why make a big deal out of this? the US has its faults like many other countries. obama is not a great president, but when was the last time the US HAD a president who wasn't a prick?
that's anarchy for rich people. i don't believe markets can exist entirely independent of a government. social libertarianism, aka anarcho-communism, is the closest thing i've found to a political ideology i agree to. of course, any institution is structurally flawed anyway.
There's no such book as "The Stranger From Camus." Albert Camus, a French philosopher, wrote a novel called "The Stranger" which is really good. And it's "heavy dope."
oh i'll sned you cheesecakes i'll send you coffee cups and jelly beans and quarters for the wash, your daily vitamins and books, i'll sned you beans for protein and shoes for walking through underground tunnels
at first i was really digging it. that was about a month and a half ago. but either i've changed or the quality of the threads recently has gone to shit. now i mostly just lurk and save posts for only when i feel i need to
That the brain isn't a function of consciousness? Because consciousness occurs in the brain. You don't need to be a neurologist, psychologist, or philosopher to understand it. It doesn't happen in my heart, or in my hands, or in my nose. Consciousness is created by the brain. That's accepted by just about every scientist.…
Our consciousness isn't a separate entity that lives inside ourselves independently from our body. Consciousness is a function of the brain. When your brain shuts down and you get that massive rush of DMT and start tripping balls, that's the last conscious experience you're going to have. after that, there is nothing. you…
death is a lack of consciousness. when you die, "you" don't exist anymore. so it doesn't matter what death is like, you won't be able to experience it. there's no scientific evidence for a "soul" or "spirit" or any part of you that lives on after you die--in fact, science has pretty much proved that the "soul" is really…
one shouldn't ask questions about what we would hypothetically change, because it reminds us of our flaws. we have to learn to either live with them or try to improve them one at a time.
no logo-naomi klein zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance-robert pirsig walden/civil disobedience-henry thoreau the brothers karamazov-fyodor dostoevsky
you should try to talk with it. But you have to learn Esperanto. All ghosts speak Esperanto. And once you've learned Esperanto, you can play all sorts of fun games with it and stuff, and try to buy ectoplasm off of it, and you can even write a comic book about it. Like Casper.
start watching cheesy movies. that never fails to cheer me up. and then chronicle your experiences on totse so we can read them. begin with Red Sonja. You'll thank me later.
Zoklet will not be made into a mockery on this godless excuse for an internet forum. I will not stand for this. Wires will hear about this immediately.
Silence, you are all abominable stains upon the glittering facade of the TOTSE community! Remember, WE still have Rainycity, and we are not giving him up!
was not a big fan of paprika--granted, the animation at times was amazing (i.e. the parade scene), but the story was very jumbled and paprika herself was a character with which i couldn't sympathize
no, suicide is not a "sin," because there are no "sins," seeing as there is no omniscient being to judge every single human being's actions. however, in answer to a related question, "is suicide ethical?" there are two standard positions: yes, or no. Albert Camus says that suicide is a cowardly act because it is an escape…