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When are we not ourselves?

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When are we not ourselves?
Martian Mermaid Offline Donators
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RE: When are we not ourselves?
May 17, 2016 at 9:09 pm (This post was last modified: May 17, 2016 at 9:09 pm by Martian Mermaid.)
I am like a band. Whose members slowly left, as I got new members. I am a different band under the same name. 
Wow, I'm a phony.
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When are we not ourselves?
May 17, 2016 at 9:15 pm
(May 17, 2016 at 9:07 pm)Brian37 Wrote: But no, we are not copies, we are an ongoing one of a kind movie, it is the same movie but the plot moves on. Our atoms are really no different than a relay race on an Olympic track race. The entire race is always us until we die, but during the race the baton is passed on to the next runner in the relay.

That's quite poetic Brian. I still think I've died 6 times and am about to die again though.
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RE: When are we not ourselves?
May 17, 2016 at 9:23 pm
Outer Limits (reboot series)

Think Like a Dinosaur
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When are we not ourselves?
May 17, 2016 at 9:33 pm
(May 17, 2016 at 9:23 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Outer Limits (reboot series)

Think Like a Dinosaur


I remember that. They had to destroy the redundancy.

That's what happens to us naturally. It makes me wonder what the point in living is.
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RE: When are we not ourselves?
May 17, 2016 at 9:39 pm
They had some great episodes. (both series)

Inconstant Moon is a favorite of mine.
 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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RE: When are we not ourselves?
May 17, 2016 at 10:06 pm
(May 17, 2016 at 9:33 pm)KUSA Wrote:
(May 17, 2016 at 9:23 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Outer Limits (reboot series)

Think Like a Dinosaur


I remember that. They had to destroy the redundancy.

That's what happens to us naturally. It makes me wonder what the point in living is.

If you need a point, turn religious.
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RE: When are we not ourselves?
May 18, 2016 at 12:36 am
(May 17, 2016 at 8:19 pm)KUSA Wrote: They say we have every cell in our body replaced every 7 years. Are we the same person then? It's like the ship of Theseus. Replace every component and it's not the same ship.

Since we are not the same person, the old person died and we are simply a copy. Why should we even fear death? We die every day one cell at a time. Every aspect of you today will be dead in a few years and replaced with a copy.

What are your thoughts on this?

Physically no we are not the same person consciously in mind we are since we don't shed brain cells. 
in other words yes we need to eat that snickers.
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When are we not ourselves?
May 18, 2016 at 8:03 am
(May 18, 2016 at 12:36 am)dyresand Wrote:
(May 17, 2016 at 8:19 pm)KUSA Wrote: They say we have every cell in our body replaced every 7 years. Are we the same person then? It's like the ship of Theseus. Replace every component and it's not the same ship.

Since we are not the same person, the old person died and we are simply a copy. Why should we even fear death? We die every day one cell at a time. Every aspect of you today will be dead in a few years and replaced with a copy.

What are your thoughts on this?

Physically no we are not the same person consciously in mind we are since we don't shed brain cells. 
in other words yes we need to eat that snickers.


We might not shed brain cells but every atom in each cell is replaced so it's not the same cell.
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RE: When are we not ourselves?
May 18, 2016 at 8:07 am
So from the day we're conceived, we're a work in progress until we perish.
Kusa, does that mean, us married men have a new fresh pussy every 7 years? Why do they still feel loose?
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When are we not ourselves?
May 18, 2016 at 8:12 am
(May 18, 2016 at 8:07 am)ignoramus Wrote: So from the day we're conceived, we're a work in progress until we perish.
Kusa, does that mean, us married men have a new fresh pussy every 7 years? Why do they still feel loose?


It isn't a fresh pussy. It's a flawed copy of the fresh tight pussy you so enjoyed.
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