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
Huxley = teh prophet.
TGRR,
Is HAPPY to be a Delta!
You aren't a delta, you're an epsilon minus semi-mormon...err semi-moron that is.
:twisted:
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.
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
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.
How'd you get it stuck there? I thought they put saftey gaurds on them things.....
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.
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.
ohhhhhhhhhhh. :)
Hell, enough rye whiskey will turn anyone into a complete moron.
LMNO
-Knows by experience. Repeatedly.
according to rabid badger i even look dumb
and i didnt get that way by being smart
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.
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)
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
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there is nothing safe about midget houses and people trying to sleep with each others' wives.
kim
you've obviously never been to Castine.
8)
Huxley was an optimist.
In case you were wondering.
Yes, but I'M an optimist. Orwell had a pretty good schtick too with 1984, but I thought BNW was the *MUCH* better book.
orwell was another overblown windbag.
"keep the aspidistra flying", indeed. conformist schmuck.
i'll be "coming up for air" soon, as i'm drowning in literary bullshit.
orwell and huxley each wrote a couple of good books. but the majority of their output was a bunch of weighty crap..
want another huxley to read? how about "ape and essence"?
hail belial! belial in the lowest!
NO NO NO NO NO
YES YES YES YES YES
kim is a yes-man. yes yes yes yes yes!
Quote from: sakredchaoorwell was another overblown windbag.
Okay. Let's see
your books.
What? You haven't published any?
Interesting.
well, he'd have to write them out by hand, seeing as he's off the grid.
I can't imagine what a pain in the ass it must be to turn the hand crank on his computer so that he can post here.
8)
Quote from: East Coast Hustlewell, he'd have to write them out by hand, seeing as he's off the grid.
I can't imagine what a pain in the ass it must be to turn the hand crank on his computer so that he can post here.
8)
He has a bunch of gophers on wheels.
i get my electricity from fusion.
i had a couple poems published once.
:)
kim has hydrogen gophers
Quote from: sakredchaoi get my electricity from fusion.
i had a couple poems published once.
:)
kim has hydrogen gophers
The school paper doesn't count.