You know, books and stuff make being a kid who's smarter than all the adults around you out to be some kind of cool thing
But in reality it sucks because the adults who aren't as smart of you are the ones who have the power
It's a metaphor for society as a whole, or something
*chugs Princess Gin*
if you're smart, people expect things of you, if you don't meet those expectations, you get yelled at, which causes you to underperform, which makes you do worse, which gets you yelled at, etc.
I may be projecting a tad.
"potential" may just be the worst word in the english language
People had high hopes for me when I was a kid, and they wanted me to take G/T classes and go out for Mensa and all that. I just could not focus long enough for any of that to sink in; I cared mainly about playing with old computers and electronics. Math? English? Who gives a crap!
I was able to get it together long enough to make it through high school, but I turned into a brat again immediately after. I've only made it this far because I actually enjoy writing code most of the time -_-
the true sources of spiritual greatness are not from arbitrary religious traditions that people set up houses of worship for
they are found by going through life and discovering those things that are truly sacred
Look I feel much the same way but I'm not going to tell people that they're wrong.
Somebody way back then went through life and discovered something truly sacred and they told other people and things built up. The source of every so-called "arbitrary" religious tradition is if not something fundamental and desirable, something that needs to be treated with gravity and respect.
oh gosh darnit can't you just leave some dis-establishmentarian sentiment alone
people shouldn't feel obligated to try to find spiritual meaning in something that others force onto them, y'know
rather, it's found in those things that we discover ourselves
so fuck all forms of trying to force one's religious beliefs onto others
also fuck assumptions that one must have religion (any particular religion, any particular type of religion (e.g. monotheistic), or even religion at all) to have morality or to have meaning in life
the nature of spirituality is in the realm of emotion and feeling anyway, attempts to apply reason to it just cause problems, like people arguing over whether god created the world in a literal or metaphorical six days
this approach works for things that cannot be otherwise addressed, but then sometimes the postulating goes overboard and becomes stupid
also, it's entirely possible for one person to believe something is arbitrary and another person to believe that same thing is not arbitrary, and when it comes to belief systems and postulates, they could be be right from their own perspectives
also the first step to removing the power of the establishment is to deny that their authority has a justification
Coined by Geoff Fraizer and Greg Boyko, who played the online multiplayer game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness under the names Shlonglor and Warp. The pair had become so proficient at the game that few people would play against them, so, in order to avoid scaring off potential competitors, the pair created alternate accounts named PapaSmurf and Smurfette.[1][2]
Invented word from the Perry Bible Fellowship comic, then used arbitrarily by the 4chan Web site as an automated replacement for wapanese in users' posts.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Then let's not talk about philosophy. Let's talk about practicality.
I believe certain questions and topics, the ones that western theists and atheists are so fond of, are either stupid or otherwise not useful. "Is there a God?" "How can God love us when [X]?" "Can God make a stone..." blah blah blah.
But if I say so to people who take these things seriously, I'll never get through to them. They'll never listen to me, and I'll be useless.
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
So something I just realized. Nobody is forcing me to do anything.
I am at school, taking classes because I want to be. I do homework because I want to do well at the classes. I am doing pretty much everything I do because it either makes my life easier or because I want to improve myself. Nobody is forcing me to do any of it. I do not have to go to college, I simply want to. I do not have to learn to drive, I simply want to. I am not on a hell-bound train, I've just forgotten I'm walking through life myself.
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they are found by going through life and discovering those things that are truly sacred
/me opens up Melocure CD and makes the sign of the cross, because the back of the CD booklet has a cross
bape game 2strong
people shouldn't feel obligated to try to find spiritual meaning in something that others force onto them, y'know
rather, it's found in those things that we discover ourselves
so fuck all forms of trying to force one's religious beliefs onto others
also fuck assumptions that one must have religion (any particular religion, any particular type of religion (e.g. monotheistic), or even religion at all) to have morality or to have meaning in life
the nature of spirituality is in the realm of emotion and feeling anyway, attempts to apply reason to it just cause problems, like people arguing over whether god created the world in a literal or metaphorical six days
that stuff is just STUPID
sheesh already
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It's about respecting others. If people believe it's not arbitrary, then it isn't.
Also emotion and feeling is technically antithetical to my own religion, so your statement is reductionist and thus untrue.
this approach works for things that cannot be otherwise addressed, but then sometimes the postulating goes overboard and becomes stupid
also, it's entirely possible for one person to believe something is arbitrary and another person to believe that same thing is not arbitrary, and when it comes to belief systems and postulates, they could be be right from their own perspectives
also the first step to removing the power of the establishment is to deny that their authority has a justification
fuck religious philosophy
i'm not in the mood for this bullshit
~goes back to putting head on hands~
The pair had become so proficient at the game that few people would
play against them, so, in order to avoid scaring off potential
competitors, the pair created alternate accounts named PapaSmurf and Smurfette.[1][2]
i am amused by these etymologies
I believe certain questions and topics, the ones that western theists and atheists are so fond of, are either stupid or otherwise not useful. "Is there a God?" "How can God love us when [X]?" "Can God make a stone..." blah blah blah.
But if I say so to people who take these things seriously, I'll never get through to them. They'll never listen to me, and I'll be useless.
It's compassion and empathy.
Spring is here, people.
He could be spending that money on crack, but who cares? Go forth and get your crack, good sir.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I am at school, taking classes because I want to be. I do homework because I want to do well at the classes. I am doing pretty much everything I do because it either makes my life easier or because I want to improve myself. Nobody is forcing me to do any of it. I do not have to go to college, I simply want to. I do not have to learn to drive, I simply want to. I am not on a hell-bound train, I've just forgotten I'm walking through life myself.