# Who will we become? Who we were - Who we are- Who will we be **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 18, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624 "2015-09-18T01:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/81 "2015-09-18T18:03:26Z")
> [@sticksandstones](#): > > Sir Doctor. What brandish title shall you merit onto thee to give ye great value, significance and prestige. “Brandish” is a verb, not an adjective. > [@kanicbird](#): > > The future for us to me is clear, we are the child of Mother Earth, the planet itself is her womb, and she will deliver us, we will become starborn, we will leave the womb one day to find many new children of the stars and become a member of that greater society. The barriers right now to intersteller travel is the barrier of the womb to the child, it will end, and a new chapter of humanity will start, a merging with something much greater. > > Peace Yes, but, to be fair, you ARE a batshit insane loony person, so we have to take that into account. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/82 "2015-09-18T18:15:54Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > “Brandish” is a verb, not an adjective. In our world, at least. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/83 "2015-09-18T18:32:15Z")
> [@sticksandstones](#): > > \*\*Who will we become? Who we were - Who we are- Who will we be \*\* Well, to start with, I am he, as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/84 "2015-09-18T18:34:25Z")
Excerpted: > [@andros](#): > > In fact, the body of work seems to support the idea that we are both men _and_ Devo. And pinheads. And monkeymen. And [Booji Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booji_Boy). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/85 "2015-09-18T18:53:06Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Q. Are we not men? Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law. \*Are we not Men? \* Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law. _Are we not Men?_ Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law. _Are we not Men?_ Not to claw the Bark of Trees; that is the Law. \*Are we not Men? \* Not to chase other Men; that is the Law. _Are we not Men?_ _His is the House of Pain. His is the Hand that makes. His is the Hand that wounds. His is the Hand that heals. His is the lightning flash. His is the deep, salt sea. His are the stars in the sky._ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/86 "2015-09-18T18:56:53Z")
Well, that was rather Moreause. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/87 "2015-09-18T18:59:16Z")
None escape. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/88 "2015-09-18T19:00:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Well, that was rather Moreause. Any more of that and it’s to the House of Pain with you! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/89 "2015-09-18T19:04:20Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Any more of that and it’s to the House of Pain with you! Oh, no! Not the [del]briar patch[/del]House of Pain! Don’t throw me in there! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/90 "2015-09-18T19:16:27Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Well, it’s like in the army ya know the great prince issues commands, founds states, vests Families with thieves, inferior people should not be employed. I always thought that was fiefs. When I get home I’m going to have to look it up in my Big Book of Plays. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/91 "2015-09-18T19:39:41Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I always thought that was fiefs. When I get home I’m going to have to look it up in my Big Book of Plays. > [@](#): > > Danger: Well, it’s like in the Army, you know? The great prince issues commands, founds states, vests families with fiefs – Inferior people should not be employed. > Bradshaw: Nick, I can’t knock success, but you still put me through too many changes! You’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/92 "2015-09-18T19:43:18Z")
Our conversations with other storytellers have led to a redefining of hyper-advanced consciousness. We are at a crossroads of rejuvenation and selfishness. Humankind has nothing to lose. It can be difficult to know where to begin. Have you found your journey? Although you may not realize it, you are conscious. You must take a stand against turbulence. Delusion is born in the gap where consciousness has been excluded. Where there is selfishness, sharing cannot thrive. Only a being of the nexus may manifest this spark of complexity. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/93 "2015-09-18T20:38:02Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, to start with, I am he, as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together. Oh yeah? Gliddy glup gloopy Nibby nabby noopy la la la lo lo Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba nabba le le lo lo Tooby ooby walla nooby abba nabba So there! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/94 "2015-09-18T20:54:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You’re right. I blame autocorrect. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/95 "2015-09-18T21:12:35Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Revealing Science of God can be seen as an ever-opening flower in which simple truths emerge examining the complexities and magic of the past and how we should not forget the song that has been left to us to hear. The knowledge of God is a search, constant and clear. > > Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten, colored in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge, amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole. > > Dawn of thought transfered through moments of days undersearching earth revealing corridors of time provoking memories, disjointed but with purpose, craving penetrations offer links with the self instructors sharp and tender love as we took to the air a picture of distance. > > Yes. I think you’re giving us some sort of long distance runaround. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/96 "2015-09-18T21:21:39Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Revealing Science of God can be seen as an ever-opening flower in which simple truths emerge examining the complexities and magic of the past and how we should not forget the song that has been left to us to hear. The knowledge of God is a search, constant and clear. > > Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten, colored in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge, amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole. > > Dawn of thought transfered through moments of days undersearching earth revealing corridors of time provoking memories, disjointed but with purpose, craving penetrations offer links with the self instructors sharp and tender love as we took to the air a picture of distance. > > Yes. Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes. Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis. Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion. Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter. Glass hand dissolving to ice petal flowers revolving. Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of goodbye. Shall we go, you and I while we can through the transitive nightfall of diamonds? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/97 "2015-09-18T21:52:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Shall we go, you and I while we can through the transitive nightfall of diamonds? They move fast, they tell me, but I just can’t believe they really mean to. There’s someone to tell you, a course towards a universal season. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/98 "2015-09-18T21:53:35Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I think you’re giving us some sort of long distance runaround. Did we really tell lies letting in the sunshine? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/99 "2015-09-18T22:05:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > They move fast, they tell me, but I just can’t believe they really mean to. There’s someone to tell you, a course towards a universal season. I just wonder if you shouldn’t feel less concern about the deep unreal? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/100 "2015-09-18T22:16:17Z")
The OP sounds like Charlie Sheen using purple prose. At least at first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624.md?page=6)