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2016-02-10 at 10:38 PM UTC in what we areRemember when you built this?
I do. How come you don't play anymore? 1.9 will be coming out soon. -
2016-02-10 at 10:29 PM UTC in The forced collective suicide of European nations[h=1][SIZE=26px]INVASION: EUROPE! WHAT GERMAN TV WON'T SHOW! #MIGRANT CRISIS! WAKE UP AMERICA! IT'S COMING HERE![/SIZE][/h]
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2016-02-10 at 5:20 PM UTC in Wrote a new love letter to Ashley
Yeah, that would be pretty sweet, methposting is one of life's greatest pastimes. Jesus though, I woke up like 12 hours later still feeling it a bit and with waves of crippling nausea (although I did have a cup of coffee on an empty stomach which wouldn't cause this but certainly isn't helping either). Is this normal? I knew about the long half life and slow onset but I didn't think there'd be a considerably worse hangover relative to other gaba drugs.
That's just the brain damage. -
2016-02-10 at 4:07 PM UTC in Crack Smoking HillBilly
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2016-02-10 at 4:06 PM UTC in what we are
What we are lies beyond chemical and physical bounds. We as an entity can express ourselves in many ways and that expression can take many forms from a wave of sound existing for mere seconds to an action that dictates the flow of a course of events even beyond the physical bodies decomposition.
That's a great way of looking at it. -
2016-02-10 at 1:49 AM UTC in How did you get your username?
I can live with that.
I also added you on chess.com
I sent you a friend request on there -
2016-02-10 at 1:10 AM UTC in How did you get your username?
I mean, I know people who did meth for a while and quit when they got older that look fine.
That's why I'm curious. Is she still on the before picture?
Maybe after she reads your post and showers and puts her face on and takes 20 pictures and then picks out the best looking one to post on here. -
2016-02-10 at 1:07 AM UTC in Chess! I suck..how can I improve?Just signed up as SomehowIManage
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2016-02-10 at 1:04 AM UTC in How did you get your username?
Do you look all fucked up?
Do a google image search for "crystal meth user" -
2016-02-10 at 12:54 AM UTC in what we are
If you ask me, I most undoubtedly exist as a mind.
And of course that depends on how we define 'mind' but I think it's safe to assume that we would all include "thoughts" somewhere within that definition. I would like to point something out here. You have no more control over your next thought than you do over my next sentence. If you pay close attention to your thoughts you should realize that they seem to come from nowhere. You aren't authoring your own thoughts; that would require you to think about what you're going to think about before you think it. Now, some people can "stop thinking" through forms of meditation. They learn to "silence the mind" which I think is a beneficial activity but also reveals something about the nature of our thoughts; they are not an essential component of what we identify with.
Of course it is natural to identify with your thoughts, just like we naturally identify with our feelings and our bodies and so on, but if we don't author our own thoughts and we don't stop existing when we stop thinking it seems like the "real you" is something deeper than thought alone. Which is why we might choose to define 'mind' in a different way, or use another word to describe our "essential self", if such a thing actually exists at all. -
2016-02-09 at 7:57 PM UTC in what we areI entirely agree with you that there is no real separation between body, mind, feelings and thoughts, rather they are just conceptual aspects of the same thing, a persons existence. But are you the type of person that really identifies with your body, mind, feelings and thoughts? Or do you feel like you are something else that is just observing all these things, this life?
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2016-02-09 at 7:04 PM UTC in what we are[FONT=courier new]What are we?
We observe thoughts and feelings, a body and a mind. Are we these thoughts and feelings, or are we the observation of these thoughts and feelings? Or are we something else?[/FONT]
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2016-02-09 at 4:25 PM UTC in How did you get your username?Total Recall:
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2016-02-09 at 4:12 PM UTC in Should we let this scum into the West? Is it too late?
So what exactly does it mean that "we are all one"? I don't mean "give me an explanation", I mean what's the difference between that being a true or false proposition if it doesn't inform our moral judgments? It would seem if unity commits you to any tangible behaviour it would be some sort of duty to the other parts of whatever it is you propose we are parts of.
Morality is subjective. Therefore whether or not our connection with each other and our environment "informs your moral judgements" or not is a question you have to answer for yourself. I myself think our behavior should be based more on objective logic than on subjective morality. Tigers hunt because that is what they do, they don't make moral judgements about whether they should eat or starve or become vegetarians. Islam is invading the West with the goal of taking over and making the entire world Islamic. Is that moral? It doesn't matter, it's happening. If you think our connection with each other and our environment should commit us to specific behaviors, you clearly don't understand our connection. We are connected despite our behaviors, not because of them. -
2016-02-08 at 5:17 PM UTC in Is a Lack of Freewill Tied to a Lack of an Essential Self?In another thread we discussed the concept of free will and the possibility that free will may not exist. It can be argued that free will is illusory, and if it is true that "free will" is illusory, it can also be argued that "the self" is illusory.
What is "the self"? Most people tend to think of the self as some interior essence that distinguishes a person from the world around them. But if you think about it, it's fairly obvious that you didn't just will those thoughts you are thinking right now anymore then you willed the words that I typed on this screen. Thoughts just arise in your mind. If the self is not really the author of your own thoughts, what is the self? If we suggest that the self is consciousness, then what is consciousness? A highly evolved sort of awareness, a highly evolved reaction to our environment. It appears to be perfectly reasonable to suggest that the environment is the cause of consciousness, for consciousness arose out of this environment and if there were no environment to be conscious of, what exactly would consciousness even consist of?
This sort of realization leads us away from an egocentric view of life, and that can be liberating. We are not truly separate. We are linked to each other, and to the world around us, throughout time and space. While you might not take credit for your talents it's still important that you use them. While you might not really be to blame for your weaknesses, it's still important to correct them. What is the value in pride and shame when it would be better to just commit to well being and the improvement of your life and others? -
2016-02-08 at 4:58 PM UTC in Pedophilies are disgusting
The child was never the predator so maybe that's what makes the difference.
Pretty big difference. -
2016-02-08 at 4:55 PM UTC in Posters this site could really useWhat ever happened to Rizzo in a box?
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2016-02-08 at 4:54 PM UTC in Experience Machine
I think the whole point is to have both. We want to live in the mundane and access the extraordinary through technology. It's vicarious and within our control–we can adjust and abort as needed for our circumstances, and that makes it a safe way to explore possibilities that might not be immediately available.
I agree that it would be best to utilize both if possible, but the idea behind this thread was to explore the reasons why people would choose one over the other and what their choice really means, if anything. -
2016-02-08 at 4:50 PM UTC in Should we let this scum into the West? Is it too late?
I never even came close to implying that. If you were a little less zealous in your (increasingly racist, empty, and misinformed) rhetoric you'd have probably realized that. I'm simply pointing out that if you genuinely believed in human unity you would think you would have more sympathy for a group of people you supposedly believe are part of the same whole and who would reasonably have the same moral status as you or (other?) europeans.
So your response to (some) immigrants having a zealous belief in a one true god is to leave them all to a terrible fate so that you can spread your own one true message of maybe-unity?
The west has no obligation to these so-called "refugees". We are all one, and I don't just mean humans I mean everything, but I do not believe that implies we should just lay down and let these people invade our land and take over and spread their religion any more than it implies we should just lay down and let bacteria invade our bodies and take over and spread their disease. -
2016-02-05 at 5:41 PM UTC in Should we let this scum into the West? Is it too late?Goes to show how little you actually understand what I mean when I speak about "spiritual unity".
From one perspective we are all united. From one way of looking at things, we are all connected, we are all one. IMHO there is no deeper spiritual feeling than what this realization brings to me.
Clearly not everyone has this same perspective. Some people believe they are chosen. Some people believe it is their duty to march over this world as they believe their "one true god" wants them to. They want to destroy your way of life.
I would love it if everyone could understand that we are all connected, that we are all connected to the world as well as to each other, but I don't believe that will happen today or tomorrow. And if we want to stick around and enjoy life and hopefully spread the message, we cannot lay down and let them walk all over us.
Do you honestly believe the millions of people invading the European Nations are going to integrate into Western society? Do you want to live in a world where women have to be covered and accompanied by a male relative when they leave the house so they don't get raped? Do you want to live in a world where you will be murdered for being a little queer? Because that is what will happen if you fail to protect the society our ancestors fought and died for, for us.
