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Well. Seeing as I've already pubicly posted this once, I see no harm in doing so again, I am... Chinese. *Sharp intakes of breath echo throughout the room. Some faint.* edit: Yes, I recommended the chinese song. The translation of the title is "Please believe in dreams", or something similar. The number I am referring to is nine. Ah, I remember that.
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I'll do you now. I'm pretty sure I haven't already? Have I? If I have, then i guess I'm doing it again. A character from this chinese animation film a while back. The character had fox-ears. Also, as is classic for such edgy characters, a number for a name.
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Stream of conciousness is like french: The author is under no obligation to make the reader understand their intended meaning. That is the reader's problem. It presents the transient nature of thought, as best one can: And I think you do so quite naturally. And in a way that is far more understandable than other variations, mainly due to formatting. An example of stream-of-conciousness wriiting is Ulysses, by James Joyce. A novel written entirely in that style. Massive headache of a read, but I think you might want to check that out.
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Hurrah! Frabjous joy! Smorgasbord! Real happy you're putting such an effort into reading this stuff. If at any point, to want to read something a little easier on the eyes and a bit more practical than some of the theories proposed in the classics, try the Courage to be Disliked by some-japanese-guy.
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Yes. All I can say. Yes. Good.
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All that comes to mind is gingerbread. Not even a gingerbread person. Just gingerbread. This Japanese girl I knew once. I take credit for that. Hurrah. I;ll answer, though it wasn't targetted towards me. Schwim. Schwimming. No idea what it is, but thats how you appear. Schwimming. Schwim. Schwim. I like that word. SchwimSchwimSchwimSchwimSchwimSchwimSchwim....
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That's on me. I'll clarify again that I'm apprehensive as to adhereing to Camus's religious views, as it leans too far into intolerance and an absolute rejection, which I am not all for. The reason I had put his postulation there was because it was central to his concept of philosophical death, which is in turn (I think) imperative to understanding his arguments in regards to the absurd. Sorry about that. I'll pop it in a spoiler box or something. I'd advise all interested to look more into absurdism. I can share an online copy of the Myth of Sisyphus, if you PM me requesitng it. I'm not sure how well I represented his arguments, and how well I can represent his arguments without causing some conflict within the community, which I do not want. I won't say much more about this, as I'm at a risk of going further off topic. Anyone curious can PM me. Your points were consistent. We got to the "threshhold of opinion" quite quickly, which (in my opinion) is a mark of mutually productive debating and discussion; As there weren't any logical fallacies either side could pick at. The odd misunderstanding came up, but it was easily rectified. I appreciate the complement, though I'm not sure if I agree with it; However, I certainly reciprocate the opinion.
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In the thought experiment, the point is that the rock will never reach the tipping point. Here is some background: Sisyphus was an intelligent guy who fell out of favour with the greek gods to such an extent that Hades brews up a special punishment: He promises Sisyphus freedom if he simply rolls a boulder to the top of a hill. Unbenownst to Sisyphus, the boulder has been tampered with by the gods so that it will never reach the top: always stopping just before, no matter how hard he tries, and rolls back down once more. In a philosophical essay titled the "Myth of Sisyphus", by french philosopher Albert Camus, he explores many themes: But central to the text is the postulation of the "Absurd": The conflict between our human desire to create meaning, and the cold, silent, and indifferent universe which does not, and is under no obligation to provide it (this is of course based off a more nihilistic view of the universe). Upon realising the existence of the absurd, and by extension realising the meaninglessness of life and how the only meaning that exists are mere illusions conjured by ourselves (whether it be religion, higher beings, concepts of a "lifes purpose": Camus postulates that they are all lies.), Camus goes on to explore ways people respond to this knowledge. The first, is TW: The second is philosophical suicide: Escaping by nonetheless inventing a higher meaning, turning to religion or dogmatic ideologies. Camus rejects this too, viewing it as a cowardly denial of reality. The third is acceptance and revolution: Fully acknowledging the meaninglessness of life while choosing to live passionately and defiantly anyway. He calls this the absurdist path. In order to best illustrate the absurdist path, camus turned to the greek myth of sisyphus for which his essay is titled. Sisyphus’s punishment represents the human condition. We build careers, pursue happiness, and create meaning, knowing it will all eventually fade away with our mortality. (the rock rolls down the hill once more.) When Sisyphus walks back down the mountain to retrieve the rock, he is fully conscious of his hopeless fate. Yet, he chooses to walk down anyway. For Camus, this act of defiant consciousness is the ultimate victory. As Camus famously wrote: "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." I largely am an absurdist, or try to be. However, my views differ with Camus's in the matter of religion. I prefer to be more open to religious evidence, though admittedly I haven't encountered anything concrete enough for me to return to my faith. Purity and singularity, or in your words to be "black", or any singular colour, is to be close-minded. I like this. This is nice. And I appreciate how you illustrate that accepting your facets and letting yourself change and grow as being colourful. Or, that is how I interpret it. "Don't get caught up in despair just because you can't be white" "Definitely try not to be black" Verdance? Hehehe.
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Darlene. You are now Darlene. Izzy Kiel. Also, I can kind of see how Izzy fits the Chinese name. Phonetically. Kinda. Being my sibling is something I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy. Be careful.
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Very true. Communism is legitimately just a bit ambiguous as well, given the conflict between the concept and actual implementation. Don't know 'bout that. Pretty much how it is back in the motherland though. 1984 reference? No idea what your American name might be then. Kayla? Kiara? Keziah?
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Yes. Unfortunately, humanity in my view will forever be conflicted and impure. Beautifully so, I think. Bringing it back to politics (blehg), I agree. Communism simply doesn't work. The only reason why there are "communist" countries, is because "communist" nations simply reframe it in a certain way. Chinas basically a fascist-capitalist society at this point, though our good friend Xi is being smart about it.
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柯易泽? Blessed with change, I see. It's a nice, peachy and idyllic concept. However, we do not live in an idyllic world. Thus why it is fortunate that, despite what my nation claims, we are not communist.
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The world cannot know. You have been added to... the list. My list. (Not the other guys. Not goin' to elaborate, but... if yk yk.) Just kidding. I doubt anyone could do much with that. Yes, I am chinese. Heil to Xi Jinping and all that.
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Heh. "People sciences". I like that. Everyone has some sort of feature which people primarily use to distinguish them. Sometimes its more than one, but there always something; it's part of the reason why you might walk by someone, think you recognise them, and nope you've never met them. They simply have a distinguishing feature matching someone you know. It goes the other way too. I've had people who apparently look very similar, but I have no issue telling them apart, because of the distinguishing features. (and it goes the other way for that, where I mistaken two people who share only one major feature.) This is a crude simplification, but it's late. If fallacies are the price for present reductionism, then so be it, and I shall bear the shame upon the morn.
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A humanities major, whom I will only be able to recognize because of your nose. It won't be a particularly big or noticable nose. It will have no outlying qualities that anyone else will notice. It'll just be me.
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Good sir, I love you for this. I tap the ground three times, activating Crab Logic. All parts of the field is now the Epilepsy Zone, apart from the area immediatly under my feet. While everyone is convulsing uncontrollably, I take the ball.
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A deer. Specifically a species known as Pere David's deer, known in Chinese (at least in my hometown, colloquially. I think there's a more academic name for it) as 四不像, or "four not-alike". Congrats. You are now a smiling asian with hair in my imagination. A mostly bald guy with a twin. Mostly bald being, you've got an even amount of fuzz up there, but no hair longer than half-an-inch. A bright green owl in a british-telephone booth. Sorry, I legitimately cannot imagine you guys as anything other than these slightly-unhinged abstractions. I did share an image of what I imagine the "collective" you of shard-users look like. Relatable.
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Annihilation is great. It explores some various philosophical themes too. Some slight extraterrestial elements, but that's just to get the plot moving.
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Vinegar commented on Honors Spectral Image's blog entry in Honors blog of bloggieness (that’s totally how you spell that)
Going off my beliefs, that is what would happen, I think. Never fear the reaper, but don't look for him either. -
You asking me? Or perhaps a collective request. Either way, sure. An asian. (And I say this without any negative racial implications.) Specifically a smiling asian.
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All that comes to mind is a pointy chin.
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How much Lovecraft have you read? (I'm assuming you've read some, as he is potentially the most prolific cosmic horror writer.) The Cthulu Mythos is expansive and fascinating. If you're willing to read/watch a manga/anime, then Junji Ito has some of the best cosmic horror I've seen. Freaky image alert: As for environmental horror, ever read Annihilation? It's centered around "reflective" hyperevolution (if you wish for more details in that regards, just ask. But for now, I won't elaborate.) which is always fascinating. If you haven't the time to read it, its also got a film. Another freaky image alert:
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Thats official now.
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It's surprisingly difficult to envision most of you. No one's gotten my appearance right yet, generally because I prefer to jest about it. Though I surmise this is less about accuracy and more light-hearted fun. I tend to imagine the collective whole of the shard-users (that I know) as the group below: Who you are here is up to you. I have some predictions already. Though personally, I don't assign any single face to any of you. That'd be inhumane. Everyone is a combination of shifting traits.
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Where do you reign from? Some sort of citrus-based gallifrey?
