I'm actually liking this a fair bit. It's pretty offbeat and creative, which is something that you can't really say for most aggressive metal. The drumming in particular is a strong point, in both this song and the "Mexican Radio" cover. I'll definitely have to check them out more.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Things to do if I become immortal:
Deep fry every food item I can get my hands on
Walk into the middle of a gunfight singing "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
...man, this list needs to be longer if I'm gonna get my money's worth
Take dangerous drugs in bizarre combinations (freebased cocaine and ketamine, DMT with a speedball chaser) while doing various activities just to see what it's like.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
well if you took enough drugs before jumping out of the plane you wouldn't feel a thing!
No, I meant the movie, wherein Bill Murray must repeat the same day over and over, trapped in an infinite loop of the same day, in essence he was immortal as any kind of death he tried to escape with was thwarted by whatever cosmic power had down this to him.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Seriously, it's been about a decade since I've been able to watch a movie all the way through. Although some I've gotten through by splitting them into 2 or 3 sessions.
I've always thought that immortality would inevitably lead to sociopathy.
The mental trauma that would be caused by either repeated deaths or wounds that should have been lethal would wreck some PTSD-level damage on the mental cortex. The fact that the immortal would inevitably outlive anybody he comes in contact with (or, in the Groundhog example, living with more knowledge about that one day than anybody else) would prevent them from seeing mortals as independent human beings. Combine that with the lack of permanent consequences for an immortal, and you have a recipe for a soulless monster.
I imagine that, once an immortal reaches that mental state, the world becomes much like a sandbox videogame (e.g. Fallout, Elder Scrolls) with godmode on.
I've always thought that immortality would inevitably lead to sociopathy.
The mental trauma that would be caused by either repeated deaths or wounds that should have been lethal would wreck some PTSD-level damage on the mental cortex. The fact that the immortal would inevitably outlive anybody he comes in contact with (or, in the Groundhog example, living with more knowledge about that one day than anybody else) would prevent them from seeing mortals as independent human beings. Combine that with the lack of permanent consequences for an immortal, and you have a recipe for a soulless monster.
I imagine that, once an immortal reaches that mental state, the world becomes much like a sandbox videogame (e.g. Fallout, Elder Scrolls) with godmode on.
That's a pretty bleak view.
While I do agree that immortality would inevitably take its toll on how "human" the subject's perspective on the world might be, whether or not that view would be to objectify life or not seems entirely an individual matter.
Okay, inevitably may be a bit strong. I feel that it's the most likely outcome for a highly creative, highly curious being. The added influence of ennui after a thousand years of experiencing what life has to offer would add to the descent into madness
I actually have a story idea about a group of people who gained immortality thousands of years ago and have to deal with problems related to that (like how the human brain's not designed to keep hundreds of years of information). Most of them turn out sane and somewhat empathetic, a few of them crack and one person goes through the aforementioned worst-case scenario.
^^ I actually explore that a lot in my own work, in particular what a person's view of life might become when incapable of dying. Given the length of the work in question and the number of characters involved, describing how might get a touch, uh, ramble-y, so I will refrain unless further questioned.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I'm thinking though...none of the things we listed (jumping out of planes, eating deep-fried sticks of butter, deliberately overdoing on drugs, etc.) would necessarily require immortality in the strictest sense, that you can't ever die ever, they'd just require immunity from death for the duration of the activity.
I'm thinking though...none of the things we listed (jumping out of planes, eating deep-fried sticks of butter, deliberately overdoing on drugs, etc.) would necessarily require immortality in the strictest sense, that you can't ever die ever, they'd just require immunity from death for the duration of the activity.
Listen to a Bull of Heaven song all the way through in a single sitting. Now that would require strict immortality.
I'm thinking though...none of the things we listed (jumping out of planes, eating deep-fried sticks of butter, deliberately overdoing on drugs, etc.) would necessarily require immortality in the strictest sense, that you can't ever die ever, they'd just require immunity from death for the duration of the activity.
Well, if you're typing a long number it's much faster than the number row. This comes more and more handy the more you have to deal with credit and debit cards.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Section and Sorrow went to bed, Anonus isn't on IRC, and Naney doesn't seem to be around.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Well, my hopes are up that a job interview I had the other day is gonna lead me to a better financial status than "Almost poor, broke, and leaving on the streets"
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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(Full Disclaimer: I like both Cannibal Ox and Wall of Voodoo. I still need to check out Celtic Frost more, however.)
Yes, for Iron Galaxy.
I know most of the samples on Cold Vein.
it was odd.
I guess it depends on the type of immortality: is it the type where you can fall 10,000 feet to the ground and just get up like nothing happened?
besides, the movie came out in 1993, no excuses!
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
The mental trauma that would be caused by either repeated deaths or wounds that should have been lethal would wreck some PTSD-level damage on the mental cortex. The fact that the immortal would inevitably outlive anybody he comes in contact with (or, in the Groundhog example, living with more knowledge about that one day than anybody else) would prevent them from seeing mortals as independent human beings. Combine that with the lack of permanent consequences for an immortal, and you have a recipe for a soulless monster.
I imagine that, once an immortal reaches that mental state, the world becomes much like a sandbox videogame (e.g. Fallout, Elder Scrolls) with godmode on.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I'm not in the best state of mind at the moment, so it'll be better if I avoid such a negative environment.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I actually have a story idea about a group of people who gained immortality thousands of years ago and have to deal with problems related to that (like how the human brain's not designed to keep hundreds of years of information). Most of them turn out sane and somewhat empathetic, a few of them crack and one person goes through the aforementioned worst-case scenario.
YNTKD
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis