Nihilist:
Someone who is determined to prove that life is meaningless. I don't even know why they bother.
Realist:
What happens when an optimist stops believing that things can be better than they are. While most realists are philosophically pessimists, they call themselves realists because they don't want to admit to themselves or others how unreal their philosophy is.
Optimist:
Someone who has the audacity to believe that life isn't as bad as people seem to believe. Most people hate happiness, so most optimists end up becoming realists or pessimists.
Pessimist:
Sort of like an optimist, except they have the audacity to believe that life is worse than people seem to believe.
Nice Guy:
A guy who complains that women only want to have sex with sexist pigs, instead of having sex with him, a guy who won't let women make their own choices or mistakes.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Dictionary I
Tract Housing:
A system of housing displaying many qualities similar to a cancer - uncontrolled growth, the invasion of non-cancerous neighbors, complete homogenization, and a detrimental if not ultimately fatal effect on the larger body. Tract housing is one of the finer examples of the modern conundrum. By standardizing housing arrangements, we make it cheaper for the consumer, enabling people to have fancier and more elaborate houses than they would normally be able to afford. All you have to do is give up your individual identity, so just sign on the dotted line because you weren't using that old thing anyways.
Modern Conundrum:
Rampant industrialization has made the production of goods far cheaper and quicker than ever before without sacrificing overall quality. In comparison to our ancestors, we've all got stuff that would make kings and emperors jealous. Rampant industrialization has also led to the homogenization of goods. In comparison to each other, we've all got the stuff that increasingly becomes the same as everybody else's stuff. This has the odd result that our enjoyment of our stuff steadily falls even as the absolute quality per unit money increases.
Human:
You, me, and everyone we know. We believe in common sense, even though common sense told us the Earth was flat. We believe in science, even though it gave us guns and bombs. We believe in religion, even though we suffer without apparent reason. And we believe that every other member of our species is an idiot.
A system of housing displaying many qualities similar to a cancer - uncontrolled growth, the invasion of non-cancerous neighbors, complete homogenization, and a detrimental if not ultimately fatal effect on the larger body. Tract housing is one of the finer examples of the modern conundrum. By standardizing housing arrangements, we make it cheaper for the consumer, enabling people to have fancier and more elaborate houses than they would normally be able to afford. All you have to do is give up your individual identity, so just sign on the dotted line because you weren't using that old thing anyways.
Modern Conundrum:
Rampant industrialization has made the production of goods far cheaper and quicker than ever before without sacrificing overall quality. In comparison to our ancestors, we've all got stuff that would make kings and emperors jealous. Rampant industrialization has also led to the homogenization of goods. In comparison to each other, we've all got the stuff that increasingly becomes the same as everybody else's stuff. This has the odd result that our enjoyment of our stuff steadily falls even as the absolute quality per unit money increases.
Human:
You, me, and everyone we know. We believe in common sense, even though common sense told us the Earth was flat. We believe in science, even though it gave us guns and bombs. We believe in religion, even though we suffer without apparent reason. And we believe that every other member of our species is an idiot.
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Ever feel like the entire world is crumbling in on itself? Ever feel like you're not really in control of your life? Ever feel like a man watching an oncoming storm, powerless in the face of monstrous nature? Ever feel like we're all rushing headlong over the brink in an out-of-control ride?
You are not alone. Everybody feels that way and most of us are just as lost.
I don't know how to make the world right, but I do know where to start:
You are not alone. Everybody feels that way and most of us are just as lost.
I don't know how to make the world right, but I do know where to start:
Learn to disobey.
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