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I mean, come on.
Get up, go to work, come back, eat, go to bed. Repeat to fade.
They didn't tell us it would be like this. Endless service, with little reward. Do this, do that. Can't say no, or you'll lose your job, and you're even worse off than before.
I remember finger painting in Primary school. Hard to think that finger painting is societies great way of preparing future generations for the workplace, and indeed, society as a whole.
Simple fact is, we aren't prepared for it. Not properly. Which is why life turns out to be such a disappointment for so many.
And those who have come before us who have carved their little níche via their great imaginations do us no great service either. We see movies about space exploration, we read books about great adventures in wonderous lands. Explorations we will never conduct, lands we will never see, adventures we can never have.
We are told wonderous stories of lives that have never happened, lives which are, ultimately, better lived than any we here can achieve. Life holds no magic, no great lore that can give us freedom over evils. We cannot slay our demons, we cannot fight the dark, we cannot save the world.
And so instead we make do by "blending in", becoming a part of the system, just like everyone else. Though we read of great and magnificent individuals, we ourselves become so much a part of the pack that our individuality is all but invisible. We are all victims of modern society. Droned into workhorses by those above us, and then given release by seeing the fruit of other people's imagination. Be it films, books, games, whatever.
Few people get to live their dreams. I know enough to accept that I am not one of those few. I will never be a filmstar, a singer, a leader, a warrior, an adventurer, a saviour. I am destined to be nothing, nobody.
As are most of you. You might as well start accepting it now. Your life is to be run by a combination of work ethics and commercialisation. A shallow, empty and meaningless existence. Destined to merely praise those people who live their dreams as you see the fruits of their work.
Dreams, once so vivid as a child. Dreams which once spoke to me, and told me one day I could be a hero, a celebrity or a king. Dreams once so full of promise and possibility, now only serve to drum in the disappointment of the reality of continued existence. What a crock.
Commitment keeps me going. Gives me the strength I need to ignore my dreams, and carry on the bland disappointment of life. Some do better than I do though. Earn more money, have more holidays, buy more happiness. But while money can buy you holidays, houses, security, and, yes, even love, it cannot bribe the truth, for truth never perishes.
The one truth that burns through the human soul like a disease of despite and depravity. A truth so fundamental, that the vast majority of people refuse to think about it, and indeed block it out by whatever means possible. So many people ignore the truth, and so avoid asking the question that preceeds it. A question so damaging that it has cost the lives of millions of people during human history. Because the answers to the question breed only hollow contempt for the lives we are meaninglessly forced to carry out.
The question so many avoid, and so many others lie to answer is this:
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What is it all for? What is the meaning of life?
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And the answer that breaks so manmy hearts, the killer of millions as those who refuse to believe try to mask the awesome power of the truth is this:
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Nothing. There is no meaning. There is no fundamental purpose for you, for your neighbour, for anyone. Life and death are but one and the same, and your existence is but a drop in the ocean of time; For a moment making some almost indiscernable ripples, but ultimately, ineffectual and meaningless.
All your struggles, all your pains, all your efforts mean nothing.
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Life is the greatest waste of time since time itself began.
IB
Get up, go to work, come back, eat, go to bed. Repeat to fade.
They didn't tell us it would be like this. Endless service, with little reward. Do this, do that. Can't say no, or you'll lose your job, and you're even worse off than before.
I remember finger painting in Primary school. Hard to think that finger painting is societies great way of preparing future generations for the workplace, and indeed, society as a whole.
Simple fact is, we aren't prepared for it. Not properly. Which is why life turns out to be such a disappointment for so many.
And those who have come before us who have carved their little níche via their great imaginations do us no great service either. We see movies about space exploration, we read books about great adventures in wonderous lands. Explorations we will never conduct, lands we will never see, adventures we can never have.
We are told wonderous stories of lives that have never happened, lives which are, ultimately, better lived than any we here can achieve. Life holds no magic, no great lore that can give us freedom over evils. We cannot slay our demons, we cannot fight the dark, we cannot save the world.
And so instead we make do by "blending in", becoming a part of the system, just like everyone else. Though we read of great and magnificent individuals, we ourselves become so much a part of the pack that our individuality is all but invisible. We are all victims of modern society. Droned into workhorses by those above us, and then given release by seeing the fruit of other people's imagination. Be it films, books, games, whatever.
Few people get to live their dreams. I know enough to accept that I am not one of those few. I will never be a filmstar, a singer, a leader, a warrior, an adventurer, a saviour. I am destined to be nothing, nobody.
As are most of you. You might as well start accepting it now. Your life is to be run by a combination of work ethics and commercialisation. A shallow, empty and meaningless existence. Destined to merely praise those people who live their dreams as you see the fruits of their work.
Dreams, once so vivid as a child. Dreams which once spoke to me, and told me one day I could be a hero, a celebrity or a king. Dreams once so full of promise and possibility, now only serve to drum in the disappointment of the reality of continued existence. What a crock.
Commitment keeps me going. Gives me the strength I need to ignore my dreams, and carry on the bland disappointment of life. Some do better than I do though. Earn more money, have more holidays, buy more happiness. But while money can buy you holidays, houses, security, and, yes, even love, it cannot bribe the truth, for truth never perishes.
The one truth that burns through the human soul like a disease of despite and depravity. A truth so fundamental, that the vast majority of people refuse to think about it, and indeed block it out by whatever means possible. So many people ignore the truth, and so avoid asking the question that preceeds it. A question so damaging that it has cost the lives of millions of people during human history. Because the answers to the question breed only hollow contempt for the lives we are meaninglessly forced to carry out.
The question so many avoid, and so many others lie to answer is this:
==================================================
What is it all for? What is the meaning of life?
==================================================
And the answer that breaks so manmy hearts, the killer of millions as those who refuse to believe try to mask the awesome power of the truth is this:
==================================================
Nothing. There is no meaning. There is no fundamental purpose for you, for your neighbour, for anyone. Life and death are but one and the same, and your existence is but a drop in the ocean of time; For a moment making some almost indiscernable ripples, but ultimately, ineffectual and meaningless.
All your struggles, all your pains, all your efforts mean nothing.
==================================================
Life is the greatest waste of time since time itself began.
IB
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So that's why you practically quoted a line of the script then.
I believe I've said before that you were too dim to get the point of the Matrix, however obviously some of it seeped through and now you think the ideas are your own... okay.
I believe I've said before that you were too dim to get the point of the Matrix, however obviously some of it seeped through and now you think the ideas are your own... okay.
Darwock wrote:
> What he means is, the more recent points have been influenced by the
> views of the Wachowski brothers that they laid out in the Matrix
> trilogy.
Ummm, maybe every thought from your evolutionary backward mind has to be inspired by some film or other, but personally, I don't consider The Matrix films to offer good examples of how people live. People misunderstand what those films are supposed to be about. It's not an expression of oppression, or Nazism or anything, it's about people jumping around doing martial arts, quotable lines like "Why Mr. Anderson, WHY WHY WHY?" and dodging bullets in slow motion.
If you want to take more from it than that, feel free monkey boy, personally I'll not fly with you.
> What he means is, the more recent points have been influenced by the
> views of the Wachowski brothers that they laid out in the Matrix
> trilogy.
Ummm, maybe every thought from your evolutionary backward mind has to be inspired by some film or other, but personally, I don't consider The Matrix films to offer good examples of how people live. People misunderstand what those films are supposed to be about. It's not an expression of oppression, or Nazism or anything, it's about people jumping around doing martial arts, quotable lines like "Why Mr. Anderson, WHY WHY WHY?" and dodging bullets in slow motion.
If you want to take more from it than that, feel free monkey boy, personally I'll not fly with you.
Insane Bartender wrote:
>
> Two different discussions really, but they're both in this thread,
> and so mu vioews on both have been put across. Hardly being retarded,
> and as far as I'm aware, I've yet post random google links, quote
> from Tom Clancy books, pretend to know all about politicians that
> turn out to be sports commentators, avoid questions put to me by
> pointing at other people, change my forum name to deflect attention
> from my blithering stupidity and run off crying like a baby. So as
> yet, comparisons with Belldandy are premature.
*looks at post where IB says he doesn't take himself seriously and doesn't expect others too*
*looks at this post*
Nope...nope, the two just don't match at all.
Dude, I'm sorry if you're offended by what was a flippant comment.
>
> Two different discussions really, but they're both in this thread,
> and so mu vioews on both have been put across. Hardly being retarded,
> and as far as I'm aware, I've yet post random google links, quote
> from Tom Clancy books, pretend to know all about politicians that
> turn out to be sports commentators, avoid questions put to me by
> pointing at other people, change my forum name to deflect attention
> from my blithering stupidity and run off crying like a baby. So as
> yet, comparisons with Belldandy are premature.
*looks at post where IB says he doesn't take himself seriously and doesn't expect others too*
*looks at this post*
Nope...nope, the two just don't match at all.
Dude, I'm sorry if you're offended by what was a flippant comment.
Insane Bartender wrote:
> more recent points, regarding freedom, belong to my view that
> regardless of how happy you are, you're not 'free', as you have to
> exist within the confines of the system.
What he means is, the more recent points have been influenced by the views of the Wachowski brothers that they laid out in the Matrix trilogy.
> more recent points, regarding freedom, belong to my view that
> regardless of how happy you are, you're not 'free', as you have to
> exist within the confines of the system.
What he means is, the more recent points have been influenced by the views of the Wachowski brothers that they laid out in the Matrix trilogy.
re: point 1) I don;t care.
re: point 3) This thread was created whilst seriously depressed an hating the world, hence the pessimistic view entailed within, the more recent points, regarding freedom, belong to my view that regardless of how happy you are, you're not 'free', as you have to exist within the confines of the system.
Two different discussions really, but they're both in this thread, and so mu vioews on both have been put across. Hardly being retarded, and as far as I'm aware, I've yet post random google links, quote from Tom Clancy books, pretend to know all about politicians that turn out to be sports commentators, avoid questions put to me by pointing at other people, change my forum name to deflect attention from my blithering stupidity and run off crying like a baby. So as yet, comparisons with Belldandy are premature.
re: point 3) This thread was created whilst seriously depressed an hating the world, hence the pessimistic view entailed within, the more recent points, regarding freedom, belong to my view that regardless of how happy you are, you're not 'free', as you have to exist within the confines of the system.
Two different discussions really, but they're both in this thread, and so mu vioews on both have been put across. Hardly being retarded, and as far as I'm aware, I've yet post random google links, quote from Tom Clancy books, pretend to know all about politicians that turn out to be sports commentators, avoid questions put to me by pointing at other people, change my forum name to deflect attention from my blithering stupidity and run off crying like a baby. So as yet, comparisons with Belldandy are premature.
Insane Bartender wrote:
> Something sarcastic
Now y'see, what you're doing there is assuming that everyone else in the world lives by exactly the same morals, wants, and needs as you.
This may shock you, but some people don't have the same priorities as you, and find happiness and misery in different things.
Incidentally, concerning you answer to sagacious one; I forget who it was who said this, but the quote goes;
"If a man has a high wage, he's a slave. If he has high capital, he is free".
Oh, and last point; you've been moving the goalposts as to what is 'free' in order to perpetuate your incredibly, bowel-shakingly depressing world view (or at least, the one you have for the purposes of this thread). Stop straying into Belldandy territory! Is it the rule of this board that there must be at least one mildly retarded poster at all times?!
> Something sarcastic
Now y'see, what you're doing there is assuming that everyone else in the world lives by exactly the same morals, wants, and needs as you.
This may shock you, but some people don't have the same priorities as you, and find happiness and misery in different things.
Incidentally, concerning you answer to sagacious one; I forget who it was who said this, but the quote goes;
"If a man has a high wage, he's a slave. If he has high capital, he is free".
Oh, and last point; you've been moving the goalposts as to what is 'free' in order to perpetuate your incredibly, bowel-shakingly depressing world view (or at least, the one you have for the purposes of this thread). Stop straying into Belldandy territory! Is it the rule of this board that there must be at least one mildly retarded poster at all times?!
So have I.
Such mages are very useful too. They can conjure food, make trees grow into the shape of a house, heal wounds with a single touch, generate massive amounts of electricity by casting a simple spell and they live in a sphere of invulnerability in which neither crime nor politics exist.
I visit them, along with the pantie faeries of Xaer Duun, quite regularly. You'll have to excuse me now, the men gerbed entirely in white have again injected a soothing balm into my arm, and now I must rest, as unnecessary movement will cause me to drool excessively, and with my arms tied up thusly, I cannot wipe my chin.
Such mages are very useful too. They can conjure food, make trees grow into the shape of a house, heal wounds with a single touch, generate massive amounts of electricity by casting a simple spell and they live in a sphere of invulnerability in which neither crime nor politics exist.
I visit them, along with the pantie faeries of Xaer Duun, quite regularly. You'll have to excuse me now, the men gerbed entirely in white have again injected a soothing balm into my arm, and now I must rest, as unnecessary movement will cause me to drool excessively, and with my arms tied up thusly, I cannot wipe my chin.
Insane Bartender wrote:
> Either way, you're still existing within an economy, and are thusly a
> slave to it.
MARXIST!!! Get him!!
> Either way, you're still existing within an economy, and are thusly a
> slave to it.
MARXIST!!! Get him!!
You don't need money to survive, I've seen lots of people with no money who haven't died as a result of it.
Either way, you're still existing within an economy, and are thusly a slave to it.
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