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Outer pessimism and cynicism (though not vindictiveness) are fine, as long as one maintains inner optimism and critical thinking. Not all optimistic views are compatible or need to be shared.
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It is best to take life in a slow, contemplative, wary manner. This is best achieved by living life in a perpetual hang over.
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Adulthood is a vague lie at best, social contracts and conventions are restraining illusions. Never let the dream die.
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The point of understanding all of the cultural illusions and constructs is not to ultimately favor some kind of base instinct, but rather to appreciate the possible social evolution that humanity is capable of.
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While there are virtues that appear to be timeless, values of the old guard should not automatically be assumed as correct simply because they have existed for an amount of time more than those that have popped up to challenge them.
Place Between Human and Reality
Its not quite an edge. Something defined by the walls On either side. One wall emanates a warm soulful glow The other wall, a a harsh sterile surface. This place in between is not Characteristic of either of it boundaries. In a way it is easier to be recognized as dissonance. This space has a […]
The Worry Of Buying In Wholesale
At what point should one worry that one has bought wholesale into their self created illusions. That some attempt conscious rebellion has become a dogma that is worn only for itself and purely out of familiarity. Something akin to a soldier fighting for a cause for many years. Only to one day lift their head […]
Holiday Gauntlet
Wrote this a bit ago, but never really got around to posting it. So why not now that it’s in the middle? [Halloween] [Thanksgiving] [Christmas] [New Years] While I do enjoy time that I am not forced to put my interests aside and produce some kind of “practical work”, during this time of the year […]
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There is humor in pictures of animals displaying cross species acceptance and affection. It takes a truly pretentious animal to have to see this pointed out as a phenomenon, while they treat different races of their own species as a sub species to hold contempt against.
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Many features of modern human culture boil down to the need for coping mechanisms and existence validation rules to keep despair at bay. It may be better to reflect on the reasons culture came to be, than taking it so seriously at face value.