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Poid
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youbreakyoubuy said: I just get stuck in thought loops. How do I exit the system?
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Poid said: Just stop thinking and be.
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Poid
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Re: Superficiality [Re: deCypher]
#9420744 - 12/12/08 07:55 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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deCypher said:
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youbreakyoubuy said: What about who I think I am? Isn't that important?
Not as important as how others see you. Unless you're a hermit, image is everything in this life.
Please don't be serious......
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Re: Superficiality [Re: Poid]
#9420753 - 12/12/08 07:57 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Try going to a job interview decked out in sandals and no shirt, then come back and tell us how image makes no difference.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: deCypher]
#9420764 - 12/12/08 07:58 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah, but you're not taking into account that society is bullshit and it needs to end.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: Poid]
#9420768 - 12/12/08 07:59 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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I said this life, and I don't think society will end any time soon.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: deCypher]
#9420779 - 12/12/08 08:01 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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This life as in the societal construct?
If it's true that image is really that important, than that just adds to my point that this stupid bullshit needs to end, soon!
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Re: Superficiality [Re: Poid]
#9420877 - 12/12/08 08:19 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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deCypher said: Not as important as how others see you. Unless you're a hermit, image is everything in this life.
So, how others see me defines how I see myself? Do I define myself based on how others define me?
If people see me as kind, am I then kind? Do I actually identify with their views or do I mimic them?
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If you smile long enough, your mood improves. Same goes for frowning; try wearing a scowl for a good hour and see how you feel.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: deCypher]
#9420945 - 12/12/08 08:33 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah, I read of this somewhere. I've also heard of laughter therapy used to improve mood. Apparently, it feels contrived for some time but eventually morphs into genuinely joyful belly shakers.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: deCypher]
#9420965 - 12/12/08 08:37 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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deCypher said:
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youbreakyoubuy said: What about who I think I am? Isn't that important?
Not as important as how others see you. Unless you're a hermit, image is everything in this life.
Please, explain what you mean by "this life" in the context of the above quote. It's the crux of your statement but isn't well defined. Could you clear it up?
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Modern society, I suppose... anything that's driven by reputation.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: deCypher]
#9420994 - 12/12/08 08:43 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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I swear to God modern society needs to end so very soon.....
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Re: Superficiality [Re: deCypher] 1
#9421046 - 12/12/08 08:51 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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deCypher said: Modern society, I suppose... anything that's driven by reputation.
And I think that naturally parallels rational man. Talking about society, you are talking about the capability to socialize.
And I agree too. The only social reality we can conceive of is this drama, and that all yous and Is can do is play.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: deCypher]
#9421082 - 12/12/08 08:59 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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So you're saying that reputation drives society? I dunno how I feel about that one. Something doesn't sit well in that idea. I think it's because, IMO, reputation is a sociological concept.
I'd say that society is biologically driven.
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Poid said: I swear to God modern society needs to end so very soon.....
What's with the hate, Poid? Aren't you a product of modern society?
Edited by youbreakyoubuy (12/12/08 09:26 PM)
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Yes I am, but I wholly resent it.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: Poid]
#9421226 - 12/12/08 09:26 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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I guess the facet of modern society that you deal with is entirely unpleasant.
My brush with it has supplied me with glasses, physical therapy to help out an injury, life saving medicines, not to mention food enough to make me fat and sleepy. A nice cozy house....bananas (I don't own a banana tree).....eggs(no chickens here)......tomatoes(it's winter).
In the long term, though, it does seem that current trends in society seem a little bent toward self-destruction. I don't think it's anything that won't be handled. I'm a bit of an optimist in that regard. But extinction's the rule, not the exception.
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Edited by youbreakyoubuy (12/12/08 09:31 PM)
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No, I'm fine.
Just because I'm not in a blazing inferno, doesn't mean I have to ignore the fact that the blazing inferno exists.
, it's so much more complicated than just "my life sucks, I hate the world"....
I'd like to explain myself further, but it seems that people's brains eventually get tired of hearing these sorts of things, and they eventually give up and start fooling around with each other, dodging the real issue at heart.
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Re: Superficiality [Re: Poid]
#9421274 - 12/12/08 09:34 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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true that. no one wants to hear that people should stop having babies to combat population control. Or to ration household water use to survive diminishing water tables.
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Poid
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youbreakyoubuy said: true that. no one wants to hear that people should stop having babies to combat population control. Or to ration household water use to survive diminishing water tables.
I mean, it's the subtle nuances that get me the most; the little things in life that I can't control.....
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Re: Superficiality [Re: Poid]
#9421358 - 12/12/08 09:52 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Maybe you should just surrender control?
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