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microchip2011
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people do not exist
#14583024 - 06/09/11 12:53 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I used to believe in people my family, friends, people you read about in books, and even internet people. I hate to admit the fact that everyone i ever knew even my parents were really computer generated animations existing only as information. how do i get out of this video game? i am always looking at a monitor while i listen to a radiostation that i used to believe was me thinking.
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DeliciousVinyl



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my friend once said to me
"i am a solipsist... and i don't understand why everyone else isn't"
you make your reality but the people in your life are very real and you should never forget your connection to mankind
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Zzzarathustra



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you don't exist either, so stop worrying and keep playing the game of life.
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jacosci
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what the hell are you trippin
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0rusnjos
To Phenethylamine and Beyond
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Zzzarathustra said: you don't exist either, so stop worrying and keep playing the game of life.
Life lesson right there man
-------------------- trip·ping (trpng) verb. 1. to be a sensible man, embodied by a fool, and presently at peace
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I'm not sure if this question relates to psychedelics, but if not, this thread should probably be in the Philosophy, Sociology, and Psychology section.
Anyhow, welcome to the Shroomery. I know somebody who might be a solipsist. It definitely sounds like a frightening thought to have. Of course, plenty believe the world is what you make of it. If you think about it, whether it's real or not makes little difference. You're still going to have to deal with the consequences or get to reap the rewards of your actions. On my last experience with mushrooms, I had the terrifying feeling not unlike your own that life was sort of like a movie, and I wondered what would happen once life ended. I was thinking about how when a movie ends, you go back to living your life, but what would you go to once life ended? Of course, that's more of an afterlife question, but I can sort of relate to the feeling that life was irrelevant. It was one of the worst feelings of my life, so I really do feel for you.
Do these feelings relate to your drug use? Do you think psychedelics could be contributing? Perhaps a break would help at least confirm that they aren't causing it.
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bRaInMeLtErS
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Someone watched through the wormhole w/ Morgan Freeman yesterday. lol
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joemolloy
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I've been there, Microchip. One time I realized that everyone is just a reflection of my personality interacting with me. That fat Chinese girl, the black ghetto kid, and even my dog are all aspects of my infinite personality being projected back on myself. When the realization hits you, its compelling and un-fucking-deniable. I am Elvis, Einstein, a porn star, all of it! Quite an ego-inflating experience. Yours doesn't seem as much fun as mine though. Anyway, both are an interesting brand of special bullshit and its always exciting to taste it.
-------------------- Don't PM me with bullshit. I don't sell or trade cactus and I don't know where you can get any, other than your mother's ass.
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LanLord
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Re: people do not exist [Re: joemolloy]
#14584151 - 06/09/11 08:36 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Do you wear a foil hat too? They help with stuff, no one can point equipment at your head and make you think stuff, nor read what you're thinking.
Make sure the shiny side is out!
-------------------- Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
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mongo lloyd
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Re: people do not exist [Re: LanLord]
#14584173 - 06/09/11 08:40 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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myrealname
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I personally think this thread should be moved to physical and mental well being.
Op has a mental illness, that is all.
also, joemolly that kind of thinking said out loud in a mental health facility will do you no favours in getting your release time bumped forward....
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Rhizoid
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microchip2011 said:I hate to admit the fact that everyone i ever knew even my parents were really computer generated animations existing only as information.
What's wrong with existing "only as information"? Why did you feel the need to put in the qualifier "only"?
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ChronicSmoke
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Zzzarathustra said: you don't exist either, so stop worrying and keep playing the game of life.
Dana White is always saying, you gotta play the game(Referring to life as just a game).
And I wonder is Joe Rogan Giving him Mushrooms and DMT.
-------------------- This is a public computer, 1,000's of people use it everyday this isn't me typing this. I dont even know how I got on this site, how the hell do I even work this computer.
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Connoisseur

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Hahahaha im gonna take a wild guess and say youve been smoking way too much salvia. Id recommend getting used to this game man cause there is only one way out.
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ThePsyche
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I totally lived this experience many times, even without the use (or before) of psychedelics. Like, how do I know you're real? Maybe you're just put here for me to say Hi to or something.
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Icelander
The Minstrel in the Gallery



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microchip2011 said: I used to believe in people my family, friends, people you read about in books, and even internet people. I hate to admit the fact that everyone i ever knew even my parents were really computer generated animations existing only as information. how do i get out of this video game? i am always looking at a monitor while i listen to a radiostation that i used to believe was me thinking.
You don't exist but I make up funny posts pretending you do.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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emeraldlife88
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Re: people do not exist [Re: Icelander]
#14586820 - 06/09/11 05:47 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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OP does not have mental illness. Just because someone percieves life in a new way does not mean they are ill. Life is a dream - a complete subjection, my reality could be a million times different than yours.
Now, to the OP, I don't know if you are just having a trip post or actually believe and are bothered by this in sober life, but let me tell you, you are not the only one to have felt this. Sometimes life itself becomes a confusion, an unreality of sorts, when you realize the immensity and and just how miniscule it is. What is this? What are we even? To feel this is not a mental illness, if anything it is a sort of heightened state where you rise beyond the physical realm and see things in a broader sense. This, however, can be distorting.
I have delt with my own life thoughts, and have realized that you can try to understand life in any way possible, but ultimately, there is nothing to understand, and no divine secret you can just pick up.
Life is here, it's beautiful, and it's a complete mystery. So just be happy you're a part of it and enjoy the game while you can!
LOVE IT! IT'S ALL WE'VE GOT!
You will come to peace and understanding soon enough.
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gaidzag
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but the information is THERE so it must exist
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bholzer
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Re: people do not exist [Re: myrealname]
#14586930 - 06/09/11 06:11 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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myrealname said: I personally think this thread should be moved to physical and mental well being.
Op has a mental illness, that is all.
also, joemolly that kind of thinking said out loud in a mental health facility will do you no favours in getting your release time bumped forward....
No, he is having some truly deep thoughts of solipsism. It's a difficult feeling sometimes. A personal hell of sorts!
Not a mental illness by any means. And joe's thought is nothing that sounds mentally unstable. Maybe on the surface, but in this thread where we're talking specifically about solipsism, it fits.
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bholzer
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Re: people do not exist [Re: gaidzag]
#14586936 - 06/09/11 06:13 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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gaidzag said: but the information is THERE so it must exist
But the question is, does it only exist in your mind?
In the made up world where you and everyone and everything else resides...
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Use these substances wisely, they have the ability to cause life altering realizations.
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