@oritteropo

Zina and Pippa Bacca, like many Gen-Yers, thought the world is a fanciful place. More serious people probably wouldn't have died if they were on the same trail as Zina.

Zina and Pippa were both pursuing paths that gave them "warm fuzzies," but would likely result in them being unable to survive except for redistributions from more serious people.

The world is full of frivolous people who have no idea how serious it is. The reason they have no idea is because society encouraged them to be frivolous.


There are secure career paths for people who want to be around creativity. But those careers depend on the same traits all careers depend on: industriousness and defining yourself as being science-minded.

^ All well and good, but it's important not to define and judge people by our momentary interactions with them. I don't think he's saying "THE RAT RACE IS AMAZING AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS ABIDE BY IT" but rather, when you're in a shitty moment, don't go with your default irrational bitch and moan.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Now you can define yourself and redefine yourself to better eliminate the negative qualities of the status quo, but the fact is, you're going to (metaphorically or not) stand in a line and it's up to you to define that experience.

I'm judged by my extreme nature every day. I sometimes get in peoples faces and challenge them with momentary awareness that they are an interactive object in my environment. It freaks em out, sometimes it makes em smile. Either case, I'm a weird fuckin' dude. The train of perception goes both ways.

Wildflower, don't judge the potted roses just because they judge you. Just challenge them. Add an interactive element. Peaceful, please. hahahahaha

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@enoch

Based on what you've written before, I don't think I'd mind a book, but to save you some time (maybe):

How do you define yourself as a dualist, if not a substance dualist?

I considered you to be agnostic and not truly an atheist, however if you want to define yourself as one I will say I stand corrected.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^shinyblurry:
I've yet to meet an atheist who said he "lacked" belief who didn't unequivocably assert he is right, and not only right, but so right that I was in comparison intellectually inferior.
Hi, remember me? We had a long discussion a while back in which I made it quite clear that I lacked belief but made no assertions. I did argue that I was right on some topics, but not on the non-existence of gods. I also admitted ignorance on some topics, but explained my thoughts and feelings on them as best I could for the sake of the discussion.
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Argoist? What the fuck is an argoist? You kill me with all the categories you try to define yourself with: libertarian, capitalist, anarcho capitalist, minarchist, minarcho capitalist, volutaryist, individualist, argoist or whatever the flavor of the weak happens to be.

For a rugged individualist, you are quite the joiner. I propose you be a blankfist.. ist. It has a nice ring to it, and it's nice and ambiguous, giving you plenty of room to define yourself.. by yourself. Of all your faults, being easily definable is not one of them. Fuck those labels.

Anyway, RyjKyj couldn't be more right. The people should be the government and the government should do what's best for the people. But are they? Of course not. If they were, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Compassion over greed. Empathy over fear. Brotherhood/Sisterhood over selfishness. Love over money. Community over commerce. Chomsky over Friedman. Radiohead over Coldplay. Democracy over statism. Democracy over corporatism.

Off topic, but issy and I are watching Glee on Netflix, and it started off great, but man did it go off the rails around episode 10. We are at episode 13 and I'm ready to shut it off for good. Does it ever regain its footing? Is there any reason for us to stick it out?

Even if she's only in for one or two years and gets out on parol, that's a long time for a five-year-old. Those are formative years, starting school, defining yourself, being defined by others.

Can you hear the taunts on the playground? "Hey everybody! Guess whose mommy is in prison!"