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 have just witnessed the most terrifying thing I have ever witnessed.
It was that show on History about taboos. Normally, I just take one look at the things in that show, shrug, and think "eh, whatever." But not this time.
You've read about people stuffing their deceassed pets, I'm sure. That already creeps me out. But this was worse.
You know how hunters mount the heads of things they've hunted on the wall? There was someone who did the same thing with their dead dog.
Good god...I'm not getting any sleep tonight... :< *Hugs my dog tight, promising that I'll never let that be done to him*
BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) — On Sept. 18, Mitchell Heisman blew his brains out with a revolver on the steps of Harvard Memorial Church in front of a tour group of 30 people.
While not noteworthy in and of itself, suicides on college campuses not being totally unheard of, what is noteworthy about Mitchell Heisman is the 1,905-page suicide note he emailed to over 400 people in the hours before his exit.
When I first found out about Heisman and his epic suicide note, my reaction was probably the same as the one you are feeling write now: A knee-jerk desire to write off the situation as a depressing example of an attention seeking blowhard attempting to chisel a place in history by releasing a diatribe against injustices both perceived and real that the world had foisted upon him. Then I started reading it.
Suicide Note is a masterpiece of modern philosophy and a brilliant application of socio-biological theory to politics. I have read 400 pages of it so far, and have been unable to put it down.
The book is a magnificently written, unbelievably well researched, poignant and thought-provoking work that confirms that philosophy is still alive in the 21st century. Chapters of the book have intriguing titles like "God is Technology" and "The Seditious Genius of the Spiritual Penis of Jesus."
I do not agree with his final thesis regarding the embrace of nihilism and the rejection of hope. However, the work contains what is probably the most brilliant synthesis of the technological singularity theory, a scathing critique of modern liberalism, and what is probably the most original theory regarding the roots of the American Civil War.
the work contains what is probably the most brilliant synthesis of the technological singularity theory, a scathing critique of modern liberalism, and what is probably the most original theory regarding the roots of the American Civil War.
This seems like a very random collection of things.
I'd read it if I didn't know I'd find it either fantastically boring or horribly depressing.
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 love the audience's reaction. It's so over the top:
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
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
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
AU: It went okay. Apparently, fried macaroni and cheese nuggets exist.
CA: Oh jeez, I have no idea why I find that song so catchy, but I do.
Can't remember if I left my computer at home or on the bus.
There is more to that story, but I have wisely chosen to omit it. I may make "stories from my life with vital pieces of context missing" my new thing if puns get old. Like, the time I was woken up from a nap by two people carrying assault rifles.
Imi: funny you should say that. Part of the "thesis" of my course of study in college was the idea that basically, the way people tell their life stories has a lot in common with fictional story telling. Psychologist named Jerome Bruner had some pretty brilliant research into that area, actually.
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
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Imi: funny you should say that. Part of the "thesis" of my course of study in college was the idea that basically, the way people tell their life stories has a lot in common with fictional story telling. Psychologist named Jerome Bruner had some pretty brilliant research into that area, actually.
Know of any papers that he's wrote that you would recommend, off the top of your head?
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
District 76 sounds better as an album title, and Allowed to be Disavowed fits decently as a song title. I'd go with that.
Judging by his other posts, I kind of think the guy is too stupid to be a troll, to be perfectly honest.
And I've expressed my views on the unimportance of the line between "having a stupid opinion" and "pretending to have a stupid opinion" before, so I won't go back into that.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
It's at least understandable. What that guy said was extremely rude and insensitive; I don't think anyone here would disagree with you there.
Though I didn't consider the possibility that he might be trolling. Yes, I know, I should be more skeptical of that sort of thing by now, but still. Nonetheless, I kind of agree with you that it shouldn't matter.
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I have just witnessed the most terrifying thing I have ever witnessed.
It was that show on History about taboos. Normally, I just take one look at the things in that show, shrug, and think "eh, whatever." But not this time.
You've read about people stuffing their deceassed pets, I'm sure. That already creeps me out. But this was worse.
You know how hunters mount the heads of things they've hunted on the wall? There was someone who did the same thing with their dead dog.
Good god...I'm not getting any sleep tonight... :< *Hugs my dog tight, promising that I'll never let that be done to him*
This seems like a very random collection of things.
I'd read it if I didn't know I'd find it either fantastically boring or horribly depressing.
are two riders approaching
rode the six hundred
There is more to that story, but I have wisely chosen to omit it. I may make "stories from my life with vital pieces of context missing" my new thing if puns get old. Like, the time I was woken up from a nap by two people carrying assault rifles.
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I might be getting my first production credit
check the music thread
I am excited as fuck.
what the above two said, IMO
also, do you guys think me going off here is justified? I mean, the guy's obviously an idiot, it just kind of pissed me off is all.
Though if it's not genuine you may be feeding a troll, considering the Stalin avatar.
Judging by his other posts, I kind of think the guy is too stupid to be a troll, to be perfectly honest.
And I've expressed my views on the unimportance of the line between "having a stupid opinion" and "pretending to have a stupid opinion" before, so I won't go back into that.
Tre: coolbeanz