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There's the television. It's all right there - all right there. Look, listen, kneel, pray. Commercials! We're not productive anymore. We don't make things anymore. It's all automated. What are we *for* then? We're consumers, Jim. Yeah. Okay, okay. Buy a lot of stuff, you're a good citizen. But if you don't buy a lot of stuff, if you don't, what are you then, I ask you? What? Mentally *ill*. Fact, Jim, fact - if you don't buy things - toilet paper, new cars, computerized yo-yos, electrically-operated sexual devices, stereo systems with brain-implanted headphones, screwdrivers with miniature built-in radar devices, voice-activated computers...

loved that. (im a little drunk so dont let it go to ur head)

its crazy to see how easily ppl fall into the track. when u become an adult in civilized society there are so many responsibilities that fall into ur lap, and most ppl just react in the way that theyve been watching other do for years. normal civilians (consumers) barely control their lives on a day to day basis anymore, they just fall into a groove that the vampires of society put before them.

its like human fishing. we swim around aimlessly all day and then somebody dangles something in our face. most ppl just bite automatically. others stare and consider the consequences... then bite anyway.

look at this forum for instance. most of the ppl here probly started smoking during adolescence out of a rebellious urge. or out of pure curiosity, either way the act was directly, tho inversely, connected to the cultural norms surrounding them at the time.

choice is an illusion

we only know what has been layed before us.
take away the paranoia: we are direct products of our environment.
take away the pride: we are just animals.
remove all knowledge: i am
smoke a j: all is well

you seem to be fairly interested in the philosophy of choice and freedom in modern society, preoQpydDlusion, i suggest if your into books, buy a book called "the paradox of choice: why more is less" by Barry Schwartz.

good read, slighty different to the philosophies of consumerism, but definetly one of the most relevant philospophicla dabbles ive seen in a long time.

Hermes said:

you seem to be fairly interested in the philosophy of choice and freedom in modern society, preoQpydDlusion, i suggest if your into books, buy a book called "the paradox of choice: why more is less" by Barry Schwartz.

good read, slighty different to the philosophies of consumerism, but definetly one of the most relevant philospophicla dabbles ive seen in a long time.

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sounds interesting, ill have to pick it up. thx in advance if i end up diggin it

what with this add'a'rant deal tho? am i missing something?

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This guy is so funny. He got on the computer to make fun of everybody before he had to catch the short bus to school. LOL

add'a'rant is a thread where you can post like the name suggests a rant.
So if you have a rant or some crazy shit you want to say Add it to ADD'A'RANT

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SMELLYSTONR

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This guy is so funny. He got on the computer to make fun of everybody before he had to catch the short bus to school. LOL

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yeah, i didnt realize he got banned so fast. figured id just ignore him. what goes thru a head like that?

HighPhi said:

add'a'rant is a thread where you can post like the name suggests a rant.
So if you have a rant or some crazy shit you want to say Add it to ADD'A'RANT

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gotcha. i saw ur other one in tokentalk and i started to think it was some type of game. seemed like everybody was collaborating on some ridiculous story or something

heheh i really like to read a good rant or crazy story so i thought i start it off with some funny stuff, its not getting the reception i thought it would though, seem like most ppl just read it and freak out. so cheers for posting preoqupyd.

i like reading that kind of stuff too. next time i get in a fucked up mindset ill share my thoughts, it may prove entertaining in a way

HighPhi said:

There's the television. It's all right there - all right there. Look, listen, kneel, pray. Commercials! We're not productive anymore. We don't make things anymore. It's all automated. What are we *for* then? We're consumers, Jim. Yeah. Okay, okay. Buy a lot of stuff, you're a good citizen. But if you don't buy a lot of stuff, if you don't, what are you then, I ask you? What? Mentally *ill*. Fact, Jim, fact - if you don't buy things - toilet paper, new cars, computerized yo-yos, electrically-operated sexual devices, stereo systems with brain-implanted headphones, screwdrivers with miniature built-in radar devices, voice-activated computers...

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#1: Who is Jim?
#2: I hope you don't quit buying toilet paper.
#3: If we stopped buying all the useless crap we would have more money. This in turn will make the companies hungrier for that almighty dollar.
Thus, better gizmos for less.

hi i'm your friend i love you help me thank you you are the best.

"can i get a hand with this, please?"

no

... so i asked her for them and inside was the lost letters,


"...and that, I think, was the handle - -that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see thehigh-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
love
Raoul Duke. "

Also pick up the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wofle, that book chronicles the 'wave' that HST talks about in the quote above.

If haven't read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and seen the movie go do that now, that's where that quote is from.

Raoul Duke: We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled that 60's. That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "consciousness expansion" without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the people who took him seriously... All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole life-style that he helped create... a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that somebody... or at least some force - is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.

I'm an American and I think the country is becoming a shit-hole. It isn't because of illegal immigrants, it isn't because kids are playing violent video games, it because a huge percentage of Americans are retarded and retarded people foster more retarded children and the cycle plays on ad-infinitum. I'm sure all of you have seen the TV shows where they go around on the street asking American's simple questions, who was the first president, how many stars on the American flag, how many continents on the Earth? Now I realize that these people may not use this knowledge on a day to day basis, but when we can't even remember how many giant masses of land are on a map or globe we've all seen hundreds of times they've just somehow managed to dodge natural selection long enough to meet you and confound you with their idiocy.

How many years old is the Earth?

If you said 6000 you're with about 27% of Americans, so God just made carbon dating to fool us and large dinosaurs we're around with Jesus or the Egyptians.

Millions of people who identify themselves as Christians believe that Jesus said God helps those who help themselves, which is completely contrary to his teachings. People want the Ten Commandments posted everywhere when they can't even recite all ten, and only three of them apply to actual laws, and some are ambiguous.

Our president looks like a monkey who never made it past middle school when he speaks publically but the majority of people still don't mind when he signs away more of your freedoms to fight 'the terrorists'

America used to be an example for the rest of the world now we're pompus, ignorant, self-centered masses mocked on all 3 continents.

i beat out my anger. and it rocks!!!!!!!!

sweet axe fdd how long have you been playing

he tries to straighten a tree up by pulling it with a truck. i heard the root base snap. it's laying across my driveway now. i really hate meth heads.

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sweet axe fdd how long have you been playing

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6 months.

meth is bad.