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The Random Thought Megathread
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He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
Twisting the grand children's minds is fun!
They all love Boris The Spider now
and the ten year old is starting to like Marx Brothers movies.
Muahahahaha!
They all love Boris The Spider now
and the ten year old is starting to like Marx Brothers movies.
Muahahahaha!
Let me just start by saying that I've been playing for 30 years and owned hundreds of basses and this is by far the best playing under $150. Sets up and plays as nicely as basses costing 50X as much.
Whut???? No. It's those quiet moments when you sit in a comfy chair and gaze out the window while you contemplate which amp you're getting next..
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
The air is fresh
The beer is cold
I spent 5 hours pumping water out of my buddy's basement.
The beer is cold
I spent 5 hours pumping water out of my buddy's basement.
Got another copy of Fight Club yesterday 
My first met with an untimely end — gone without trace
Some interesting comments plastered over this one, like Roger Ebert's: "Fight Club" is the most frankly and cheerfully fascist big star movie since "Death Wish," a celebration of violence in which the heroes write themselves a licence to drink, smoke, screw and beat one another up." I don't know what to make of that. I really don't.
Then another, from Kenneth Turan, states: Fight Club is "…a witless mishmash of whiny, infantile philosophizing and bone-crunching violence that actually thinks it's saying something of significance." What's the bet it is
And then "Many critics and social conservatives have already offered up kill-the-messenger diatribes against the film's brutality and anarchist sub-plots, yet another depressing reminder that some people need their messages delivered to them in solemn 'isn't this a very, very bad thing' tones."
So, starting to get the picture now, I think — some of us have gone off the rails. Man! This is a good one — double disk edition — got my work cut out for me here
My first met with an untimely end — gone without trace
Some interesting comments plastered over this one, like Roger Ebert's: "Fight Club" is the most frankly and cheerfully fascist big star movie since "Death Wish," a celebration of violence in which the heroes write themselves a licence to drink, smoke, screw and beat one another up." I don't know what to make of that. I really don't.Then another, from Kenneth Turan, states: Fight Club is "…a witless mishmash of whiny, infantile philosophizing and bone-crunching violence that actually thinks it's saying something of significance." What's the bet it is
And then "Many critics and social conservatives have already offered up kill-the-messenger diatribes against the film's brutality and anarchist sub-plots, yet another depressing reminder that some people need their messages delivered to them in solemn 'isn't this a very, very bad thing' tones."
So, starting to get the picture now, I think — some of us have gone off the rails. Man! This is a good one — double disk edition — got my work cut out for me here
The postman always rings twice. And sometimes he gets a little random,
We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn’t, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at least, had not been visited by Orwellian nightmares.
But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another - slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley’s vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions”. In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.
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But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another - slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley’s vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions”. In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.
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Epicurus (/ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs, ˌɛpɪˈkjɔːrəs/;[2] Greek: Ἐπίκουρος, Epíkouros, "ally, comrade"; 341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded a school of philosophy now called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments and letters of Epicurus's 300 written works remain. Much of what is known about Epicurean philosophy derives from later followers and commentators.
For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by ataraxia—peace and freedom from fear—and aponia—the absence of pain—and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. He taught that the root of all human neurosis was death denial, and the tendency for human beings to assume that death will be horrific and painful, which he claimed causes unnecessary anxiety, selfish self-protective behaviors, and hypocrisy. According to Epicurus, death is the end of both the body and the soul and therefore should not be feared. He also taught that the gods neither reward nor punish humans; that the universe is infinite and eternal; and that occurrences in the natural world are ultimately the result of Invalid Link Removed moving and interacting in empty space.
For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by ataraxia—peace and freedom from fear—and aponia—the absence of pain—and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. He taught that the root of all human neurosis was death denial, and the tendency for human beings to assume that death will be horrific and painful, which he claimed causes unnecessary anxiety, selfish self-protective behaviors, and hypocrisy. According to Epicurus, death is the end of both the body and the soul and therefore should not be feared. He also taught that the gods neither reward nor punish humans; that the universe is infinite and eternal; and that occurrences in the natural world are ultimately the result of Invalid Link Removed moving and interacting in empty space.
Got another copy of Fight Club yesterday
My first met with an untimely end — gone without trace
Then another, from Kenneth Turan, states: Fight Club is "…a witless mishmash of whiny, infantile philosophizing and bone-crunching violence that actually thinks it's saying something of significance." What's the bet it is
And then "Many critics and social conservatives have already offered up kill-the-messenger diatribes against the film's brutality and anarchist sub-plots, yet another depressing reminder that some people need their messages delivered to them in solemn 'isn't this a very, very bad thing' tones."
So, starting to get the picture now, I think — some of us have gone off the rails. Man! This is a good one — double disk edition — got my work cut out for me here
Fight Club was thrillingly on time/ahead of its time.
I was living in London and staring out the second story flat window when a crew appeared and started wild-posting the wall across the road from me with banners stating, "This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time." What the hell?? It was the Fight Club ad campaign, and it sure got my attention.
Have you read the book? Even more amazing on paper. The author has written a number of other intriguing novels as well.
My better half has
I had a DVD with a commentary track by the book's author, Chuck Palahniuk. But I stopped listening during the scene where the apartment gets blown up, because Chuck was bragging about owning the prop coffee table from the movie - and that seemed a terribly bourgeois boast considering the anarchist I imagined him to be based on the book's themes. But of course that's my fault, confusing the artist and their work like that.
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