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There is no "I" in "You"
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 (May 18, 2016 at 5:34 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Well I'm here for the shits and giggles. You should start a thread where we all rate our posts as we make them. Like this post is clearly a 10/10. Helluva an idea I just had there, fuckin' post of the day contender. The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
 (May 18, 2016 at 6:55 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You win, lol. Fuck...I used to be better at this. Actually I'm talking about a donation to MSF. 
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"  (May 17, 2016 at 3:44 pm)quip Wrote: Can anyone answer why you're you.....and not me? Strangely, I was perseverating on this very question the other night (which is highly unlike me) but I couldn't come up with the words to describe what was running around in my mind. Thanks for lending me your articulation!
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Oh, it's over already?
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Doesn't have to be. What'd you come up with, when you were pondering it?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
 (May 18, 2016 at 7:39 pm)vorlon13 Wrote:I meant the thread! Lol.(May 18, 2016 at 5:34 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Well I'm here for the shits and giggles. But, yes, let's rate all trolls straight off the bat! Rock crushing is so last year.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. (May 18, 2016 at 8:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Doesn't have to be. What'd you come up with, when you were pondering it? Well, the only rational thing I could come up with is that this sense...or temptation to ask myself, "why am I me and not anyone else" is just a physiological byproduct of existing as a conscious entity. The very nature of consciousness lends its self to a feeling of separateness from the rest of what is going on "out there." (Rob is gearing up to scratch his solipsistic itch [emoji6]). The urge to ask, 'why aren't I experiencing reality from my husband's point of view, or someone else's?' is just a guilty philosophical indulgence. I think the idea that there is a "reason" for it is just an illusion generated by our humanness. For me, it's very similar in nature to asking, "why is there something rather than nothing?" Being human, I think we have all been tempted by this question at one time or another, but then we remind ourselves that rationality must always rule over the egocentric nature of human yearnings. Now, I must apologize because philosophy is NOT my bag, and I'm not sure any of what I just typed is coherent, lol.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken. 
It sounds pretty good to me
 It's kind of circular, I'm me because I am my experiences. That's all "me" really means. I can't be anyone else's experiences. Maybe everyone's experiences are somehow a part of the same thing, like the universe experiencing itself through different filters. Feel free to send me a private message.
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I found the "i" in "you", you must not have looked hard enough.
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~ Erin Hunter  (May 18, 2016 at 9:03 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(May 18, 2016 at 8:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Doesn't have to be. What'd you come up with, when you were pondering it? Good response. Is the self itself such a generated illusion? What exactly is the self..is it the body, mind or some odd commingling of both? Quote:For me, it's very similar in nature to asking, "why is there something rather than nothing?" Being human, I think we have all been tempted by this question at one time or another, but then we remind ourselves that rationality must always rule over the egocentric nature of human yearnings. Problems persist when we conflate the two though. Quote:Now, I must apologize because philosophy is NOT my bag, and I'm not sure any of what I just typed is coherent, lol. Seems you're doing quite well....best answer thus far! |
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