The Manual Life of an Animal
Trapped in a Cage of Books and Rules
Striving to be just like everyone else.
If average is happy, why aren't I okay?
I wanna make the world stay far away
leave me in my hole all by myself
it's nice and cool under this rock
though it's starting to feel rather cramped.
People always make me feel nervous
never sure of what to say or to think
Behind all those masks that they wear
How can I be sure anyone's even there?
Trapped in a Cage of Books and Rules
Learning just to learn that I know jack shit.
And on the days that I feel like giving up
Life throws me a curve and ruins my fit.
Dancing madly in my own little reality.
It's a ball and I'm the only invitee.
Everyone else is crashing it though.
Fucking over my little soiree.
I'll pay them all back one day.
Hide the body parts in hay.
Their skin from their bones I'll flay.
For me being a pariah will they pay.
Striving to be just like everyone else.
Why do I have to have thoughts in my head?
Why can't I just be like everyone else?
Without a soul, no emotions, all cold and dead.
There's nothing behind their lifeless eyes.
No joy or laughter or heart break.
I can't get inside their minds.
It's like talking to a wall of brick.
They're not like me at all.
All happy in their normality.
And what seems to be normal for me
For them just outlines my disparity.
If average is happy why aren't I okay?
Anouther cut on my scarred wrist.
Anouther drop of blood in the bucket.
Why the fuck can't I just up and cut it?
Suicide is Painless, so they say.
I've tried it over and over, day after day.
Every little breath brings me closer to my doom.
Is it good to be happy to know I'll snuff it soon?
Life's a game of poker and my hand is shit.
All the cards I had have been played away.
Only one card have I left to lay.
Suicide will help end these endless days.
A Rant in Poetry Form.
By Carl Eric von Kleist, IV.
Translation:
You fucking pricks. You normals. You all think you're so much better than me. I saw colours. I saw swirls and loops and pretty fishes that burped bubbles. I was happy. I was me. And you took it all away. You locked me up in padded rooms, shot chemicals into my veins until you friend my brain. Until you took all those colours away from me. You left me in a world of greys, soft edges, plastic-covered wall sockets. You chained me for my own good. As if. You chained me because I was dangerous to you. To your society. Your normality. The colours I saw that you didn't frightened you. You were the ones who were supposed to see the world as it really is. I guess you felt cheated. Left out. Because I saw the colours and you didn't. I was the one who ate green mouse and telephone pole ice-cream. I was the one who went all to butterflies that sang falsetto. I was the one who floated in air. You made it all go away. I hate you all. You left my world sterile, without joy. You made me like this. You made me like you. You fucking bastards. What right did you have to do this to me? Mom, Dad, what fucking right did you have to do this to me? What the fuck did I do to deserve this? I was fine. Atleast back then I could cry like a normal person. Atleast back then things actually made me happy. You drowned it all. You killed that happy boy. Took his hopes and dreams and all those pretty colours and threw them away, held that boy's head under the waters of sanity as he thrashed and struggled for breath, struggled to live, until he gave that last death rattle and lay still. Are you happy now? Is what you got worth it? I hate you. I hate you, Mom. I hate you, Dad. I hate all of you. I wanna hold your heads under the water. Hold all your heads under the water. Make you drown in the colours. But I can't even find them anymore, you god damned bastards. You took them away. You hid them. You gouged out my eyes so I'd never ever see them again. You made it so I couldn't go all to butterflies. I hate you. You took all the happiness away. All the joy. All the fun. Because you said the pain was too much. The sadness. The Misery. How dare you tell me my life is wrong when you, with your damn shades of grey and sanity couldn't live your own lives right? You made all the happiness fade. All I have left is a memory of it. And you wonder why I'm never happy anymore. You took the joy away, and ou wonder why I never laugh anymore. You took the fun away, and you wonder why I never do anything anymore. You made me pull together. You made me stop being butterflies. I liked the butterflies. They were my butterflies. And you took the pain away. You took the sadness and misery away. And then you were 'concerned' when I didn't cry at Grandpa's funeral. Why I didn't shed a god damned tear for five years of my life no matter who died or how many times people beat me black and blue. You took everything away from me, cut off my hands, drove spikes in my ears, clogged up my nose, tore out my tongue, gouged out my eyes, and you wonder why I can't interact with the world. I hate you. I hate you for not understanding. For not understanding that I was happy. For not understanding that you're the reason I'm sad now. I hate you for making it so I couldn't cry when Grandpa died. I hate you for all those weeks in those padded rooms. I hate you for all those times I was strapped down and tranquilised till there wasn't any Eric left. Not even any me. I hate you for taking everything away and then expecting me to be happy. I hate you for not dashing my head against the rocks when I was born. I hate you for making me live on. I hate you for not letting me make myself go into Gran Mal with the two grams of Zoloft. I hate you for having the bastards in the scrubs fix my wrists. I hate you for having the doctors cut me down when I tried to hang myself. I hate you for everything you've done to me for the past nineteen years of my life.
I hate you for making the butterflies go away.
They were my butterflies.
They were me. And I can't find them anymore. I can't find anything, and now I'm scared, and lonely, and frightened. I can't make the pain stop I can't make the crying stop, make the hurting stop. Do you know what it's like to not be able to stop crying. Do you know what it's like to not see the pretty colours of a sunset anymore? Do you know what isn't life for it to take two years before you could mourn your Granpa's death? Do you know what it was like to not be able to be with him at the end, before he wasn't there anymore? To only get out of the bad place so you could sit next to him as he lay in his bead at home with tubes running out of him, and not have him know you're in the room? I never got to tell him how much I really loved him before I died. You wouldn't let them let me talk to him in the bad place. He was dying and you wouldn't let me talk to him. You bastards. You heartless bastards. I never got to tell him goodbye. You made it so I couldn't tell him goodbye. You took him away from me. You took me away from him. The one time in my entire life I had to be there, and you took me away. You robbed me of my last chance to tell him everything that I wanted to tell him. To see him before he wasted away.
You took the colours away.
Wow.
........wow.
How does one respond to something like that? :(
like this,
Summary, post haste.
Quote from: MedeoWow.
.......wow.
How does one respond to something like that? :(
I guess you just have to say......wow.
Or give him a hug.
::gives Dream of the Endless a great big hug::
I wouldn't give him a hug if he paid me.
Quote from: HotsumaI wouldn't give him a hug if he paid me.
That's pretty cold, dude. :evil:
You should actually try reading it- he doesn't sound like he's joking around.
*gives DotE a hug*
Me, too. Here's a big hug from me.
Quote from: Medeo
That's pretty cold, dude. :evil:
exactly.
and after skimming through it, all I have to say is...
shut the fuck up. suicide accomplishes nothing more than becoming another statistic. suck it up, take some meds, and show the system who's boss.
Quote from: Hotsumaand after skimming through it, all I have to say is...
shut the fuck up. suicide accomplishes nothing more than becoming another statistic. suck it up, take some meds, and show the system who's boss.
Or whine about mods.
One or the other.
This, boys and girls, is why it's important to never let them find out that you don't see the world the same way they do to begin with.
Quote from: Hotsumaand after skimming through it, all I have to say is...
shut the fuck up. suicide accomplishes nothing more than becoming another statistic. suck it up, take some meds, and show the system who's boss.
Y'know what, Hotsuma. Shut up. Have you ever tried it? I've been there. I am currently in what I consider my right mind and what my friends consider my normal mind and I will tell you right f'ing now that people who call it a coward's way out, like you are, or think that everything can be solved by medication, have no right to draw breath. It's people like that who had me strapped down for days on end and sedated, people like that who You know what, fuck this. It's not worth me going and getting all angry again.
I'll join the group then.
*hug*
And again, you need it.
*hug*
*Twitch* I don't like people touching me. Please, please stop.
Yea, but some of us have been there before. Hotsuma is right about suicide being pointless... All you would end up doing is feeding some bugs with your decaying corpse, and since embalming has reached the level it's at now, plus with the fact that they will seal you in an airtight case, you wouldn't even be doing a good job of that. Of course, his comment about just taking meds isn't right, unless (and I hope this is what he was talking about) he means take some meds that you can't go to the doctors and get pescribed.
Psychology has become one of the most fucked up aspects of our scociety. Pretty much everywhere realizes that people are not just cookie cutter made.... different people have different ways of doing/dealing/thinking, and it's those differences that allow for innovation to happen... a system without them would be completly stagnant and would collapse upon itself. Of course, psychology seems to completly ignore this, and thinks that for some odd reason, people must all deal with reality within a very limited variation, otherwise they must have some sort of mental instability, which of course means that for their own good, psychology must fix them and help turn them back to proper thinking/reacting individuals. This isn't the way science acts, but I can tell you something that does.... it's name starts with organized and ends with religion. Maby one day people will realize that it's ok to think and feel different... and maby after that they will realize that it's ok for two people to see the same object but have it look completly different to each of them. Of course, most likely I will just end up having to give up all hope in humanity.
Fuck the system, become a teacher and tell the kids the truth, that's my plan.
QuoteShut up.
No.
~watch out now...Hotsuma's gettin' all serious like~
QuoteHave you ever tried it? I've been there.
actually, yes. I've been there too. there have a few times in my lifetime, during which I have been depressed to the point at which I figured it'd be easier to end it myself.
QuoteI will tell you right f'ing now that people who call it a coward's way out, like you are...
I myself decided that it wasn't worth it to put family/friends through it, and I found the idea of actually commiting the act the be despicable, on top of that the idea of a botched suicide attampt was worse than the actual act. Shit happens, and most of the time it doesn't get better on it's own. if you don't activly change whats wrong in your life, then nothing is going to get better. and allthough meds can't solve every problem, it sure can help with just about any problem.
~end seriousness~
and were allowed to use obscenities here you know.
damn, I forgot the best part of my post...
besides, suicide is illegal...you don't want to break the law do you?
Quote from: Hotsumadamn, I forgot the best part of my post...
besides, suicide is illegal...you don't want to break the law do you?
I'm a Pizza Boy. Do you realise how many traffic regulations I break a day?
good point...
Quote from: Rev ThwackThis, boys and girls, is why it's important to never let them find out that you don't see the world the same way they do to begin with.
I can't but to agree with this one. Keep it a secret, to everyone but your closest friends... or are they really my friends? Maybe they are just planted out by... Them...
part of conspiracy...
Illegalizing suicide never affected the suicide rate one iota.
It's an utterly useless law no matter how you slice it.
well, I know that...you know that...but do the lawmakers know that?
It isn't really useless, since children who commit suicide will make their parents pay for the crime (at least in countries where adults are legally responsible for eveything their children do).
the only country I know of, that has that law, is the US.
And france. There is a principality in france where it is illegal to die.
speaking of french...I just realized, I don't there are any french users here on the forums.
Quote from: Hotsumaspeaking of french...I just realized, I don't there are any french users here on the forums.
That is because the french can't handle chaos. Their first response when confronted with chaos is the run away.
Unlike us Swedes! Yeah, we are discordians all of us, though most don't realize.
Quote from: CharlemagneQuote from: Hotsumaspeaking of french...I just realized, I don't there are any french users here on the forums.
That is because the french can't handle chaos. Their first response when confronted with chaos is the run away.
Unlike us Swedes! Yeah, we are discordians all of us, though most don't realize.
No. The french's first response to anything is to lay down their guns and greet the thing with wine and their surrender.
I'm german. I know.
My best friend Josh is french. I ask him all the time, right before I hit him with something, "WHERE THE FUCK IS MY WINE AND WOMEN, FRENCHIE?!"
Quote from: Dream of the EndlessQuote from: CharlemagneQuote from: Hotsumaspeaking of french...I just realized, I don't there are any french users here on the forums.
That is because the french can't handle chaos. Their first response when confronted with chaos is the run away.
Unlike us Swedes! Yeah, we are discordians all of us, though most don't realize.
No. The french's first response to anything is to lay down their guns and greet the thing with wine and their surrender.
I'm german. I know.
My best friend Josh is french. I ask him all the time, right before I hit him with something, "WHERE THE FUCK IS MY WINE AND WOMEN, FRENCHIE?!"
They didn't surrender world war 1. Actually, they managed to win that war... with the help of Britain... and the US... and Italiy...
unless you win a war by yourself, with no foreign troops, it doesn't count.
Then who won ww1, or ww2? I mean, both those where joint-country wins.
That which is dead may never die.
Quote from: Dream of the EndlessThat which is dead may never die.
word.
if it's a joint country win, it gets filed un the countries involved joint win loss record.
Quote from: MedeoIllegalizing suicide never affected the suicide rate one iota.
It's an utterly useless law no matter how you slice it.
Actually, there
is a use for this law. It allows law enforcement to place someone who tries to kill themselves under protective custody long enough to make sure they are seen and evaluated by a mental health professional. The point is to protect those who attempt suicide and get them help so that they don't try again. I've had several clients who told me this law saved their lives by forcing them to stay in a medical, or mental health, facility until the urge to commit suicide passed.
.
Quote from: CharlemagneAnd france. There is a principality in france where it is illegal to die.
You're WRONG.
And that's "France" with a capital F :p
Quote from: Hotsumaspeaking of french...I just realized, I don't there are any french users here on the forums.
You're WRONG too.
And the Grammar Nazi will gas you for your incomplete sentence.
Quote from: namuQuote from: CharlemagneAnd france. There is a principality in france where it is illegal to die.
You're WRONG.
And that's "France" with a capital F :p
I don't spell any other country with capital letters, why would I spell france with it?
And how can you know there isn't a principality in which it is illegal to die?
Because there is no such law anywhere in the country. And it's not listed in the "stupid laws" book.
Quote from: CharlemagneThen who won ww1, or ww2? I mean, both those where joint-country wins.
canada won ww1(no seriously, go study the histroy, you'll fidn that when the other coutnires we're getting their lines broken, canadians were movign forward, and when the final pushes started, canadians were in the front all the way to the end.
as for ww2, everyone knows that candian spec ops actually killed hitler, mussolini
andthe japenese emperor in 1943, a whole 2/3 years before it's public end. there rest was jsut public relations.
Quote from: namuBecause there is no such law anywhere in the country. And it's not listed in the "stupid laws" book.
Well... it isn't really a very stupid law, is it? And, how do you know there isn't such a law? Have you actually read _all_ the law books, cover-to-cover?
Yes, of course I did. Dontcha know you're legally bound to know the Law ?
Quote from: CharlemagneIt isn't really useless, since children who commit suicide will make their parents pay for the crime (at least in countries where adults are legally responsible for eveything their children do).
Well, in that case, the law only aggravates the matter.
Police officer:
(to a pair of sobbing parents) Gee, I'm sorry to hear about your son. It was a terrible tragedy and you never meant for it to happen- perhaps he didn't even give any signs that there was a problem, and whatever caused his actions may have been inevitable. I know the hole in your hearts can never truly be filled. Unfortunately, I'm gonna have to give a hefty fine and maybe even a few years in jail. Sorry, just doin' my job.
How much more counter-productive can you get?
Quote from: namuQuote from: CharlemagneAnd france. There is a principality in france where it is illegal to die.
You're WRONG.
And that's "France" with a capital F :p
Quote from: Hotsumaspeaking of french...I just realized, I don't there are any french users here on the forums.
You're WRONG too.
And the Grammar Nazi will gas you for your incomplete sentence.
being part german, the grammar nazi can't to shit to me, and who's the forum frenchie?
Quote from: Medeo
How much more counter-productive can you get?
one word: Bush.
Quote from: horab industriesas for ww2, everyone knows that candian spec ops actually killed hitler, mussolini andthe japenese emperor in 1943, a whole 2/3 years before it's public end. there rest was jsut public relations.
Actually, the Japanese Emperor was quite a nice guy. Wore a Mickey Mouse watch. Had no control over his military (which is actually how it should be, according to Sun Tzu's Art of War).
Quote from: Hotsumawho's the forum frenchie?
You again left the lights on before leaving, didn't you 'suma ? :D :P
can someone please tell my why the french military salute involves a white flag?
I want to know why the swiss have an army.
what? And here I was thinking that they just had knives and chocolate. Man, here I am missing out on another whole group of people to make fun of.
i hear they ride bicycles.
I hear you have something against people who ride bycicles.
I hear you have something against people who point out people who ride bicycles.
why yes, yes I do. want to make something of it?
The Swiss have my respect, due to two words: Direct Democracy.
And if I remember correctly, everyone who has reached the age of majority in Switzerland is in the army.
Quote from: Rev Thwackwhat? And here I was thinking that they just hadknives and chocolate. Man, here I am missing out on another whole group of people to make fun of.
how can you have a swiss army knife without a swiss army?
Quote from: Rev ThwackI hear you have something against people who ride bycicles.
i ride a bicycle...
Quote from: SlartibartfastQuote from: Rev Thwackwhat? And here I was thinking that they just hadknives and chocolate. Man, here I am missing out on another whole group of people to make fun of.
how can you have a swiss army knife without a swiss army?
That's not too hard. I have a russian paratrooper watch, but I don't have any russian paratroopers.
that's because you stole the watch of of a russian guard during your stealth mission in the russian military outpost.
No, that was the russian submariner watch. The paratrooper watch I won in a card game with some old hermit who had only one eye and a habbit of cackeling strangely. Of course, I won a lot of junk from him.... every hand he would offer me some weird little item as his bid if I would put up my soul. You would figure that after two hours of loosing he would have given up.
Apparently, the Swiss (http://www.lilligren.com/Redneck/redneck_swiss_army_gun.jpg) apply the philosophy of their knives to everything.
Sorry if this is just more meaningless spam from an uninformed former-lurker-now-newb.
Quote from: MoncubusiApparently, the Swiss (http://www.lilligren.com/Redneck/redneck_swiss_army_gun.jpg) apply the philosophy of their knives to everything.
Sorry if this is just more meaningless spam from an uninformed former-lurker-now-newb.
Hi there, former-lurker-now-newb! :P
Quote from: MoncubusiApparently, the Swiss (http://www.lilligren.com/Redneck/redneck_swiss_army_gun.jpg) apply the philosophy of their knives to everything.
Sorry if this is just more meaningless spam from an uninformed former-lurker-now-newb.
the knife attacthment is defying the laws of realitys. it's mounted on the barrel, behind the light, and in front of the scope...thise kooky sweeds.
Quote from: SssBella, Oracle of Doom
Hi there, former-lurker-now-newb! :P
Thanks for the welcome, SssBella. xP
Your signature quote is abso-freaking-lutely wonderful.Quote from: That Ninja Dudethe knife attacthment is defying the laws of realitys. it's mounted on the barrel, behind the light, and in front of the scope...thise kooky sweeds.
From what I hear, they only had giant knives and corkscrews mounted on long poles back in the old days. Explains why they were never invaded.[/quote]
I always thought that they developed their knives out of the necesisty of making all those little holes in their cheese.
I agree with thwack.
don't you realize just how dangerous that can be? Next thing you know you are going to find yourself eating catfood for the simple fact that his has a higher nutrional content than pretty much anything you can find at a resteraunt, plus you might find out that when properly prepared it's not half bad.
I'll be fine, I put on my protective foil hat today.
well, either way... if you ever need some recepies for cat food, just let me know.
I'll be sure to do so...
Gods dammit! Do I have to get all out of my normal mind and make anouther god damn anger filled, hateful rant to get this thread back on track?!
Look at the cute 'lil dream. He thinks threads actualy have a chance of staying on track around here. Poor 'lil fella.
Man, I'm starting to turn into quite the asshole today.
Quote from: Rev ThwackLook at the cute 'lil dream. He thinks threads actualy have a chance of staying on track around here. Poor 'lil fella.
Man, I'm starting to turn into quite the asshole today.
It's okay. Ever since I died, I've been a much nicer, more understanding person.
Quote from: Rev ThwackLook at the cute 'lil dream. He thinks threads actualy have a chance of staying on track around here. Poor 'lil fella.
Man, I'm starting to turn into quite the asshole today.
shhhh...he's still kinda new here...give him a while, he'll figure out that topics never stay on track.
Quote from: HotsumaQuote from: Rev ThwackLook at the cute 'lil dream. He thinks threads actualy have a chance of staying on track around here. Poor 'lil fella.
Man, I'm starting to turn into quite the asshole today.
shhhh...he's still kinda new here...give him a while, he'll figure out that topics never stay on track.
I'm not that new, Baka.
Now step, lest I have to phone my friend, the Dread Pirate Ninja Hacker Josh.
He has all the Swagger and Booty (Girl and Treasure) attracting powers of Cap'n Jack Sparrow, plus all the deadliness and stealth powers of a Horde of Uber Ninja.
I'm not worried about the uber ninja, as there are things that even they can't stand against. Ask Hotsuma how effective they are against a psychotic, reality-warping, mass-halucination.
Quote from: Dream of the Endless
Now step, lest I have to phone my friend, the Dread Pirate Ninja Hacker Josh.
my computer sucks so much, that if he tried hacking me, his computer would burst into flames.
Quote from: Rev ThwackI'm not worried about the uber ninja, as there are things that even they can't stand against. Ask Hotsuma how effective they are against a psychotic, reality-warping, mass-halucination.
He's also The One. Reality conforms to his will.
Quote from: Rev ThwackI'm not worried about the uber ninja, as there are things that even they can't stand against. Ask Hotsuma how effective they are against a psychotic, reality-warping, mass-halucination.
thats the only weakness of a ninja...but a properly trained ninja will only be slowed down by it.
Quote from: Dream of the EndlessQuote from: Rev ThwackI'm not worried about the uber ninja, as there are things that even they can't stand against. Ask Hotsuma how effective they are against a psychotic, reality-warping, mass-halucination.
He's also The One. Reality conforms to his will.
the reality in a computer conforms to his will.
Quote from: HotsumaQuote from: Dream of the EndlessQuote from: Rev ThwackI'm not worried about the uber ninja, as there are things that even they can't stand against. Ask Hotsuma how effective they are against a psychotic, reality-warping, mass-halucination.
He's also The One. Reality conforms to his will.
the reality in a computer conforms to his will.
Never saw Revolutions, did we?
ORACLE: You have a connection to the Source.
and I have a connection to my anus. Do you need a demonstration of the 1337 p0w3r5 my anus posesses?
Quote from: Rev Thwackand I have a connection to my anus. Do you need a demonstration of the 1337 p0w3r5 my anus posesses?
From the way you've been acting and from one thing you've said in your posts today, I'd say you ARE your Anus.
Think ABOUT it.
Word.
what can I say, today is just one of those days where the fluff-o-matic isn't all sorts of happy. which is kind of weird because I actualy am, just not showing it I guess. Hmm.... maby I should stop randomly mixing drugs.
Quote from: Rev Thwackwhat can I say, today is just one of those days where the fluff-o-matic isn't all sorts of happy. which is kind of weird because I actualy am, just not showing it I guess. Hmm.... maby I should stop randomly mixing drugs.
That's what your brain is for!
The Brain.
Randomly mixing mind altering substances in ways we will never comprehend since... uh... really long ago!
Quote from: Dream of the EndlessQuote from: HotsumaQuote from: Dream of the EndlessQuote from: Rev ThwackI'm not worried about the uber ninja, as there are things that even they can't stand against. Ask Hotsuma how effective they are against a psychotic, reality-warping, mass-halucination.
He's also The One. Reality conforms to his will.
the reality in a computer conforms to his will.
Never saw Revolutions, did we?
ORACLE: You have a connection to the Source.
nope, I heard it was worse than the second, by a reliable source. and the second one was worse than the first...so...you get the idea.
Ohh no, You are not fooling me again. I learned long ago that it's best for me to just completly ignore my brain. That damn thing is always trying to whisper things to me, trying to get me to do this or that.... do you have any idea how high my body count would be if I listed to my brain? I swear, it's like it wants me to eliminate the human race so the animals can start over. Yes, that's it... see, I knew you would come around and see things my way. It's the only way to protect the planet, and by killing them we are keeping countless others from suffering. Don't you see it now? It's not that we want to, we have t....wehtoiawelktn;avirla!!!
Fuck! You bastar dream, you almost let it take over. Do you have any idea just how bad that would have been? Fuck!
Quote from: Rev ThwackOhh no, You are not fooling me again. I learned long ago that it's best for me to just completly ignore my brain. That damn thing is always trying to whisper things to me, trying to get me to do this or that.... do you have any idea how high my body count would be if I listed to my brain? I swear, it's like it wants me to eliminate the human race so the animals can start over. Yes, that's it... see, I knew you would come around and see things my way. It's the only way to protect the planet, and by killing them we are keeping countless others from suffering. Don't you see it now? It's not that we want to, we have t....wehtoiawelktn;avirla!!!
Fuck! You bastar dream, you almost let it take over. Do you have any idea just how bad that would have been? Fuck!
We do as we must, Rev Thwack.
We do as we must.
if what happened in where ever conformed to neo's will, instead of gettign his ass kicked repeatedly by smith, he would jsut lay down the atomic whoopass without the effort of moving a finger, removing smith from the entire system within moments of him reapearing. instead he is a superhuman like fella in the things, the champion of good against the forces of evil while the gods (the orcale and the archetecht) stand by as spectators mroe or less. they also tried to tie in the metaphor of this life beign a dream and death being to wake from the dream that is this life, in which reality as we know it was a vuideo game, and the "real world" was one we could find only if we awake from the video game reality.
in fact they cram jsut about every scrap of religiousism/mysiticsm, etc, they could find(including to a certain extent discoridanism, the number if fives and 23s in various parts is good enough evidence for me towards that end), it's a popular culture movie, designed for every, geek, goth dweed, dork, etc, etc, from every walk of life can pay 8 bucks to see.
Matrix was nice, though a bit overdone (in the 'attitude' department).
The latter two opi were pale post-apocalyptic flicks with romance and wooden acting.
The first Matrix was surprising.
The second Matrix was exhilarating.
The third Matrix was boring.
The plot was borrowed from 50s paranoia sf, but decent.
Then they got all epic fantasy on us with everyone being
led by the nose to their inevitable fates. Bah.
I saw the second in iMax. The third was supposed to
come to iMax so I waited, but it did so badly at the
box office that iMax dropped it. I rented the third and
understood. Disappointing.
Quote from: Dream of the EndlessQuote from: Hotsuma
the reality in a computer conforms to his will.
Never saw Revolutions, did we?
ORACLE: You have a connection to the Source.
NEO: And I shall recompile it. *waves hand*
[A boxed Microsoft Visual C compiler from 1995 falls into it]
AGENT: Good luck finding
AGENT[2]: a floppy drive
AGENT[3]: before the Matrix
AGENT[4] *falls on Neo's head*: crashes
AGENT: down
AGENT[2]: around
AGENT[3]: you.
AGENT[4]: there is
AGENT[5]: no
AGENT[6]: spoon
AGENT[7 and 8]: and
AGENT[9,10,11,12]: I
AGENT: have
AGENT[13]: all
AGENT[14]: the
AGENT[15]: forks.
Quote from: the ghost of pai mei
in fact they cram jsut about every scrap of religiousism/mysiticsm, etc, they could find(including to a certain extent discoridanism, the number if fives and 23s in various parts is good enough evidence for me towards that end)
For that matter, didn't the Oracle say something about how the Architect's purpose is to balance the equation, and hers is to unbalance it?
Sounds like the juxtaposition of order and disorder (i.e. chaos) to me.
Quote from: MedeoQuote from: the ghost of pai mei
in fact they cram jsut about every scrap of religiousism/mysiticsm, etc, they could find(including to a certain extent discoridanism, the number if fives and 23s in various parts is good enough evidence for me towards that end)
For that matter, didn't the Oracle say something about how the Architect's purpose is to balance the equation, and hers is to unbalance it?
Sounds like the juxtaposition of order and disorder (i.e. chaos) to me.
yes htey do include the discordian perogative. fuckers. may they wallow in the piss of the homeless of thud for all eternity!
Quote from: MedeoQuote from: the ghost of pai mei
in fact they cram jsut about every scrap of religiousism/mysiticsm, etc, they could find(including to a certain extent discoridanism, the number if fives and 23s in various parts is good enough evidence for me towards that end)
For that matter, didn't the Oracle say something about how the Architect's purpose is to balance the equation, and hers is to unbalance it?
Sounds like the juxtaposition of order and disorder (i.e. chaos) to me.
Yeah, we had to work pretty hard to get discordia into the Matrix in some way. hose brothers are better at spotting Illuminati-in-the-works then any other conspiracy theorist I've seen so far.
Oh, and the one who finds where we put in any of the following in the movie (abviously in the form a HIDDEN MESSAGE), gets a fnord.
*Militant Grafitti Artists of Stockholm
*Bavarian Illuminati (what? you though we
weren'tin the movie?)
*Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn
*Cthulhu
Fnord.
Quote from: CharlemagneQuote from: MedeoQuote from: the ghost of pai mei
in fact they cram jsut about every scrap of religiousism/mysiticsm, etc, they could find(including to a certain extent discoridanism, the number if fives and 23s in various parts is good enough evidence for me towards that end)
For that matter, didn't the Oracle say something about how the Architect's purpose is to balance the equation, and hers is to unbalance it?
Sounds like the juxtaposition of order and disorder (i.e. chaos) to me.
Yeah, we had to work pretty hard to get discordia into the Matrix in some way. hose brothers are better at spotting Illuminati-in-the-works then any other conspiracy theorist I've seen so far.
Oh, and the one who finds where we put in any of the following in the movie (abviously in the form a HIDDEN MESSAGE), gets a fnord.
*Militant Grafitti Artists of Stockholm
*Bavarian Illuminati (what? you though we weren'tin the movie?)
*Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn
*Cthulhu
Fnord.
Cthulhu
might be the unstoppable wave of Squiddies that tears that one guy apart, except that Cthulhu wouldn't stop eating people no matter
how enlightened Keanu Reeves might be :P
Also, I think the Merovingian is the answer to one of those, but I don't know which. Can I have a cookie?
Quote from: MedeoQuote from: CharlemagneQuote from: MedeoQuote from: the ghost of pai mei
in fact they cram jsut about every scrap of religiousism/mysiticsm, etc, they could find(including to a certain extent discoridanism, the number if fives and 23s in various parts is good enough evidence for me towards that end)
For that matter, didn't the Oracle say something about how the Architect's purpose is to balance the equation, and hers is to unbalance it?
Sounds like the juxtaposition of order and disorder (i.e. chaos) to me.
Yeah, we had to work pretty hard to get discordia into the Matrix in some way. hose brothers are better at spotting Illuminati-in-the-works then any other conspiracy theorist I've seen so far.
Oh, and the one who finds where we put in any of the following in the movie (abviously in the form a HIDDEN MESSAGE), gets a fnord.
*Militant Grafitti Artists of Stockholm
*Bavarian Illuminati (what? you though we weren'tin the movie?)
*Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn
*Cthulhu
Fnord.
Cthulhu might be the unstoppable wave of Squiddies that tears that one guy apart, except that Cthulhu wouldn't stop eating people no matter how enlightened Keanu Reeves might be :P
Also, I think the Merovingian is the answer to one of those, but I don't know which. Can I have a cookie?
Yes. Feel free. Help yourself.
Bump fot GTL/Eric goodness! :lulz: