The Laws of Physics

[Darth Cupcake]

The Laws of Physics: On Responsibility vs. Mitigating Circumstances

I'd rather take dead aim
Than shoot my pistol in the air
I'd rather be a traitor
Than a man who doesn't care

Step the fuck up.

Take some fucking personal responsibility.

Everything is made of ripples. What I do today, right now, is a ripple of things that have already happened. The things that I do make ripples in the lives of other people.

Stop wasting your ripples. Be a waste of carbon for long enough and the shit you do will stop making significant ripples. Then you've really backed yourself into a corner. Don't waste your fucking ripples--use them. For good or for evil the choice is yours, but make a conscious fucking decision. Step the fuck up and take some personal responsibility inside of trying to give excuses.

I am sick of bullshit and mitigating circumstances. I am sick of people using excuses as cop-outs. Haven't you got anything better to do with yourself than avoiding doing something with yourself? Excuses are just a way of denying responsibility. And denying responsibility is just another way of denying agency and/or independence.

Why the fuck would you want to deny that? Being afraid is a shitty fucking reason. We're all afraid of something or other. Not all of us are lazy enough to let it run our lives for us.

Never forget that there ARE options. Never forget that you CAN choose.

But first you need to step up to the plate and take a little personal responsibility. You can't only have the good--you have to accept a little bad, too. That's not such a bum deal, though.

Stop trying to write off everything you do or say that isn't perfect. Accept that you cannot necessarily make everyone--sometimes even ANYONE--happy. Accept that your actions will ALWAYS have consequences. We are none of us exempt from the laws of physics, so stop trying to fucking avoid them.



-DC
In a stabbity rage kind of mood

[Jenne]

I feel your mood.  Well said, DC!  Great rant.

[Darth Cupcake]

Thank you. I feel like I want to streamline it a little more, as it seems a bit long... But I also wanted to, after being around for a while now, start actually contributing, so I figured a first draft couldn't hurt anyone. In theory.

Over time, I hope to hone my skills in the art of the rant!

-DC
PD.com acolyte

[ZombieIcarus]

Humorously this reminds me of something I've been telling my friends for years.  "Absolutely no one here has any excuse to be anything other than wildly extraordinary"

Honestly, no one really has an excuse.  A person need not be a genius to be proficient or even talented in a variety of technical fields, need not spend every waking hour in a gym to be in good shape, and need not practice their art 24/7 to be exceptional artists, all it takes is the ability to stop making excuses and actually dedicate a small amount of time on a regular basis.  For those  that actually <i>are</i> genius' (myself definitely not included) you have a gift that could substantially affect not only the people around you, but quite possibly the course of history if properly applied.  Use it.

P.S.
DC, I've made my goal, his name is Philippe de Montebello, he is the current director of the met, I mean to make his job mine in the next 20 years.

[Thurnez Isa]

Honestly, no one really has an excuse.  A person need not be a genius to be proficient or even talented in a variety of technical fields, need not spend every waking hour in a gym to be in good shape, and need not practice their art 24/7 to be exceptional artists, all it takes is the ability to stop making excuses and actually dedicate a small amount of time on a regular basis.  For those  that actually <i>are</i> genius' (myself definitely not included) you have a gift that could substantially affect not only the people around you, but quite possibly the course of history if properly applied.  Use it.

I tell my guitar students that all the time
it far better when learning an art to do an hour a day then 6 hours one day and nothing the rest of week

PS. Welcome a board ZI
love the nic

[ZombieIcarus]

I have to admit that I pulled the same thing with guitar when I tried it as a kid.  I forgot to practice till the day before, then spammed all I was supposed to do over the week.  I burnt out on it, but other interests came up and I'm a bit more diligent now

Thanks though! Mythology + zombies for the hilarious win.

-ZI

[navkat]

DC:

This post make me punch my fist in the air and say "Fuck yeah!"

I needed that today.

[Darth Cupcake]

Humorously this reminds me of something I've been telling my friends for years.  "Absolutely no one here has any excuse to be anything other than wildly extraordinary"

Honestly, no one really has an excuse.  A person need not be a genius to be proficient or even talented in a variety of technical fields, need not spend every waking hour in a gym to be in good shape, and need not practice their art 24/7 to be exceptional artists, all it takes is the ability to stop making excuses and actually dedicate a small amount of time on a regular basis. For those  that actually <i>are</i> genius' (myself definitely not included) you have a gift that could substantially affect not only the people around you, but quite possibly the course of history if properly applied.  Use it.

P.S.
DC, I've made my goal, his name is Philippe de Montebello, he is the current director of the met, I mean to make his job mine in the next 20 years.

This is troof.

It is something I'm constantly fighting with myself over. I need self-discipline, instead of excuses.

In my worldview, or my attempt at realigning my worldview at least, excuses need to count for less in all things. Not just in what I and my friends do with ourselves in the way of our personal behavior. For example, "Dude, I was SO DRUNK" is not an excuse--know your limits. Know how to control yourself. Etc. I have seen too many of my friends fuck up their own and other peoples' lives because of a deep-seated unwillingness to take responsibility for themselves. Excuses have become crutches, and I can't respect that.

ZI--OFUK. ARE YUO WHO I THINK YUO ARE?! Plz to be accepting this congratulatory kitten:



And welcome to a new poor excuse for how to spend your time.  IF YOU AREN'T WHO I THINK YOU ARE, well, take the kitten anyway, but you can't have my love! At least not yet.

DC:

This post make me punch my fist in the air and say "Fuck yeah!"

I needed that today.

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[ZombieIcarus]

If you're dropping by on Saturday to be a museum rat, then watching empire then I probably am.  I accept you're kittenz with glee! hooray!

-ZI

[P3nT4gR4m]

Explain yourslef cupcake - who is this noob and why shouldn't I flame him/her?

This place is starting to look like a Cramulus family outing - the scottish empire will not stand for this 

[hunter s.durden]

I'm going to have to go on tour through NEW England.

People that have IRL friends piss me off.

[LMNO]

Whew, I'm safe, then.

[Darth Cupcake]

Explain yourslef cupcake - who is this noob and why shouldn't I flame him/her?

This place is starting to look like a Cramulus family outing - the scottish empire will not stand for this 

This n00b is good peoples. He makes homemade cannolis, which I then eat.

And I suppose you COULD flame him, but he's still under 50 posts. Let him have his 50 posts unless he REALLY brings the toolsack. In which case flaming is justified.

Payne already claimed me for the Scottish Empire Expansion Program, though! Besides, Cram has no family. He comes from a test tube.

I'm going to have to go on tour through NEW England.

People that have IRL friends piss me off.

I don't have IRL friends. Just people who are working a long-term, nefarious troll on my life that will eventually culminate in them killing me in a back alley.

-DC
Technically not in New England, but NY, as is ZI

[Cain]

Humorously this reminds me of something I've been telling my friends for years.  "Absolutely no one here has any excuse to be anything other than wildly extraordinary"

Honestly, no one really has an excuse.  A person need not be a genius to be proficient or even talented in a variety of technical fields, need not spend every waking hour in a gym to be in good shape, and need not practice their art 24/7 to be exceptional artists, all it takes is the ability to stop making excuses and actually dedicate a small amount of time on a regular basis.  For those  that actually <i>are</i> genius' (myself definitely not included) you have a gift that could substantially affect not only the people around you, but quite possibly the course of history if properly applied.  Use it.

P.S.
DC, I've made my goal, his name is Philippe de Montebello, he is the current director of the met, I mean to make his job mine in the next 20 years.

This is very true.

I was an awful writer before I came here.

Well, maybe not awful, but I was hardly excellent.

But I perservered.  Writing the odd rant, short story or piece of prose every now and again, going back and improving etc etc.

Of course, my problem is sticking with a single goal.  I'm far too eclectic for that to happen.  I must have at least several projects on the go at any one time, or I get bored quickly.

[Darth Cupcake]

Of course, my problem is sticking with a single goal.  I'm far too eclectic for that to happen.  I must have at least several projects on the go at any one time, or I get bored quickly.

I enjoy the multiple projects a time idea, but then I tend to get too scattered... So I end up never finishing anything. The number of partially finished stories/drawings/arts-'n'-crafts/things-I-was-building lying around is downright ridiculous.

If you can discipline yourself and organize yourself well enough to make that work, I think that's pretty much the best possible option, though. It's just a matter of getting that discipline that I'm working on right now.