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Seriousness is a disease.
    #8678737 - 07/25/08 12:25 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Why are people so serious?

What is with this serious attitude towards life?

There is SO much seriousness in this world, can anyone even feel me?

Why don't people loosen the fuck up?

Perhaps a definition of seriousness is necessary on my part... unless you already know what this is all about.

Edited by SyntheticMInd (07/25/08 12:29 AM)

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8678777 - 07/25/08 12:32 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

what a serious post... :stoned:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8678788 - 07/25/08 12:35 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

id love to be less serious/screw around most of the day however at my job, which i consider the biggest joke known to mankind, (working so other people can get rich while i cant afford rent)
i cant have fun or joke around without the risk of offending the general public and having a complaint filed and possibly risking my job.
others in the name of political correctness or $ has made others too damn serious.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: kintos]
    #8678791 - 07/25/08 12:36 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

you know it :thumbup:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8678845 - 07/25/08 12:48 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I swear the cure is weed...:shrug:

DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHILE BEing TREATED FOR SERIOUSNESS...!!:thumbdown:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: backfromthedead]
    #8678855 - 07/25/08 12:53 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

backfromthedead said:
ALCOHOLIC




you can read my mind?? :confused:

I swear it's only cuz im outta weed.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: backfromthedead]
    #8678860 - 07/25/08 12:55 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

backfromthedead said:

DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHILE BE TREATED FOR SERIOUSNESS...!!:thumbdown:



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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8678872 - 07/25/08 01:00 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/seriousness

Quote:

adjective

1. of, showing off and having your head stuck up your ass. 
2. being too self-important and conceited. 
3. having zero sense of humor. 
4. likes to :duel:





:lol:

Seriously though, I think the seriousness comes from some kind of delusion or mental disease.  If your humor or laughter is limited to derision, you might need some help.  (not you personally) :wink:

I know I enjoy the piss out of myself most of the time.

But hey, that's just me.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
    #8678924 - 07/25/08 01:15 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

you failed the serious test :grin:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8679007 - 07/25/08 01:48 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

You laugh?

Evidently you didn't click on the link to read the full definition.  Abbreviated definitions suck.  :lol:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: backfromthedead]
    #8679038 - 07/25/08 02:12 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I swear the cure is weed...:shrug:

holy shit!!!! are you serious????

I can seriously go mental on that stuff, hallucinate, see sounds!!!!

People say it relaxes them, far out!!!  It sprays my brain everywhere at warp speed!!!!!!
I see my thoughts like branches and branches...I am the fucking tangent queen.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

why can't I be a cool cat, not tweaker bugged out cat????

Fuck I really need to sleep.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8679041 - 07/25/08 02:15 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

oh

what are we talking about? seriousness being a disease...

Fucking A it is, and I am one sick puppy

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha


I seriously need sleep

AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8679050 - 07/25/08 02:21 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I don't sound very serious do I????

OH YYEEEEAAAAHHHH...I am fucked up.

:hehehe:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8679053 - 07/25/08 02:27 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I don't know what I would do without humor. I'm only serious when I'm too tired to laugh anymore.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8679057 - 07/25/08 02:28 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

figmentfragment said:I am fucked up.




... it's the only way to be nonserious :hehehe:

cheers.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8679068 - 07/25/08 02:37 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

so who pulled the funky ambush maneuver on your thread OW????

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

curiouser and curiouser


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8679091 - 07/25/08 02:47 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

me??

curious as always :ooo:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8679380 - 07/25/08 07:06 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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SyntheticMInd said:
Why are people so serious?

What is with this serious attitude towards life?





Seriously, I think you're right.

IMHO people get serious when they sense some immediate danger to their sense of security.  Whether it's their ego or their body or their livelihood that feels threatened, people get serious fast.  Next time I notice I've become serious I'm going to figure out what it is I'm afraid of.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8679458 - 07/25/08 08:01 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

SyntheticMInd said:
Quote:

backfromthedead said:
ALCOHOLIC




you can read my mind?? :confused:

I swear it's only cuz im outta weed.




Piss.  I hate that.  It gets serious when you look to the bottle, imo.  Not that my weed habit isn't fuckin serious.:bongload:

I can't read your mind, yet...  But I can guess everything your going to say and do...  Or at least try.:shrug:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8679514 - 07/25/08 08:25 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

figmentfragment said:
I swear the cure is weed...:shrug:

holy shit!!!! are you serious????

I can seriously go mental on that stuff, hallucinate, see sounds!!!!

People say it relaxes them, far out!!!  It sprays my brain everywhere at warp speed!!!!!!
I see my thoughts like branches and branches...I am the fucking tangent queen.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

why can't I be a cool cat, not tweaker bugged out cat????

Fuck I really need to sleep.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha




:lol:

Tangent Queen makes all the moves on the chessboard, imo.  And yes I am getting serious.  Good thing I'm picking up a quarter today.:thumbup:  But, SERIOUSLY, you need a fair amount of honest experimentation...  I feel like people get too big of a hit of some super Dank and they flip the fuck out.  Or they get a weeny hit of some schwag and misjudge. 
People are insensitive of other's dose response.  Tolerance issues.  I had an ex that never smoked...  She thought it was a good idea to hit my friend's five foot bong.  I warned her not to.  She didn't even know who I was after like 10mins.  Every time I tried to talk to her, she wouldn't leave my bros bed...  And she looked terrified.  "I don't know who you are..."  It doesn't have to bug you out if yer careful.  You get really comfy with the mental effects...  At least I have.  Despite my recent diagnoses.  Then its like you plateau and the high is more relaxing.  Unless its some heady Sativa strain that winds you up.  I'd prefer to have something really heady and another strain really sedative heavy/trippy.  And shit, everything in between, really.:grin:

Anecdote:  Weed cures my seriousness.  Seriousness is a creeper...

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: backfromthedead]
    #8679579 - 07/25/08 08:56 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

It was a good few years after starting that I began to notice any major negative effects.  The effects may not have even changed themselves, but the way I reacted to them.
I used to get a huge rush, and then reach my my notebook or just talk and talk and talk...I used to think it was very groovy...I guess until the surface of the mirror  began to crack.

At this point, I began to question myself and my motives, and gauge others responses to me. Am I talking too much??? Am I talking complete and utter shit? Does this seem profound only because I am stoned...on and on.

Other people also change for me, I read into the most light hearted comments. And I will churn it over and over :what: I am guilty of this straight let alone high...
Self awareness goes through the roof, even my body turns into a landscape and it can feel strange to be touched.

It is also about what you want from it. The last time I smoked, I hid in my room for hours looking at myself in the mirror and having some serious conversation. it had been a year or so at least before that, that I had smoked...so it hit me strongly. Then I spent hours, forcing myself to breathe and calm down. Which was really good for me.
No actually I am lying, the last time I smoked, I was also a bit shonky on something else, and I got really high and recorded myself dancing to shpongle, but that is another story entirely...

Anyway, the point being, the experience is not bad per se..but if my friend says she wants to bring some friends over, so we can have a "J" in the car...I may have to give that a miss.

hahaha.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8679659 - 07/25/08 09:18 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I think seriousness is the socially acceptable mask that we put on in front of most (ESPECIALLY straight) people.  It is the small talk and pleasantries you give to your g.f.'s mom when you're really thinking (you have no idea how much I am going to boink your daughter and give her things that make LSD look like children's tylenol). 

Without the serious mask people would start being themselves and say sure I'll eat a bag of drugs with you.  You look at all the B.S. propaganda like D.A.R.E. which the government foists on the public with SERIOUS and SCARY overtones.  The "war on terror" is always spoken of with furrowed brows and grave solemnity.

If people stopped being serious for a little while they would no longer be fear based. We (meaning the entire planet+) could get together and trip fantastically.

Just remember that all that fear based mind control the government promotes is just a messed up emotional projection from them.

We who are not fear based are far more powerful (because we value self control instead of control of others!) than any shadow government or multinational corporation.

It is the government that is absolutely terrified of the drug user.

They are frightened out of their minds because they are seriously losing control of whatever illusionary power they thought they had over the population and this planet.

They are SERIOUSLY freaking out right now.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8679672 - 07/25/08 09:21 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

There is a time to be serious and a time to not be serious. The problem with a lot of people is that they don't know when the appropriate time for either is.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Redstorm]
    #8679708 - 07/25/08 09:35 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Please clarify that my friend.

Sure, if you're in a white collar environment wearing a suit and tie you need to APPEAR serious at times in order to keep a job.

I have noticed working with a friend that even in the middle of hand to hand combat you're better of smiling because it reduces physical/psychological tension.

Being serious (depends on your definition though) has a tendency to increase psychological tension.  During situations that are just fucked people are often less effective working together because of that.

Treating problems with a smile (even just an inward one) gives you the edge you need because you are experiencing yourself as a detached awareness that can fully comprehend and analyze the situation at hand.  Again, utilizing that priceless inward smile that doesn't treat anything as life or death ESPECIALLY life or death situations. 

Letting go of the socially conditioned masks and patterns of behavior you are free to respond in the most natural and correct manner.

Taking things serious leads to psychological tension and tunnel vision. 

That which is hard and stiff does not live very long. - Tao Te Ching of course.

P.S. As far as appropriate is concerned.  I consider it part of my job description to act in ways that society deems "INAPPROPRIATE" as often as possible.  It is my solemn pledge that I endeavor to become as impossibly INAPPROPRIATE as is impossibly possible.

Edited by Mr.Al (07/25/08 09:45 AM)

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8679740 - 07/25/08 09:47 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I know what you mean, i think its cause we are told to take life seriously, i know my parents taught me "enjoy life while your young because when you get older lifes a bitch"

In all honesty i couldnt take life seriously if i wanted to anymore, when you see that all material things pass away then its impossible to take it so seriously.

Many will say you have to take life seriously, you have to DO & acheive & fight the power, but i think its easier to leave it to life & help where & when you can, forcing help is just as bad as creating the problem in the first place. When help is forced its labelled preaching & makes people even more defensive to you.

So fk it just enjoy life, like minded people will be drawn to you so sit back & enjoy the ride!

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Mr.Al]
    #8679744 - 07/25/08 09:48 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Serious

  1.  Grave in quality or manner:  gave me a serious look.


  2.
    a. Carried out in earnest: engaged in serious drinking; serious study of Italian.
    b. Deeply interested or involved: a serious card player.
    c. Designed for and addressing grave and earnest tastes: serious art; serious music.
    d. Not trifling or jesting: I'm serious: we expect you to complete the assignment on time. Her question was serious enough to deserve a thoughtful response.
    e. Of considerable size or scope; substantial: a cleanup that cost serious money.
    f. Of such character or quality as to appeal to the expert, the connoisseur, or the sophisticate.

 
3. Concerned with important rather than trivial matters: a serious student of history.


  4.
    a. Being of such import as to cause anxiety: serious injuries; a serious turn of events.
    b. Too complex to be easily answered or solved: raised some serious objections to the proposal.





I will agree that being "grave in quality or manner" is not often necessary.  Taking things lightly, when appropriate, reduces stress & allows for more flexibility.

That said, I think that there are benefits to being "earnest" and "deeply involved," which cannot be derived without adopting a serious approach.  If one sees everything as trivial, one is more likely to skim over the surface than to delve deeply.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8679756 - 07/25/08 09:53 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

... why so SERIOUS?

(spoken in a raspy Heath Ledger-kinda way)


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8679765 - 07/25/08 09:56 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Veritas said:
  If one sees everything as trivial, one is more likely to skim over the surface than to delve deeply.




I see what your saying, but i have experienced that when you delve deeper, things appear trivial & are not taken so seriously. Not too fond of the word trivial though as that implies insignificant, i like transient.

Giving advice on seriousness is hard because theres a "dont take anything seriously" that can be taken as - screw life & dont bother with anything, a kind of reserved defensiveness, but theres a "dont take anything seriously" that can be taken as - take it easy and flow with life....

Flowing with life imo is best done in any situation, including when the parachute doesn't open!
What is there to do!? :eek:
Really you cant not flow with life, only an idea you have can cause mental & physical tension, but realizing this makes it easier & things arent taken so seriously. Any serious thought you can have about anything will chage with time just like any other thought you can have.

Reach 75 years old then see if anything in life shouldve been taken "seriously"

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Chronic7]
    #8679787 - 07/25/08 10:06 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Seriousness need not involve rigidity.  :shrug:  My usual approach to everyday life IS levity, yet I will engage deeply and earnestly when it is warranted.  It seems to me that this thread is not really about seriousness, so much as it is about attachment, rigidity and lack of joy.  Those living "lives of quiet desperation" are not being serious, they are being lifeless and dull and stuck.

I think about playing tennis...part of the joy of the experience for me is the intensity of focus, the competitive drive, the internal push to achieve.  It is simultaneously serious and fun.  THAT is what I'm talking about.  :smile:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8679816 - 07/25/08 10:21 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Nice analogy.

I see the same sort of thing with ego & seriousness, because ego competition is great, winners & losers make great entertainment like in sports etc...but when ego/arrogance gets too involved then the fun is taken out of it & it gets ugly, thats when rackets get broken & tantrums get thrown.

Formula one drivers usually say that when they race best is when they are totally concentrated & in "the zone" but fundementally they can only get in the zone when they are enjoying themselves in the car.

Enjoyment makes anything easier but at the same time it shouldnt be delirious & non attentive.
I truly think that attention is one of our minds most powerful tools, to be enjoyed :cool:

"attention on attention is true attention"


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Chronic7]
    #8679918 - 07/25/08 10:50 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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I truly think that attention is one of our minds most powerful tools, to be enjoyed :cool:





Yes!  I agree.  IME, when I am serious in the sense of earnest and deeply involved, my attention becomes undivided, and I enter into a mental "flow" state.  Time becomes meaningless, and outside distractions cease to attract my interest.  My actions feel spontaneous yet completely controlled and accurate, and my reactions are immediate and effortless.  :thumbup:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8680032 - 07/25/08 11:25 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

In the words of Ram Dass:

"Surfing, either you do it like it's a big weight on you; or you do it as part of the dance."

"Do you do it from uunnnkkk...or do you do it from aaaahhhhh! Do you surf through it all? Or do you carry it around like a load?"


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Chronic7]
    #8680048 - 07/25/08 11:30 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I think the going with the flow you spoke of is the way to remain less stressed and flexible that Ver said was a benefit.

Delving deeply she said was important to? Hmmmmmmmm

In all honesty, and to each his own, delving deeply is the way I have only found my head up my own ass or........... someone else's. :tongue:

That's an intense place to be.

There is good in both sides of the coin though.

I think seriousness has it's merit in that, it shows care/concern/respect for something, someone and that is what helps us to connect and bond with others who share in those same cares, concerns and respects.

When we are taken seriously by others, they tend to trust us more and take their guard down around us. It's because, they believe we care and will take care of things-including their stuff, thoughts and feelings.

Without it, we wouldn't make any deeper connections with people and, having genuine deep and strong bonds with others is pretty important for general good well being.

Even still, you can set the stage for a lot of co-dependent behavior that may not be healthy.

I like life best when I'm deeply connected with the source within to experience a bond with the all, and keep things light with others and life in general. That requires a lot of discipline for me as I can quickly move into self important, something else or some other being important mode, blow it way out of proportion and become way too intense.

That can be fun when the moment strikes me at how ridiculous I am being and can look when I get that way.

Being to serious, intense, self important gives us a chance to laugh at ourselves.

I think it becomes a disease when we have lost the ability to laugh at our own seriousness/sense of self importance.

It all passes eventually.

Reds "time and place" to me is knowing when to embrace and when to let go. Like the in and out breaths of life, embrace, let go, embrace, let go............


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deCypher]
    #8680332 - 07/25/08 12:57 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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... why so SERIOUS?

(spoken in a raspy Heath Ledger-kinda way)




you know what this is all about :evil:

my god I created a MONSTER

(of a thread)

Meditation has to be a joyous activity, it has to be a song. One has not to do it as a duty, one has to enjoy it as fun, as play. If you do meditation as a duty you will miss the whole point. Then it cannot happen to you. It can happen only in a very light mood, in a very non-serious mood. Seriousness is heavy, and anything heavy drags you downwards. You have to be as light as a small child playing on the beach, collecting seashells, colored stones, running here and there, almost part of the wind and the sea and the sand and the sun. When that lightness is there you have wings, you can fly upwards. And meditation means an upward movement of your energies..

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #8680358 - 07/25/08 01:07 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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WhiskeyClone said:Next time I notice I've become serious I'm going to figure out what it is I'm afraid of.




:thumbup:

next time I think I'm being unserious I'm going to consider that thought an act of seriousness.  it always bites me in the ass.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8680480 - 07/25/08 01:45 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Why are people so serious?

What is with this serious attitude towards life?

There is SO much seriousness in this world, can anyone even feel me?

Why don't people loosen the fuck up?

Perhaps a definition of seriousness is necessary on my part... unless you already know what this is all about.




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    #8680511 - 07/25/08 01:54 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

"I don't want you to be serious. I am so against seriousness – it is a spiritual sickness. Laughter is spiritual health, and laughter is very unburdening. While you laugh, you can put your mind aside very easily. For a man who cannot laugh the doors of the buddha are closed. To me, laughter is one of the greatest values. No religion has ever thought about it. Religions have always been insisting on seriousness, and because of their insistence the whole world is psychologically sick."

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    #8680518 - 07/25/08 01:55 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

:thumbup:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8680525 - 07/25/08 01:57 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/seriousness

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adjective

1. of, showing off and having your head stuck up your ass. 
2. being too self-important and conceited. 
3. having zero sense of humor. 
4. likes to :duel:









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Serious

  1.  Grave in quality or manner:  gave me a serious look.


  2.
    a. Carried out in earnest: engaged in serious drinking; serious study of Italian.
    b. Deeply interested or involved: a serious card player.
    c. Designed for and addressing grave and earnest tastes: serious art; serious music.
    d. Not trifling or jesting: I'm serious: we expect you to complete the assignment on time. Her question was serious enough to deserve a thoughtful response.
    e. Of considerable size or scope; substantial: a cleanup that cost serious money.
    f. Of such character or quality as to appeal to the expert, the connoisseur, or the sophisticate.

 
3. Concerned with important rather than trivial matters: a serious student of history.


  4.
    a. Being of such import as to cause anxiety: serious injuries; a serious turn of events.
    b. Too complex to be easily answered or solved: raised some serious objections to the proposal.









I'm confused :confused:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8680544 - 07/25/08 02:07 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Meditation has to be a joyous activity, it has to be a song. One has not to do it as a duty, one has to enjoy it as fun, as play. If you do meditation as a duty you will miss the whole point. Then it cannot happen to you. It can happen only in a very light mood, in a very non-serious mood. Seriousness is heavy, and anything heavy drags you downwards. You have to be as light as a small child playing on the beach, collecting seashells, colored stones, running here and there, almost part of the wind and the sea and the sand and the sun. When that lightness is there you have wings, you can fly upwards. And meditation means an upward movement of your energies..




I mean to a certain extent, yes, but saying that meditation should be this way or that way is a mistake. Sometimes there is heavy, serious meditation, and sometimes there is light, easy-going meditation. Whatever is, is, and aversion to it only fuels dukkha.

On the other hand, there is certainly something to be said for practicing lightness. After a while in meditation, heavy loads tend to lighten on their own accord.


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    #8680574 - 07/25/08 02:18 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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SyntheticMInd said:
Quote:

Senor_Hongos said:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/seriousness

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adjective

1. of, showing off and having your head stuck up your ass. 
2. being too self-important and conceited. 
3. having zero sense of humor. 
4. likes to :duel:









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Veritas said:
Quote:

Serious

  1.  Grave in quality or manner:  gave me a serious look.


  2.
    a. Carried out in earnest: engaged in serious drinking; serious study of Italian.
    b. Deeply interested or involved: a serious card player.
    c. Designed for and addressing grave and earnest tastes: serious art; serious music.
    d. Not trifling or jesting: I'm serious: we expect you to complete the assignment on time. Her question was serious enough to deserve a thoughtful response.
    e. Of considerable size or scope; substantial: a cleanup that cost serious money.
    f. Of such character or quality as to appeal to the expert, the connoisseur, or the sophisticate.

 
3. Concerned with important rather than trivial matters: a serious student of history.


  4.
    a. Being of such import as to cause anxiety: serious injuries; a serious turn of events.
    b. Too complex to be easily answered or solved: raised some serious objections to the proposal.









I'm confused :confused:




SH's definitions are meant to be humorous, whereas mine actually came from the dictionary. (Seriously!)

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: dblaney]
    #8680591 - 07/25/08 02:25 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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dblaney said:I mean to a certain extent, yes, but saying that meditation should be this way or that way is a mistake.




I agree with what he is saying.  IME, deep states of meditation don't come through engaging in the practice with the mindset that it is a duty. 

IMO if it is done as a serious duty it is not meditation.  but that's just my opinion.

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    #8680595 - 07/25/08 02:26 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Veritas said:SH's definitions are meant to be humorous, whereas mine actually came from the dictionary. (Seriously!)




I know, just buggin ya :grin:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8680769 - 07/25/08 03:17 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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dblaney said:I mean to a certain extent, yes, but saying that meditation should be this way or that way is a mistake.




I agree with what he is saying.  IME, deep states of meditation don't come through engaging in the practice with the mindset that it is a duty. 

IMO if it is done as a serious duty it is not meditation.  but that's just my opinion.




He is probably referring to those who use meditation as a form of mental discipline.

Discipline is a form of getting serious about something.

Are those who are working to discipline their minds to quiet and or focus, diseased people, for taking a want of a quiet, focused mind seriously?

Serious question.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: gettinjiggywithit]
    #8680791 - 07/25/08 03:25 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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There is SO much seriousness in this world, can anyone even feel me?

Why don't people loosen the fuck up?




Thanks for reminding me about this Synthetic. I was just thinking the same thing the other day, even about myself. I definitely go into moods were I am so serious about everything....its not very happy or uplifting. Its so much better to be carefree and jovial.

Unfortunately you can't always have that attitude. If everyone had the "Fuck it all" attitude than nothing would ever get done around here. Seriousness is necessary, but as with everything, should be used with strict moderation.

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    #8680795 - 07/25/08 03:26 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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gettinjiggywithit said:Are those who are working to discipline their minds to quiet and or focus, diseased people, for taking a want of a quiet, focused mind seriously?




one can have self-discipline yet not engage in the serious mental activity that was mentioned in the above quotes. 

maybe there is some misunderstanding of what he meant by seriousness.  he referred to it as a mood.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: BrainChemistry]
    #8680823 - 07/25/08 03:33 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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BrainChemistry said:Unfortunately you can't always have that attitude. If everyone had the "Fuck it all" attitude than nothing would ever get done around here.




this "fuck it all" attitude you speak of isn't necessarily the non-serious attitude I'm trying to convey :lol:

if you read Mr.Al's posts back a bit, he hits the nail on the head.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8680834 - 07/25/08 03:39 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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BrainChemistry said:Unfortunately you can't always have that attitude. If everyone had the "Fuck it all" attitude than nothing would ever get done around here.




this "fuck it all" attitude you speak of isn't necessarily the non-serious attitude I'm trying to convey :lol:

if you read Mr.Al's posts back a bit, he hits the nail on the head.




Truth, but for a lot of people I think it degenerates to that. It starts with, "We are taking this topic too seriously." Progresses to "Lets poke fun at this topic." And finally, "I don't even care about this topic anymore, lets completely abuse it."

I'm not saying this is true for everyone, but just a process I've seen happen often.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: BrainChemistry]
    #8680853 - 07/25/08 03:46 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

obnoxious non-seriousness? :lol:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8680868 - 07/25/08 03:52 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

How about seriously non-serious? :smile:

"I'm fuckin serious man! You are being way too fucking serious right now! Stop being so god damn serious, or I will seriously bust a cap into your serious asshole!"


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: BrainChemistry]
    #8680872 - 07/25/08 03:54 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

works for me :thumbup:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8680878 - 07/25/08 03:57 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

You also referred meditation to be a "light, non serious" mood when done properly.

Delaney seemed to be saying that developing an aversion to something that just is, including a heavy serious mood while meditating upon something, can create (some Buddhists term)a disease of it's own.

Though I don't think recognizing a serious heavy mood and choosing to use tools to lift it, means you have an unhealthy aversion to heavy serious moods. I think the ability to do that can and is healthy.

Delaney, why can't one just be choosing to use meditation to shift mood to a more preferable one?

In the big scheme of things, "seriousness = negativity" to me.

People get serious when they are in fear of loosing something, be it respect, trust, image, posture, jobs, relationships, life, things, titles, health etc.

These questions go out to anyone-

Is a person in fear of loosing those things diseased? Is a fear of loosing those thing ever healthy for the mind or emotions?

Serious types tend to be control freaks and in a transient world of natural impermanence, I do agree people who are serious all of the time are dis-eased...il at ease with the nature of things as they are-changing. Serious people are always acting to be in control of something

It seems a person in a state that lacks seriousness is acting to "let go" of any need to control anything.

What would life look like without attempts to gain control over life, the self, and others?

Is it even possible for humans to be like that 24/7?

Arn't monks working to stay in control, of letting go of a need to be in control?

Seems like an oxy-moron approach.

I think these topics come up for one reason. When we are feeling fala la carefree easy breezy happy and jovial, serious people can become a serious buzz kill if we let them be.

I think when we run around telling people to lighten up, we are really saying, quit killing my buzz man:stoned:

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    #8680893 - 07/25/08 04:02 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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What would life look like without attempts to gain control over life, the self, and others?




It would look like a bunch of people sitting around getting fat, becoming atrophied, and accomplishing nothing. Ever one seeks control in some form or another, its pretty much impossible not to. Even people who commit suicide are still taking control, just in a different manner.


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    #8680911 - 07/25/08 04:08 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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gettinjiggywithit said:Delaney seemed to be saying that developing an aversion to something that just is, including a heavy serious mood while meditating upon something, can create (some Buddhists term)a disease of it's own.




I agree with that. 

but what was being said in that quote, was that meditation can't happen in a serious mood.  if you've ever tried meditating in a serious mood you would know this is true - the state of meditation won't occur until you release that built up tension.  then a lighter mood arises... not out of force, or out of an aversion for this heavy state, but simply through realization and awareness of this built up heaviness.

Delaney, why can't one just be choosing to use meditation to shift mood to a more preferable one?

aaye, guess that clears things up a bit.

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    #8680937 - 07/25/08 04:15 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Arn't monks working to stay in control, of letting go of a need to be in control?




if you consider self-awareness as a form self-control?

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    #8680952 - 07/25/08 04:19 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Wow, "serious" is getting a real workout today!  Just to clarify, serious does not mean humorless, tense, controlling, depressed, fearful, rigid, unhappy, nor any of the other negative terms that have been thrown into the mix.

The opposite of serious is frivolous.  Synonyms for serious include earnest and sincere.  Maybe this is really about being uptight, tense & anxious?  (None of which are synonyms for serious.)

C'mon, folks, being serious is NOT a buzz kill!  :lol:

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    #8680956 - 07/25/08 04:20 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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gettinjiggywithit said:
Arn't monks working to stay in control, of letting go of a need to be in control?




if you consider self-awareness as a form self-control?




I would almost say monks are working to stay in control more than the average person.

A person with no control easily gives into their whims and desires. Monks don't do this. Although, I guess you could argue that they have no whims and desires...

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    #8680975 - 07/25/08 04:24 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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I swear the cure is weed...:shrug:

holy shit!!!! are you serious????

I can seriously go mental on that stuff, hallucinate, see sounds!!!!

People say it relaxes them, far out!!!  It sprays my brain everywhere at warp speed!!!!!!
I see my thoughts like branches and branches...I am the fucking tangent queen.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

why can't I be a cool cat, not tweaker bugged out cat????

Fuck I really need to sleep.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha




You think you're the only one? Those tangents are fucking useful. Persue them, but make notes as you do, so instead of going "Shit, I wish I could remember what I was thinking five minutes ago" you know what it was about.

Cannabis allows one to think, the thoughts and ideas come more easily. Sure, it makes one paranoid, but that can be dealt with. If it's too harsh, don't smoke so fucking much. Especially if smoking a joint. Sure, you might be fucking baked after half of it or even an inch, you can stub it gently and spark up later.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8680984 - 07/25/08 04:25 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Veritas said:Maybe this is really about being uptight, tense & anxious?  (None of which are synonyms for serious.)




maybe, but serious is a word that has reputation, not only amongst my group of friends but many others I've come across as well.  we've always considered those with such an attitude as "too serious".  aside from the definitions, it has reputation.

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    #8680993 - 07/25/08 04:27 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

ff - I see my thoughts like branches and branches.

that's a cool line, something I notice a lot while stoned as well.  very interesting :smile:

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    #8680995 - 07/25/08 04:28 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

When I think about the word "serious" this is the image that comes to mind.



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    #8680998 - 07/25/08 04:28 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Incorrect usage does not change the meaning.  :shrug:

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    #8681000 - 07/25/08 04:29 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

can robots be serious?

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    #8681003 - 07/25/08 04:29 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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can robots be serious?




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    #8681008 - 07/25/08 04:30 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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can robots be serious?




Can they be relaxed?




These are NOT opposites.  *sigh*

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    #8681010 - 07/25/08 04:31 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Incorrect usage does not change the meaning.  :shrug:




you missed my point :tongue:

it has reputation, as many in this thread already knew what the OP meant.

fuck, shit's getting serious.

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    #8681018 - 07/25/08 04:32 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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SyntheticMInd said:
can robots be serious?




Can they be relaxed?




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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8681024 - 07/25/08 04:34 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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SyntheticMInd said:
can robots be serious?




Can they be relaxed?




These are NOT opposites.  *sigh*




Semantics semantics, come on now.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8681028 - 07/25/08 04:35 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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  if you've ever tried meditating in a serious mood you would know this is true - the state of meditation won't occur until you release that built up tension. 




Absolutely.:yesnod:

Good topic as always when it comes up. However, this subject is getting heavy for me now.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8681034 - 07/25/08 04:36 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Incorrect usage does not change the meaning.  :shrug:




you missed my point :tongue:

it has reputation, as many in this thread already knew what the OP meant.

fuck, shit's getting serious.




A word cannot have a reputation.  Perhaps you mean connotation?

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: BrainChemistry]
    #8681039 - 07/25/08 04:37 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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BrainChemistry said:
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can robots be serious?




Can they be relaxed?




These are NOT opposites.  *sigh*




Semantics semantics, come on now.




Oh, yes, I forgot--the actual meanings of words do not matter.  :rolleyes:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8681042 - 07/25/08 04:37 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

you know what I mean.

seriously with the seriousness, I'm serious now.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8681053 - 07/25/08 04:39 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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BrainChemistry said:
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Veritas said:
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BrainChemistry said:
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SyntheticMInd said:
can robots be serious?




Can they be relaxed?




These are NOT opposites.  *sigh*




Semantics semantics, come on now.




Oh, yes, I forgot--the actual meanings of words do not matter.  :rolleyes:




Not when the idea is clearly evident.

Edit: OK, I'm getting carried away now. Lets drop all this seriousness shall we, and have some tea and cake?


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: BrainChemistry]
    #8681078 - 07/25/08 04:45 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I'll pass the dub ya :bigblunt:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8681135 - 07/25/08 05:02 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Did I miss the post, where someone actually stated, that relaxed was the opposite of serious...or was that just an assumption? :uptosomething:

I really did want to know more about robots relaxing. Robot dinosaurs to be specific. Robert the dinosaur-death-metal-screaming robot to be even more specific.

anyone know???

On a more serious note;

I do not think that serious must have strictly negative connotations at all. With my first posts I was avoiding it at all costs, and suffering from insomnia did a fairly good impression of delirium. *ahem* excuse me.

I have to agree with Veritas when she said:

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I will agree that being "grave in quality or manner" is not often necessary.  Taking things lightly, when appropriate, reduces stress & allows for more flexibility.

That said, I think that there are benefits to being "earnest" and "deeply involved," which cannot be derived without adopting a serious approach.  If one sees everything as trivial, one is more likely to skim over the surface than to delve deeply.




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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8681160 - 07/25/08 05:10 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I do not think that serious must have strictly negative connotations at all.

Neither.  If you define serious as "deep thought", it sure is necessary and fun at times.  Though this is a different topic.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8681399 - 07/25/08 06:14 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

This shit smells serious...


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: backfromthedead]
    #8681440 - 07/25/08 06:29 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

lucky... soon enuf I'll have lots of k, some of which I'll trade for some ganj, to prepare myself for this whicked festival coming up :laugh:

enjoy the smoke :blazed:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8681480 - 07/25/08 06:39 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

How's Ketamine...??


I have to admit...  Stuff smells more serious than it smokes...  I hate that.:mad:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: backfromthedead]
    #8681503 - 07/25/08 06:49 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

a miracle.. diamond in the ruff

no other words really :shrug:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8681586 - 07/25/08 07:27 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Ah irony


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8681670 - 07/25/08 08:01 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Wow, "serious" is getting a real workout today!  Just to clarify, serious does not mean humorless, tense, controlling, depressed, fearful, rigid, unhappy, nor any of the other negative terms that have been thrown into the mix.

The opposite of serious is frivolous.  Synonyms for serious include earnest and sincere.  Maybe this is really about being uptight, tense & anxious?  (None of which are synonyms for serious.)

C'mon, folks, being serious is NOT a buzz kill!  :lol:




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Serious

  1.  Grave in quality or manner:  gave me a serious look.





Whenever the [insert authority figure] gave me a serious look it wasn't a buzz kill.  :rolleyes:  The hell it wasn't.

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Incorrect usage does not change the meaning. :shrug:




Perhaps a study in lexicography, i.e. the editing or making of a dictionary, is overdue then.  Meanings of words change over time; what was once incorrect is now correct and vice versa due to the change in usage.

Don't know how it happened but the buzz of this thread got killed.  :sad:  :thumbdown:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
    #8681994 - 07/25/08 09:30 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Ah, yes, all possible incorrect word usages may someday be correct, and therefore we should accept every meaning as correct now.  :rolleyes:


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Perhaps a study in lexicography, i.e. the editing or making of a dictionary, is overdue then.




I'll get right on that.  I had NO idea that English was a living language.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Veritas]
    #8682170 - 07/25/08 10:23 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

As a hobby, I collect dictionaries as well as doing some study on lexicography and etymology.  I am familiar with Greek as well as Latin, tutored in both.  Where one draws the line between a definition in a dictionary and how it is being used within a specific context can be arbitrary.  In this forum, we have seem a common meaning overshadowed by a local, meaning the forum's, meaning.  It's a dialect.

For example, where I live a hardtop is an asphalt road.  Yet, the dictionaries :bowdown: define it as "an automobile or a motorboat having a permanent rigid top; also : such an automobile styled to resemble a convertible." 

Notice this sentence:
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The hardtop road forks to the right, you should continue straight on the dirt road portion of Panther Creek Road for about ¾ of a mile.




http://www.main.nc.us/graham/hiking/panther.html

To suggest that because a local dialect is being used, i.e. a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, any meaning is appropriate is to fall back, once again, into the fallacy of the excluded middle. 

Gee, those stupid hicks aren't as erudite as *I* am.  After all, I know the proper meaning of words.  *sniff sniff*

Don't get me wrong; using a dictionary is fine, even great. However when it is used to bolster an argument that has no legs it still cannot walk, metaphorically speaking.*

*See recent examples for the meaning of the words subjective, objective and even debate itself.

Gee, ain't we got fun.  :shake:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8682232 - 07/25/08 10:41 PM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Why are people so serious?
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What is with this serious attitude towards life?
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There is SO much seriousness in this world, can anyone even feel me?
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Why don't people loosen the fuck up?




There is a time and place for everything, timing being the key, as with moderation, n'stuff....    :ohwell:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8686752 - 07/27/08 12:52 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

seriousness so serious that it is fanaticism results from three things:

1. utter lack of humor (one who can laugh at themself has self-distance)

2. complete lack of creativity (the ability to understand others' POV)

3. someone or something trying to kill you or someone near
you (e.g. wild animals hunting or feasting on you)

teach people humor and creativity and
try to keep tigers out of their homes

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Lakefingers]
    #8686866 - 07/27/08 01:32 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

this was meant to be a fun thread :thumbup:

perhaps to understand more about my own serious attitude towards life and myself.

I posted this thread on another forum for shits and giggles -

http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=387849

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8686903 - 07/27/08 01:50 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Yeah, SM, I feel bad it got ruint.

I post a lot in the Hunting forum where it's all serious too (most of the time).  I crack jokes and get silly just to liven up the place.  You can be sincere, earnest and fun all at the same time!  Seriousness isn't fun, it's a downer, a buzzkill.  Why be like that all the time?

Here's a picture of my local mushroom club.  These men are serious mycologists, yet they know how to have fun too.

























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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
    #8686917 - 07/27/08 01:56 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

wow SH, looks like a fun and lively crowd.

I'm serious.

not this kind of serious though -

Grave in quality or manner, or being of such importance as to cause anxiety.

Things are gettin' serious up in here.

BUZZKILL!!

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8686942 - 07/27/08 02:01 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)




>^;;^<


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #8686951 - 07/27/08 02:05 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

gotta love these





... so much truth contained in one picture :thumbup:

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8686960 - 07/27/08 02:09 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

Yep, my homies know how to partay.



But I think you struck upon something.  Importance--the key.  When someone sees something as important, like their own view or something they value, they git downright serious 'bout it.

Pardon me, but fuck that.  Truthfully, it ain't worth it.  Unless you want to spend your daze making yourself and others around you uncomfortable.

For me, life's too short for that nonsense.

Unless someone is trying to :piss: in my beer.

Now that's serious.


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
    #8686968 - 07/27/08 02:12 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

that's some serious nitty gritty (truth) :shineon:

and damnn... do I wanna party with that thing.

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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: deranger]
    #8686969 - 07/27/08 02:13 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

:lol:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
    #8687494 - 07/27/08 08:18 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

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Yeah, SM, I feel bad it got ruint.

I post a lot in the Hunting forum where it's all serious too (most of the time).  I crack jokes and get silly just to liven up the place.  You can be sincere, earnest and fun all at the same time!  Seriousness isn't fun, it's a downer, a buzzkill.  Why be like that all the time?

Here's a picture of my local mushroom club.  These men are serious mycologists, yet they know how to have fun too.




























Which one are you?


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    #8687506 - 07/27/08 08:22 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)






I have meditated long and hard on my clown chakra.:thumbup:


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Re: Seriousness is a disease. [Re: Icelander]
    #8687656 - 07/27/08 09:39 AM (15 years, 8 months ago)

I'm taking the picture, but here I am at our annual meeting.



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