Recently there was a post in Apple Talk about happiness. This isn't necessarily a response to that or not a response to that. Maybe it's a parallel, a tangent, or a perpendicular. Put any geometry into it you wish but here is my angle:
I'm often referred to at work as "The Dark One." Admittedly, a part of me revels in that moniker, however another part of me is slightly annoyed at the simplicity that is applied to that term. Now, the author of said remark is no bright bulb let me tell you and probably can't grasp how insultingly banal her words are.
Yeah, I write "dark" poetry. I like Death Metal and I often fantasize about the world ending in the death throes of the expiring Sun. But that doesn't mean I dwell and steep into the black waters 24/7. And besides, who said it had to be that simple?
It's not black and white or black and light. Yeah, I think the human experiment here on planet Earth is pretty much a failed one. Mankind has come up with a few good things like medicine, space flight, the wheel but even those have led to modern human disasters. Medicine has prolonged the human life span to the point where Cancers and Heart Diseases are rampant. Space flight has led to the pollution of the heavens with space junk and the wheel has led to air pollution and road rage. Okay, already some of you might already be thinking "boy what a gloomy gus." I prefer to think of it as being illuminated to the realities of humanity.
However, I'm still alive. I've been put on this planet for a duration and I might as well make the most of it. I have found a beautiful member of the opposite gender to share this duration and together we created another lifeforce to share the experience with. We can together gaze at the wonders of the heavens above. We can together breathe the air, albeit polluted, and enjoy the happiness of our existence as a family.
The key is multitasking. There are a lot of simpletons who can only concentrate on one train of thought for any 24 hour period. I'm able to have my dark side co-exist with my rationality. I can recognize that humanity is screwed and has no hope but the rational side knows that my part (and my familie's) in this experiment is but a brief flash of time. I can revel in the fantazy of the Earth being swallowed hole by the Sun knowing in my rational mind that my family line will be long gone by then. I can enjoy a brutal song about someone getting their head ground into soilent green and then sing Old MacDonald with my Daughter. And that's why Goths are so ghey. They just don't get it because they are so adamant about being dark and gloomy that they miss the point.
So, despite my co-workers insipid insights, I'm actually a quite happy and content person. I do enjoy the darker side of things but I know enough that you have to walk in the light some too. Otherwise, how the hell will you ever see where you are going?
10/10 for candidness
there arent too many one-dimensional folks around here
Quote from: LHX10/10 for candidness
there arent too many one-dimensional folks around here
troof. one of very few refuges from one-dimensionalism.
Rev:
11/10 for fucking GETTING it.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name?Recently there was a post in Apple Talk about happiness. This isn't necessarily a response to that or not a response to that. Maybe it's a parallel, a tangent, or a perpendicular. Put any geometry into it you wish but here is my angle:
I'm often referred to at work as "The Dark One." Admittedly, a part of me revels in that moniker, however another part of me is slightly annoyed at the simplicity that is applied to that term. Now, the author of said remark is no bright bulb let me tell you and probably can't grasp how insultingly banal her words are.
Yeah, I write "dark" poetry. I like Death Metal and I often fantasize about the world ending in the death throes of the expiring Sun. But that doesn't mean I dwell and steep into the black waters 24/7. And besides, who said it had to be that simple?
It's not black and white or black and light. Yeah, I think the human experiment here on planet Earth is pretty much a failed one. Mankind has come up with a few good things like medicine, space flight, the wheel but even those have led to modern human disasters. Medicine has prolonged the human life span to the point where Cancers and Heart Diseases are rampant. Space flight has led to the pollution of the heavens with space junk and the wheel has led to air pollution and road rage. Okay, already some of you might already be thinking "boy what a gloomy gus." I prefer to think of it as being illuminated to the realities of humanity.
However, I'm still alive. I've been put on this planet for a duration and I might as well make the most of it. I have found a beautiful member of the opposite gender to share this duration and together we created another lifeforce to share the experience with. We can together gaze at the wonders of the heavens above. We can together breathe the air, albeit polluted, and enjoy the happiness of our existence as a family.
The key is multitasking. There are a lot of simpletons who can only concentrate on one train of thought for any 24 hour period. I'm able to have my dark side co-exist with my rationality. I can recognize that humanity is screwed and has no hope but the rational side knows that my part (and my familie's) in this experiment is but a brief flash of time. I can revel in the fantazy of the Earth being swallowed hole by the Sun knowing in my rational mind that my family line will be long gone by then. I can enjoy a brutal song about someone getting their head ground into soilent green and then sing Old MacDonald with my Daughter. And that's why Goths are so ghey. They just don't get it because they are so adamant about being dark and gloomy that they miss the point.
So, despite my co-workers insipid insights, I'm actually a quite happy and content person. I do enjoy the darker side of things but I know enough that you have to walk in the light some too. Otherwise, how the hell will you ever see where you are going?
FUCKING RIGHT!
I have the same rep at my work, and always laugh to myself when they think it's the 'truth'.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name?Recently there was a post in Apple Talk about happiness. This isn't necessarily a response to that or not a response to that. Maybe it's a parallel, a tangent, or a perpendicular. Put any geometry into it you wish but here is my angle:
I'm often referred to at work as "The Dark One." Admittedly, a part of me revels in that moniker, however another part of me is slightly annoyed at the simplicity that is applied to that term. Now, the author of said remark is no bright bulb let me tell you and probably can't grasp how insultingly banal her words are.
Yeah, I write "dark" poetry. I like Death Metal and I often fantasize about the world ending in the death throes of the expiring Sun. But that doesn't mean I dwell and steep into the black waters 24/7. And besides, who said it had to be that simple?
It's not black and white or black and light. Yeah, I think the human experiment here on planet Earth is pretty much a failed one. Mankind has come up with a few good things like medicine, space flight, the wheel but even those have led to modern human disasters. Medicine has prolonged the human life span to the point where Cancers and Heart Diseases are rampant. Space flight has led to the pollution of the heavens with space junk and the wheel has led to air pollution and road rage. Okay, already some of you might already be thinking "boy what a gloomy gus." I prefer to think of it as being illuminated to the realities of humanity.
However, I'm still alive. I've been put on this planet for a duration and I might as well make the most of it. I have found a beautiful member of the opposite gender to share this duration and together we created another lifeforce to share the experience with. We can together gaze at the wonders of the heavens above. We can together breathe the air, albeit polluted, and enjoy the happiness of our existence as a family.
The key is multitasking. There are a lot of simpletons who can only concentrate on one train of thought for any 24 hour period. I'm able to have my dark side co-exist with my rationality. I can recognize that humanity is screwed and has no hope but the rational side knows that my part (and my familie's) in this experiment is but a brief flash of time. I can revel in the fantazy of the Earth being swallowed hole by the Sun knowing in my rational mind that my family line will be long gone by then. I can enjoy a brutal song about someone getting their head ground into soilent green and then sing Old MacDonald with my Daughter. And that's why Goths are so ghey. They just don't get it because they are so adamant about being dark and gloomy that they miss the point.
So, despite my co-workers insipid insights, I'm actually a quite happy and content person. I do enjoy the darker side of things but I know enough that you have to walk in the light some too. Otherwise, how the hell will you ever see where you are going?
And, This IS the correct Motorcycle.
nice, rev dark one
I like this very much.
::applause::
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name?and I often fantasize about the world ending in the death throes of the expiring Sun.
Who doesn't?
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: Rev. What's-His-Name?and I often fantasize about the world ending in the death throes of the expiring Sun.
Who doesn't?
Imaginationless xtian fundamentalist fucktard cocksucking pieces of goat shit.
Thats who.
Quote from: Buddhist_Monk_WannabeQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: Rev. What's-His-Name?and I often fantasize about the world ending in the death throes of the expiring Sun.
Who doesn't?
Imaginationless xtian fundamentalist fucktard cocksucking pieces of goat shit.
Thats who.
Bitter much? :roll:
Impressive rantage, Reverend. I haven't given up on us quite yet, but I agree that we're screwed if we don't turn some stuff around, and that we should be able to see more than one side of things at once. Then again, sometimes falling into despair is less painful than trying to stay sensitive to life... I can see why it has its appeal.
I'm not advocating falling into despair. Quite the opposite. I say there is no need to despair about a certainty which is the end of mankind and the world as we know it. Acknowledge it. Know it. Realize most likely none of us will be here when it happens. And go out and enjoy a long walk in the park.
Quote from: IranonQuote from: Buddhist_Monk_WannabeQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: Rev. What's-His-Name?and I often fantasize about the world ending in the death throes of the expiring Sun.
Who doesn't?
Imaginationless xtian fundamentalist fucktard cocksucking pieces of goat shit.
Thats who.
Bitter much? :roll:
YOU try being a scientist in this country.
:lol:
A biologist, no less.
WHERE'S YOUR EVOLUTION NOW?
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A biologist, no less.
WHERE'S YOUR EVOLUTION NOW?
The only reason I don't leave this country now is in the hope that someday I will make them eat their own shit. I will personally shove it down their throat.
Almost got the chance today. Too bad I wasn't fast enough on the uptake.
Oh? Do tell....
::gives What's His Name a standing ovation::
What you're saying is effin right on for a couple of reasons. First off, like you mention in the rant the world/life may be shit but we're still here. There is no proof that there will be anything to experience after we croak, so why not make the most of it? Even acknowledging that trying to make things better at all is like a sisyphian task, it's still better than burying your head in the sand and concentrating on getting a good collection of tupperware together before you croak.
And you're so right, looking at things as black/white, one dimensional is ridiculous. It is akin to believing the world really is flat.
But come on Buddhis Monk, evolution? Didn't the Jews bury the dinosaur bones? :lol:
Quote from: TootsThere is no proof that there will be anything to experience after we croak, so why not make the most of it?
Exactly. I mean, I think I sorta believe in a kind of life energy. I know there is an essence to me that is me. I perceive things. How will I perceive death? Who knows but what's the sense in worrying about it. It's gonna happen. If I believe the Christians I can act like a fuckwad all my life and as long as I repent on my deathbed I get a pass. I believe once I become worm food my essence will evaporate into the heavens because energy cannot be created nor destroyed or at least so scientists believe currently.
Life is not forever and we should enjoy this journey while we can. And when the moment of death arrives accept it with peace and tranquility because it is our much deserved rest from the trials and travails of this mortal coil. We should look to it as we look at our rest at night after a long day. Society, American Society especially, puts such a fear of death into its people. This is really a shame. We should encourage people to live obviously. We don't necessarily want them exiting in a Jack Kevorkian/Rippy the Razor sort of way. But, when you get to a certain point of your life to be content. You may go to sleep some night and not wake the next morning but we should be able to be at peace with that.
Modern medecine has come up with some great advances but I wonder sometimes if they've gone to far. It's great that we can cure diseases in someone in their 30's or 40's but when we are extending the human life into the frailty of the 90's and 100's are we really adding quality time to the human life? Obviously, there are exceptions and people who are remarkable healthy and agile at those ages. But do I want to be a 90 year old who has to summon all of his strength just to blink? I'm not so sure. I think I'd be perfectly content to hang it up at around 70.
Quote from: CainOh? Do tell....
my lab partner in chemistry mentioned something about "eviloutionists being as bad as Inteligent Design Creationists". Could have ripped his head off. Unfortunatly I was focused on organic compound calculations.
Next time. 8)