doesn't really think Roger is all that stupid (right now).  :D

Oh, but I can.

Trust me on this one.

TGRR,
Once got his tongue stuck in an Epson tractor-feed printer.  No shit.
" 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.

l0c0dantes

#6
October 27, 2005, 05:24:24 AM
How'd you get it stuck there? I thought they put saftey gaurds on them things.....

The Good Reverend Roger

#7
October 27, 2005, 05:28:31 AM
Quote from: l0c0dantesHow'd you get it stuck there? I thought they put saftey gaurds on them things.....

It ruins teh funny when I tell people.

So I'll leave it up to your imagination.
" 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.

Mangrove

#8
October 27, 2005, 07:50:23 AM
Quote from: l0c0dantesHow'd you get it stuck there? I thought they put saftey gaurds on them things.....


they put the safety features on after roger did this.
What makes it so? Making it so is what makes it so.

The Doctor

#9
October 27, 2005, 08:04:10 AM
ohhhhhhhhhhh.   :)
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LMNO

#10
October 27, 2005, 03:11:23 PM
Hell, enough rye whiskey will turn anyone into a complete moron.



LMNO
-Knows by experience.  Repeatedly.

LHX

#11
October 27, 2005, 04:05:15 PM
according to rabid badger i even look dumb


and i didnt get that way by being smart
neat hell

Cain

#12
October 27, 2005, 04:13:37 PM
Looking dumb is one of the most useful attributes ever.  As the Chinese proverb says "dress like a swine in order to kill a tiger".  Always seem dumber than your mark.  You wouldnt believe the amount of mischief you can get away with by playing it dumb or having a good poker face.

I'm such a con man in the making.

B_M_W

#13
October 27, 2005, 04:35:50 PM
Quote from: CainLooking dumb is one of the most useful attributes ever.  As the Chinese proverb says "dress like a swine in order to kill a tiger".  Always seem dumber than your mark.  You wouldnt believe the amount of mischief you can get away with by playing it dumb or having a good poker face.

I'm such a con man in the making.

In the making? Me thinks you are already there.  8)
One by one, we break the sheep from their Iron Bar Prisons and expand their imaginations, make them think for themselves. In turn, they break more from their prisons. Eventually, critical mass is reached. Our key word: Resolve. Evangelize with compassion and determination. And realize that there will be few in the beginning. We are hand picking our successors. They are the future of Discordianism. Let us guide our future with intelligence.

     --Reverse Brainwashing: A Guide http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=9801.0

6.5 billion Buddhas walking around.

99.xxxxxxx% forgot they are Buddha.

sakredchao

#14
October 28, 2005, 02:45:28 PM
if _crome yellow_ and _antic hay_ are prophetic works, we're truely in trouble.

there is nothing safe about midget houses and people trying to sleep with each others' wives.

i see the point counterpoint through your doors of perception.

it is heaven and hell.

also..  i live in "the reservation" of BNW.  it is not as savage as he made it sound.  we have books.  and some of us have electricity.  and a few of us even possess and use toothbrushes.

oh, and soma.  we have lots of soma.

kim
consistancy is the blah blah-blin of blah blah blah
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