Why? - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2005, 06:12 PM

Probably the angle that we are all human (I'm not so sure around here

) and as such should help all other humans.
Nice ideology but breaks down in practical application.
That's why I prefer to help those I can on a one to one basis rather than throwing money at organized charities or having the (shudder) government involved.

Catwoman · 03-10-2005, 10:32 AM

If we all helped each other one on one we wouldn't need mass involvement. But one person can't make a difference, right?

mr noodle you're mad. you see the logic of superfluous thought capacity but still believe in god?

Beestie · 03-10-2005, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

...Personally I won't pick up women anymore...

WooHoo - us other guys finally have a chance now!

mrnoodle · 03-10-2005, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Catwoman

mr noodle you're mad. you see the logic of superfluous thought capacity but still believe in god?

i thought i was just being sarcastic and weird.

but, um, yeah.

Carnivean · 03-19-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Well?

Why?

What's the point?

What's the purpose of your existence?

If any.

To continue generating experience as a self-reflexive sensory organ for the God from whom I grew (and perhaps became detached)? Maybe. I oscillate between an ill-defined existentialism and uncertain panentheism with mystical hopes and nihilistic bad days. Mostly, though, I just want to be happy and help others do the same. I like sex, books, and horror movies, and if I could find the meaning of life somewhere in there I'd be very happy. I guess like most people I'm just making it up as I go along and hoping for the best.

lookout123 · 03-19-2005, 02:45 PM

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sex, books, and horror movies

in which order? choose wisely, your future may depend upon it.

Carnivean · 03-19-2005, 02:55 PM

That's almost as difficult as figuring out the meaning of life.

kerosene · 08-15-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

The Dark Tower? Ka? 19?

yes, i'm still rereading The Gunslinger series. I'm on volume The Wolves of Calla now. all this because of the thread about what technologies would survive the fall...

Sorry to resurrect an ancient thread...but, lookout, I was just curious what you thought of the series. I just finished #4. I read the first three many moons ago.

Is it normal to take 16 years to get through a series of novels?

Lamplighter · 08-15-2010, 03:46 PM

Why ? - Because I chose my parents wisely

Flint · 08-20-2010, 12:35 PM

lookout123 · 08-20-2010, 01:10 PM

Actually I love the whole series of books. In fact, I might reread them again.

BigV · 08-20-2010, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kerosene

Sorry to resurrect an ancient thread...but, lookout, I was just curious what you thought of the series. I just finished #4. I read the first three many moons ago.

Is it normal to take 16 years to get through a series of novels?

not unusual given the ... tectonic pace at which they were released to the general public.

and worth re re reading. I read them many many moons and moods ago, and when each new one was released, I liked to go back to the first one and read them all again in order so the big finale (the current most recent book) would be a fresh ending and the story would be fresh too.

Lamplighter · 01-16-2011, 06:59 PM

My 19 yr old G-daughter seems to be going off on a philosophical bent.
Here is her latest on FaceBook

03-09-2005, 06:12 PM	#31
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Probably the angle that we are all human (I'm not so sure around here ) and as such should help all other humans. Nice ideology but breaks down in practical application. That's why I prefer to help those I can on a one to one basis rather than throwing money at organized charities or having the (shudder) government involved. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2005, 10:32 AM	#32
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	If we all helped each other one on one we wouldn't need mass involvement. But one person can't make a difference, right? mr noodle you're mad. you see the logic of superfluous thought capacity but still believe in god? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

08-20-2010, 12:35 PM	#40
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	__________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Actually I love the whole series of books. In fact, I might reread them again. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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Carnivean Romantic Necromancer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South Posts: 29	That's almost as difficult as figuring out the meaning of life.

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Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Why ? - Because I chose my parents wisely

01-16-2011, 06:59 PM	#43
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	My 19 yr old G-daughter seems to be going off on a philosophical bent. Here is her latest on FaceBook

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