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awesome

no

not the figure of speech



im saying "no, you cant be serious"




im serious when i say that




the report from the front lines say that the missiles are flying

they got stealth technology



usually you cant detect the bombs until you feel the shrapnel







as you remove the embedded pieces it stings like a bitch

the only way to avoid the pain is by doing things that would cause further damage in the future





now thats comedy




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from the positive angle:

their stealth isnt so stealth anymore





we see you

at first
he thought there was no way he could shoulder the load
but
after shifting the weight distribution on his back
he was able to carry it beyond his destination

with ease



2 people working toward the same end are already working together by default




his prayers were answered in the form of a question
in this regard a dialogue was formed

it is said that throughout his days he was always mentally active
and encouraged thoughtfulness among those with whom he crossed paths





a hard head leads to your ass getting beat





he understood that taking on the responsibility would suggest his imminent demise
he hesitated on this for some time
but in the end - the alternative was far worse





throughout his days - he met a number of people who were unafraid of death
but
it grew clear after some time that this had nothing to do with pain
and that pain - by definition - was not enjoyable without exception

pain requires one to pay attention

because it is so demanding - it is avoided at all costs by a people who resent being told what to do





the lesson of pain is humility





he tilted her 23 degrees on her axis and shone down for half a day before she turned over





we die laughing
not at anything in particular
its just that the situation is ridiculous





i know a guy who tricked himself so well that he forgot that he tricked himself
and every time he thinks that maybe he tricked himself
he says "No way. That's nonsense. How the fuck could I have done that?"






if you find yourself facing something that you need to do
and you find yourself not wanting to do it
the only real choice you have is to trap yourself

one of the great lessons of fasting is that the lack of food and energy causes one to determine what actions are important and significant
and which actions can be done without

this is one of many examples of how a person can trap himself






another way of trapping yourself is to continually get yourself into situations where you are in over your head or you feel your life is at stake





it is possible that the end objective is actually to find a way to keep going

restless

short attention span

not mentally lazy

critical thinking

tough to fool

difficult to catch off guard

ability to see bullshit for what it is

generally annoyed

maybe martyrdom isnt actually doing good


what would the '90s have been like if Malcolm X had still been around

maybe we are working off different models of 'good' and 'bad'


in the model im looking at - doing 'good' does not result in anything that can come back and get a person


nothing was pushed into a place where it wasnt supposed to be


its the difference between taking until there is none left
vs
taking what you need and allowing the reserve to replenish before you take again


which one of those two scenarios will come back at you?

in frustration -

sometimes people have that notion that they are just gonna stomp around with impunity

"the world jerked me around - so im gonna be a jerk"

-- that really suggests nothing other than a lack of tolerance



exploitation
oppression
exhaustion
abuse
needless destruction

these type of decisons cannot be made


if you prop yourself up to a position thru means that make the position un-maintainable
you are gonna catch yours


if i tell a lie to you today
think about all the work that puts on me

and thats just a lie
if i shank you in the back because i wanted what you had
then i put all sorts of pressure on myself




now
if you can honestly identify and isolate that element which is really causing you trouble
and you seek to act upon that thing -
well
that seems like a different story all together

id be hard pressed to say that there is anything wrong with crushing the hand that is slapping you in the face



for some reason - that shakespeare joint 'macbeth' comes to mind
if i remember correctly
he killed somebody to get the crown
then he had to keep killing to make sure nobody found out

he got to be happy for about 5 minutes
but
in truth he brought nothing but grief on himself


in the end - wickedness (whatever you determine that to be) results in nothing but grief for the wrong doer


and like i said - it has nothing to do with morals

you tell me

i would prolly start by saying that something is 'wrong' if i act without respect

what is respect?

consideration


what is the result of considering something?
prolly proper action


sometimes proper action is a gentle breeze
sometimes it is a hurricane



so
wrong is wrong


if you bring a gentle breeze when you actually needed to bring a hurricane
then you done fucked up


i might be paranoid
but if anybody brings up any hippy shit in this thread
there is a chance i wont be posting here for a long long time



it has nothing to do with morals and everything to do with intelligence

it has nothing to do with morals


its the plain fact that nothing of any consequence can be eternally hidden


you do wrong today - you will catch it eventually

either by getting exposed
or
by being forced to commit too much time to covering your tracks or worrying about getting exposed

you are entitled to whatever you need whenever you need it

but
the punishment is extreme and unpredictable when you take more than you need or dont use it properly



in hindsight - i can see how the notion of a all-knowing being was a easy sell throughout the centuries

its funny how when somebody commits a dastardly or sinister act - they always end up catching their just desserts in the end end

ALMOST AS THOUGH SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING


scales balance in the long run
but
when a snapshot is taken at any particular point in time - the scales can appear unbalanced

and sometimes - when a person is feeling pessimistic - they perceive the unbalanced scales as something static




they arent static
no matter how many sets of black clothing you own

you can even cut yourself if you want




yeah pain is a bitch no doubt

i havent yet heard a woman say that she enjoyed the feeling of giving birth
and tho i know some parents eventually hate their kids
it is commonly held that birth is a joy


fleeting pain
fleeting joy


whimsical barstools




when the electricity runs out
itll really suck at first

but after some thinning out and a period of adjustment - everything will be fine


how could it not be?



and after some time - im sure some clever minds will figure out a way to do it all over again


you have to do something to pass the time in eternity

a phoenix is a mythological bird.

i know and have known people whose bigotry is so deeply ingrained in their personalities that they cease to be much more than machines that say stupid bigoted shit all the time.

it may be true that bigotry doesn't always endure, but often for it to crack and fade away, the bigot has to be confronted with a situation where things more important than his bigotry (like survival) depend on giving up the bigotry.  for most bigots, those moments never come.

more generally relating to the OP:

psychological trauma can't be expected to forge a personality any more reliably than any other factor.  there are so many variables involved in what makes up a person's identity.  if i were to make a blind generalization though, it would be along the lines that honesty in raising children plays a large part in it.  it's one thing to protect your child from psychological abuse, while teaching them that it exists; it's another thing to blind them to it completely and give them no weapons to defend themselves with against it when it comes.

there have been a few such traumatic events in my life. i think i'm lucky because the worst one fractured the entire bullshit-bubble i was initially raised in, and taught me to look out for more of the same.

bigotry will not get anybody thru any gates (metaphorical or real) of any place that is good


bigotry does not endure


but when it is around - it sure is a attention grabber







a phoenix is a mythological bird

what i was referring to was the fact that sometimes when negativity is amplified - the result is something bigger and better than what could have otherwise been accomplished

my hunch is that bigotry eventually will lead to some intense psychological trauma which will force a person to learn how to overcome their prior psychological trauma properly


bigotry is not something that endures

sometimes it is not the 'good environment' which triggers the stability - sometimes it is the amplification of a bad environment



the phoenix is a pretty stable bird

if a person is full of shit or has alterior motives

it comes across in their writing no matter what technique they use


there is no-prime that could save a idiot

eventually there comes a point where most definitive statements stop working

'is' is a fallacy in most situations


the word carries connotations of static and rigidity - two things that are very uncommon where we live


use it if it works for you
just
dont allow yourself to be fooled


unless you want to fool yourself
which is a different story altogether


science is a great way to observe things
but
the number of variables involved in any particular situation are prolly beyond our comprehension

and if they are not beyond our comprehension - then they are beyond our ability to communicate


still - the scientific process is by far the best (possibly only) approach to take to investigating one's surroundings

before it was even defined - it was prolly the default approach man was already using



its natural

defining it is almost like taking the time to define what triggers a inhale of breath to the lungs