The Random Thoughts Thread

[bvanevery]

I know those kinds of "religious power" questions are intriguing, but if you look at other religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, it's pretty clear that they continued to exist on the world stage because they were practiced in a lot of countries. Catholicism isn't really different in that regard. It was a religion used by powerful countries. It would be instructive to look at the losers in the world religions game, such as Zoroastrianism. They used to be powerful, but later the Muslims wiped them out.

 

[Seteleechete]

Capitalism is a beautiful system for maintaining power. This is because the best way forward for any contender to your throne is to play the game together with you and carve their own kingdom, instead of figuring agianst you. A much safer system for the rulers than having to constantly watch their backs from backstabber seeking to dethrone them. After all, before capitalism power couldn't be easily quantified and shared, it was win or lose winner takes all.

 

[Terran]

I experience emotion, my emotions are objectively illogical and meaningless. I am a part of the universe, my synaptic system is a part of the system of the universe. Emotions are therefore a part of the universe. So emotions are therefore no more invalid than laws of physics?

...or at least...laws of chemistry?

 

[bvanevery]

After all, before capitalism power couldn't be easily quantified and shared, it was win or lose winner takes all.

Heard of monopoly capitalism? Antitrust laws were made to deal with it.

 

[bvanevery]

So emotions are therefore no more invalid than laws of physics?

Who would be determining their validity anyways?

 

[xbox]

i think i should do oil painting but i dont wanna buy stuff

 

[Nebulous]

It's 4:00 AM
Should I sleep?
My neck hurts.

Edit: 4:13 AM.
I'll sleep.
Or at least turn out the lights, find my headphones, lay down and listen to some music.
I sort of want to stay up to watch the sunrise.
I would go sit outside but my parents would hear the door.

Actually, I could go into one of my imaginary worlds. Maybe I could make a new one. I'm tired but I'm in a cool mindset. I should write or draw.

Gnight

Edit: 5:36 AM.
what is sleep
My back hurts
*chants* sunrise! sunrise! sunrise!

Edit: 6:05 AM.
Why did I do this to myself. Freaking sunrise. Now it's light out, the birds are noisy, and the house is starting to wake up. I'll have even more trouble falling asleep now. In the future, I should try to fall asleep before the sun rises.

 

[Sinny91]

Found a lump on my breast bone a few weeks back.. Was hoping that it would just go away, but it seems to be getting bigger. Spose I'm obligated to go to the doctors but I can't be arsed.. I've got a few medical issue's building up now, n why can't I just be immortal ?! Or none existent.

Bodies of flesh and blood, who in their right minds designed this nasty shit?

 

[Brontosaurie]

Found a lump on my breast bone a few weeks back.. Was hoping that it would just go away, but it seems to be getting bigger. Spose I'm obligated to go to the doctors but I can't be arsed.. I've got a few medical issue's building up now, n why can't I just be immortal ?! Or none existent.

Bodies of flesh and blood, who in their right minds designed this nasty shit?

What's nasty about flesh and blood? Excrement is the nasty one.

 

[xbox]

donuts, pepsi and apple pie

 

[JimJambones]

Constantly deconstructing and restructuring what it is I think I know about the world around me. The older I get, the more comfortable I am with not ever truly knowing certain things. There is peace in that.

 

[Brontosaurie]

Nion Wehrkspeil

 

[xbox]

neon work spell

 

[Brontosaurie]

Neotrix Podlam

 

[Rualani]

It's mind-boggling how combating negative thoughts can best be tackled by healthy choices that don't really have anything to do with what I'm thinking.

 

[Seteleechete]

Sometimes I start on works of fiction that I never want to finish just because I can imagine how good they could be.

 

[Sinny91]

It's mind-boggling how combating negative thoughts can best be tackled by healthy choices that don't really have anything to do with what I'm thinking.

Totally agree.

 

[JimJambones]

I've noticed that there is social pressure to use emoticons in casual conversation and that has even carried over to semi-formal communication. Not that it is a bad thing in itself, to each their own, but I have found it embarrassing to overdo them. Not every thought need carry emotional weight. I don't know, they can be fun. They can be stupid.

 

[Seteleechete]

Sometimes I start on works of fiction that I never want to finish just because I can imagine how good they could be.

Stupid fuckers and there fucking idocracy and utter lack of any common sense or logic or even having some basic fucking decency of maintaining some form of consistency, may they all rot in hell. Then again, I guess it was my fault for expecting anything decent to come out from a shitty American filming studio. Biggest 24 hours waste of my life. I should have taken my own advice and stopped after a few episodes.

Spoiler

Reaction after watching first season of "Revenge". I actually did like large parts of the show... Otherwise I wouldn't have such a strong reaction. Really some of these shows start of with such great concepts but just end up disappointing in the end.

I have decided that one of my biggest pet peeves is seeing potentially great works of fiction ruined by stupidity.

 

[Cipher]

These people's faces... They all look like caricatures.

 

[crippli]

These people's faces... They all look like caricatures.

Looks can be deceiving.

 

[Cipher]

Looks can be deceiving.

Yeah. Most people give me completely different vibes once I talk to them. It's amazing.

 

[Tannhauser]

Why do some people think that they entitled to respect unconditionally? "You don't respect me" they say. Well, yeah, I don't respect you, and so fucking what.

 

[Seteleechete]

Homing bullets, just what the world needs.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YoOaJclkSZg

 

[bvanevery]

Why do some people think that they entitled to respect unconditionally?

It is indeed a weird idea, but it comes up relatively often. I think there's a cadre of people who value civility and manners as the highest pinnacle of human interaction. So they think everyone should automatically be bestowing these things on each other. Regardless of whether any other life value comes in conflict with it.

 

[bvanevery]

Homing bullets, just what the world needs.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YoOaJclkSZg

Science fiction where people have to aim really bugs me. If you can pilot a starship around, you can put an AI in a handheld gun that will blast the crap out of whatever the beam can get access to. Writers blow this issue off mainly because they want to write TV shows about the Wild Wild West, in space. You can have the actors do kewl stuff in a shootout.

 

[Cipher]

My worldview seems to be inconsistent with the granularity and openness of my present mind.
How do I reevaluate and update everything I know?

 

[Ex-User (11125)]

kpop is so addictive save me

 

[Nebulous]

I can't look at INTJ without smiling like an idiot I'm doooommmeedd

 

[QuickTwist]

Some people just will never understand you no matter how explicit you are about yourself.

 

[Helvete]

My thoughts are definitely not random at this point in time.

 

[Nofriends]

Why do some people think that they entitled to respect unconditionally? "You don't respect me" they say. Well, yeah, I don't respect you, and so fucking what.

This mostly comes from the expectation that all live inauthentic existences, in which we must conform to basic codes of conduct; unless of course we are a rare commodity in high demand.

 

[onesteptwostep]

kpop is so addictive save me

ZERKALO NO!

 

[Ex-User (11125)]

ZERKALO NO!

*whispers* it's too late...

 

[Nebulous]

Am I an INTP?
Out of all the types, it fits the most.
But compared to everyone else on here, I seem less INTP-ish.
I suck at talking about anything. I'm more emotional (?) maybe?

I mean it makes sense that an INTP with emotional dysregulation would be different from an INTP without that.
But still, I feel sort of out of place here :/

I'm lost
I don't really care right now
Ugh


Also, I think I might change my avatar.

~~~
I think I have identity problems
Like
One minute I'm 'me', the next I'm some various made up character.
That's just my daydreaming though, right? I'm not crazy.. *looks around anxiously*

 

[Nebulous]

We had to bring in our favorite poem to English class today
I got up in front of 40 people and read this freaking poem

Spoiler

*incoherent Screaming* (Poetry)
by Tamsin Buckingham, Grade 8, NSW

I got a papercut today
It was small, but it stung
And reminded me of my childhood

Sometimes I think about life
It's like a big roller coaster
Except not

Like Snoop Lion, I also believe
That I am Bob Marley
Reincarnated

Shorty did in fact
Wear them apple bottom jeans
Even
Boots with the fur

Everyone was indeed looking at her
When she hit the floor
Next thing you know
Shorty got low

Shorty got so low,
Her life is spiralling down
Shorty hit rock bottom.

Yay

 

[Urakro]

Am I an INTP?
Out of all the types, it fits the most.
But compared to everyone else on here, I seem less INTP-ish.
I suck at talking about anything. I'm more emotional (?) maybe?

I mean it makes sense that an INTP with emotional dysregulation would be different from an INTP without that.
But still, I feel sort of out of place here :/

I'm lost
I don't really care right now
Ugh


Also, I think I might change my avatar.

~~~
I think I have identity problems
Like
One minute I'm 'me', the next I'm some various made up character.
That's just my daydreaming though, right? I'm not crazy.. *looks around anxiously*

Welcome to the masquerade party. Once you realize the well-grafted masks, you'll realize just how alike we are.

That was figuratively meant for your 'out-of-placeness'. Not targeting people as being ingenuine. It's an odd observation that ~80% of the users here share the same feeling as you. (That they are inherently different than how others seem to be here).

Not saying anything about anyone being or not being INTP (For instance, I'm not). It is a place which has collected similar traits in people though.

 

[Gather_Wanderer]

RIP Prince.

(Guess this isn't 'random')

My father was/is a musician for over 30 years. He grew up, like many other musicians of his day, a huge fan of Prince and his ability to create an entire album single-handedly and be really freaking good at playing every instrument. A small number of human beings have ever been on that level.

I listened to a lot of my dad's old Prince records, starting around probably 9-10 years ago and explored his catalog. My favorite was the album released the same year I was born, Sign O' the Times. I think his music between 1978-1994 was when he really shined, with '78 being the year of his first album. Those first few albums he really showcased his raw musical talent in terms of drums/guitar etc. The only guy I would put above him in the last 50 years, in terms of being a one-man band + vocalist, is Stevie Wonder...who himself is one of the greatest human talents to ever live.

Not only was he an uber-success, he found a way to do it on his own terms. Guys like that I find easy to admire.

Wasn't easy to hear this news this morning. Still in disbelief. Only 57 years old and I don't think he'd had a history of serious health issues. I've felt like I could cry today but the tears never managed to come out. Maybe I've forgotten how to cry? I didn't think something like this would affect me like it has today. Really really really sucks.

 

[bvanevery]

I had a hard time with Robin Williams death. At least in that case there was a history of mental problems leading up to the suicide. But it was still horrible to think that a person who could afford any interventive resource possible, still would go that way.

In Prince's case, I don't even have a clue whether he had any ailments. And from what little seems to be known at this time, that's how he wanted it.

 

[Brontosaurie]

This day is fucking trippy. I almost don't feel like shit stuck in quicksand.

I have awoken before 10 am, exercised strength and cardio, eaten shitloads of various healthy foods, played some guitar and even started using my calendar. I also met some friends of the family and seemed able to carry on a normal, appropriately reciprocal conversation over a sane amount of beer and wine.

Furthermore i have decided to start doing primal-intuitive yoga and found the perfect soundtrack for it, as well as decided to procure a whiteboard to help manage inspiration and nurture positive expectations.

This weekend i will work for like 22 hours and on monday i will be the king of cash and start hitting the gym. Also i will treat myself to some hedonistic indulgence material and try incorporating it as a moderate and functional life component rather than an escape route and vessel of denial.

 

[Nebulous]

I saw my old frens today I am happy yay frens they love me!!1!

 

[Jennywocky]

I don't even have a clue whether he had any ailments. And from what little seems to be known at this time, that's how he wanted it.

He had apparently recently canceled events and/or been treated for "flu like symptoms."

But there was also a report he had needed an injection to clear opiates out of his system a week ago, or something like that. i have no clue as to the veracity.

I guess we will know more once the autopsy today finishes.

 

[Brontosaurie]

I will morph fully into annoying cheery twat someday.

 

[Brontosaurie]

I saw my old frens today I am happy yay frens they love me!!1!

I hope you're not being sarcastic/cynical.

Frens

 

[Nebulous]

I visited my old school yesterday bc I had a day off and wanted to see my friends that still go there.
It was a genuinely good day
They're all so greaatttt ugh I miss them

Spoiler

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IxTJ
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[Sinny91]

So my bestie wants a link to the forums I use so that he can sign up...

Half of me wants to, cuz that would be fun... But the other half of me doesn't trust him to not cause me social havoc.

 

[Artsu Tharaz]

So my bestie wants a link to the forums I use so that he can sign up...

Half of me wants to, cuz that would be fun... But the other half of me doesn't trust him to not cause me social havoc.

Well, does bestie trust themself?

Lay down the ground rules, perhaps.

Spoiler

I will morph fully into annoying cheery twat someday.

Well, keep trying!

 

[Sinny91]

Well, does bestie trust themself?

Lay down the ground rules, perhaps.

No, he's just as fickle as me. He keeps threatening to sign up anonymously to fuck with my head lol... He's accused me of being so anti-social all year, and he wants a peak at what consumes my time... Like, he's got an over view, but has refrained from delving any deeper...

I might link him to the INFJ forum... just a post or two I'd have to bury.

I make references to him quite a lot, that/this would be weird for him to read right?

 

[Artsu Tharaz]

No, he's just as fickle as me. He keeps threatening to sign up anonymously to fuck with my head lol... He's accused me of being so anti-social all year, and he wants a peak at what consumes my time... Like, he's got an over view, but has refrained from delving any deeper...

I might link him to the INFJ forum... just a post or two I'd have to bury.

I make references to him quite a lot, that/this would be weird for him to read right?

Bury why? What, with the zombie apocalypse and all...

 

[Sinny91]

Bury why? What, with the zombie apocalypse and all...

Aha, he was telling me earlier this evening that he envisioned me sleeping through the zombie apocalypse.. whilst he'd get turned, he told me he'd like me to keep him as a pet.. I agreed that I keep him as my guard dog, and that I'd feed him live humans.

Erm.. I tell him most things, but not all things... I suppose there are just the odd few things that I'd prefer he didn't read.

Oh no, plan flaw.. He'll turn the other humans.
Spose I could shoot em after he's had his fill.