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 Jwlst
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 Surrounded by dummies 
#16663270 - 08/07/12 10:52 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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Completely and utterly. What did I do to deserve this existence, a pinnacle of sharp thought caught in the muddle of morons.
There's only one problem with this idea, one feeling that I just cannot shake no matter how hard I try. What if that dummy in the office next to me is thinking the exact same thing, then what does that make me if not just another dummy doing his thing.
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Jwlst]
#16663281 - 08/07/12 10:54 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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Brilliant.
You can always hang out with me and my gang.
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Jwlst]
#16663287 - 08/07/12 10:56 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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Jwlst said:
Completely and utterly. What did I do to deserve this existence, a pinnacle of sharp thought caught in the muddle of morons.
There's only one problem with this idea, one feeling that I just cannot shake no matter how hard I try. What if that dummy in the office next to me is thinking the exact same thing, then what does that make me if not just another dummy doing his thing.
You can't know, thats why you gotta just keep on keepin on. And he probably is thinking that. Should give you some perspective though.
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A cautious young fellow named Lodge / Had seat belts installed in his Dodge. / When his date was strapped in / He committed a sin / Without even leaving the garage. That's clever, isn't it?-A boy and his dog
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: bloodsheen]
#16663308 - 08/07/12 11:00 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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I was going to point that out. And yes that is exactly what they're thinking.
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Icelander]
#16663316 - 08/07/12 11:01 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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Very tempting, but I can think of better things to do with my time than drive around in a dirty van covered in dog hair solving supernatural mysteries that always end up being silly crimes perpetrated by foolish tricksters.
As for the others in this thread, yes he is most likely thinking the same. A hole in the logic of one who would think he is more clever than another.
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Jwlst]
#16663317 - 08/07/12 11:02 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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Very tempting, but I can think of better things to do with my time than drive around in a dirty van covered in dog hair solving supernatural mysteries that always end up being silly crimes perpetrated by foolish tricksters.
But the island zombies were real. 
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Jwlst]
#16663419 - 08/07/12 11:18 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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Very tempting, but I can think of better things to do with my time than drive around in a dirty van covered in dog hair solving supernatural mysteries that always end up being silly crimes perpetrated by foolish tricksters.
What better things?
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: King Klick]
#16663434 - 08/07/12 11:20 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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It is true, jwist, that most people think highly of themselves/higher than others anyway.
That really means nothing.
Simply because probably 1/2 the time someone thinks this, they are tellin themselves the truth, for the other half, they are simply doing what they can to make themselves feel better, yet also lying to themselves.
I don't find it hard to differentiate who deserves what side in RL.
It's pretty obvious, IMO.
Dummies act/speak dumb even if they tell themselves they do differently.
Example:
My roommate and his gf (whom I don't consider complete fools, yet definitely aren't Quite anywhere near that sharp pinnacle you speak of), actually sat down the other day and tried to say something along the lines of how: " they can't stand talking to dumb people, blah blah blah, it makes them feel dumber blah blah blah"
I was definitely amused as I never can find one thing that comes out of their mouths worthwhile/of value.
Yet they assume differently and continue doing so, even when I play my game of pointing out all the ignorant shit they spew into the world.
It's kind of cute.
Like a baby drowning and you may have some desire to save it, but you know by the time you get to the other end of the pool, you might as well be beating the corpse with a stick.
Biggest thing is not lying to yourself.
I know I'm not a fucking physicist, but I know I can logically progress throughout my day/life/thoughts, to make me WAYYY more of a efficient-seeming human.
1L
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"I'm naked and fearless... And my fear is naked."
"life isn't worth living without the threat of death"
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: ashfiken]
#16663451 - 08/07/12 11:23 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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I'm really great also. 
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Icelander]
#16663495 - 08/07/12 11:29 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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We know ice. There is simply NOTHING more valid in our minds than the fact you are a great one.
Great one of what, we may never know.
1L
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hmm...
"I'm naked and fearless... And my fear is naked."
"life isn't worth living without the threat of death"
"I got my plans in a ziploc bag, let's see how unproductive we can be"
"nobody lives their lives fully except for bull fighters"
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: ashfiken]
#16663507 - 08/07/12 11:30 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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That's because maybe you're a dummy. 
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“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Icelander]
#16663530 - 08/07/12 11:33 PM (9 months, 7 days ago) |
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Duh
We aren't disputing that though.
Dummies need to be told what to do by the "great ones", eh?
So, I'm all ears!
1L
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hmm...
"I'm naked and fearless... And my fear is naked."
"life isn't worth living without the threat of death"
"I got my plans in a ziploc bag, let's see how unproductive we can be"
"nobody lives their lives fully except for bull fighters"
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Icelander]
#16663690 - 08/08/12 01:26 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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What better things?
I like to fish for morons on fringe message boards, using subtle hypocritical threads as bait. I guess I could always ride around in the mystery machine for a while to gain some new material though.
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Jwlst]
#16663740 - 08/08/12 01:35 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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It's only hypocritical in that the answers to the questions that actually matter and would truly separate one person as being greater than another, have no known answers. Hell, even the elite have a hard time just coming up with the correct questions.
Life as such.
Doesn't mean there's not plenty of poor creatures out there that haven't been granted the ability to reason and use logic like some of us are able.
If so, this forum would be even more amuck, as well as any other forums out there that don't cater to the "average joe".
1L
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hmm...
"I'm naked and fearless... And my fear is naked."
"life isn't worth living without the threat of death"
"I got my plans in a ziploc bag, let's see how unproductive we can be"
"nobody lives their lives fully except for bull fighters"
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: Jwlst]
#16663834 - 08/08/12 01:51 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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Jwlst said:
Completely and utterly. What did I do to deserve this existence, a pinnacle of sharp thought caught in the muddle of morons.
There's only one problem with this idea, one feeling that I just cannot shake no matter how hard I try. What if that dummy in the office next to me is thinking the exact same thing, then what does that make me if not just another dummy doing his thing.
This entire topic is merely a setup for Looney to post 'Stuck in the Middle with You' by Steeler's Wheel. You have to stop encouraging him. 
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: ashfiken]
#16664467 - 08/08/12 05:26 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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... the answers to the questions that actually matter and would truly separate one person as being greater than another, have no known answers.
This is a pretty nonsensical and presumptuous statement. 
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: ashfiken]
#16664599 - 08/08/12 07:09 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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Like a baby drowning and you may have some desire to save it, but you know by the time you get to the other end of the pool, you might as well be beating the corpse with a stick.
I don't think its like this at all. Because the baby doesn't deserve to drown, but stupid people do.
Also I don't beat corpses with sticks. Kinda pointless. But whatever floats your boat 
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: ashfiken]
#16664671 - 08/08/12 07:48 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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So, I'm all ears!
That must look a little strange. 
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“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
― Robert Anton Wilson
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: bloodsheen]
#16664681 - 08/08/12 07:54 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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bloodsheen said:
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ashfiken said:
Like a baby drowning and you may have some desire to save it, but you know by the time you get to the other end of the pool, you might as well be beating the corpse with a stick.
I don't think its like this at all. Because the baby doesn't deserve to drown, but stupid people do.
Also I don't beat corpses with sticks. Kinda pointless. But whatever floats your boat
Stupid people were all once babies. If they drown they are saved from being stupid.
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“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
― Robert Anton Wilson
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Re: Surrounded by dummies [Re: ashfiken]
#16664683 - 08/08/12 07:55 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
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ashfiken said:
It's only hypocritical in that the answers to the questions that actually matter and would truly separate one person as being greater than another, have no known answers. Hell, even the elite have a hard time just coming up with the correct questions.
Life as such.
Doesn't mean there's not plenty of poor creatures out there that haven't been granted the ability to reason and use logic like some of us are able.
If so, this forum would be even more amuck, as well as any other forums out there that don't cater to the "average joe".
1L
There is always someone smarter and more logical than us (im not including myself here of course) so we are always stupid to someone.
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“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
― Robert Anton Wilson
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